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Audiences down again, The Chaser’s Media Circus wins timeslot

On a night where audiences were again down across the board, with no show breaking the one million viewer mark, The ABC’s new Chaser Series, The Chaser’s Media Circus won in the 8.30pm timeslot, drawing an audience of 817,000.

The new Chaser format, which sees the news turned into a game show hosted by Craig Reucassel and ‘fact-checker’ Chas Licciardello, beat Seven’s Criminal Minds which was watched by 757,000 and Nine’s Big Brother which drew an audience of 560,000. Big Brother was the most popular show in the 16 to 39 demographic.

Seven did manage to win the night with an audience share of 20.7 per cent, with Nine just behind on a share of 19.6 per cent.

Home and Away on Seven from 7pm to 8pm was the most watched entertainment program of the evening, with an audience of 947,000. The long-running soap was the most watched show amongst the 18-49 and 25-54 demographics.

Seven’s The Force – Behind the Line, on at 8pm, was watched by 811,000.

Nine’s offering of David Attenborough’s Life, airing at 7.30pm, drew an audience of 855,000, easily beating Ten’s double-billing of US comedy The Millers which only managed to attract an audience of 321,000 at 7.30pm, climbing to 372,000 for the second episode at 8pm.

Ten’s local drama Wonderland saw a modest boost to its audience, with 458,000 viewers tuning in, up from last week’s audience of 443,000. Audiences dropped away at 9.30pm for The Good Wife which was down from last week’s 297,000 to 239,000.

The channel grabbed a share of 10.7 per cent but were beaten by the ABC which had a share of 14.4 per cent.

Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell, airing at 8pm before The Chaser, saw 729,000 tune in while Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery, on at 9pm after The Chaser, grabbed an audience of 603,000.

In the news hour, Seven News at 6pm drew an audience of 984,000 but was beaten by Nine News which was watched by 988,000. The second half of both programs saw 947,000 viewers tune in.

Top 15 shows

1 NINE NEWS Network 9 988,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 984,000
3 NINE NEWS 6:30 Network 9 947,000
4 SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 947,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 921,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Network 7 889,000
7 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S LIFE Network 9 855,000
8 THE CHASER’S MEDIA CIRCUS-EV Network ABC1 817,000
9 THE FORCE – BEHIND THE LINE Network 7 811,000
10 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC1 772,000
11 CRIMINAL MINDS Network 7 757,000
12 SHAUN MICALLEF’S MAD AS HELL S4-EV Network ABC1 729,000
13 7.30-EV Network ABC1 684,000
14 JULIA ZEMIRO’S HOME DELIVERY-EV Network ABC1 603,000
15 TEN EYEWITNESS NEWS Network TEN 577,000

Audience Share

Network 7 20.7%
Network 9 19.6%
Network ABC1 14.4%
Network TEN 10.7%
Network 7TWO 7.1%
Network GO! 5.5%
Network 7mate 4.1%
Network SBS ONE 3.6%
Network ELEVEN 3.4%
Network ABC2 2.9%
Network ONE 2.9%
Network Gem 1.8%
Network SBS 2 1.2%
Network ABC News 24 1.1%
Network ABC3 0.8%
Network NITV 0.1% 0.1%

Total Audience Share

Network 7 TTL 31.9%
Network 9 TTL 27.0%
Network ABC TTL 19.2%
Network TEN TTL 17.0%
Network SBS TTL 4.9%

Data OzTAM Pty Limited 2013. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of OzTAM.

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