Bikie Wars debuts with 1.261m on Ten, but MasterChef dips below 1m
Ten’s new show Bikie Wars: Brothers in arms rated with 1.261m on its debut last night.
It was the most watched show in the 18-49, 16-39 and 25-54 demographics, and won the 8.30pm time slot against Packed to the Rafters on Seven, which got 1.21m, and The Big Bang Theory on Nine, which rated below 1m.
However, the show, from the creators of Underbelly, was beaten by Seven’s Once Upon a Time, which rated with 1.35m in the 7.30pm time slot, according to preliminary overnight ratings from OzTam.
Ten’s MasterChef dipped below 1m viewers, and ranked outside of the top ten with 954,000.
Nine’s The Block, which ran for an hour from 7pm to 8pm, claimed 1.164m.
Seven’s Sunrise beat Nine’s Today at breakfast time, rating with 393,000 compared to 362,000. Ten’s Breakfast took 33,000.
Seven won the night overall, with 24.5% share, ahead of Nine’s 20.3% and 18.8% for Ten.
Tuesday’s top 15 shows:
1. Once Upon A Time Seven 1.350m
2. Seven News Seven 1.306m
3. Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms Ten 1.261m
4. Nine News Nine 1.226m
5. Packed to the Rafters Seven 1.210m
6. A Current Affair Nine 1.179m
7. The Block Nine 1.164m
8. Today Tonight Seven 1.109m
9. The Big Bang Theory Nine 1.012m
10. Bikie Wars: Here and Now Ten 0.989m
11. Masterchef Ten 0.954m
12. The Big Bang Theory Nine 0.947m
13. ABC News ABC 0.931m
14. Home and Away Seven 0.926m
15. 2 Broke Girls – Episode 1 Nine 0.762m
Tuesday’s channel share:
- Seven: 24.5%
- Nine: 20.3%
- Ten: 18.8%
- ABC1: 11.9%
- SBS1: 3.8%
- 7TWO: 3.1%
- GO!: 3.1%
- 7mate: 2.7%
- Eleven: 2.7%
- Gem: 2.3%
- One: 2.3%
- ABC2: 2.1%
- SBS2: 0.9%
- ABC3: 0.8%
- ABC News 24: 0.7%
Bikie Wars felt like a poor mans underbelly. Other than the obvious and over-the-top boob scene in the first 5 minutes, the Ep1 lacked character establishment and engagement, it felt a little all over the place, way too many montagey bike riding scenes.. Maybe it needs the narration like underbelly to get everyone up to speed quicker. Hope it gets better.
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Good to see scripted drama with numbers over reality programming.
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@ Tricycle: I think your point about narration, or a character intro, would have definitely helped. Tony met the crew in a pub and then they were suddenly multiplying. Where are they getting their cash from? What are their backgrounds? etc
I still enjoyed it and like you, will tune in again and hope that I start to understand the plot a little more.
It still kicks the sh1t out of all this regurgitated US drivel and homemade reality cr@p!!!!!
Make more drama!!!!!!!! Admittedly I never watch channel Ten…
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Bikie Bored… yawn
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Sons of Anarchy 1st ep was better, but I’ll give Bikie Wars a go.
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