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Dr Harry’s Housecalls fails to make top 20 as The Hotplate holds steady against Spelling Bee

Dr HarryExtensive media coverage of the copyright legal stoush between the TV networks appears to have helped Nine retain its audience for its reality cooking show The Hotplate which drew 942,000 viewers last night.

The Nine program was the most watched last night with the audience holding steady from Monday night and for a second night in a row beating Ten’s new program The Great Australian Spelling Bee which dropped to 801,000 from 921,000 on launch.

Seven’s decision to dump its cooking show Restaurant Revolution from Tuesday nights also appears to have backfired with replacement Dr Harry’s Craziest Housecalls pulling just 476,000 viewers for the 7.30pm timeslot and failing to make the top 20 programs, well below the 664,000 viewers that tuned in at 7.30pm last week for the first night of the cooking show.

The TV network has confirmed it will now only broadcast Restaurant Revolution on Thursday nights. 

In the news stakes, Nine News dominated its rival with 1.15m viewers in 6pm slot and 1.17m in the 6.30pm slot, compared with 1.04m and 977,000 respectively for Seven News.

Over on the ABC Kevin McCloud’s Escape to the Wild drew 763,000 at 8.30pm, well above the programming of the other networks with Seven’s Winner & Losers pulling 570,000 and Nine’s The Truth About Calories having 579,000 viewers.

Nine had the highest main channel audience share of the night with 19.8 per cent, Seven had 16.2 per cent while Ten had 15.5 per cent and the ABC 13 per cent.

*This story is published later than normal due to a technical issue with Oztam preventing the issuing of the TV ratings. 

Top 15 shows
1 NINE NEWS Network 9 1,159,000
2 NINE NEWS 6:30 Network 9 1,117,000
3 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 1,047,000
4 SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 977,000
6 THE HOTPLATE 942,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 965,000
7 ABC NEWS Network ABC 816,000
8 THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN SPELLING BEE TUES Network TEN 801,000
9 KEVIN MCCLOUD’S ESCAPE TO THE WILD Network ABC 763,000
10 HOME AND AWAY Network 7 762,000
11 THE PROJECT 7PM Network TEN 739,000
12 FAMILY FEUD Network TEN 691,000
13 HOT SEAT Network 9 683,000
14 7.30 Network ABC 663,000
15 TEN EYEWITNESS NEWS FIRST AT FIVE Network TEN 600,000

Network audience share
Network 9 19.8%
Network 7 16.2%
Network TEN 15.5%
Network ABC 13.0%
Network SBS ONE 6.0%
Network 7TWO 5.0%
Network 7mate 4.6%
Network GO! 4.2%
Network Gem 3.9%
Network ABC2 3.1%
Network ELEVEN 2.9%
Network ONE 2.5%
Network ABC News 24 1.3%
Network SBS 2 1.0%
Network ABC3 0.9%
Network NITV 0.1%

Total audience
Network 9 TTL 27.9%
Network 7 TTL 25.8%
Network TEN TTL 21.0%
Network ABC TTL 18.2%
Network SBS TTL 7.1%

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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