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The Voice and MKR squeeze their competitors

Seven and Nine finished Tuesday night in a virtual dead heat as their reality behemoths of My Kitchen Rules and The Voice both delivered large audiences, leaving Ten’s the Biggest Loser with little room to breathe.

The Voice was top show for the night with an audience of 1.892m metro viewers, according to preliminary overnight ratings from OzTAM. But Seven just won the night with a share of 27.8 per cent to Nine’s 26.4 per cent.

ABC1’s share was 11.3 per cent while Ten was on 10.9 per cent.

The only Ten entertainment shows to appear in the top 20 most watched were NCIS (595,000) and NCIS Los Angeles (513,000). The Biggest Loser rated just 382,000 – it only narrowly beat Who Do You Think You Are on SBS1, which featured Don Hany and rated 362,000.

MKR was the second biggest show of the night with 1.674m viewers. Seven’s Packed To The Rafters rated 1.422m.

News shows – dominated by coverage of the Boston bombings – also appeared strongly. Seven News rated 1.327m, while Nine News rated almost exactly the same on 1.326m. ABC News rated 904,000 and Ten News At Five rated 717,000.

In the key advertising demographics, Nine was the night’s winner.

  • In 16-39, Seven was on 28.4 per cent and Nine on 29.6 per cent.
  • In 18-49 Nine beat Seven 29.2 per cent to 29 per cent. Ten was on 12.1 per cent.
  • In 25-54, Nine won 29.6 per cent to Seven’s 28.4 per cent.

Seven’s Sunrise beat Nine’s Today by 392,000 to 366,000, and Seven’s extended Sunrise (222,000), which replaced The Morning Show because of the bombings, was just ahead of the Today Special, which rated 210,000.

Top 15 shows:

  1. The Voice Nine 1.892m
  2. My Kitchen Rules Seven 1.674m
  3. Packed to the Rafters Seven 1.422m
  4. Seven News Seven 1.327m
  5. Nine News Nine 1.326m
  6. Nine News: Special Nine 1.316m
  7. A Current Affair Nine 1.211m
  8. Today Tonight Seven 1.094m
  9. Home and Away Seven 0.926m
  10. ABC News ABC 0.904m
  11. The Following Nine 0.757m
  12. Ten News Ten 0.717m
  13. Hot Seat Nine 0.671m
  14. 7:30 ABC 0.624m
  15. New Tricks ABC 0.616m

Tuesday network share:

  • Seven: 27.8%
  • Nine: 26.4%
  • ABC1: 11.3%
  • Ten: 10.9%
  • SBS1: 4.4%
  • 7TWO: 3.5%
  • GO!: 3.0%
  • 7mate: 2.4%
  • ABC2: 2.2%
  • Eleven: 2.2%
  • Gem: 1.8%
  • One: 1.7%
  • ABC News 24: 1.1%
  • SBS2: 0.7%
  • ABC3: 0.5%
  • NITV: 0.1%

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