Triple squeeze for Nine in Wednesday ratings
It was a tough night in the Wednesday ratings for Nine which, squeezed by competition from Australia’s Got Talent on Seven, Masterchef on Ten and Angry Boys on ABC1, found much of its programming stuck below the 800,000 mark.
Only Nine News and A Current Affair passed 1m, with a repeat of The Big Bang Theory bringing in 801,000, according to preliminary overnight ratings from OzTam.
Australia’s Got Talent won the night, with 1.519m, ahead of Masterchef (1.401m) and Angry Boys (1.346m).
It was a reasonable night for SBS1 show East West 101, which pulled in 220,000 viewers.
Wednesday’s top 15 shows:
1. Australia’s Got Talent Seven 1.519m
2. Masterchef Ten 1.401m
3. Angry Boys ABC 1.346m
4. Seven News Seven 1.281m
5. Today Tonight Seven 1.237m
6. Spicks and Specks ABC 1.089m
7. Home and Away Seven 1.085m
8. Nine News Nine 1.083m
9. Criminal Minds – Episode 1 Seven 1.037m
10. ABC News ABC 0.991m
11. A Current Affair Nine 0.985m
12. Glee Ten 0.959m
13. The 7PM Project Ten 0.818m
14. The Big Bang Theory Nine 0.801m
15. RPA Nine 0.741m
Wednesday’s channel share:
- Seven: 23.6%
- Ten: 17.9%
- Nine: 17.9%
- ABC1: 14.6%
- 7TWO 4.6%
- Eleven: 3.7%
- SBS1: 3.3%
- 7mate: 2.8%
- GO!: 2.5%
- One: 2.4%
- ABC2: 2.4%
- Gem: 2.3%
- ABC3: 0.9%
- SBS2: 0.7%
- ABC News 24: 0.5%
