More than a million Australians got out of bed for Monday’s 4.30am Socceroos game, according to overnight metro ratings from OzTam.
In SBS’s biggest TV audience of the year, an average of 1.1m people tuned in to the disappointing 4-0 thrashing of Australia at the hands of Germany.
Along with nearly half a million people for the Netherlands-Denmark game, Monday saw SBS reach a free to air viewing share of 8.1%.
The Queen’s Birthday Holiday in most states of Australia also appeared to boost viewing across the board, with Ten’s Masterchef pulling in more than 1.9m viewers. Good News Week reached a series high of 1.4m, while The 7PM Project broke the 1m mark again, helping Ten to a win for Monday night.
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Masterchef also dominated Sunday night’s viewing, pulling in nearly 1.7m viewers, in a day narrowly won by Nine thanks in part to the performance of Underbelly (1.4m).
Meanwhile, Seven narrowly won last week, with a 6pm-midnight share of 24.6%, just ahead of Nine’s 23.6% and Ten’s 21.7%
Monday’s top rating TV shows:
- Masterchef Ten 1.930m
- Seven News Seven 1.647m
- Today Tonight Seven 1.638m
- Nine News Nine 1.460m
- Good News Week Ten 1.402m
- A Current Affair Nine 1.250m
- Two and a Half Men – 7:00pm Nine 1.235m
- Two and a Half Men – 7:30pm Nine 1.230m
- World Cup: Germany v Australia – Live SBS 1.106m
- Breaking The Magician’s Code Seven 1.106m
- The 7PM Project Ten 1.100m
- ABC News ABC 1.093m
- Ten News Ten 1.089m
- The Big Bang Theory Nine 1.083m
- Home And Away Seven 1.060m
Monday’s share:
- Ten: 24.7%
- Seven: 22.3%
- Nine: 21.6%
- ABC1: 12.9%
- SBS1: 8.1%
- 7TWO 4.3%
- GO!: 2.0%
- ABC2: 1.7%
- One: 1.0%
- ABC3: 0.7%
- SBS2: 0.7%
Sunday’s top rating TV shows:
- Masterchef Ten 1.665m
- Seven News Seven 1.461m
- Nine News Nine 1.407m
- Underbelly Nine 1.384m
- Sunday Night Seven 1.286m
- Customs Nine 1.168m
- Send in the Dogs Nine 1.133m
- Agatha Christie’s Poirot ABC 1.068m
- The Force Seven 1.062m
- Border Security Seven 1.059m
- Merlin Ten 0.956m
- 60 Minutes Nine 0.944m
- The Good Wife Ten 0.854m
- Doctor Who ABC 0.814m
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nine 0.794m
Sunday’s share:
- Nine: 24.8%
- Seven: 21.2%
- Ten: 21.0%
- ABC1: 15.4%
- SBS1: 7.7%
- GO!: 5.0%
- 7TWO: 2.1%
- One: 1.3%
- ABC2: 0.6%
- ABC3: 0.4%
- SBS2: 0.4%