2m+ ratings as the rise of Masterchef continues

Ten’s Masterchef stormed through the 2m mark in Wendesday night’s ratings as The Gruen Transfer made a solid second appearance on ABC1 with just over 1.2m and Hey Hey It’s Saturday struggled with 900,000 on Nine.  

Ten easily won the night with a 27.6% share. With four nights of the ratings week gone, Ten has a narrow – and rare – lead for the week. Ten’s weekly share is 23.9% to Seven’s 23.8% and Nine’s 22.8%.

Meanwhile, SBS1 scored 336,000 for its midnight crunch World Cup game of England vs Slovenia.

Wednesday’s top 15 TV shows:

1. Masterchef Ten 2.039m
2. Seven News Seven 1.558m
3. Today Tonight Seven 1.526m
4. Nine News Nine 1.284m
5. The Gruen Transfer ABC 1.227m
6. Two and a Half Men Nine 1.151m
7. Lie to Me Ten 1.146m
8. A Current Affair Nine 1.126m
9. The Force Seven 1.125m
10. Border Security Seven 1.113m
11. ABC News ABC 1.089m
12. Home and Away Seven 1.059m
13. Spicks and Specks ABC 0.999m
14. Ten News Ten 0.919m
15. Hey Hey It’s Saturday Nine 0.908m

Wendesday’s channel ratings share:

• Ten: 27.6%
• Seven: 21.3%
• Nine: 21.2%
• ABC1: 15.6%
• SBS1: 6.0%
• ABC2: 2.2%
• GO!: 2.0%
• 7TWO: 1.8%
• ABC3: 0.6%
• One: 0.6%
• SBS2: 1.0%

Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.

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Comments: 3

macsmutterings 24 Jun 10

I really like Masterchef, but last nights show was too much like The Amazing Race for me

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Megan 24 Jun 10

Yay for Masterchef! The only best reality TV there is are anything food related 😀

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Swanson 27 Jun 10

And its doiing well overseas.
Just saw it on Swedish television yesterday – on a pretty decent time slot.

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