Australia’s Got Talent grand final boosts Seven to Tuesday lead
The grand final episode of Australia’s Got Talent knocked Ten’s Masterchef off the number one spot last night, helping to boost Seven’s Tuesday share.
In overall free-to-air TV viewing Seven had a strong lead with a 31.3 per cent channel share, followed by Ten with 24.8 per cent and Nine in third with 22.1 per cent.
The talent contest was the most-watched show with 1.831m tuning in, followed by Masterchef with 1.69m, according to preliminary overnight OzTam data in the main metro markets.
Australia’s Got Talent’s final episode, when the winner will be announced, will air next Tuesday following a week-long public vote. Last year, the show averaged 1.377m viewers.
Last night, it was also the most-watched program in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. In Brisbane Ten’s NCIS led, while in Perth it was Seven’s Today Tonight.
However, among viewers 16-39s, 18-49s and 25-54s, Ten prevailed, with Masterchef in number one, followed by its new comedy Modern Family and NCIS in third.
Tuesday’s most-watched shows:
- Australia’s Got Talent Seven 1.831m
- Masterchef Ten 1.691m
- Today Tonight Seven 1.610m
- Modern Family Ten 1.544m
- Seven News Seven 1.535m
- NCIS Ten 1.517m
- Nine News Nine 1.308m
- A Current Affair Nine 1.252m
- Two and a Half Men Nine 1.245m
- Top Gear Nine 1.170m
- Grey’s Anatomy Seven 1.162m
- Home and Away Seven 1.133m
- ABC News ABC 1.051m
- The 7PM Project Ten 0.986
- Ten News Ten 0.962
Tuesday’s channel share:
- Seven: 31.3%
- Ten: 24.8%
- Nine: 22.1%
- ABC1: 12.1%
- SBS1: 3.2%
- GO!: 1.9%
- 7TWO 1.8%
- ABC2: 1.4%
- ABC3: 0.6%
- One: 0.5%
- SBS2: 0.4%
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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