Chaser’s Election Desk debuts with 783,000 as Masterchef wins the night
As the Federal election campaign rolls on, the premiere of The Chaser’s Election Desk at 9:00pm last night drew a metro audience of 783 000 viewers to the ABC.
The result came on a night when Masterchef Australia once again was the most watched non-news program last night, pulling in 1.049m viewers at 7:30pm.
In the same time slot David Attenborough’s The Hunt drew 715,000 beating Seven’s Highway patrol which had 594,000. Masterchef was well up on last week when it went head to head with the NRL State of Origin.
The result came despite Home and Away achieving third amongst the entertainment programs at 781,000 viewers at 7:00pm, while Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell drew 726,000 at 8.30pm.
Among the news programs Seven took the win for the night, drawing in 1.132m viewers for its 6:00pm program and 1.105m viewers after 6:30pm. Nine News had 1.059m at 6:00pm and 1.009m at 6:30pm.
Nine won the night with 18.4%, Seven reached 16.9%, Ten 16.6% and the ABC achieved a 12.8% share.
Top 15 shows
1 SEVEN NEWS Network Seven 1,132,000
2 SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT Network Seven 1,105,000
3 NINE NEWS Network Nine 1,059,000
4 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED Network TEN 1,049,000
5 NINE NEWS 6:30 Network Nine 1,009,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network Nine 923,000
7 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC 808,000
8 THE CHASER’S ELECTION DESK-EV Network ABC 783,000
9 HOME AND AWAY Network Seven 781,000
10 SHAUN MICALLEF’S MAD AS HELL-EV Network ABC 726,000
11 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S THE HUNT -RPT Network Nine 715,000
12 THE PROJECT 7PM Network TEN 656,000
13 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Network Seven 656,000
14 SHARK TANK WED Network TEN 625,000
15 HIGHWAY PATROL SPECIAL Network Seven 594,000
Audience share
Network Nine 18.4%
Network Seven 16.9%
Network TEN 16.6%
Network ABC 12.8%
Network 7TWO 4.9%
Network SBS 4.7%
Network GO! 3.7%
Network ABC2 3.3%
Network ONE 3.3%
Network Gem 2.7%
Network ELEVEN 2.6%
Network 7mate 2.4%
Network 7flix 1.7%
Network 9Life 1.7%
Network ABC News 24 1.4%
Network SBS 2 1.1%
Network SBS Food Network 0.9%
Network ABC3 0.7%
Network NITV 0.2%
Total audience share
Network Nine TTL 26.5%
Network Seven TTL 25.8%
Network TEN TTL 22.5%
Network ABC TTL 18.2%
Network SBS TTL 6.9%
