Cleverman debuts to 452,000 as Masterchef wins the night

The ABC’s much talked about new supernatural drama Cleverman debuted at 9.30pm last night with 452,000 metro viewers, second in its time slot behind Nine’s The Footy Show.

Ten’s Masterchef was the most-watched program last night, pulling in a metro audience of 1.089m at 7.30pm in the absence of its reality rivals. However, it was not enough to help Ten win the night, according to OzTAM overnight metro ratings.

Nine took top spot with an audience share of 18.3% ahead of Ten’s share of 17% while Seven settled for third place with a share of 16.4%. The ABC managed a share of 13%.