Dancing with the Stars falls on debut as Australia’s Ashes rout bolsters Nine and Gem
TV host Larry Emdur is one of the Dancing With the Stars contestants
Dancing with the Stars fell sharply on its return to Seven last night, attracting 778,000 metro viewers, well down on the 1.04m who watched the debut outing last year.
The celebrity dance show, which opened with a two and a half hour special from 7pm, was the sixth most watched show of Sunday night.
It was well beaten by Nine’s The Voice, which drew 1.53m viewers and topped the night in the 7pm time slot despite losing 300,000 viewers from last week, and Masterchef on Ten which pulled in 1.04m, an improvement on last week’s 993,000.
Australia’s dominance over England in the second Ashes test continued to do well for Gem, with the first session of the fourth day, which started at 8pm, drawing 769,000 and the second session attracting 520,000, giving the multichannel a higher audience share than both the ABC and Ten’s primary channel.
On Friday and Saturday, the cricket was broadcast on Nine, with the second sessions pulling in 503,000 and 611,000 respectively and the first sessions 477,000 and 581,000.
Last night’s figures helped Gem deliver an audience share of 13.7 per cent, ahead of Ten’s 12.9 per cent. Nine won the night with 21.9 per cent, ahead of Seven’s 17.3 per cent, with the ABC capturing 11.2 per cent.
CSI: Cyber, airing on Ten directly after Masterchef at 9pm, continued to shed viewers, falling from 487,000 last Sunday to 392,000. Two weeks ago the US drama pulled in 528,000.
Nine’s A.D Kingdom and Empire, at 9.40pm, which has already been cancelled by its network NBC, also fell away with its audience plummeting from 421,000 to 259,000. The network’s current affairs show 60 Minutes drew 825,000.
Over on the ABC, Grand Designs was watched by 738,000 in its 7.40pm time slot, down from 840,000, while Inspector George Gently fell from 840,000 to 729,000.
An hour-long interview with Stephen Hawking on SBS at 8.30pm attracted 200,000.
In news, Nine won the night with almost 1.4m metro viewers, ahead of Seven’s 1.3m.
Top 15 shows:
1 THE VOICE -SUN Network 9 1,538,000
2 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Network 9 1,397,000
3 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Network 7 1,304,000
4 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SUN Network TEN 1,044,000
5 60 MINUTES Network 9 825,000
6 DANCING WITH THE STARS Network 7 778,000
7 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV Network ABC 773,000
8 THE MID-YEAR ASHES: SECOND TEST-ENG V AUS SESSION 1 -D4 Network Gem 769,000
9 GRAND DESIGNS-EV Network ABC 738,000
10 INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY-EV Network ABC 729,000
11 THE CRICKET SHOW Network Gem 593,000
12 MODERN FAMILY EP 2 RPT Network TEN 526,000
13 THE MID-YEAR ASHES: SECOND TEST-ENG V AUS SESSION 2 -D4 Network Gem 520,000
14 BONES Network 7 501,000
15 FAMILY FEUD SUNDAY Network TEN 470,000
Audience share:
Network 9 21.9%
Network 7 17.2%
Network Gem 13.7%
Network TEN 12.9%
Network ABC 11.2%
Network SBS ONE 5.0%
Network 7mate 3.2%
Network ONE 2.8%
Network 7TWO 2.4%
Network ABC2 2.4%
Network GO! 2.4%
Network ELEVEN 2.3%
Network SBS 2 1.1%
Network ABC News 24 0.8%
Network ABC3 0.5%
Network NITV 0.1%
Total share:
Network 9 TTL 38.0%
Network 7 TTL 22.8%
Network TEN TTL 18.0%
Network ABC TTL 14.9%
Network SBS TTL 6.3%
Data OzTAM Pty Limited 2013. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of OzTAM.
Not happy with new host or Bruno judge.
Won’t be watching show anymore.
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Love DWTS and I love Shane Bourne but square peg round hole.
He makes the show feel older and daggy rather than young and funky which Dan Mc did.
It’s a long road back.
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Yawn.
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Shane Bourne should perfect for DWTS because it’s key demo surely has to be 50+.
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Where are the stars, sick of reality shows contestants being called stars.
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