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Iron Chef loses 20% of its audience

Seven’s cooking challenge Iron Chef Australia has slumped below the million mark on its second outing.

Despite being the lead in to ratings machine Packed To The Rafters, the show rated only 915,000, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam.  

Last week Iron Chef opened with 1.129m, which was seventh for the night. But last night it was 12th, with audience numbers down nearly 20% on its opening.

Menawhile the second Australian episode of Top Gear delivered 1.078m for Nine, seventh for the night.

Packed To The Rafters won the night with 1.686m.

Ten’s best performer was Talkin Bout Your Generation with 1.242m, which was fourth.

SBS didn’t have a single show in the top 50.

Tuesday’s share:

  • Seven: 26.0%
  • Ten: 21.6%
  • Nine: 20.3%
  • ABC1: 12.8%
  • GO!: 4.4%
  • 7TWO: 3.6%
  • SBS1: 3.6%
  • 7mate: 2.7%
  • ABC2: 1.4%
  • Gem: 1.4%
  • SBS2: 0.8%
  • ABC3: 0.5%
  • ABC News 24: 0.5%
  • One: 0.5%

Tuesday’s top rating shows:

  1. Packed to the Rafters Seven 1.686m
  2. Seven News Seven 1.413m
  3. Today Tonight Seven 1.321m
  4. Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation Ten 1.242m
  5. NCIS Ten 1.215m
  6. Nine News Nine 1.123m
  7. Top Gear Nine 1.078m
  8. A Current Affair Nine 1.069m
  9. Home and Away Seven 1.009m
  10. ABC News ABC 0.994m
  11. Two and a Half Men Nine 0.958m
  12. Iron Chef Seven 0.915m
  13. NCIS: Los Angeles Ten 0.843m
  14. Parenthood Seven 0.810m
  15. The 7:30 Report ABC 0.803m
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