Loser rates below 1m on stronger Sunday for Ten
The move to the new Sunday night time slot failed to lift The Biggest Loser’s audience above the million mark for Ten.
The weigh in and elimination episode was watched by 971,000 viewers across metro audiences.
Ten’s updated Super Sunday combination didn’t land a single show in the top five most viewed shows. However, the channel achieved a strong showing in the key advertising audiences of 16-39 and 18-49 year olds.
According to Ten, last night saw an increase of 67.1% in share of the 18-49 audience above its year-to-date average, thanks to key shows Modern Family, Castle, New Girl and Homeland.
The network also recorded a rare share triumph over Nine, with a five-city share of 18.2% compared to Nine’s 16.9%.
Ten’s coverage of the Grand Prix on its digital channel One also achieved strong audience numbers, despite being plagued by technical difficulties. The network picked up a commercial share of 40% across its digital and terrestrial channels.
My Kitchen Rules continued to dominate for Seven, achieving the top slot for all audience age groups. 1,715,000 viewers tuned in to the hour long first semi-final episode at 7.30pm. Seven’s current affairs program Sunday Night picked up a total audience of 1,236,000.
Seven’s news coverage beat Nine’s with audiences of 1,361,000 and 1,262,000 respectively, according to OzTam’s preliminary overnight metro figures.
Nine’s nature documentary Great Barrier Reef increased audience slightly, picking up an audience of 980,000 and retaining its place in the top ten.
Sunday’s top 15 shows:
1. My Kitchen Rules Seven 1.715m
2. Seven News Seven 1.361m
3. Nine News Nine 1.262m
4. Sunday Night Seven 1.236m
5. Castle – Episode 1 Seven 1.035m
6. Modern Family Ten 1.012m
7. The Great Barrier Reef Nine 0.980m
8. The Biggest Loser Ten 0.971m
9. 60 Minutes Nine 0.964m
10. Homeland Ten 0.938m
11. ABC News ABC 0.820m
12. New Girl Ten 0.819m
13. Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide ABC 0.750m
14. The Mentalist Nine 0.680m
15. Castle – Episode 2 Ten 0.669m
Audience share by network
Seven: 25.2%
Ten: 18.2%
Nine: 16.9%
ABC1: 10.8%
One: 7.6%
GO!: 3.7%
SBS1: 3.3%
7mate: 3.1%
7TWO 3.0%
Gem: 2.5%
Eleven: 2.2%
ABC2: 1.7%
ABC News 24: 0.7%
SBS2: 0.6%
ABC3: 0.5%
MOdern Family’s a cracker show. No wonder it rates well.
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