MasterChef and Merlin cook up Sunday TV magic for Ten

Ten’s strong early evening lineup won the network last night’s TV ratings battle as Nine put out the final Sunday episode of its misfiring renovation challenge HomeMade.  

The evening began by going Seven’s way, with Sunday Night (1.275m viewers) just ahead of Ten’s Merlin (1.231m), while HomeMade was well behind its rivals on 0.967m.

But the advantage switched to Ten at 7.30pm where MasterChef pulled in an average of 1.427m viewers, while Seven’s Border Security USA saw the network’s audience fall away to an average of 1.079m viewers, just behind Nine’s 1.122m viewers for 60 Minutes.

And by 8.30pm, viewers were again mostly split between Seven’s Bones (1.122m) and Ten’s Rove (1.065m) which featured singer Pink. Nine’s CSI only pulled in an average of 809,ooo viewers.

According to the preliminary ratings from OzTam, Ten won Sunday with an average metro share of 27.5%, just ahead of Seven’s 27.2%. Nine was on 24.2%, the ABC on 16.4% and SBS on 4.7%.

Sunday’s top rating TV shows: 

1. Seven News – Seven 1.8m
2. MasterChef – Ten 1.4m
3. Nine News – Nine 1.4m
4. Sunday Night – Seven 1.3m
5. Merlin – Ten 1.2m
6. 60 Minutes – Nine
7. 1.1mBones – Seven 1.1m
8. The Force – Seven 1.1m
9. Border Security USA – Seven 1.1m
10. Rove – Ten 1.1m

Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.

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topics Bones business CSI Home made Homemade MasterChef Media Merlin Nine OzTam Pink Rove Seven Sunday Ten TV ratings

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