MasterChef most watched entertainment show as Ten beats Nine in Perth and Melbourne

MasterChef was the most watched entertainment show for Thursday evening on a disjointed evening of programming, with the reality program grabbing a metro audience of 882,000 for Ten and winning its 7.30pm timeslot and across the important demographics of people aged 16 – 39, 18 – 49 and 25 – 54.

Both Nine and Seven had disrupted schedules thanks to Wednesday’s coverage of the State of Origin I, and last night’s AFL game between Sydney Swans and Geelong, which grabbed 441,000 viewers on Seven’s main channel, despite only airing in Melbourne and Adelaide.

Nine’s showing of a new episode of Top Gear at 7.30pm managed a metro audience of 535,000 despite not airing in Brisbane and Perth, while 541,000 tuned in for Seven’s hour long episode of Home and Away in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth at 7pm, with the audience dropping away at 8pm for the replay of Wednesday night’s episode of House Rules which was watched by 498,000 in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Seven won the night with an audience share of 20.8 per cent, with Nine not far behind sitting on a share of 17.6 per cent.  Ten had a share of 14 per cent, however it did manage to beat Nine’s share in both Melbourne and Perth with Ten grabbing an audience share in Melbourne of 16.2 per cent while Nine lagged slightly behind in the Victorian capital with a share of 15.8 per cent.