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Mrs Brown’s Boys and Top Gear dominate Thursday’s TV ratings

A uncompetitive night’s TV schedule saw Seven’s triple bill of British comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys perform reasonably well, as did an episode of Top Gear for Nine.

Seven showed the Mrs Brown’s Boys episodes Mammy Christmas, The Virgin Mammy and Mammy’s Ass. The first episode rated 1.038m, third for the night after Nine News and Seven News, the next two rated 920,000 and 594,000. Mrs Brown’s Boys is a broad sitcom set in Ireland.

Meanwhile, Nine’s Top Gear journey to the source of The Nile averaged 927,000, eighth for the night, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTAM. Top Gear was also number one show in  the key advertising demographics of 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54.

The Footy Show averaged 796,000 for Nine.

Consumer issues entertainment show The Checkout rated 796,000 for ABC1.

Ten’s best performers were Ten News At Five (641,000) and Law & Order; SVU (621,000).

Seven won the night with a 22.7 per cent share, followed by Nine with a 21.9 per cent share. Next came ABC1 with 13.6 per cent, Ten with 12.9 per cent and SBS1 with 4.9 per cent.

Earlier in the day Nine’s Today beat Seven’s Sunrise by 378,000 to 352,000. However Seven’s The Morning Show comfortably beat Nine’s Mornings 171,000 to 128,000.

Thursday’s top shows:

  1. Nine News Nine 1.225
  2. Seven News Seven 1.181
  3. Mrs Brown’s Boys – Episode 1 Seven 1.038
  4. A Current Affair Nine 1.033
  5. Today Tonight Seven 0.981
  6. Home and Away Seven 0.943
  7. ABC News ABC 0.931
  8. Border Security: International Seven 0.927
  9. Top Gear Nine 0.927
  10. Mrs Brown’s Boys – Episode 2 Seven 0.920
  11. 7:30 ABC 0.834
  12. The Footy Show – AFL and NRL Nine 0.796
  13. The Checkout ABC 0.752
  14. Hot Seat Nine 0.655
  15. Ten News Ten 0.641

Network share:

  • Seven: 22.7%
  • Nine: 21.9%
  • ABC1: 13.6%
  • Ten: 12.9%
  • SBS1: 4.9%
  • 7TWO: 4.6%
  • GO!: 3.7%
  • Eleven: 2.9%
  • ABC2: 2.9%
  • 7mate: 2.5%
  • Gem: 2.5%
  • One: 2.4%
  • ABC News 24: 1.0%
  • ABC3: 0.7%
  • SBS2: 0.7%
  • NITV: 0.1%

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