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Nine’s Underbelly beats Masterchef in Sunday ratings

Underbelly, MumbrellaNine’s double episode of Underbelly: The Golden Mile returned to the top Sunday spot last night, a rise from its most recent ratings performance.  

Underbelly saw both episodes attract over 1.6m respectively, according to preliminary overnight OzTam data in the main metro markets.

It was also a winner in the key advertiser demographics 16-39s, 18-49s and 25-45s.

The Nine show was followed by Seven’s evening news with 1.57m, which beat Ten’s Masterchef – Challenge with 1.58m.

Underbelly was not aired last Sunday due to the Logie Awards. The week prior to that Underbelly was the most-watched Sunday show with 1.5m average viewers. It was ahead of Masterchef which attracted 1.28m.

Ratings for Seven’s evening news, current affairs show Sunday Night, The Force and Border Security were affected by the broadcast of AFL coverage in Adelaide.

Sunday’s most-watched shows:

  1. Underbelly – Episode 1 Nine 1.677m
  2. Underbelly – Episode 2 Nine 1.613m
  3. Seven News Seven 1.571m*
  4. Masterchef Ten 1.548m
  5. Nine News Nine 1.472m
  6. Sunday Night Seven 1.296m*
  7. Bones Seven 1.243m
  8. Customs Nine 1.211m
  9. Send in the Dogs Nine 1.140m
  10. 60 Minutes Nine 1.113m
  11. The Force Seven 1.109m*
  12. Border Security Seven 1.036m*
  13. Castle Seven 910,000
  14. Doctor Who ABC 909,000
  15. Foyle’s War ABC 907,000

* Pre-emptions for Border Security and The Force and time-shifting of Seven News and Sunday Night in Adelaide only to accommodate AFL coverage 4:30-7:30pm.

Sunday’s channel share:

  • Nine: 29.3%
  • Seven: 25.3%
  • Ten: 18.5%
  • ABC1: 14.5%
  • GO!: 3.9%
  • SBS1: 2.9%
  • One: 2.8%
  • 7TWO: 1.4%
  • ABC2: 0.8%
  • ABC3: 0.3%
  • SBS2: 0.3%
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