Offspring season five opening up on last year for Ten

The fifth season of Ten’s hit drama Offspring opened to 931,000 metro viewers last night up on its debut last year of 868,000 viewers and helping Ten to a healthier audience share, according to OzTam.

Preliminary overnight metro ratings show Offspring was first in its timeslot from 8.45pm, beating The Blacklist, and Nine’s US sitcom Mom, as well as ranking second in Ten’s target demographic of people 25-54.

Only House Rules, which was on Seven from 7.30pm to 8.45pm grabbed more viewers in the timeslot with an audience of 1.072m, however the audience then dropped to 744,000 for The Blacklist at 8.45pm.

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