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Record share for Ten, led by Masterchef and Lie To Me

Masterchef, MumbrellaNetwork Ten returned its second biggest rating result yesterday, leading the free-to-air channels in overall share as Masterchef nudged a record two million viewers.  

The cooking show was the most-watched in all the main metro markets and among viewers aged 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54, according to preliminary overnight OzTam data.

Ten’s US show, Lie To Me also drew its highest audience for the season so far with over one million average viewers.

Ten’s main channel led overall with a 26.1 per cent share, followed by Seven with 23.9 per cent and Nine with 23.9 per cent.

The last time Ten led in the ratings this year was on April 19 when it attracted a 34.5 per cent share in consolidated viewing – which includes overnight and time shifted viewing – in an analysis of the three commercial FTA channels.

Nine came second with 33.9 per cent, and Seven third with 31.9 per cent.

Wednesday’s most-watched shows:

  1. Masterchef Ten 1.968m
  2. Seven News Seven 1.594m
  3. Today Tonight Seven 1.475m
  4. Nine News Nine 1.279m
  5. A Current Affair Nine 1.211m
  6. Lie To Me Ten 1.192m
  7. Two and a Half Men Nine 1.155m
  8. Spicks and Specks ABC 1.124m
  9. Home and Away Seven 1.053m
  10. Hey Hey It’s Saturday Nine 1.003m
  11. ABC News ABC 1.002m
  12. The Pacific Seven 0.978
  13. The 7PM Project Ten 0.924
  14. Ten News Ten 0.914
  15. Dog Squad Seven 0.907

Wednesday’s channel share:

  • Ten: 26.1%
  • Seven: 23.9%
  • Nine: 23.7%
  • ABC1: 13.4%
  • SBS1: 4.7%
  • GO!: 2.5%
  • 7TWO 2.4%
  • ABC2: 1.5%
  • One: 0.9%
  • ABC3: 0.5%
  • SBS2: 0.4%
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