News

Rove’s woollen penis steals the show from the PM

Rove McManus in an anatomically detailed suit, ubercamp fashionista Bruno and PM Kevin Rudd saw ratings for Rove leap about half a million on Sunday night.  

Rove scored an audience of more than 1.6m for Ten, according to preliminary ratings from OzTam. This was well up on the previous Sunday’s 1.1m.

The show saw him swap heavily scripted banter with actor Sacha Baron Cohen in the guise of Bruno who then gave him a dignity-snatching makeover, before lobbing the PM some relatively softball questions on Utegate.

Meanwhile MasterChef also performed well for Ten, with its 1.9m viewers making it the most watched show of the night.

Ten won Sunday with a 29.7% share. Nine and Seven were some way off with 25.5% and 24.4%. The ABC was on 16.1% and SBS 4.2%.

Sunday’s top rating TV shows:

  1. MasterChef – Ten 1.9m
  2. Seven News – Seven 1.8m
  3. Nine News – Nine 1.7m
  4. Rove – Ten 1.6m
  5. 60 Minutes – Nine 1.4m
  6. Merlin – Ten 1.3m
  7. Sunday Night – Seven 1.3m
  8. Random Acts of Kindness – Nine 1.2m
  9. Bones – Seven 1.2m
  10. Sneak Peek: Surf Patrol – Seven 1.1m
ADVERTISEMENT

Get the latest media and marketing industry news (and views) direct to your inbox.

Sign up to the free Mumbrella newsletter now.

 

SUBSCRIBE

Sign up to our free daily update to get the latest in media and marketing.