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Seven takes Thursday back from Ten in TV ratings

Seven moved back into second place in Thursday TV ratings, after Ten narrowly nabbed the spot the same day last week, led by its strong-rating Masterchef and Glee.  

Ten took the top two most-watched spots among 16-39s, 18-49s and 25-54s with Masterchef and Glee. The 7PM Project also had a good night coming in third among 16-39s and fourth among 18-49s.

Meanwhile,the ABC’s broadcast of the Budget: The Right of Reply from opposition leader Tony Abbott saw 659,000 tune in, according to overnight preliminary OzTam data in the main metro markets.

The result was slightly lower than the Treasurer’s Budget Speech on Tuesday night, also on the ABC, which had 677,000 viewers.

In overall free-to-air TV viewing Nine led with a 25.2 per cent, followed by Seven with 21.9 per cent and Ten with 21.3 per cent.

Thursday’s most-watched shows:

  1. Masterchef Ten 1.581m
  2. Seven News Seven 1.397m
  3. Today Tonight Seven 1.285m
  4. Glee Ten 1.231m
  5. Nine News Nine 1.227m
  6. A Current Affair Nine 1.194m
  7. Sea Patrol Nine 1.132m
  8. Two and a Half Men Nine 1.117m
  9. ABC News ABC 1.09m
  10. Getaway Nine 1.003m
  11. Home and Away Seven 973,000
  12. The 7PM Project Ten 895,000
  13. Ten News Ten 879,000
  14. Criminal Minds Seven 780,000
  15. The Footy Show Nine 767,000

Thursday’s channel share:

  • Nine: 25.2%
  • Seven: 21.9%
  • Ten: 21.3%
  • ABC1: 15.1%
  • GO!: 4.9%
  • SBS1: 4.5%
  • 7TWO 2.7%
  • ABC2: 2.2%
  • One: 0.9%
  • ABC3: 0.6%
  • SBS2: 0.6%
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