Seven takes Tuesday lead, while Ten dominates in key demographics

Tim Burrowes

June 2, 2010 11:51

The Seven Network had a commanding lead in Tuesday’s ratings, while Ten came in second bettering its result from the same day last week.

In overall channel share of free-to-air TV viewing, Seven attracted 28.3 per cent, up from last week’s 26.1 per cent, while Ten had 25.1 per cent, also up from last week’s 24.4 per cent.

Nine, which came in third yesterday managed 24.3 per cent, down from 26.7 per cent last week, according to preliminary overnight OzTam data in the main metro markets.

Ten’s Masterchef again led the most-watched list with an average audience of 1.768m, followed by Seven News with 1.597m and then Australia’s Got Talent with 1.587m – which was slightly up from last Tuesday’s result.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.