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Ten beats Nine with shows enjoying Tuesday ratings rise

Network Ten pushed ahead of Nine in yesterday’s ratings, with the former taking six of the top 15 spots on the most-watched list.

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While Ten’s Masterchef again topped the ladder with an average audience of 1.619m, ratings for its other shows NCIS, Bondi Rescue, The 7PM Project, NCIS: Los Angeles and Ten News were all up respectively compared to results for Tuesday of last week.

NCIS saw a rise from 1.37m last week to 1.509m last night, while spin off show NCIS: Los Angeles rose from 908,000 last week to 984,000.

Meanwhile, Bondi Rescue’s average audience was up from 1.168m last week to 1.326m. The show (pictured) has for the first time this year surpassed the average audience share it recorded last year of 1.273m.

The 7Pm Project also grew share with 992,000 viewers.

Nine’s Top Gear fell slightly compared to last week, with 1.233m viewers. But it remained popular among 16-39s and 18-49s, second only to Masterchef.

In overall free-to-air TV viewing, Seven led with 28 per cent, followed by Ten with 25.6 per cent and Nine with 22.8 per cent. With the inclusion of their digital channels, Ten still remains in second place.

Tuesday’s top-rating shows:

  1. Masterchef Ten 1.619m
  2. Seven News Seven 1.552m
  3. Today Tonight Seven 1.526m
  4. NCIS Ten 1.509m
  5. Australia’s Got Talent Seven 1.461m
  6. Bondi Rescue Ten 1.326m
  7. Nine News Nine 1.320m
  8. Top Gear Nine 1.233m
  9. A Current Affair Nine 1.182m
  10. Home and Away Seven 1.114m
  11. Two and a Half Men Nine 1.062m
  12. ABC News ABC 1.038m
  13. The 7PM Project Ten 0.992
  14. NCIS: Los Angeles Ten 0.984
  15. Ten News Ten 0.949

Tuesday’s channel share:

  • Seven: 28.0%
  • Ten: 25.6%
  • Nine: 22.8%
  • ABC1: 12.5%
  • SBS1: 4.3%
  • 7TWO 2.1%
  • GO!: 2.0%
  • ABC2: 1.4%
  • ABC3: 0.4%
  • One: 0.4%
  • SBS2: 0.4%
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