Masterchef and Formula One give Ten its first competitive night of the ratings year
Masterchef: The Professionals winner Rhys Badcock
New Ten boss Hamish McLennan has started his first official day in the role with the news that the network has had its best ratings of the year to date, with the Melbourne Grand Prix, the final of MasterChef: The Professionals, and the series opening of The Biggest Loser all rating well.
According to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTAM, Ten’s best performer was the motor race, which rated 1.226m, fourth for Sunday.
MasterChef rated 1.02m for the winner announcement. The rest of the show averaged 980,000.The winner announcement was ninth for the night in all people, and second in 16-39 and 18-49.
People loved Ten’s F1 coverage.
Some of my favorite comments from people on Ten’s facebook page:
‘This is the worst ‘production’ iv ever seen.. so boring.. full of celebrities that no one wants to see anywhere near racing. On par with The View. Ten get a grip, tv’s going down the drain and your the suction dragging everyone down with you.’
‘you ruined my f1 experience…something I’ve looked forward to since last season. Stick to showing mindless tv about fat sh$ts.’
Coverage of the racing was fine – it was the crap that filled the spaces between the racing that was awful. When the race fills less than two hours of a full day telecast, it’s inevitable that 10 would stuggle.