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The Big Bang Theory wins Monday night with 1.5m

The second week of the new series of The Big Bang Theory has continued impress in the TV ratings, with the first episode at 7.30pm winning the night with 1.523m.

The Nine show, which launched last week with audiences north of 1.5m, also aired with another new episode at 8pm, pulling in 1.129m, according to preliminary five-city metro ratings from OzTam.

But it was not enough to win the night for Nine, with The X Factor, Seven News and Today Tonight helping Seven to a winning audience share of 25.1%.

Ten’s Junior Masterchef continued to slide with 741,000 tuning in, its lowest audience since its 1m+ debut.

Monday night’s top rating shows:

1. The Big Bang Theory – 7:30pm Nine 1.523m
2. The X Factor Seven 1.371m
3. Seven News Seven 1.258m
4. Today Tonight Seven 1.235m
5. The Big Bang Theory – 8:00pm Nine 1.129m
6. Home and Away Seven 1.113m
7. Nine News Nine 1.071m
8. Body of Proof Seven 0.995m
9. The Big Bang Theory Nine 0.986m
10. ABC News ABC 0.942m
11. A Current Affair Nine 0.881m
12. Australian Story ABC 0.784m
13. Junior Masterchef Ten 0.741m
14. 7:30 ABC 0.720m
15. The 7PM Project Ten 0.686m

Monday’s station share:

Seven: 25.1%
Nine: 23.4%
ABC1: 12.9%
Ten: 11.9%
7TWO: 4.5%
SBS1: 3.5%
7mate: 3.3%
Eleven: 3.3%
GO!: 2.9%
Gem: 2.4%
ABC2: 2.5%
One: 1.7%
SBS2: 1.3%
ABC News 24: 0.7%
ABC3: 0.6%

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