The Hamster Wheel debuts with 857,000

The Chaser team’s new project The Hamster Wheel debuted on Wednesday night with 857,000.   

The ABC1 show, which analyses the media and the events of the week, was the tenth most-watched show for the night, according to preliminary metro ratings from OzTam.

It aired at 9:36pm following Gruen Planet which pulled 1.13 million and was the second most-watched show. Gruen was one of only three programs with a five-city audience of over 1 million.

Seven News was the most-watched show for the night with 1.179 million.

Wednesday’s top 15 shows:

1. Seven News – Seven – 1.179m
2. Gruen Planet – ABC – 1.130m
3. Today Tonight – Seven – 1.106m
4. Spicks and Specks – ABC – 0.996m
5. Home and Away – Seven – 0.996m
6. Nine News – Nine – 0.949m
7. The One – Seven – 0.945m
8. A Current Affair – Nine – 0.886m
9. ABC News – ABC – 0.880m
10. The Hamster Wheel – ABC – 0.857m
11. Glee – Ten – 0.843m
12. Modern Family –  Ten – 0.825m
13. The 7PM Project – Ten – 0.759m
14. The Renovators – Ten – 0.754m
15. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Nine – 0.73m

Wednesday’s metro channel share:

• Seven: 19.5%
• Nine: 17.3%
• Ten: 15.8%
• ABC1: 15.3%
• 7TWO: 4.9%
• 7mate: 4.6%
• Go!: 4.6%
• Eleven: 4.1%
• SBS1: 3.9%
• ABC2: 3.3%
• Gem: 2.8%
• One: 1.9%
• SBS2: 0.9%
• ABC3: 0.6%
• ABC News 24: 0.5%

Alice Terlikowski

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