Today eclipses Sunrise again, Masterchef pulls in 1.6m

Nine’s Today is continuing to close the gap in the battle at breakfast with Seven’s Sunrise with another win on Thursday, edging ahead by 44,000 viewers and again dominating in Melbourne and Sydney.

Ten’s The 7pm project slipped from last week’s strong showing with St Kilda sex scandal schoolgirl Kim Duthie, down to 897,000, according to preliminary overnight figures from OzTam.

Masterchef won Thursday night with another strong showing, pulling in 1.615m viewers.

The night was a dead heat overall, with both Seven and Nine weighing in with 21% share.