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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.

Thursday’s top 15 shows:

1. Masterchef Ten 1.615m
2. Seven News Seven 1.344m
3. Today Tonight Seven 1.323m
4. Nine News Nine 1.151m
5. Home and Away Seven 1.112m
6. A Current Affair Nine 1.036m
7. ABC News ABC 0.986m
8. Law and Order: SVU – Episode 1 Ten 0.930m
9. How I Met Your Mother – Episode 1 Seven 0.916m
10. The 7PM Project Ten 0.897m
11. RBT Nine 0.848m
12. Grey’s Anatomy Seven 0.840m
13. The Big Bang Theory Nine 0.838m
14. Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice Nine 0.790m
15. The Footy Show Nine 0.764m

Thursday’s channel share:

  • Seven: 21.0%
  • Nine: 21.0%
  • Ten: 20.7%
  • ABC1: 9.9%
  • 7TWO 4.7%
  • GO!: 3.9%
  • Eleven: 3.6%
  • SBS1: 3.4%
  • Gem: 2.9%
  • ABC2: 2.8%
  • 7mate: 2.5%
  • ABC3: 0.6%
  • SBS2: 0.5%
  • ABC News 24: 0.4%

 

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