Burn Notice at risk of another burn notice?

Burn Notice will likely be on notice with TEN following the network’s dismal showing on Friday night.

TEN’s primary channel share of 7.3% was more than doubled by ABC1’s 17.5%. It was only just in front of SBS ONE on 5.4%. Both Seven and Nine were above 21%.

TEN had traditionally struggled on Fridays but even in summer it’s hard to remember things getting this low. Its best performer was TEN News (557,000) then The Project (407,000), The Bold & The Beautiful (359,000), The Living Room (290,000), The Simpsons (251,000) and Burn Notice (219,000).

Meanwhile ABC1 had 1.07m for New Tricks in the same time slot as Burn Notice.

If TEN is prepared to weather the storm and rebrand Fridays as a drama night it might be able to benefit from this six months down the track.

But judging from the past it will more likely flip back to movies shortly…. which is kinda how we got here in the first place.