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MasterChef bounces back to 1.7m

After copping a hiding yesterday, MasterChef rebounded last night with its equal best figure all year of 1.74m viewers.

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After copping a (media) hiding yesterday, MasterChef rebounded last night with its equal best figure all year of 1.74m viewers.

Take that Kyle Sandilands and co… or in this case Daryl Somers and co.

Both Nine and Seven were well behind TEN with Hey Hey taking 1.03m and Dog Squad / Surf Patrol on 964,000 / 899,000. In fairness to Nine, Hey Hey is of course a much longer show than MasterChef, which normally drags its average down.

The Pacific also dropped last night with 1.06m and 956,000 for its two episodes.

Spicks and Spicks lost a little ground with 1.07m, but Lowdown effectively held at 594,000. More worringly, Psychoville plummeted to just 361,000.

Juno had to settle for 821,000 on TEN despite a huge lead-in.

Seven Network won the night.

Week 20

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  3. Hey Hey won’t last much longer – it’s doomed.

    Judging by the ratings for each city the only place where it’s genuinely popular is in Melbourne.

    Adelaide and Perth have switched off it and the others are following.

    Can’t see it lasting for the 20 episode order and certainly won’t be back next year if the poor ratings keep up (or down).

    As for Psychoville – it’s a great show – very twisted and weird and a perfect antidote to the banal antics of Hey Hey.

  4. When are some of you people going to realise that Hey Hey will not ever be coming back to Saturday!

    Apart from the AFL thing mentioned, they can’t possibly make the same money from ad sales etc if they have it on a Saturday night.

    You all whined until it got put back on tv (how embarassing), how about you just be happy with that?

  5. Loving seeing the gradual inevitable decline of ‘Hey Hey It’s Still Turgid’. Masterchef has us absolutely hooked.

    And how good was Juno!!

  6. It’s unfair to judge the ratings of Hey Hey when it is competing on the wrong day.
    Hey Hey is a good show, but it is not in the same genre as most shows that are on weeknights. Other shows might include lighter content, but they have structure and I think that all primetime weeknight shows need structure. In this regard, you could say that Hey Hey is a bit like breakfast and morning shows where most people do not watch the entirety of the show because there is a very loose structure. This is why the show belongs on Saturdays.

    Nine are doing much better this year in total people and the demographics, so they will definitely make a little more money, so maybe next year they will feel more confident about putting such an expensive show like Hey Hey on a low-audience night like Saturday.

  7. Saw my first-ever bit of the Australian copy of MC as I waited for Juno’s predictably late start. What’s all the fuss about? It’s just the usual contrived suspense and what seemed a desperate attempt to create some inter-contestant angst. And if there’s ANYTHING more revolting than close-ups of people eating, its watching close-ups of three fat, pompous, overdressed rich guys eating.
    What a revolting show. Won’t make that mistake again.

  11. they didn’t lose to agnt when they went head to head any way. hey hey has hit a snag and i reckon they will put it on saturday from next year on

  14. I switched off the Pacific and watched Amerian actress Brooke Shields track her Italian roots in ‘Who do you think you are’. Glad I watched it too.

  17. The team challenge always does well for MC as it’s the best show of the week. And you’ll find Hey Hey increases dramatically when MC finishes. And as I said in the ratings thread it fluctuates and without MC as competition it will do very well later in the year.

    The Pacific is a different story though as once a show like this loses viewers they don’t come back and it’ll likely drop even more next week.

  19. Juno is such a good movie.

    Shame Chuck barely cracked 100,000 but up against Hey Hey, MC and the rest at 7:30 what would they expect give it’s 3 years old and already had a run of Fox8 and is out on DVD.

    Good going MC and I don’t think they took a hiding Tuesday night, Any show they can get almost 1.5 million is doing great in my book. Any way you look at it MC is the hit TEN needs!

    I wonder what the ‘break even’ point is for Hey Hey, 1 million viewers? Not that Nine will drop it, at least for these 10 shows, but it might put into question the 2nd lot of 10 later in the year if they continue to drop.

  20. I believe that Lowdown should continue to grow in viewer numbers. I have watched it since the first episode and it definately grows on you. Everyone who i have suggested have a look, is still watching it. Good to see some clever/low key delivery Australian humour, which provides a good alternative to ever present Reality TV. Well done someone.

  21. I try to watch Psycoville but for me its just a terrible show…. I’m all for the Little Britain meets Catherine Tate show meets Alfred Hitchcock references that have been noted by various media writers and even you David gave the show a favourable review but I could find no narrative or any likeable characters that the above mentioned shows had (no matter how grotesque or macarbe these characters are they dont compare) so its really not suprising that it got those ratings… it seems only a few “get it”.

  23. I think Tuesdays Masterchef may have been hampered by the Budget, which stole viewers that normally don’t watch the ABC at that time. Time will tell next week whethere it’s AGT that takes the viewers.

  24. Juno actually helped Ten come second after Nine but adding on GO takes Nine over Ten as a network. Seven’s win mostly due to early evening. Pretty close between all three when you look at main channel shares only.

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