Ratings week discovers a new hit in Hunted

10’s new reality series Hunted put down a strong first week, as the most popular entertainment show across the week.

New additions also included Beauty & the Geek & Shaun Micallef’s Brain Eisteddfod.

It was a close battle between Seven and Nine, the former taking out the week in Total People.

Network:
Seven: 27.7
Nine: 27.2
10: 18.3
ABC: 16.6
SBS: 10.2

Primary channel:
Seven: 19.1
Nine: 19.0
10: 12.3
ABC: 11.8
SBS: 6.0

Multichannels:
7mate: 3.8
7TWO / 10 Peach: 3.2
9GEM: 2.5
9GO!: 2.4
ABC Kids TV Plus: 2.2
9Life / 10 BOLD / ABC News: 2.1
SBS VICELAND: 1.7
7flix: 1.6
SBS Food: 1.2
9RUSH / SBS World Movies: 1.1
10 Shake: 0.8
ABC ME: 0.5
NITV: 0.3
SBS WorldWatch: 0.0

Seven won Sunday, Friday & Saturday. Nine won Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Both tied on Tuesday. ABC bettered 10 from Wednesday – Saturday.

Seven was victorious in Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth. Nine scored Sydney & Brisbane.

Best brands last week were:

Seven: Seven News (Sun: 912,000), The Best of the Best & Worst of Red Faces (592,000), The Chase (518,000) and Seven’s AFL (Fri: 501,000).

Nine: Nine News (Sun: 849,000), A Current Affair (616,000), Beauty & the Geek (Wed: 532,000) and Hot Seat (418,000).

10: Hunted (Mon: 711,000), Have You Been Paying Attention? (679,000), Shaun Micallef’s Brain Eisteddfod (437,000) and The Dog House (433,000).

ABC: ABC News (588,000), Back Roads (530,000) 7:30 and Gruen (both 521,000).

SBS: Who Do You Think You Are? (239,000), SBS World News (148,000), Insight and The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (147,000).

Infogram supplied by Nine: