Surf Patrol

From Monday Seven extends its Seven News at 4:30pm to one hour, every weekday.

TEN wins Wednesday as MasterChef pushes Hey Hey under the 1m mark -and The Circle trumps Kerri-Anne.

High drama on the high seas as TEN wins Wednesday night and MasterChef powers to a new season high of 1.96m viewers.

Channel Nine has a new factual in development starring parking officers and council rangers.

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

MasterChef Australia hits 1.8m viewers. Last year those kind of figures weren’t evident until the final weeks of the show.

Art imitates life as Tom Williams heads back to the beach for more Surf Patrol for Seven.

Seven finally confirms its 2010 titles including The Pacific, My Kitchen Rules, Cougar Town, ICU, The Marriage Ref, Damage Control, Hung and Royal Pains.

Renewed and emerging hits last week included Midsomer Murders, Money for Jam and a lift by the AFL. But Seven just scraped over the boundary line to win the week.

With a few notable exceptions, it seems we are still drawn to lighter fare including Packed to the Rafters, Spicks & Specks, Midsomer Murders, 2.5 Men and a Harry Potter flick.

For the second week running Nine’s shows were boosted by those watching GO! But it wasn’t enough to stop Seven again claiming victory in Week 34.

Nine’s new head of entertainment, Janine Cooper, is apparently keen to snare Tom Williams from Seven.

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