• ABC’s Utopia once again cracks 1 million in Total TV
• 792,000 tune in for Day 1, Test 2 of The Ashes on Nine
Total TV Ratings, June 21
3,206,000 tuned in for QLD’s stellar victory over the NSW Blues in the State of Origin II, finishing 32 – 6, lifting 22%. 1,611,000 also watched the State of Origin II Pre-Match, lifting 17% and 1,028,000 viewed the Post-Match, up 21%.
1,049,000 watched ABC’s Utopia as the government stalled on an election promise of the NBA moving to independent status, lifting 63%.
944,000 viewed Seven’s Home and Away where Mercedes got under Bree’s skin, while Cash threw himself into work, up 25%.
668,000 tuned in for 10’s MasterChef Australia as the contestants arrived at The Temple of Boom, an evocative reimaging of the ancient Greek Acropolis in Victoria for a Service Challenge, lifting 30%.
Overnight TV Ratings, June 28
Primetime News
Seven News 912,000 (6:00pm) / 860,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 832,000 (6:00pm) / 806,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 594,000
10 News First 241,000 (5:00pm)/ 167,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 149,000 (6:30pm)/ 120,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 670,000
7.30 481,000
The Project 178,000 6:30pm / 258,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 205,000
Today 180,000
News Breakfast 130,000
Nine won Wednesday night with a primary share of 30.3% and a network share of 37.9%. 7mate has won multi channels with a 2.7% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair (670,000) spoke with a man who craned a $3 million sportscar into his $39 million penthouse apartment and the program was also granted exclusive access inside Operation Trinity. This Victorian Police taskforce is cracking down on underaged crooks breaking into family homes and stealing cars. Then, 792,000 watched Session One, Day One of Test Two, The Ashes live from Lord’s, London. 509,000 tuned in for the Pre-Match and 485,000 watched Lunch with 379,000 watching Session Two. At the end of the first day, Australia scored 339/5 (83) with England yet to bat.
465,000 began their evening in Summer Bay with Seven’s Home and Away where the fictitious band Lyrik went into the recording studio, Mercedes made her move and Tane was not himself before, 343,000 stayed on for Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. Graeme had some advice for Debbie, owner of Alfie, an agoraphobic Sprocker so terrified of the outside world that he hasn’t been for a walk in two-and-a-half years! Then, 231,000 stayed on for Front Bar.
481,000 watched ABC’s 7.30 explore the Queensland Government’s pumped hydro scheme and also looked at a Victorian town that is dealing with the fallout of a fatal joyride where four young people were killed. Sarah Ferguson also interviewed Idris Elba. 590,000 then watched Utopia where Jim upped security measures while trying to sway the outcome of tenders for an international partnership, before 532,000 watched Gruen.
On 10, The Project (178,000 6:30pm / 258,000 7pm) spoke to a Taylor Swift superfan after millions of Swifties joined the queue to try and secure tickets to see her Aussie Eras tour next year plus Georgie Tunny interviewed singer and TV personality Kelly Clarkson about her new single Red Flag Collector. MasterChef Australia then followed as the top six were divided into three teams of two. The pairs had to pick ingredients from the beautiful farm that supplies produce to the two-hatted restaurant, O.MY before having a 15-minute briefing with chef Blayne Bertoncello and cooking their course for 16 diners and Judges Andy Allen and Jock Zonfrillo. 460,000 tuned in.
See Also: MasterChef Recap Episode 38: O(h) my! The final six compete in a fresh produce Service Challenge
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Costco: Is it really worth it? with 144,000 tuning in to see a look at the workings of the membership-only retailer, examining if its own-brand products are really premium ones in disguise, and putting them to the test.
