ABC’s Cleverman slides on second outing as Ten’s Masterchef wins the night

Miranda Ward

June 10, 2016 10:24

Masterchef was the most-watched show of Thursday evening as the second episode of ABC’s much talked about new supernatural drama Cleverman shed 122,000 metro viewers.

Cleverman, which aired at 9:30pm, pulled in 330,000 metro viewers down on last week’s debut audience of 452,000.

Earlier in the evening Ten’s Masterchef, which aired at 7:30pm, drew an audience of 1.041m to be the most-watched show across the key advertising demographics (16-39, 18-49 and 25-54).

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.

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2 COMMENTS

Big Shane 10 Jun 16

I think Cleverman is OK (I plan on watching the whole series), but why is it so unrelentingly earnest and flat? There isn’t a single line of dialogue that rises above crude exposition or people bickering with each other.

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Helen 10 Jun 16

What are the ratings for the footy show with Rebecca maddern? doesn’t seem to be in the top 15!

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