Cougar Town slips further, while Masterchef continues ratings reign

Tim Burrowes

April 23, 2010 12:01

Seven’s Cougar Town has sunk to a new ratings low, while Ten’s Masterchef was the most-watched show for the fourth day in a row.

Cougar Town attracted only 626,000 average viewers, which was down on the 708,000 it had last week, according to preliminary overnight OzTam data in the main metro markets.

Nine’s Sea Patrol fared better in the same 8pm time slot, with over one million viewers. But the night again belonged to Ten’s Masterchef which has led the ratings race all week since its launch on Monday.

Among the sports shows Seven’s The Matty Johns Show maintained a narrow lead ahead of Nine’s The Footy Show in the combined markets of Sydney and Brisbane, with 459,000 compared to the latter’s 417,000.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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3 COMMENTS

Nesbit Goldenstone 23 Apr 10

No wonder Cougar Town isn’t very funny at all. The jokes are as lame as the shows themes which are worn out and wafer thin. We get it, she is desperate and old.

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Brad 24 Apr 10

Maybe Cougar Town should look at getting Lisa Curry on the show after her new man got her “Cougar” status around the nation.

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