Heston-a-palooza night fails to win over viewers

Tim Burrowes

April 8, 2011 11:09

Heston’s Mission Impossible was no match for The Biggest Loser on Thursday night, with the new series rating just 776,000 for Seven, to Ten’s 1.233m.

But both came out ahead of Nine in the timeslot with RBT rating 734,000 and Getaway delivering just 693,000, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam.

Meanwhile, schedulers’ sudden love affair with the proponent of molecular gastronomy Heston Blumenthal continued on SBS1 at 8.30pm where Heston’s Feast delivered 255,000, the network’s best audience of the night.

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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.