My Kitchen Rules puts heat on MasterChef, Rafters returns with 1.4m

My Kitchen Rules: more than 1.6m viewers

Seven’s My Kitchen Rules dominated ratings last night and lifted its audience by 300,000 capital city viewers above its opening night last week, trouncing rival cooking show MasterChef: The Professionals on Ten.

The Seven show was the top rating program of the night with 1.67m capital city viewers according to preliminary OzTam figures, while the return of Packed To The Rafter’s scored 1.416m eyes for Seven despite negative publicity that major cast changes would impact its storylines.

The latest data showed MKR had 2.480 viewers when regional markets were included.