State of Origin slips, Masterchef holds steady, Angry boys bombs
The second match in the State of Origin series, which saw the Blues defeat the Maroons in an entertaining encounter, suffered a ratings slip for Nine compared to the opening match three weeks ago, with the average audience down by 68,000 viewers, to 2.159m.
Including the post and pre-match analysis, State of Origin drew a huge combined audience, dominating the night. However, the rugby league match did little to dent the ratings for Ten’s Masterchef, which managed to pull in 1.607m viewers, doing particularly well in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Last week it rated 1.236m.
Angry Boys had a bad night, down from 0.805m last week to 0.569m, according to preliminary overnight ratings from OzTam.
Seven’s Sunrise was back on top at breakfast time, beating Nine’s Today by 44,000 viewers.
Overall, the night was Nine’s taking more than 30% share.
Wednesday’s top 15 shows:
1. State of Origin II – Match Nine 2.159m
2. Masterchef Ten 1.607m
3. State of Origin II – Post-Match Nine 1.491m
4. Seven News Seven 1.466m
5. State of Origin II – Pre-Match Nine 1.389m
6. Today Tonight Seven 1.350m
7. Nine News Nine 1.190m
8. A Current Affair Nine 1.089m
9. Home and Away Seven 1.061m
10. Glee Ten 0.987m
11. Highway Patrol Seven 0.946m
12. ABC News ABC 0.924m
13. The 7PM Project Ten 0.859m
14. Spicks and Specks ABC 0.712m
15. Deal or No Deal Seven 0.686m
Wednesday’s channel share:
Nine: 30.5%
Seven: 17.7%
Ten: 17.4%
ABC1: 9.7%
7TWO 4.8%
Eleven: 3.7%
SBS1: 3.5%
GO!: 2.7%
7mate: 2.4%
ABC2: 2.2%
Gem: 2.0%
One: 1.8%
ABC3: 0.9%
ABC News 24: 0.4%
SBS2: 0.4%
Even allowing for the footy, that’s a monumental fall for Angry Boys. It’s turning out to be the biggest flop for 2011
State of Origin. A manufactured competition that reels in the suckers. The crap state v the shit state.
Origin difference easily explained…they went to the game!
Ah come on, its on par with Game 2 2010 and the #2 performer for 2011 YTD …
I’m loving Angry Boys. It’s a shame others aren’t as cultural, like, sorta thing, as I am.
Angry Boys ! Cheap shots at soft targets. There may well be a modicum of talent in make up and costume but the sketch concepts and scriptwriting are just appalling.
Good to see its bombed !
I’m not surprised. Angry Boys is just so…angry. It’s a real disappointment from Chris Lilley I have to say. It’s not even that funny.
Its a pity about Angry Boys, I thought last nights episode was probably the best so far. Still pissing myself thinking about Nathan sitting in bed with his arm stuck in the PVC tube…
I honestly think it’s just starting to hit its straps now, but the problem is that it’s probably a week or 2 too late as people have already turned off.
Since when did “good” comedy do well in the ratings? ABC has always ran some of the best comedy on tv regardless of ratings – most Australian’s don’t get good comedy anyway.
I love Angry boys, his best so far..
It’s a 12 episode odyssey , not a one wank money shot…let it grow you sport loving simpletons. We always cut down talent..
Love Nick Cave..