TV ratings: MasterChef below 1m

In a typically slow Thursday night’s TV, MasterChef stayed below the million mark with a total audience of 0.996m, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam.

Meanwhile, in the battle for breakfast, Today beat market leader Sunrise by 20,000 viewers, rating 376,000 across the five metro markets.

Seven News was most watched show, with 1.125m viewers.

Nine’s The Block was the top non-news show for the night, pulling in an audience of 1.105m – a slight improvement on its Wednesday figure of 1.104m.