TV Ratings May 12, 2022: MasterChef kitchen heats up with a tea-riffic dessert
• Home and Away and Big Brother drive Seven to #1
• MasterChef top tentpole of the night
• No Thursday night NRL as ACA covers seat belt sting
Total TV Ratings: May 5
Gogglebox was the big winner in total TV, rising 28% for a total audience of 955,000. Home and Away wasn’t too far behind, with a 20% lift bringing it to 936,000.
MasterChef brought Curtis Stone back into the kitchen, lifting 29% for a total audience of 796,000.
Q+A was live with opposition leader Anthony Albanese, lifting 16% for a tidal audience of 411,000.
On SBS, Zelenskyy: The Story brought in a total audience of 393,000, lifting 25%.
Overnight TV Ratings: May 12
Primetime News
Seven News 942,000/873,000
Nine News 871,000/810,000
ABC News 629,000
10 News First 296,000 (5:00pm)/ 208,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 140,000 (6:30pm) 112,000 (7:00pm)
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Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 572,000
7.30 489,000
The Project 231,000 (6:30pm)/351,000 (7:00pm)
The Drum 166,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 247,000
Today 194,000
News Breakfast 203,000
Late News
The Latest 255,000
SBS World News Late 55,000
ABC Late News 94,000
Seven has been crowned top network for the night, with a primary share of 19.6% and a network share of 27.4%. 7TWO topped the multichannels with a 3.6% share.
On Nine, 572,000 tuned in as A Current Affair covered the seat belt sting catching out Aussie drivers and asked if access to common painkillers should be restricted. RBT brought in a crowd of 368,000 before London Has Fallen gave 245,000 a movie night due Magic Round resulting in no Thursday night NRL.
Home and Away kicked off the night for 460,000 on Seven, before 358,000 tuned in to see Big Brother’s latest tricks. In Melbourne, 338,000 tuned into The Front Bar to see the return of Sam’s Six.
On 10, The Project (231,000 6:30pm / 351,000 7pm) spoke about Kopika Nadesalingam from Biloela turning seven in detention, and the passenger with no flight experience who landed a plane after the pilot passed out. The MasterChef kitchen brought 505,000 along to watch Ali win immunity.
Kicking off the night for the ABC, 7:30 covered the Channel Seven leaders’ debate and spoke to former BBC correspondent Nick Bryant for an audience of 489,000. Foreign Correspondent brought 385,000 to the Hawaiian Islands, and Q+A was live for 282,000 with Paul Fletcher, Catherine King, Caroline Di Russo, Siimon Reynolds, and Intifar Chowdhury.
On SBS, the highest rating non-news program was World's Most Scenic River Journeys which drew a crowd of 213,000.
