Lego Masters beats MasterChef to become the highest rated entertainment premiere of the year as 1.68 million tune in… while Channel Seven’s horror year gets worse
Lego Masters season two has premiered to the highest audience for any entertainment show this year.
The Channel Nine brick building competition attracted a national audience of 1.68 million viewers on Sunday night and a metro audience of 1.23 million.
The Hamish Blake-hosted show beat the previous number one, MasterChef, which premiered to a metro audience of 1.22 million last Monday (1.56 million national).
Top of the pile: Lego Masters has premiered to the highest audience for any entertainment show this year, debuting to a national audience of 1.68 million viewers on Sunday. Pictured: host Hamish Blake (left) and judge Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught (right)
Despite Lego Masters’ impressive numbers, the numbers were actually slightly down on last year’s season premiere, which debuted to 1.37 million metro viewers.
Still, 1.23 million won the show its time slot, beating MasterChef which continues to hold strong for Channel 10 with an audience of 1.01 million on Sunday.
The same can’t be said for Channel Seven’s House Rules, which managed just 630,000 viewers in the five metro cities.
Not for long! Lego Masters beat the previous number one, MasterChef, which premiered to a metro audience of 1.22 million last Monday (1.56 million national). Pictured: MasterChef cast
It was even beaten by a Spicks and Specks reunion special on the ABC, which had 690,000 metro viewers.
Channel Seven has had a rough year in entertainment programming, with the network responsible for the three lowest rated premieres this year.
The once dominant My Kitchen Rules premiered to just 498,000 this year, while House Rules had 660,000 for its debut and Pooch Perfect had 690,000 (all figures are five-city metro).
Top of the night! Lego Masters’ 1.23 million metro viewers won its time slot, beating MasterChef (1.01 million), House Rules (630,000) and Spicks and Specks (690,000)
Channel Ten on the other hand has registered its best start to the year in a long time, with I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (980,000 metro), Australian Survivor (715,000 metro) and MasterChef all pulling strong debut numbers.
Channel Nine continues to be the network to beat, with Married At First Sight premiering to 1.15 million metro to start the year.
Seven will look to close out the year in stronger fashion, with Big Brother Australia, Farmer Wants A Wife and Plate Of Origin (starring former MasterChef judges Matt Preston and Gary Mehigan) still to come.
Rough star: Channel Seven has had a rough year in entertainment programming, with the network responsible for the three lowest rated premieres this year
Out with the old: Ten’s decision to axe ‘overpaid’ judges Gary Mehigan, Matt Preston and George Calombaris (L) paid off, with ratings for the debut of new trio Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo (R) up 42% on last year’s opener
Food for thought: The show soundly won its time slot, beating Seven’s House Rules (548,000), and A Current Affair (830,000) and RBT (422,000) on Nine. All figures metro