Local shows help keep Seven's numbers up

THE Nine Network was down on Tuesday night as The Great Australian Bake-Off and The Bible went off the boil with viewers.

THE Nine Network slipped to its lowest Tuesday night channel share of 18.1 per cent this year as The Great Australian Bake-Off and The Bible went off the boil with viewers, slipping to 675,000 and 425,000 respectively.

Seven's The X Factor was again the top-ranked show as it powers through the audition rounds, with Seven News ranked second.

Local dramas Home & Away and Winners & Losers were both above the million-viewers mark, helping to push Seven to a channel share of 25.4 per cent.

When multichannel audiences were included, Seven triumphed with 32.0 per cent share, followed by Nine on 24.7 per cent.

Under the Dome drew in a respectable 881,000 viewers for Ten, just beating Big Brother on Nine in terms of audience numbers (880,000).

Masterchef also did relatively well with 803,000 thanks partly to guest chef Heston Blumenthal.

The ABC had a main channel share of 13.2 per cent and a network share of 18.3 per cent, behind Ten's main channel (15.4 per cent) and network share of 20.3 per cent. SBS's figures were 4.2 per cent and 4.7 per cent respectively.

OZTAM OVERNIGHT RANKINGS, AUGUST 6
1. THE X FACTOR Seven 1,480,000
2. SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,305,000
3. NINE NEWS Nine 1,249,000
4. TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,082,00
5. A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,036,000
6. HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,015,000
7. WINNERS AND LOSERS Seven 1,015,000
8. ABC News ABC 1,002,000
9. UNDER THE DOME Ten 881,000
10. BIG BROTHER Nine 880,000
11. MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA Ten 803,000
12. NEW TRICKS ABC 770,000
13. 7:30 ABC 729,000
14. TEN NEWS Ten 690,000
15. THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BAKE-OFF Nine 675,000
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