Wonder wears off Ten drama

TEN'S new drama Wonderland turned in less-than-wonderful ratings for its second episode, attracting 769,000 viewers.

TEN'S new drama Wonderland turned in less-than-wonderful ratings for its second episode, attracting 769,000 viewers in the five capital cities, according to preliminary OzATM data.

The result was a big drop from its debut of just under a million viewers (948,000) last week on the back of a big marketing campaign.

The ABC's advertising panel show Gruen Nation was the top entertainment program of Wednesday night, pulling in 1.045 million metropolitan viewers while The Hamster Decides also rated well with an audience of 815,000.

Seven's Slideshow rated well but also slipped under the million-viewers mark (935,000) on a less-than-stellar night's TV viewing.

The network won the nightly news battle 1.195 million to Nine News's 1.154 million and Today Tonight (958,000) eased out A Current Affair (952,000).

Seven won the night with a 20.0 per cent channel share ahead of Nine's 17.2 per cent, the ABC's 15.4 per cent, Ten's 14.8 per cent and SBS (3.3 per cent).

Seven also won on a network share basis with 28.5 per cent, ahead of Nine's 24.5 per cent and the ABC's 22.4 per cent. Ten's 20.5 per cent placed it fourth, ahead of SBS (4.2 per cent).

OZTAM OVERNIGHT RANKINGS, AUGUST 28
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,195,000
2 NINE NEWS Nine 1,154,000
3 GRUEN NATION ABC1 1,045,000
4 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 958,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 952,000
6 SLIDESHOW Seven 935,000
7 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA Ten 910,000
8 HOME AND AWAY Seven 904,000
9 THE HAMSTER DECIDES ABC1 815,000
10 ABC NEWS ABC1 806,000
11 WONDERLAND Ten 769,000
12 QI ABC1 751,000
13 BIG BROTHER Nine 740,000
14 ABC NEWS UPDATE ABC1 706,000
15 CRIMINAL MINDS Seven 693,000
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