The Chase Australia beats MasterChef and The Hot Seat in ratings to become one of the biggest entertainment shows in the country
Channel Seven’s The Chase Australia has grown into one of the country’s biggest entertainment shows.
The quiz show, which has been a consistent ratings winner for the network for the past 18 months, reached a huge metropolitan audience of 567,000 viewers on Tuesday.
Compared to its prime-time rivals, it was a staggering feat for the Thinker, drawing larger audiences than Channel 10’s ‘MasterChef’ and Nine’s ‘The Hot Seat’.
Host Larry Emdur celebrated the win by taking to social media to pay tribute to fans of the show.
“Thank you for making The Chase the #1 entertainment show in Australia last night,” he wrote on Instagram on Wednesday.
Channel Seven’s The Chase Australia has grown into one of the country’s biggest entertainment shows. Pictured is presenter Larry Emdur
The quiz show, which has been a consistent ratings winner for the network for the past 18 months, reached a huge metropolitan audience of 567,000 viewers on Tuesday
“We had a bigger audience between 5pm and 6pm than the big dogs did in prime time,” he continued, adding, “That makes me a very proud old game show host bimbo.”
Included in his post was a picture of a friend’s toddler looking at The Chase.
The Chase Australia has a proven track record of winning the odds for Seven.
Each episode averages more than 500,000 Metro viewers per week.
This achievement has consistently placed The Chase Australia in the top ten most watched programs in overnight ratings.
Meanwhile, Channel Seven’s popular soap Home and Away attracted 487,000 fans in major theaters on Tuesday.
The Chase Australia has a proven track record as a ratings winner for Seven, with each episode averaging more than 500,000 Metro viewers per week
And the acclaimed MasterChef drew a respectable 472,000 viewers in Metro ratings.
Meanwhile, Channel Nine’s quiz series The Hot Seat, hosted by Eddie McGuire, had an audience of 408,000.
This comes after Larry Emdur replaced previous The Chase Australia presenter Andrew O’Keefe in 2021.
O’Keefe has endured a spectacular crash in recent years and was filmed kicking and screaming in the backseat of a police car in January 2022 after being charged with assault.