Sky One's new US reality series
Pirate Master found itself grounded on its first outing, getting 159,000 viewers and a share of just 1% of multichannel homes. The ensuing second episode only managed 57,000 (0.2%).
The 16-part series from Mark Burnett Productions, which sees contestants on a pirate galleon competing for prize money, launched at 7pm with 218,000 (1.65%) and saw its audience decline over the hour to 97,000 (0.62%) in the final 15 minutes.
Despite being given a helping hand with the 400th episode of
The Simpsons performing strongly at 6.30pm with 725,000 (5.62%), the first edition of the reality show was significantly below the channel's slot average for the year so far of 425,000 (2.46%).
On other Channels that the time: [ Channels who beat Sky One ]
-ITV2's film
Sister Act. The two-hour movie gained 475,000 (3.01%).
-A repeat of
Friends on E4 with 322,000 (2.13%) at 7.30pm.
-BBC3 also managed to get the upper hand over Sky One with
The Real Hustle at 7pm on 229,000 (1.68%) which was followed by
Dog Borstal Unleashed with 204,000 (1.35%).
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