It’s becoming a rather familiar story, with Ninja Warrior once again the most watched entertainment show of Tuesday night.

Ninja pulled 868,000 viewers according to OzTAM metro numbers, while 10’s MasterChef had to settle for 649,000 and House Rules did 609,000.

Nine snuck home for a Tuesday night win with 30.1 per cent of the total audience share (all channels). Seven had 29.2 per cent, 10 did 18.1 per cent, the ABC pulled 14.3 per cent and SBS spiked up to 8.3 per cent.

For breakfast, Sunrise (270,000) toasted Today (195,000).

Seven did well with its 6pm news (1.109 million), Home And Away (700,000), The Chase (635,000) and Andrew Denton: Interview (439,000).

10’s doers included The Project (478,000), 10 News First (382,000) and Todd Sampson’s Bodyhack (279,000).

Nine’s 6pm news pulled 892,000, ACA had 787,000, Hot Seat did 499,000 and Murder, Lies & Alibis didn’t exactly kill it with 405,000.

The ABC’s evening ran thus: 7pm news (624,000), Stargazing: Moon And Beyond (359,000) and Fly Me To The Moon (290,000).

SBS kept the moon theme running, its Chasing The Moon was its best with 188,000.