Australia's Adelaide Clemens plays Valentine in new period drama Parade's End. Picture: Channel Nine Source: Supplied
- Disastrous debut for Parade's End on Nine
- Rave reviews for Downtown Abbey-type drama
- Adelaide Clemens captivating in Parade's End
CHANNEL 9's answer to Downton Abbey - Parade's End - bombed in the ratings last night.
Parade's End, the acclaimed British period drama starring Australian beauty Adelaide Clemens and Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch crashed with a dismal 453,000 viewers nationally for its debut episode.
The second hour of Parade's End dropped even further - to a disastrous 322,000 viewers nationally.
Parade's End was easily beaten by Seven’s Last Resort (771,000) as well as the ABC's QI (759,000) and The Agony of Life (688,000), and Ten's Mr & Mrs Murder (596,000).
"Here we have Nine’s first outright failure, and nearly all the critics got it wrong," media analyst Steve Allen says.
Channel Nine's Parade's End had a disappointing debut. Picture: Supplied
The BBC mini-series, based on the stories of Ford Maddox Ford and scripted by Tom Stoppard, has received rave reviews but was always a strange fit for Channel 9.
The success of Downton Abbey, which screens on Channel Seven in Australia, has spawned a rash of British historical dramas including the re-boot of Upstairs Downstairs and The Paradise.
None of them have matched Downton Abbey’s ratings.
Last night’s ratings were dominated by Seven's My Kitchen Rules which averaged a whopping 1.753 million viewers nationally.
Rankings
1. My Kitchen Rules Seven 1.753m
2. The Block Nine 1.294m
3. Nine News Nine 1.202m
4. Seven News Seven 1.131m
5. A Current Affair Nine 0.964m
6. Today Tonight Seven 0.962m
7. ABC News ABC 0.960m
8. Home and Away Seven 0.901m
9. Last Resort – Episode 1 Seven 0.771m
10. QI ABC 0.759m
11. 7:30 ABC 0.691m
12. The Agony of Life ABC 0.688m
13. Hot Property Nine 0.685m
14. Ten News Ten 0.657m
15. Hot Seat Nine 0.624m
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