• Dog House Australia tops 16-39 key demo on repeat heavy night
Total TV Ratings, April 4
The final episode of the year for Married at First Sight (MAFS) had a strong audience of 2.357m, an increase of 41%. The episode saw the experts sit down with the couples to look back at all of the highs and lows of the experiment.
Nine also had the #2 entertainment program of the night with the second half of Underbelly: Vanishing Act which had 1.507m viewers after increasing its overnight audience by 46%.
Home and Away was the top entertainment program for Seven with 1.011m viewers, up 20%.
On 10, the finale of Australian Survivor had an average of 944,000 viewers (up 35%), with 1.097m tuning in for the winner announcement which saw Mark crowned the winner of the season.
Overnight TV Ratings, April 11
Primetime News
Seven News 976,000/926,000
Nine News 883,000/846,000
ABC News 647,000
10 News First 323,000 (5:00pm)/ 237,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 169,000 (6:30pm) 138,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 614,000
7.30 532,000
The Project 252,000 (6:30pm)/382,000 (7pm)
The Drum 170,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 201,000
Today 179,000
News Breakfast 152,000
Seven has secured a Monday night win, its first since January 31, with the #1 primary share (20.4%) and network share (29.8%) for the evening.
The top non-news program for Seven came in the afternoon with The Chase Australia bringing in 573,000 viewers. Seven’s primetime schedule was dominated by Home and Away which started its week off with three back-to-back episodes, the first two averaged 477,000 viewers, while the final ep had 431,000.
On Nine, A Current Affair had 614,000 viewers as the show examined the story of Julie Eastlake, the wife of the late Wide World of Sports presenter, Darrell Eastlake, who is being abused by dirt bike riding teens. Mega Zoo then followed with 137,000 and 141,000 for its double episode, La Brea was next with 181,000 and 136,000 tuning in.
On 10, The Project had 252,000 (6:30pm) and 382,000 (7:00pm) as the show discussed streakers, Anthony Albanese, Scott Morrison and spoke to comedian Tom Cashman.
A rare breed then appeared on 10 with a Monday night episode of Dog House Australia bringing in 498,000 viewers, as the show was #1 in the 16-39 demographic. Would I Lie to You Australia? then had 303,000 viewers.
On the ABC, Australian Story had 477,000 viewers which was then followed by Four Corners (342,000) and Media Watch (340,000).
The top non-news program on SBS was Britain by Beach with 165,000 viewers.
