• Lego Masters makes a splash with waterfall creations
• ABC digs into Great Australian Stuff
Total TV Ratings, April 4
I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! was up 33% as it sent Geordie Shore star Nathan Henry underground in a particularly grimy challenge for 917,000 – crawling his way through a tunnel filled with every awful critter and smell the trials team could conjure up.
On Nine’s Frozen Planet II, David Attenborough took 720,000 from pole to pole to uncover what really goes on in the lives of the animals who live in these environments, lifting 18%.
Back In Time For The Corner Store zipped through the 1980s and 90s, with 598,000 watching as the Ferrones worked even longer hours to stay relevant and make a profit, up 25%.
Seven’s We Interrupt This Broadcast rose 10%, for a total audience of 423,000.
Overnight TV Ratings, April 11
Primetime News
Seven News 967,000 (6:00pm) / 956,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 767,000 (6:00pm) / 794,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 535,000
10 News First 206,000 (5:00pm)/ 149,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 248,000 (6:30pm)/ 161,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 670,000
7.30 473,000
The Project 205,000 (6:30 pm)/ 318,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 223,000
Today 168,000
News Breakfast 138,000
Seven has won Tuesday night with a primary share of 22.0% and a network share of 30.0%. Multuchannels was won by 7Two with a share of 3.7%.
In Summer Bay, Cash and Remi fought over Eden as 504,000 watched Seven’s Home and Away. There were sparks flying on Farmer Wants A Wife, 551,000 watched as Farmer Brenton, Farmer David, Farmer Matt, and Farmer Brad all ended their first dates with a first kiss.
Nine’s A Current Affair caught up with disgraced GP Les Blackstock, whose patients are still looking for compensation two years down the line, and interviewed a man who is refusing to pay the fines he calls a “council cash grab” for 670,000. In the second episode of Lego Masters: Grand Masters, the teams were tasked with creating a model that could be sent over a waterfall in the most spectacular way. 435,000 watched as Gabby and Ryan took the win with their monkey in a barrel.
On ABC’s 7.30, Sarah Ferguson spoke with Ken Wyatt about his decision to quit the Liberal Party due to its opposition to The Voice, and looked into the surfing project helping people with PTSD for 473,000. Tony Armstrong took 428,000 behind the history of some Great Australian Stuff, including the meat pie, macadamia nut, Chiko Roll, and Vegemite.
On 10, The Project (205,000 6:30pm / 318,000 7pm) looked into the damage being done by online ‘dental hacks’ and why the consumer watchdog is on a mission to make it easier to unsubscribe from online services. It was a rough start for Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here. 471,000 watched in awe (or horror?) as Cummins got his arm chomped on by a giant snake, before declaring that the experience was “awesome”. Shock? This expression says probably shock.
… Ouch
The highest rated non-news show on SBS was Who Do You Think You Are? USA, taking 105,000 into the life of Brooke Shields.
