• 10 wags its tail as Dog House Australia is #1 entertainment
• 7TWO’s 4.5% share helped push Seven to #1
Total TV Ratings, April 5
Home and Away was the top non-news program in the total TV ratings with the soap having 968,000 viewers, up 21% on its overnight ratings.
The Dog House Australia was the top program for 10 with 876,000, up 12%.
The ABC’s a Dog’s World with Tony Armstrong had 569,000 viewers, up 12%.
Overnight TV Ratings, April 12
Primetime News
Seven News 961,000/896,000
Nine News 827,000/783,000
ABC News 604,000
10 News First 307,000 (5:00pm)/ 200,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 149,000 (6:30pm) 117,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 607,000
The Project 237,000 (6:30pm)/347,000 (7:00pm)
The Drum 180,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 242,000
Today 204,000
News Breakfast 167,000
Late News
Nine News Late 180,000
The Latest 110,000
ABC Late News 98,000
SBS World News Late 39,000
Nine has grabbed its first primary win of the week with a winning share of 18.1%, but the top network share was a different story with Seven getting the win with a share of 27.4%.
On Nine, A Current Affair had 607,000 viewers as it revealed that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating Qantas for its flight credit scheme following an earlier ACA report. The film Rocketman then aired with 322,000 viewers.
On Seven, Home and Away was the top primetime entertainment program for the broadcaster with 458,000 viewers, Police Strike Force then followed with 314,000 viewers. Seven’s multichannel powered it to its network win led by 7TWO with 4.5%, with the top program on the channel being Foyle’s War with 121,000 viewers.
On 10, The Project had 237,000 (6:30pm) and 347,000 (7:00pm) as the show covered the election and the upcoming chaos at airports for Easter. Dog House Australia was then the top entertainment program for the night with a strong 584,000 tuning in. This was #1 in the 18-49 demo and up on last week’s 550,000 viewers.
On the ABC, People’s Republic of Mallacoota had 278,000 viewers, before A Dog’s World with Tony Armstrong had 288,000.
The top program on SBS was Great British Railway Journeys with 154,000 viewers.
