• Seven wins the night thanks to The Voice’s success
• MasterChef Australia finished #3 entertainment show in under 50s and all key demos
Total TV Ratings, April 11
Home and Away was the top entertainment program in the total TV ratings with its first two episodes averaging 919,000 viewers, an increase of 20% on its overnight viewership. The soap’s third episode had 868,000 an increase of 21%.
Dog House Australia was the top program on 10 with 756,000 viewers, an increase of 9%.
Australian Story had 796,000 viewers, up 12%.
Overnight TV Ratings, April 18
Primetime News
Seven News 1,052,000/1,014,000
Nine News 907,000/898,000
ABC News 572,000
10 News First 300,000 (5:00pm)/ 209,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 155,000 (6:30pm) 116,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 595,000
7.30 374,000
The Project 246,000 (6:30pm)/347,000 (7pm)
The Drum 145,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 202,000
Today 168,000
News Breakfast 131,000
Seven has come out the winner of the primetime reset as all three commercial stations launched new tentpole programming last night. The Voice was the top entertainment program of the night with 843,000 viewers, holding off Lego Masters on Nine which had 672,000 and also 10’s MasterChef with 545,000.
This positive result helped Seven win Monday night as the broadcaster had both the #1 primary channel (25.5%) and network (34.0%) shares.
The Voice launched 30 minutes ahead of its competition in the 7:00pm slot as the show opened with a performance of Panic! At the Disco’s High Hopes by coaches Keith Urban, Rita Ora, Guy Sebastian and Jessica Mauboy. The Voice also saw the coaches use the world-first Battle Pass and the Block button on a night that had four-chair turns.
Seven’s chief content officer, entertainment programming, Angus Ross, said: “The return of The Voice dominated Monday night as the #1 entertainment program nationally and across the capital cities, with a total overnight audience of 1.33 million viewers. After being crowned the #1 entertainment program of 2021, The Voice is back with the same winning panel of superstar coaches Australia loves and an unbelievable line-up of world-class artists. We can’t wait to show you what’s to come and continue Seven’s streak as the #1 network nationally in 2022.”
The Devil Wears Prada then followed with 166,000 watching the film.
On Nine, Lego Masters got a strong lead-in from A Current Affair which had 595,000 viewers. The launch of Lego Masters might have finished second in overall metro viewers but the show was a strong performer in key demographics after finishing #1 in both 18-49 and 25-54.
Full Bloom then followed, with 135,000 tuning in for the US reality TV show.
On 10, The Project had 246,000 (6:30pm) and 347,000 (7:00pm) as the show covered why supermarket prices were increasing, and also spoke to Julie Goodwin.
On MasterChef Australia: Fans & Favourites premiere announced that the contestants will be competing in teams for the season. The challenge for the episode was to cook a sweet or savoury dish that played to their strengths. The judges awarded Tommy Pham and his Vietnamese fermented noodle soup an immunity pin for the Favourites, while Harry Tomlinson’s burnt cabbage won a pin for the Fans. The third pin was given to Favourite Christina Batista for her Portuguese ‘Bacalhau à Bràs dish.
Paramount ANZ’s national sales director, Lisa Squillace, said: “MasterChef Australia is a winning recipe for viewers and advertisers.
“MasterChef Australia: Fans & Favourites is off to a solid start ranking #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s, and achieving the biggest live stream audience for a MasterChef Australia launch ever.
“MasterChef Australia is a premium brand that continues to inspire our culture and our clients, year after year.
“I would like to extend my sincere thanks to our sponsors for giving us the opportunity to showcase their brands and produce in the MasterChef kitchen. We are delighted that we have been able to integrate these brands innovatively and seamlessly into the narrative of the show. This season is the hit of nostalgia, inspiration and feel-good fun we need as a nation.”
The finale for Would I Lie to You Australia? then had 242,000.
On the ABC, a repeat of Anh’s Brush With Fame had 190,000 viewers, before Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard had 233,000.
The top non-news program on SBS was Britain by Beach with 151,000 viewers.
