• Heelers on holidays in the new episode of Bluey
• I’m A Celebrity boards the Stinking Ship
• St Kilda and Manly up in AFL and NRL
Total TV, April 16
On Seven’s Farmer Wants A Wife, the farmers and their ladies enjoyed a night of music and dancing at the annual Country Ball. There was drama on the dancefloor as restaurant owner Maddison and nurse Lucie clashed over Farmer Andrew. Things didn’t work out for either of them, as 1,192,000 watched as Andrew chose Jessie for the next solo date, up 24%.
There were highs and lows on Nine’s Lego Masters Grand Masters, with the pairs tasked with creating a Lego rollercoaster that gave the best point of view for the minifigures riding it.Lifting 32%, an audience of 977,000 tuned in as Trent and Kale were the first sent home, despite the sheer size of the Superman bust they created.
A survivalist was found murdered in his bombproof shelter on Midsomer Murders, with 868,000 joining the team to crack the case, up 33%.
A double elimination on I’m A Celebrity…. Get Me Out Of Here! saw Anna Polyviou and Bianca Hunt leave the camp in front of 813,000, with the elimination up 28%. The rest of the episode rose 29% for a total audience of 781,000.
Overnight TV Ratings, April 23
Primetime News
Seven News 982,000
Nine News 777,000
ABC News 526,000
10 News First 179,000 (5:00pm)/ 154,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 155,000 (6:30pm)/ 132,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
60 Minutes 335,000
Insiders 365,000
The Project 187,000 (6:30 pm)/ 341,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 201,000
Today 160,000
News Breakfast 157,000
Seven has won Sunday night with a primary share of 22.3% and a network share of 29.4%. The highest rating multichannel was 7Mate with a 2.9% share.
Hearts were aflutter on Seven’s Farmer Wants A Wife, as a bombshell from Natalie Gruzlewski saw the farmers spending the afternoon getting to know some new potential love interests. After a round of speed dates, 572,000 watched as each farmer invited one lady to the farm, but not before sneaking in a romantic solo date each. 7News Spotlight then turned its attention to the Hillsong Church, tracking Brian Houston down in the U.S. as he attempts a career revival for an audience of 361,000.
Carlton took on St Kilda in Sunday Afternoon AFL, with the St Kilda Saints staying comfortably on top of the ladder after 284,000 watched them get the win 82-60.
After previously being tasked with sending a creation up a six meter wire, Nine’s Lego Masters: Grand Masters hit even higher heights by sending models into space while strapped to a rocket. 512,000 then watched as the pairs were tasked with moving a ping pong ball across a room using only Lego, in what Brickman called “the hardest elimination challenge ever” on the show. 60 Minutes then looked into The Potter’s House, a hard-line religious sect based in the US and Australia, and interviewed Hugh Sheridan for 335,000.
In Sunday Afternoon NRL, it was another heartbreaker for the Wests Tigers, who went down to the Manly Sea Eagles 16-22 in front of 247,000.
On the ABC, Grand Designs followed Kate and Rob alongside 418,000 as they replaced their old prefab with a new factory-built home using modular construction. Midsomer Murders were faced with a killer targeting a police retirement community, cracking the case for 399,000.
On ABC Kids, the newest episode of Bluey got 509,000 tails wagging as the Heelers went on holiday to the beach.
On 10, The Sunday Project (187,000 6:30pm / 341,000 7pm) was joined by author Kathy Lette as the show remembered Barry Humphries, before being joined at the desk by Dr Karl. As finals week begins on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Aesha got down and dirty in the Stinking Ship trial, before 452,000 watched as Debra Lawrance was farewelled from the South African jungle.
The highest rated non-news show on SBS was Lost Beasts, with 142,000.
