• Dog House was also the top entertainment show in all key demos
• ABC and Tony Armstrong continue to bark up the same tree as 10
Total TV Ratings, March 29
Married at First Sight (MAFS) was the top program in the total TV ratings with 1.960m viewers, up 42%. The episode featured the second half of the final vows as Domenica and Jack, and Selina and Cody remained together, but the result was not as romantic for Ella and Mitch with the latter saying he wouldn’t be forced into making a decision.
Home and Away was the top entertainment program for Seven with 982,000 viewers, up 23%. SAS Australia then followed with 720,000 (up 35%) for its season finale which saw Darius Boyd, Millie Boyle and Riana Crehan pass final inspection.
The Dog House Australia was the top program on 10 with 683,000 viewers, up 15%.
Overnight TV Ratings, April 5
Primetime News
Seven News 966,000/910,000
Nine News 880,000/889,000
ABC News 651,000
10 News First 285,000 (5:00pm)/ 195,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 170,000 (6:30pm) 131,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 632,000
The Project 249,000 (6:30pm)/379,000 (7:00pm)
The Drum 168,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 256,000
News Breakfast 215,000
Today 201,000
Late News
Nine News Late 162,000
The Latest 80,000
ABC Late News 76,000
SBS World News Late 41,000
With no major 7:30pm tentpole franchises launching before Easter, Nine has won a quiet Tuesday night. The broadcaster had both the #1 primary channel share (20.9%) and network share (28.2%) last night after airing A Current Affair at 7:00pm (632,000), followed by the documentary Bohemian Rhapsody which had 260,000 viewers.
On Seven, Home and Away was the broadcaster’s top primetime non-news show, bringing in 482,000 viewers. This was followed by Why Ships Crash with 328,000 viewers.
On 10, The Project had 249,000 (6:30pm) and 379,000 (7:00pm) as the show discussed funding being fast-tracked for the defence force and also spoke to Sandra Bullock and Daniel Radcliff. Dog House Australia was then the top primetime entertainment program of the night with 550,000 viewers, it was also the top entertainment program in all key demos. This was also a series high for the show.
On the ABC, the public broadcaster followed 10’s lead and also let the dogs out by airing A Dog’s World with Tony Armstrong, which had 343,000 viewers. This was the series’ second episode after not airing last week due to being bumped by the federal budget.
The top non-news show on SBS was Great British Railway Journeys with 145,000 viewers.
