• Space Invaders cleans up
Total TV Ratings, February 4
Seven’s Big Bash League final, which saw the Perth Scorchers beat Brisbane Heat to claim their fifth Big Bash League title, topped total TV reaching a total audience of 817,000.
On ABC, Call The Midwife topped entertainment, rising 25% for a total audience of 689,000, while Better Date Than Never had the highest lift with 38% to reach 10ths 182,000.
Overnight TV Ratings, February 11
Nine has narrowly won the Saturday network shares with 27.2%, but Seven has claimed the primary channel share win with 17.1%. 7TWO topped multichannels with 4.2%.
On Nine, A Current Affair reached 411,000 as the program met with a grieving family who were unable to say goodbye to their son when he died from terminal cancer. Later in the night, Space Invaders pulled in 277,000 as the team helped Jill clean up her ex-husband’s man cave, which was swamped with clutter and bad memories.
Seven’s Border Patrol reached 299,000 as customs dealt with a Lithuanian man with questionable holiday plans. Later in the night, the network aired the 2018 film Black Panther starring Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa / Black Panther alongside Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, and Daniel Kaluuya,
On the ABC, Call The Midwife topped entertainment for the night bringing in 403,000 as Sister Monica Joan sought advice from a clairvoyant. Following on from the program, Midsomer Murders clocked 286,000.
On 10, 174,000 tuned in to 10 News First, while 113,000 tuned into an episode of The Dog House Australia.
The highest-rated non-news show on SBS was Portillo in the Pyrenees, with 113,000.
STV
Fox Cricket won the night, thanks to its test cricket coverage. Topping the night was session two of day three of the test match between India and Australia, bringing in 233,000 views. The Tea Break clocked 222,000, while session one brought in 173,000. On Fox League, Maori v Indigenous clocked 130,000.
