• The Project speaks with Oscar nominees Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin
Total TV Ratings, February 9
On Seven, 903,000 tuned into Summer Bay and Home and Away, watching as the small beachside town went gaga over baby Thomson, up 26%.
Nine’s A Current Affair interviewed The Block’s Sarah-Jane Wilson, who spoke about her double mastectomy. 844,000 tuned in to see the “reno queen” share her story that she believed would help others, lifting 7%.
Over on 10, 506,000 tuned into Taskmaster, watching as Tom Gleeson put Julia Morris, Luke McGregor, Jimmy Rees, Nina Oyama and Danielle Walker to the test once again, lifting by 21%.
Overnight TV Ratings, February 16
Primetime News
Seven News 819,000 (6:00pm) / 805,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 691,000 (6:00pm) / 720,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 563,000
10 News First 244,000 (5:00pm)/ 156,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 117,000 (6:30pm)/ 98,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 591,000
7.30 422,000
The Project 159,000 6:30pm / 248,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 211,000
Today 207,000
News Breakfast 135,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 21.4% and a network share of 30.5%. 7TWO has won multichannels with a 3.3% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair investigated Bethany Edgecombe, an Australian porn actor who escaped to the UK during the pandemic whilst wanted for questioning over alleged child grooming. 591,000 watched as she exposed herself in front of the cameras on a busy Melbourne street. Then, 460,000 tuned in to the 131st episode of RBT — a unique, behind-the-scenes look at RBT patrols testing for alcohol and drug-affected drivers.
456,000 began their evening in Summer Bay with Seven’s Home and Away, as Theo (Matt Evans) caught Ava’s (Alice Roberts) eye and Felicity (Jacqui Purvis) broke Tane’s (Ethan Browne) heart. Following the drama, 249,000 viewers then watched Daryl Somers host another Very Best of ‘Best & Worst of Red Faces’.
422,000 watched as ABC’s 7.30 visited the Kimberley town of Fitzroy Crossing, six weeks after it was devastated by floods and saw how US fighter jets had shot four mysterious objects out of the sky. Then, on Foreign Correspondent, 337,000 learned that Japan is now confronting the possibility of war, embarking on its biggest military spend since WWII. 291,000 viewers then watched Grand Designs: House of the Year as Kevin McCloud, Damion Burrows and Michelle Ogundehin visited five properties that solve problems, including a modernist riverside house, a modular timber home, and a house that deploys discreet camouflage.
On 10, The Project (159,000 6:30pm / 248,000 7pm) welcomed Everclear’s Art Alexakis to the desk, who revealed how grunge fans have changed of the years. The co-hosts also spoke with Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, who are on the cusp of history for Australians at this year’s Oscars with their film Elvis. They talked about what this means for the Australian film industry, before 314,000 tuned in for another fun-filled episode of Taskmaster.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was From Paris to Rome with Bettany Hughes with 142,000 tuning in to witness Bettany Hughes come face-to-face with one of her favourite paintings, Botticelli’s masterpiece The Birth of Venus in Florence.
