• MAFS dinner party drama leads to a big win for Nine
• Hard Quiz distant second to MAFS in entertainment rankings
Total TV Ratings, February 16
Married at First Sight (MAFS) was once again the top program in the total TV ratings with 1.904m, up 53%. The episode featured the dinner party which saw Andrew walk out on the experiment.
Home and Away was the top non-news show for Seven with 1.023m, up 23%.
Hard Quiz was #1 for the ABC with 959,000 up 16%.
Overnight TV Ratings, February 23
Primetime News
Seven News 953,000/897,000
Nine News 831,000/845,000
ABC News 637,000
10 News First 292,000 (5:00pm)/ 207,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 134,000 (6:30pm)/106,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 711,000
7.30 490,000
The Project 223,000 (6:30pm)/355,000 (7:00pm)
The Drum 125,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 235,000
Today 210,000
News Breakfast 173,000
Late News
Nine News Late 221,000
The Latest 102,000
ABC Late News 93,000
Nine has picked up another primary channel win last night with a share of 26.1%. The best performing non-news program for Nine was Married at First Sight (MAFS) with 908,000 viewers. This strong primary channel base also helped Nine secure the top network for the evening with a share of 35.1%.
MAFS was also the top show for all key demos last night as the couples attended the third dinner party, which featured the intruder couples for the first time this season. Tensions were high as Domenica confronted Jessica over her treatment of Daniel, while the two brides were locking horns, Daniel was cozying up with fellow intruder Carolina. The episode was down on last week’s 922,000 viewers.
Under Investigation with Liz Hayes then followed with 410,000 viewers. This was up on last week’s 364,000.
On Seven, Home and Away was the top non-news program with the soap bringing in 495,000 viewers. SAS Australia then followed with its third episode of the year with 365,000 viewers. The episode saw no recruits go home.
SAS Australia Overnight Ratings Week 1:
Monday: 467,000
Tuesday: 378,000
Wednesday: 365,000
The Front Bar then returned with 349,000 viewers as the show kicked off a special three-week series where it dives deeper into the world of sports.
On 10, The Project had 223,000 (6:30pm) and 355,000 (7:00pm) as the show covered the sanctions placed against Russia and the storms wreaking havoc across Queensland & NSW. Ambulance Australia then had 269,000 viewers.
On the ABC, Hard Quiz was the #2 entertainment show last night, behind only MAFS, with 589,000 viewers. The ABC continues to deliver a strong one-two punch on Wednesday nights by pairing Hard Quiz with Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell which had 487,000 viewers.
The top program on SBS was Concorde: Secrets Behind the Crash with 171,000 viewers.
