• Flick gets the flick on Australian Survivor
• Queerstralia digs deep into Australia’s Queer history
Total TV Ratings, February 21
Lifting 60% to become the top show of the night overall, Married At First Sight (MAFS) picked up where the last episode left off, with Claire telling Jesse that she kissed Adam. 1,857,000 watched as the fallout resulted in Adam’s wife Janelle telling him to move out of their shared apartment.
The fake idol fallout on Australian Survivor continued, with Simon quickly becoming public enemy #1. The episode was up 46%, with a total audience of 873,000.
Australian Idol finally found its Top 12, as 783,000 watched the final night of Top 24 week. The episode lifted 24% as eight contestants held their nerves to take one of four final places up for grabs, with Harry Conick Jr. giving his Touchdown to 15-year-old Angelina Curtis after her performance of The Only Exception by Paramore.
Overnight TV Ratings, February 28
Primetime News
Seven News 840,000 (6:00pm) / 837,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 739,000 (6:00pm) / 760,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 554,000
10 News First 240,000 (5:00pm)/ 163,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 142,000 (6:30pm)/ 114,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 634,000
7.30 473,000
The Project 182,000 (6:30 pm)/ 300,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 212,000
Today 189,000
News Breakfast 139,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 28.0% and a network share of 36.0%. 7Two has come out on top for multichannels with a 3.3% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair was live from Lismore one year on from floods that devastated the town, before telling 634,000 about the life and legacy of Olivia Newton-John. On Married At First Sight (MAFS), an accidental butt-dial meant that Evelyn overheard a conversation between some of the husbands, with Sandy’s husband Dan “boasting about how hot his ex-girlfriends were.” 898,000 watched as Evelyn took Sandy aside and filled her in on what she’d heard, making it the top show of the night overall. There were more statistics on The Hundred with Andy Lee, with 409,000 tuning in.
Home and Away kicked primetime off for Seven, with 435,000 watching as Kirby discovered Ava’s secret obsession. We Interrupt This Broadcast then debuted, bringing fast paced sketch comedy and belly laughs to 379,000.
See Also: “Comedy has been overdue”: Skewering TV on We Interrupt This Broadcast
On 10, The Project (182,000 6:30pm / 300,000 7pm) spoke to The Guardian’s Amy Remeikis about changes to the superannuation tax, and interviewed Austin Butler about his time playing Elvis and his friendship with Lisa Marie. It was day 30 for the castaways on Australian Survivor, with the Immunity Challenge involving holding on to buckets of water for as long as possible. 456,000 watched as Flick was voted off at Tribal Council, becoming the first member of this season’s jury.
The ABC’s 7.30 also covered changes to superannuation tax, and interviewed Treasurer Jim Chalmers for 473,000. On Better Date Than Never, Olivia‘s date met her family in front of 251,000 viewers, before Queerstralia debuted to 188,000 with the first episode of the three part series looking at how Queerness in Australia was once criminalised and pathologised.
See Also: Queerstralia: Why Australia’s Queer history is “not just Mardi Gras and marriage equality”
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Who Do You Think You Are? UK with 117,000 tuning in to dig into the history of Joe Lycett.
