TV ratings February 4, 2022: Seven’s Winter Olympics ends Nine’s streak

Winter Olmypics

• The Front Bar returned with a Winter Olympics special that had 433,000 viewers.

Seven has ended Nine‘s winning streak that dated back to the start of the Australian Open after the broadcaster registered the #1 primary channel (27.3%) and network (35.4%) last night. The main contributor to this win was the Winter Olympics which officially launched last night with its opening ceremony. The countdown to the Opening Ceremony had 495,000 viewers before the ceremony itself came on at 11pm with an average of 388,000 viewers.

Earlier in the evening, The Front Bar returned with a Winter Olympics special that had 433,000 viewers.

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On Nine, A Current Affair had 545,000 viewers before David Attenborough’s Green Planet then had 404,000 tune in.

On 10, a double episode of The Graham Norton Show brought in 214,000 and 156,000 viewers and featured a cavalcade of celebrity guests that included Penelope Cruz, Pedro Almodovar, James McAvoy, Nicole Lecky, Ella Henderson, Gordon Ramsay, Rosamund Pike, Judi Love, Hugh Bonneville, Gareth Thomas, Ella Henderson and Tom Grennan.

On the ABC, Monty Don’s American Gardens had 306,000 viewers as Don went South to explore gardens of early independent America. Midsomer Murders then had 401,000.

The top program on SBS was Good with Wood which had 116,000 viewers.

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The AFLW had 32,000 on Fox Footy as The Geelong Cats defeated the West Coast Eagles in a close contest.

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Friday TV ratings metro shares primary and network

ABC 12.3% (16.6%)
Seven 27.3% (235.4%)
Nine 18.6.1% (26.0%)
10 7.5% (13.4%)
SBS 4.2% (8.6%)
#1 Multi: 7Mate 3.6%

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1SEVEN NEWSSeven Network903,000
2SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30Seven Network894,000
3NINE NEWS 6:30Nine Network751,000
4NINE NEWSNine Network744,000
5ABC NEWS-EVABC TV550,000
6A CURRENT AFFAIRNine Network545,000
7BEIJING 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS GAMES: COUNTDOWN TOSeven Network495,000
8THE CHASE AUSTRALIASeven Network463,000
9BETTER HOMES AND GARDENSSeven Network437,000
10THE FRONT BARSeven Network433,000
11DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S GREEN PLANETNine Network404,000
12MIDSOMER MURDERS-EVABC TV401,000
13BEIJING 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS GAMES: OPENING CEREMONYSeven Network388,000
14HOT SEATNine Network342,000
15THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PMSeven Network321,000
16MONTY DON’S AMERICAN GARDENS-EVABC TV306,000
1710 NEWS FIRSTNetwork 10288,000
18SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30Seven Network283,000
19THE PROJECT 7PMNetwork 10280,000
20SEVEN NEWS AT 4Seven Network269,000
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