• Survivor sees a Hero turn Villainous
• Harry Connick Jr takes a trip to school on Australian Idol
Total TV Ratings, January 30
January 30th saw the premiere of three major entertainment shows, battling it out for audiences.
Taking the win overall was Nine’s Married At First Sight, lifting a massive 66%. The debut cracked the million mark, with 1,848,000 tuning in as the season spared no time getting to the drama, with the first lot of weddings and the discovery that one groom has a girlfriend on the outside.
Seven’s Australian Idol came in next, with 885,000 watching the launch. The episode was up 32% as some potential stars – and some singers that should probably stick to shower concerts – were uncovered.
Third up was 10’s Australian Survivor, lifting 52%. 879,000 watched as Jackie was ultimately ruled out of the game with George’s future still up in the air.
Overnight TV Ratings, February 6
Primetime News
Seven News 907,000 (6:00pm) / 914,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 778,000 (6:00pm) / 807,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 610,000
10 News First 263,000 (5:00pm)/ 166,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 122,000 (6:30pm)/ 99,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 699,000
7.30 509,000
The Project 178,000 (6:30 pm)/ 282,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 215,000
Today 179,000
News Breakfast 156,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 24.5% and a network share of 31.4%. 7Two has won multichannels with a 3.4% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair followed up on the story of how the show’s viewers saved a pensioner couple from bankruptcy, and told 699,000 about a rather extreme case of car parking vandalism. The first dinner party of the season kicked off on MAFS, with 841,000 watching as tensions rose to the point where Jesse told the cameras that he would “rather have a date with my toaster in the bathtub than have to listen to [Bronte] speak.” Big Miracles then premiered to 326,000, exploring the emotional world of IVF as people work to create families of their own.
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Home and Away brought 507,000 to Seven to start the evening. Australian Idol followed, with Harry Connick Jr heading to a school in small-town Scone, NSW, to audition 18-year-old Hamish Guiana in his music classroom. 410,000 watched as Hamish took on Niall Horan’s This Town, securing a spot in the Top 50.
7.30 interviewed Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, and told 509,000 ABC viewers about the return of alcohol bans in Central Australia. 510,000 jumped in the car and took a trip to Pyramid Hill and Nhill, VIC, on Back Roads. On Four Corners, 412,000 watched as the show investigated why Australian doctors who have assaulted their patients continue to practise. Media Watch drew a crowd of 459,000, before Q+A rounded out the night with 219,000.
On 10, The Project (178,000 6:30pm / 282,000 7pm) covered all the glitz and glamour of The Grammys, and interviewed NSW premier Dominic Perrottet about his pokies reform. Australian Survivor saw the Heroes head to Tribal Council, but in a shock twist JLP told them that they had to send one of their own to the Villain’s camp. 449,000 watched as Gerry got the votes due to an injury and headed off to join the opposition.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Heritage Rescue with 77,000.