• 476k fans tune in for another instalment of Home and Away
Total TV Ratings, June 26
913,000 watched 10’s Have You Been Paying Attention with the awkwardly hilarious Ray O’Leary, first-timer Bron Lewis, and eternal favourite Kitty Flanagan joining Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee on the panel, up 33%.
823,000 saw 10’s MasterChef Australia and it was a ‘Use Everything’ Mystery Box as Malissa, Cath, and Rue were sent to the following night’s Pressure Test. Up 22%.
818,000 tuned into the final night of Nine’s major drama event Warnie starring Alex Williams as cricketing legend Shane Warne. Lifting 34%.
542,000 viewed Seven’s Million Dollar Island with the castaways tackling more puzzles and physical challenges in their quest for cash, lifting 28%.
Overnight TV Ratings, July 3
Primetime News
Seven News 1,056,000 (6:00pm) / 980,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 852,000 (6:00pm) / 842,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 606,000
10 News First 237,000 (5:00pm)/ 167,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 164,000 (6:30pm)/ 107,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 678,000
7.30 561,000
The Project 206,000 6:30pm / 318,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 209,000
Today 203,000
News Breakfast 135,000
Nine has won Monday night with a primary share of 17.0%, however, Seven took out top network share with 25.6%. 7Two has won multi channels with a 4.2% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair (678,000) tracked down a 22-year-old who pleaded guilty to spying on his unsuspecting flatmate through cameras hidden in her bedroom. Then, 292,000 watched Rush. During the episode, the 11 remaining travellers were dropped in Turkey to the sound of a call to prayer. Day One of Wimbledon followed with matches including Australia’s Max Purcell taking on Russian Andrey Rublev. Rublev won 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 with 151,000 tuning into the day’s highlights.
476,000 began their evening in Summer Bay with Seven’s Home and Away. Irene and John were the talk of the town, while Mali was in financial turmoil and Marilyn closed a traumatic chapter of her life. Million Dollar Island followed as 33 players remained. With food supplies dwindling, one camp had its last meal and prepared itself for battle before a friendship was put to the test in an emotional elimination.
On 10, The Project’s (206,000 6:30pm / 318,000 7pm) Georgie Tunny and Hamish McDonald were live from the Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part 1 premiere in Sydney. The program also looked at the controversial decision that saw three fans suspended for abusing Aussie cricket players at the prestigious Lord’s during The Ashes. MasterChef Australia then followed with a delightful Perino tomato Mystery Box. Brent wowed the judges (as did fan-fave Declan), scoring himself a chance to earn a one-way ticket to Finals week. 508,000 tuned in. Then, 604,000 stayed on for Have You Been Paying Attention with guest panellists Celia Paquola, Urzila Carlson and Aaron Chen.
561,000 watched ABC’s 7.30 explore rising energy prices and the government’s promise to lower our bills and also looked at Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s arrival to Australia. Back Roads followed with 515,000 joining a journey on the Strzelecki Track, starting near Lyndhurst in SA and heading into the Strzelecki Desert before 449,000 watched Four Corners and 406,000 tuned in for Media Watch.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes with 134,000 tuning in to see former Newcastle United footballer Les Ferdinand share his insights into switching off, as he and Robson journeyed along the Northumberland Coast.
