• Gruen and The Weekly perform well for ABC
• Celebrity Apprentice says goodbye to Jean Kittson
• Big Brother oversees a secret alliance
Total TV Ratings, June 8
State of Origin game one dominated TV ratings, with 2,963,000 watching the match and 1,629,000 watching the pre-match coverage – rising 18% and 12% respectively. Kicking off the series in Sydney’s Accor stadium, a crowd of just over 80,500 people braved the single-digit temperatures to cheer on the New South Wales Blues. The handful of Queensland Maroons supporters in the crowd came out with more to cheer about, however, with the Blues going down to the visitors 10 – 16.
On Seven, Home and Away rose 24% for a total audience of 911,000, and Big Brother shot up 65% for a total audience of 686,000.
On the ABC, Gruen rose 31% for a total audience of 888,000, with The Weekly not too far behind, bringing in 740,000 and rising 18%. You Can’t Ask That lifted 26%, bringing in 468,000.
10’s MasterChef lifted 25% for a total audience of 715,000 as Julie attempted MasterChef’s cursed ‘death dish’ – risotto.
Overnight TV Ratings: June 15
Primetime News
Seven News 926,000/880,000
Nine News 803,000/795,000
ABC News 592,000
10 News First 325,000 (5:00pm)/ 248,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 138,000 (6:30pm)/114,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current affairs
7.30 524,000
The Project 293,000 (6:30pm)/ 380,000 (7:00pm)
The Drum 171,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 211,000
Today 191,000
News Breakfast 192,000
Late News
Nine News Late 143,000
The Latest 186,000
ABC Late News 132,000
SBS World News Late 35,000
Nine has come out on top for the night with a primary share of 19.4% and a network share of 29.1%. Taking the crown for multichannels was 9Gem with a share of 4.0%.
On Nine, A Current Affair took 592,000 for a trip down Australia’s most ridiculous road, and asked the bosses of Australia’s major grocery stores what they’re doing to help with the cost of living strain. On Celebrity Apprentice, drag queen Karen from Finance set the celebrities a challenge to produce a 30 to 60 second piece of shareable content for MYOB, before 439,000 watched as Lord Sugar fired comedian Jean Kittson.
Seven’s Home And Away drew a crowd of 475,000. Big Brother had 337,000 tune in as Tully and Jules earned yet another punishment for the entire house, while in the Waiting Room, Tim and Brenton forged a secret alliance.
The Project (293,000 6:30pm / 380,000 7pm) kicked off the night for 10 by explaining the Fair Work Commission decision to give low-paid workers a 5.2% raise, and interviewed singer Michael Bublé. On MasterChef, the cooks took on an Invention Test, getting their creative juices flowing with fruit salad as the inspiration. 554,000 tuned in as Julie Goodwin scored the win for her fruit salad curry. Finally, Five Bedrooms rounded out the night with 236,000.
On the ABC, 7.30 covered the energy crisis on the east coast and the potential republic push in Australia’s future for 524,000. Gruen asked 619,000 whether or not it is ok to lie to kids (in one of the more confronting Pitch segments the show has aired), and took a look at the latest campaign to stop violence against women. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering took 557,000 back over the week that was, before You Can’t Ask That interviewed models for 310,000. Earlier in the day, Bluey continued its hot streak coming off the back of new episodes, with 418,000 tuning in before the kids went to school.
On SBS, the highest rated program was The Queen And Her Prime Ministers with 164,000.