• The Western Bulldogs beat North Melbourne by 21 points in the AFL
• Four new Parenting Styles were put into action on Parental Guidance
Total TV Ratings, June 11
Nine’s 60 Minutes investigated the massive $7 trillion ‘wellness’ industry which is well and truly booming, and detailed Prince Harry’s grilling in a London court about his miserable life as a target of the British tabloids. 828,000 tuned in, up 14%.
Seven’s ICC World Cup continued with the final of Australia vs India. 811,000 tuned in to see the first session of the game, lifting 6%.
Lifting by a 31% rise was 10’s MasterChef Australia. 711,000 tuned into an elimination cook where Rick Stein joined the episode. Phil Conway became the seventh eliminated contestant.
Overnight TV Ratings, June 18
Primetime News
Seven News 238,000 (5.00 pm) / 888,000 (6.00 pm)
Nine News 829,000 (6.00 pm) / 226,000 (9.30 pm)
ABC News 567,000
10 News First 234,000 (5:00 pm)/ 212,000 (6:00 pm)
SBS World News 165,000 (6:30 pm)/ 82,000 (7:00 pm)
Daily Current Affairs
60 Minutes 582,000
The Sunday Project 212,000 (6:30 pm) / 258,000 (7 pm)
Insiders 359,000
Breakfast TV
Weekend Sunrise 226,000
Today 175,000
Weekend Breakfast 132,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 18.3% and a network share of 38.7%. 7mate has won multi channels with a 2.5% share.
Nine’s 60 Minutes (582,000) detailed the disgraceful new tactics China is using to try to silence Australians who are critical of the communist regime; plus, the brave Aussie scientists out to prove our deadliest creepy-crawlies could really be life-savers. Then on Parental Guidance, four new Parenting Styles were put into action with the Slow, Road School, Unstructured, and American parents thrown into the spotlight for 375,000.
Earlier in the afternoon, the Cronulla Sharks took on the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. The Sharks beat the Bulldogs 48 – 10 in front of 235,000. 634,000 watched Day Three of the Mid Year Ashes: First Test. Rain put a halt to the game with England sitting on a score of 393 – 8 & 28 – 2 (10.3 overs) in the lead to Australia’s 386 all out (116.1 overs). Lunch was seen by 368,000 while session two was watched by 214,000.
Seven kicked off their evening with the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars. A sea of sequins, spins, and swirls made for a spectacular return with an introduction to all 14 celebrities before being split into two groups. Home and Away’s Emily Weir swapped a surfboard for the sexy samba to begin the competition while triple threat Paulini Curunevali‘s performance scored her a 28, putting her at the top of the leaderboard. Meanwhile, on the other end of the scale, AFL legend Gavin Wanganeen scored a measly eight with his “complete disaster” of a Cha Cha! Oops! 647,000 tuned in. Then, 271,000 tuned in for 7News Spotlight. The episode took a look behind the scenes at Kathleen Folbigg’s new life after 20 years behind bars.
Earlier in the afternoon, North Melbourne took on the Western Bulldogs in the AFL. The Bulldogs beat the Kangaroos by 21 points in front of 161,000 viewers, with a score of 15.15 (105) to 13.6 (84).
On 10, The Sunday Project (212,000 (6:30pm) / 258,000 (7pm) ) welcomed Aussie swimming legend Susie O’Neill via satellite who has broken another world record in her first race in more than 20 years, and detailed the harrowing story of *Sarah who shared her story of survival and how she escaped modern slavery in Australia. Then, on MasterChef Australia, 431,000 tuned into an elimination cook where treasured chef and culinary legend, Maggie Beer, set a two-part challenge for contestants, using some of her favourite ingredients. Antonio used his Kalamata olives in an ambitious dessert, a goat’s cheese and Kalamata caramel mille-feuille; however, his pastry didn’t puff and he was eliminated from the competition.
177,000 watched ABC’s Compass. During the episode, Whadjuk Noongar woman and media personality Narelda Jacobs went on a journey to learn when our nation came together for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Then, 401,000 tuned in for Grand Designs Revisited and 291,000 watched Silent Witness.
Earlier, 135,000 tuned in for a repeat of Bluey, where Lucky’s dad is outraged that modern Pass the Parcel has a gift in every layer and changes the rules back to only having one prize in the middle. As a result, Bingo is forever losing.
The highest-rating non-news show on SBS was The Mystery of the Nazca Lines.
