• NRL was top non-news program in Sydney and Brisbane
• AFL brings in a huge Melbourne audience to be #1
Total TV Ratings, March 10
Gogglebox was the top non-news program in the total TV ratings with 981,000 viewers, up 23% on its overnight TV ratings.
Home and Away was the #2 entertainment program as its first two episodes had 949,000 viewers, up 29%, before its third and final episode of the night had 855,000, up 30%.
The first match of the NRL season had 717,000, up 9%.
Overnight TV Ratings, March 17
Primetime News
Seven News 855,000/811,000
Nine News 773,000/704,000
ABC News 581,000
10 News First 276,000 (5:00pm)/ 188,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 163,000 (6:30pm) 133,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 433,000
7.30 431,000
The Project 204,000 (6:30pm)/282,000 (7:00pm)
The Drum 113,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 244,000
Today 202,000
News Breakfast 109,000
Seven ended Nine’s winning streak after securing the top primary channel share (22.4%) and network share (32.4%) for the evening.
Home and Away was the top prime time entertainment program for Seven with 361,000 viewers watching the soap. It was only one episode last night as opposed to the regular Thursday night triple episode, due to the AFL
The first round of the AFL continue as a new look Carlton Blues defeated the Richmond Tigers. The match had 473,000 viewers, with a robust 302,000 tuning in from Melbourne, making it the top program of the night in the city.
On Nine, A Current Affair had 433,000 viewers as the show covered businesses feeling the pressure to pass on the cost of rising petrol prices.
The NRL had 340,000 viewers tune in for an instant classic as the Melbourne Storm defeated the South Sydney Rabbitohs in overtime to gift their coach Craig Bellamy the win in his 500th game. The match had 199,000 tune in from Sydney which made it the top non-news program in town. The game was also the top non-news program in Brisbane with 103,000 viewers.
On 10, The Project had 204,000 (6:30pm) and 282,000 (7:00pm) as the show discussed rising gas prices and caught up with hip hop icon Coolio.
First Dates Australia then had 375,000 viewers before Gogglebox Australia was the top entertainment program of the night with 483,000 viewers.
On the ABC, Foreign Correspondent had 264,000 viewers as the program explored the conflict in Chile. Q+A was then live from Melbourne with Virginia Trioli as 168,000 viewers tuned in, a record low for the program.
The top non-news program on SBS was The Royals: Keeping The Crown with 147,000 viewers.
