Total TV Ratings, 12 March
ABC’s Death in Paradise was the top non-news program in the total TV ratings, reaching a total audience of 1,000,000, an increase of 18%.
ABC also claimed the #2 non-news program with All Creatures Great and Small, reaching a total TV audience of 793,000, with a lift of 24%.
Seven’s Border Security – Australia’s Front Lines had a total audience of 411,000, up 4%, while ABC’s Troppo experienced the biggest lift on overnight with 41%, reaching an audience of 220,000.
Overnight TV Ratings, 19 March
Seven has taken the #1 network share spot with 38.4%, followed by Nine with 25.4%. Seven also claimed the #1 primary share spot with 26.9%, while Nine had a 17.4% share.
Seven’s AFL Saturday Night Football coverage placed third amongst the most-watched non-news programs, reaching an audience of 330,000 and ranking first amongst the 16 – 39 demographic. 175,000 Melbournians tuned in to watch Brisbane beat Port Adelaide 11.14 (80) to 10.9 (69) and the Sydney Swans beat the GWS Giants 17.10 (112) to 13.14 (92) at Accor Stadium.
In an earlier match, Geelong beat Essendon 10.18 (13) to 11.6 (72) at the MCG.
ABC claimed the top two non-news programs of the night with Death in Paradise reaching an audience of 506,000, followed by an episode of Unforgotten with 366,000 viewers.
BAFTA-winning drama, Unforgotten, returned for its fourth season as Nicola Walker plays DCI Cassie Stuart and Sanjeev Bhaska as DI Sunny Kahn investigating a cold case with alarming links to the police force.
Nine’s top non-news program was Getaway with 241,000 viewers, followed by Space Invaders with 235,000. Nine also aired The Shawshank Redemption, which had an audience of 171,000.
10’s encore of The Dog House Australia was their top entertainment program of the night.
The top non-news program on SBS was a repeat of Secret Nazi Bases with 104,000 views.
STV
Fox League’s Live NRL coverage of the Sharks v Eels match clocked 224,000 views, as the Sharks took the 18-16 win.
Fox Footy’s coverage of GWS v Sydney brought in 212,000 viewers, followed by Fox League’s coverage of the Cowboys v Raiders with 199,000.
