• MAFS has one of its highest rating episodes of the season for dramatic dinner party
• Seven premiers new factual TV program, Police Strike Force
• Hard Quiz and Mad as Hell continue to provide the ratings along with the laughs
Total TV Ratings, February 23
Married at First Sight (MAFS) was once again the top show in the total TV ratings with 1.900m viewers, up 51%. The episode saw the couples attend the third dinner party, which featured the intruder couples for the first time this season.
Home and Away was the top non-news program for Seven with 994,000 viewers (up 23%), followed by SAS Australia with 837,000, which was up a strong 54%.
Hard Quiz (976,000, up 16%) and Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell (813,000, up 18%) both continue to perform well for ABC.
Overnight TV Ratings, March 2
Primetime News
Seven News 1,027,000/1,011,000
Nine News 997,000/981,000
ABC News 745,000
10 News First 383,000 (5:00pm)/ 208,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 162,000 (6:30pm)/136,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 756,000
7.30 627,000
The Project 253,000 (6:30pm)/370,000 (7:00pm)
The Drum 176,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 277,000
Today 247,000
News Breakfast 221,000
Late News
Nine News Late 279,000
The Latest 308,000
ABC Late News 108,000
Nine has continued to rack up wins this week after posting another #1 share in both primary channel (26.9%) and network (35.0%) last night. This was once again thanks in large part to Married at First Sight (MAFS) which was the #1 entertainment program for the night, an honour it has held every night it has aired this year. The episode had 967,000 viewers which was up on last week’s 908,000 and was also #1 in all key demos.
The episode saw the fourth dinner party of the season with most of the attention focusing on the crumbling marriage of Carolina and Dion, with it causing tension amongst the other couples.
This was followed by Under Investigation with Liz Hayes which had 453,000 viewers, up on last week’s 410,000 viewers. The episode focused on reinvestigating the case of Melbourne’s ‘Mr Cruel’ that involved a series of child abductions and murder during the late-1980s.
On Seven, Home and Away was the top non-news program of the night with 552,000 viewers. It was followed by the broadcaster’s new factual TV program Police Strike Force, which had 311,000 viewers for its premiere episode. The Front Bar then had 346,000 viewers as the show continued its special three-week series where they dive deeper into the world of sports. Mel McLaughlin filled in on the show for Andy Maher.
On 10, The Project had 253,000 (6:30pm) and 370,000 (7:00pm) as the show continued to cover the flooding crisis on the east coast and the conflict in Ukraine, and also spoke to former Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes.
Ambulance Australia then aired at 7:30pm and had 277,000 viewers.
On the ABC, Hard Quiz continues to perform well for the public broadcaster, finishing as the #2 entertainment program for the night with 637,000 viewers. This was once again followed by Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell with 485,000.
See more: Shaun Micallef on 10 years of disregarding politics on Mad As Hell
The top non-news program on SBS was Tony Robinson: The Thames at Night with 156,000 viewers.
