• A Current Affair has big Monday night with over 800k
• Inside Chernobyl and Under Investigation both over 500k
• The Brittany Higgins Four Corners episode had over 700k viewers
Primetime News
Seven News 1.094,000 (6 pm)/1,019,000 (6:30 pm)
Nine News is 1,071,000 (6 pm)/1,024,000 (6:30 pm)
ABC News 728,000
10 News First 423,000(5 pm)/285,000 (6pm)
SBS World News 172,000 (6:30 pm)/154,000 (7 pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 804,000
7:30 682,000
The Project 364,000 (6:30 pm)/509,000 (7 pm)
The Drum 196,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 289,000
Today 250,000
News Breakfast 216,000
Late Night News
The Latest 201,000 (9:00 pm)/ 118,000
Nine News Late Edition 117,000
World News Late 96,000
ABC Late News 88,000
Nine
Nine won Monday night thanks to Married at First Sight once again getting over 1 million viewers. The broadcaster had a primary share of 25.4% and a network share of 32.0%, both more than six points clear of the rest of the field.
Following MAFS was Under Investigation with Liz Hayes which had 558,000 as the episode covered the 1997 murder of toddler Jaidyn Leskie, with Greg Domaszewicz, who was acquitted of the killing, speaking out for the first time in more than 20 years. This episode was up on last Monday’s 530,000.
Seven
Last night in the 7:30 pm slot, Channel Seven aired the UK special, Inside Chernobyl. The feature-length special followed British presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle as he spends a week living inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone, 35 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident. This special brought in 567,000 viewers.
This was followed by a special edition of The Latest at 9 Pm in Sydney and Brisbane with an update on the floods affecting both states, with 201,000 tuning in.
Home and Away was the top non-news program on the channel last night with 581,000.
10
On 10 532,000 tuned in for The Amazing Race Australia as the teams were in Broken Hill. The Geek and The Princess were eliminated, leaving The Super Sikhs, The Cowboys and The Gold Coast Girls, as the top three teams. This episode was up on last Monday’s which had 491,000 viewers.
199,000 tuned in for Hughesy, We Have A Problem with Merrick Watts and Julia Morris joining regulars Nazeem Hussain and Becky Lucas on the panel with Osher Günsberg and Amy Shark asking the panel for help with their problems.
On The Project 364,000 and 509,000 tuned in as the show covered the floods, a musical gift healing broken hearts, and the latest scandal affecting parliament.
ABC
The public broadcaster had its best Monday night of the year with a big performance from its current affairs lineup.
The lead performer was Four Corners with 708,000 which aired Don’t ask, Don’t tell: The Brittany Higgins story. The lead story from last nights episode has been the security guard that found Higgins after the alleged incident speaking out about what she saw that night.
Four Corners wasn’t the only strong performer with 7:30 (682,000), Australian Story (642,000) and Media Watch (645,000) all performing well last night.
SBS
On SBS, The Secret of Lighthouses was the top rating show with 172,000.
