• Travel Guides cracks 1.1 million in Total TV
• Jim Jefferies’ The 1% Club hits 906,000 in Total TV
Total TV Ratings, May 3
Nine’s Travel Guides saw 1,138,000 watch the adventures of the Guides in Malaysia for a truly multicultural and life-changing experience, lifting 21%.
Seven’s The 1% Club came in next, with 906,000 watching the quiz show like no other hosted by comedian Jim Jefferies. Up 19%.
809,000 tuned in for SBS’ Alone Australia. Food was becoming a critical issue for all of the participants as some were yet to catch anything, lifting by a massive 130%.
Overnight TV Ratings, May 10
Primetime News
Seven News 981,000 (6:00pm) / 904,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 771,000 (6:00pm) / 747,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 574,000
10 News First 236,000 (5:00pm)/ 177,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 147,000 (6:30pm)/ 129,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 616,000
7.30 433,000
The Project 194,000 6:30pm / 285,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 226,000
Today 185,000
News Breakfast 153,000
Seven has just edged out Nine (network share 27.5%), winning the night with a primary share of 18.7% and a network share of 27.6%. 7Two has won multichannels with a 3.2% share.
479,000 began their evening in Summer Bay with Seven’s Home and Away. Cash gained perspective on Eden’s decision. Andrew’s memories unveiled a dark origin and Marilyn made a stand against Stunning Organics before 480,000 tuned into The 1% Club for another dose of quizzical fun with Jim Jefferies.
Nine’s A Current Affair (616,000) spoke to the creator of the infamous Women’s Weekly duck cake, Agnes Lee while also exploring the frightening armed robbery that saw jeweller Michel Germani allegedly scheme himself. Then, on Travel Guides, 534,000 viewers joined our avid adventurers on a trip to Vanuatu. From canoeing along Vanuatu’s magnificent blue waters to trying a traditional hallucinogenic drink, the Guides took on some of Vanuatu’s most electrifying activities!
On 10, The Project (194,000 6:30pm / 285,000 7pm) welcomed I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here host Julia Morris to the desk, who spoke about Dr Chris Brown’s exit from the series. The team also explored whether you can be overweight and healthy. Host Sarah Harris held a Round Table with body-positive activists as well as health and fitness expert Michelle Bridges, who said what it really means to be healthy and why The Biggest Loser wouldn’t work today. 436,000 cooking fans then tuned in for MasterChef Australia. During the episode, contestants were tasked with raiding Chef Shannon Bennett’s fridge to create the tastiest dish in 45 minutes. The winner then went head-to-head with Vue de Monde’s Hugh Allen. Then, it was the premiere of Network 10 drama North Shore. The murder mystery, starring Kirsty Sturgess, Joanne Froggatt, Jonathan Bradley, Rhys Muldoon and Matt Passmore, began when the UK Trade Minister’s (Froggatt) daughter is found dead in Sydney Harbour. 263,000 watched on.
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433,000 watched ABC’s 7.30 explore the mixed reactions to the Government’s Federal Budget. The show also looked at Australian families consumed by concern for relatives caught up in the conflict in Sudan and Laura Tingle interviewed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Then, 461,000 tuned in for Hard Quiz. Chasing after Tom Gleeson’s Big Brass Mug were experts in Australian zoos, rap group Salt-N-Pepa, animated series BoJack Horseman, and a fascinator-wearing fan of ballet superstar Anna Pavlova. 407,000 watched The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, before 130,000 stayed on for Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe. During the episode Broden was convinced that there was a conspiracy behind Australia’s five dollar note.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Alone Australia with 229,000 tuning in to see that finding food in the Tasmanian wilderness was proving to be just one part of the challenge for participants. The emotional isolation was weighing heavily, and for one contestant, it proved too much.
