• Five Bedrooms’ Kat Stewart joined The Project
Total TV Ratings, May 9
Seven’s Farmer Wants a Wife saw 1,117,000 tuned in as there was major drama in the city between Farmer Matt, Annabelle and Olivia, lifting 30%.
Coming in next was 10’s MasterChef Australia, with 875,000 watching as the home cooks were left with a twist when it came to the flavour bombs acclaimed chef Jamie Oliver had left for them. Up 33%.
The Treasurer’s Budget speech was up 7% on the ABC, with 796,000 tuning in.
On Nine, 450,000 tuned in to watch a double episode of Frozen Planet II, lifting 12%. The series investigated the frozen worlds that have reached a tipping point and as their future hangs in the balance, it was revealed that ours does too.
Overnight TV Ratings, May 16
Primetime News
Seven News 945,000 (6:00pm) / 881,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 835,000 (6:00pm) / 813,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 573,000
10 News First 227,000 (5:00pm)/ 168,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 141,000 (6:30pm)/ 114,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 666,000
7.30 438,000
The Project 209,000 6:30pm / 302,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 226,000
Today 192,000
News Breakfast 130,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 20.6% and a network share of 28.4%. 7Two has won multichannels with a 3.6% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair (666,000) investigated the whipped cream canisters that are being sold in stores as a way for teens to get a cheap ‘high’ through the inhalation of the ‘laughing gas’ as Victoria Police provide an update on the crash involving a school bus and a truck near Eynesbury. Then, 428,000 tuned in for The Summit. With only 11 days left to get to the top and claim their cash prize, the group began to realise that getting to the pinnacle was about a whole lot more than physical endurance. Olympian Jacqui was eliminated.
440,000 began their evening in Summer Bay with Seven’s Home and Away. Kirby feared she and Theo were on the rocks and Kahu did a runner before 224,000 watched the second episode of Blow Up. Inspired by the giant T-Rex skeleton that greets them, the 10 talented Balloon Artists were tasked with creating a prehistoric sculpture fit for a museum.
On 10, The Project (209,000 6:30pm / 302,000 7pm) welcomed Aussie TV icon Kat Stewart, who spoke about the new season of Five Bedrooms on Paramount+ and taught the co-hosts the secret to crying on demand. The panel also looked at a real-life Succession story, the Arnaults, who are worth a casual $708 billion. 492,000 viewers then stayed on to watch MasterChef Australia. During the episode, former winner and dessert queen Emelia Jackson joined the contestants to share her secrets. Using Jackson’s choux pastry recipe, the cooks were tasked with creating a superb sweet or savoury dish to avoid elimination. Then, 399,000 tuned in for The Cheap Seats.
Declan from MasterChef Australia, Ten.
438,000 watched ABC’s 7.30 explore the scandal involving consulting firm PWC, which has raised serious concerns for the government. Sarah Ferguson interviewed Julian Assange‘s father, Julian Shipton and the team looked at the Australian police shortage. 331,000 then stayed on for The ABC Of. In this interview series, host David Wenham, talks to prominent Australians who revisit their pasts through moments drawn from the vast ABC archives. This time, Wenham trawled through the archive of Ita Buttrose. Following this 327,000 watched Ningaloo Nyinggulu. The series explored one of the last intact wild places left on earth and looked at Ningaloo’s ancient origins and how the mighty currents, rainfall, wind, and waves are still shaping it today.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Who Do You Think You Are Australia with 243,000 watching veteran journalist Derryn Hinch learn about the identity of his mother’s father, who he suspected was an English sailor. However; a DNA test Hinch took, delivered heart-rending results. His grandfather turned out to be war veteran George Berry, who fathered a child with another woman four months before having a child with his grandmother.
