TV Ratings May 18: With no Lego Masters, Big Brother is #1 non-news and king of demos

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• Nine still #1 despite no reality TV last night

• ‘We are the champions’ says Nine after success of Bohemian Rhapsody at 7.30pm

Primetime News
Seven News 983,000/ 946,000
Nine News 914,000/ 875,000
ABC News 627,000
10 News First 354,000 (5:00 pm)/ 253,000 (6:00 pm)
SBS World News 182,000/143,000

Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 733,000
The Project 332,000 (6:30 pm)/ 493,000 (7 pm)
The Drum 178,000

Breakfast TV
Sunrise 273,000
Today 204,000
News Breakfast 171,000

Late News
Nine News Late Edition 315,000
ABC Late News 86,000
The Latest 77,000

Nine

Despite no 7:30 pm tentpole programming last night, Nine was still the #1 primary channel with 21.5% and was also the top network with 29.5%.

With Lego Masters ending on Monday night, and a break in the schedule before Celebrity Apprentice debuts on May 23, Nine aired the film Bohemian Rhapsody which had 517,000 viewers.

The win was also helped by A Current Affair which had 733,000.

Seven

Big Brother was the #1 non-news show last night and #1 in all key demos with a metro audience of 583,000.

The episode saw the intruders continue to battle to become fully-fledged housemates, with Brenton winning a spot through the challenge. 

It was up to the original housemates to choose the fourth and final intruder for the game. Sid and Ari wanted to keep Gabe, while Jess and Danny rallied hard for Alex.

In the eviction room, a teary Charlotte tried to sacrifice herself for twin sister Alex, but it wasn’t enough as Gabe received the most votes to stay.

As the twins departed, Big Brother delivered another twist, offering them a lifeline to stay in the game. With only one bonus spot to fight for.

The Good Doctor followed with 294,000 which was the same number as last Tuesday’s episode.

Home and Away provided Big Brother with a strong lead-in of 573,000 viewers.

10

MasterChef had 561,000 tune in as Beat The Brigade Week continued with the amateurs visiting MoVida Aqui, to face a team led Frank “Sodom and” Camorra, with Jess, Tommy, Dan and Scott losing and missing out on immunity. 

Afterwards How to Stay Married had 289,000 viewers as the episode had Greg (Peter Helliar) up against his archnemesis Luna (Casey Donovan) in a trivia competition he was desperate to win. 

Earlier in the evening, The Project had 332,000 (6:30 pm) and 493,000 (7 pm) tune in as the show covered vaccine passports, Bill Gates‘ divorce, and the US Government admitting that there is other life in space.

ABC

The ABC has returned to its normal Tuesday night lineup, after airing a budget special last week. 

Anh’s Brush with Fame returned with 462,000 as the episode featured celebrity chef Manu Feildel. This was followed by the season premiere of Love on the Spectrum with 402,000 viewers tuning in.

SBS

The top non-news program on SBS last night was a repeat of Who Do You Think You Are? with 167,000 viewers.

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