Monday Week 40 2019
• The Masked Singer defends its #1 spot against new arrival
• Real Dirty Dancing lifts Seven’s recent results, but trails competition
• Seven News 1,016,000/1,015,000
• Nine News 836,000/870,000
• A Current Affair 794,000
• ABC News 652,000
• 7.30 596,000
• The Project 492,000/327,000
• 10 News First 371,000
• The Drum 186,000
• SBS World News 156,000
Breakfast TV
• Sunrise 270,000
• Today 188,000
Seven
Home and Away started its week on 656,000 after a week 39 average of 592,000.
The Real Dirty Dancing started as eight celebrities travelled to Virginia, USA, the location of dance movie Dirty Dancing, and commenced training to become the ultimate Baby and Johnny. Under the training guidance of professional dancers and choreographers, Todd McKenney and Kym Johnson, two celebrities will be chosen to recreate the iconic dance in front of a live audience. At the end of the first episode the men performed their dances to a standing ovation from the women, who voted Hugh Sheridan as their favourite Johnny. The series launched with 580,000. It contributed to a better Seven share in the weeks preceding Brownlow Monday, yet in the important 7.30pm slot Seven still trailed its commercial competitors.
Episode two of Secret Bridesmaids’ Business did 317,000 after the series debuted with 426,000.
S.W.A.T. then did 151,000 starting close to 10pm.
Nine
A Current Affair investigated a flashy church leader taking money for miracles and then a mean dog breeder separating a young girl from her puppy. The opening episode of the week did 794,000 after an average audience of 695,000 last week.
The Block saw the contestants prepping the properties for buyers. The show again ranked #2 in the slot on 806,000 after 807,000 a week ago.
The series final of This Time Next Year was on 437,000 after 400,000 a week ago. Could this be the end of Karl Stefanovic on primetime TV? At the end of the show Stefanovic signed off with “until next time”. The former breakfast show co-host is keeping busy this week on his second week hosting Ben Fordham’s 2GB drivetime slot.
The Grand Final preview episode and final episode of the year of 100% Footy then did 86,000.
10
After a Sunday night off because of the Rugby World Cup, The Project returned with 492,000 after 7pm. The program averaged 449,000 at 7pm last week. There was a short discussion of who might be revealed in the future on The Masked Singer and interviews with Norman Cook, aka Fat Boy Slim, and Johnny Ruffo. Highlight was another of Hamish Macdonald’s reports from Hong Kong.
The Masked Singer featured two more rounds of the competition with four Masked Singers across the hour. At the climax the show revealed Nikki Webster was the alien and was being eliminated. 10 has decided to split the show’s ratings in two which makes comparisons problematic. The first part of the episode was down week-on-week (835,000 v 1.162m) while the reveal at the end of the episode was also down very slightly (1.063m v 1.162m).
Have You Been Paying Attention? featured Dave O’Neil sitting in for Sam Pang along with guests Anne Edmonds, Denise Scott and Marty Sheargold joining regular Ed Kavalee. The show was 800,000+ yet again.
10’s Monday combo both reported good growth week-on-week in both encore screenings and BVOD views.
10 was again the #1 channel and network under 50 and key demos.
ABC
Australian Story was on 537,000 after 689,000 a week ago.
Four Corners featured a disturbing report on Australian women being held at a detention camp in Syria. ‘Married to the Islamic State’ was reported by Dylan Welch and had an audience of 489,000.
Media Watch ranged from Scott Morrison suggesting Australian media reports on climate change might be fake news to trouble Pime7 is having getting access to the Dubbo Mayor. There was also a report about a motoring segment hosted by a motor vehicle PR manager. Host Paul Barry then editorialised on a breakfast radio host: “Kyle you are a complete jerk.”
Music industry guests featured on Q&A including Katie Noonan, Tex Perkins, Mojo Juju and L-FRESH The LION. They were discussing the transformative power of music with host Tony Jones. The audience was 261,000 after 275,000 last week.
SBS
The start of How The Victorians Built Britain did 231,000.
24 Hours in Emergency was then on 158,000.
