It was always going to be hard stopping Nine from wining the TV ratings week with a combo of NRL Round 1 plus four nights of Married at First Sight.
When it comes to hottest shows of the week, Nine filled four of the top five ranking spots and seven of the top 10.
Monday-Friday News primetime
Seven 929,000/880,000
Nine 897,000/873,000
ABC 610,000
10 309,000 (5pm)
Monday-Friday Breakfast
Sunrise (Seven) 254,000
Today (Nine) 213,000
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After a one-off Celebrity Gogglebox, Network 10 got its hands on a new season of Gogglebox Australia. The episode gave 10 a spot in the top 20 all people for the week with 575,000 for episode one of season 15.
The arrival of the NRL lifted Nine’s Thursday and Friday shares to just shy of 22%, up from below 18% the previous week. The Thursday audience for the season launch was 426,000 while the Friday crowd was 370,000.
Seven: Network 26.0% (25.7%), Primary 17.5% (17.9%), 7TWO 3.7% (3.5%)
News broadcasts on all channels at all hours were down a little week-on-week after the invasion of Ukraine boosted numbers earlier this month. Seven continued to have the biggest news numbers on Sunday and weeknights while Sunrise maintained a lead in breakfast TV.
Seven’s best entertainment program was Dancing with the Stars: All Stars with 596,000 after 605,000 in Week 10.
Home and Away was on 492,000 (down from 517,000) and Better Homes and Gardens was on 442,000 (up from 427,000).
The best crowd for SAS Australia was 383,000 after the Tuesday audience was the high in Week 10 with 422,000.
Nine: Network 32.3% (31.3%), Primary 24.3% (23.5%), Gem 2.4% (2.4%)
Married at First Sight had a strong week with two of the four episodes over 1m after one made it to that mark in the previous week. The program boasted audiences over 300,000 in both Sydney and Melbourne on those 1m+ nights.
Nine News Sunday was just over 900,000 and the weekday 6pm Nine News was just under that mark.
A Current Affair managed to hold above 700,00 for another week after 709,000 the week prior.
60 Minutes also found a spot in the top 20 with 550,000, although it was down from 618,000 in Week 10.
Other key primetime performers were The Hundred with Andy Lee on 453,000 (up from 443,000) and Under Investigation on 351,000 (down from several weeks over 400,000).
10: Network 16.7% (16.1%), Primary 10.5% (9.8%), 10 Peach/10 Bold 2.7% (2.9%)
The primary channel continues to report growth, pushing closer to 17% this week.
Gogglebox Australia (see above) was a key performer as a new season launched.
Two nights of Survivor Australia were just under half a million (492,000 and 480,000) after two episodes returned 500,000 and 463,000 in the week prior.
The Dog House Australia was also back with the first episode of season two on 426,000.
First Dates Australia was bang on 400,000, its best number yet after previous episodes of 334,000 and 374,000.
ABC: Network 16.7% (18.7%), Primary 11.3% (12.6%), ABC News 2.7% (3.7%)
The drop of share for ABC News accounted for most of the network dip this week.
ABC News Sunday and ABC News 7pm (M-F) were down week-on-week with both averaging just over 600,000.
Hard Quiz eased a little too, down from 637,000 to 570,000.
Two programs over 500,000 were Death in Paradise with 544,000 and a replay of the Shane Warne interview with Leigh Sales on 543,000.
SBS: Network 8.3% (8.0%), Primary 4.8% (4.6%), Viceland 1.1% (1.3%)
The prolific Dr Michael Mosley is never far from the watchlist for SBS viewers. His program Lose a Stone in 21 Days ranked #1 for the channel with 180,000.
Close behind was a repeat of the Rod Marsh episode of Who Do You Think You Are? with 179,000.
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