There was a big lift for Married at First Sight with the first dinner part of the season delivering a season high average audience up almost 25k on the previous week. Its nearest competition in Australian Idol, by contrast dropped 50k from the launch episode of the previous Monday. Meanwhile Australian Survivor also hit a season high, up 20k from launch and 40k from Sunday.
ABC’s Nemesis did well to improve by 60k and make the top five. That gave the return of Media Watch a big boost to a timeslot winning 667k. That was ahead of the second season launch of Big Miracle that landed in 14th place with 535k.
A repeat of the Grammys on Seven managed 244k but for a long run time. It was slightly above the afternoon’s broadcast and just ahead of 10’s FBI Most Wanted.
The afternoon saw The Case AU ahead of Tipping Point AU by 25k nationally.
Would it be fair to say that Idol is performing better than last year even though the figures have been fudged to be national vs 5 city? I don’t think Seven will be disappointed with it considering it’s a solid 2nd place against MAFS and Survivor.
The 9Network enjoyed a bumper evening as Married at First Sight, 9News and A Current Affair took out the Top 3 programs in Australia’s two largest markets of Sydney and Melbourne.
Married at First Sight secured a National Total TV Reach of 2.519 million - 957,000 viewers ahead of its nearest competitor.
Married at First Sight recorded its highest rating episode of the series with a Total TV National Audience of 1.496 million - up 6.4% year-on-year and 763,000 viewers ahead of its nearest timeslot competitor.
Married at First Sight was a commanding timeslot winner in all metro capitals. It was the No. 1 program with Total People in Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane and the No. 2 program in Adelaide & Perth. It was also the No. 1 program with People 25-54 in all metro capitals.
Married at First Sight viewing continues to surge on 9Now, with last night’s episode recording a BVOD audience of 298,000 on 9Now - up 15.3% on the corresponding episode last year.
Tipping Point has become an instant success. Yesterday, it was once again the No. 1 afternoon game show across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, securing a National Total TV Reach of 1.216 million and a Total TV National Audience of 574,000.
Tipping Point has significantly boosted viewing figures across its timeslot. Yesterday’s national audience lifted the timeslot by a massive 50% when compared to the corresponding day last year.
Big Miracles returned with a Total TV National Audience of 535,000.
9News was the No. 1 news service with Total People in Sydney and Melbourne. In Sydney, 9News was 51,000 viewers ahead of its nearest timeslot competitor. And in Melbourne, the new lineup featuring Alicia Loxley & Tom Steinfort was 48,000 viewers ahead of its nearest timeslot competitor
A Current Affair was Australia’s No. 1 program at 7.00pm with a National Total TV Reach of 1.795 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.105 million.
Today achieved a National Total TV Reach of 834,000 and was the No. 1 breakfast program in Melbourne.
The 9Network was No. 1 across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with all key demos and Total People. In Adelaide and Perth, the 9Network was No. 1 with People 25-54 and 16-39.
Interesting to see the repeat of ABC Video Lab special What Broke the Rental Market? making the top 30. The screening is timely given the housing rental crisis in major cities across Australia.
And looks like the change of news readers on 9news Melb has led to a resurgence since it seemed like they started winning in Melb after that announcement in Nov.