# Ratings: Relationships rule Wednesday with Married at First Sight and The Bachelor **URL:** \ **Category:** News Articles\ **Tags:** ratings\ **Created:** [September 8, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/ratings-relationships-rule-wednesday-with-married-at-first-sight-and-the-bachelor/1806 "2016-09-08T00:46:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/ratings-relationships-rule-wednesday-with-married-at-first-sight-and-the-bachelor/1806/1 "2016-09-08T00:46:13Z")
Reality relationship shows _Married at First Sight_ from **Nine** and **Ten’s** _The Bachelor_ were the stand out performers last night as several Wednesday programs dipped to season lows. _The Bachelor_ kicked things off as the number one 7.30pm program with 844,000 metro viewers while _Married_ lifted to a season high 974,000 to rule the 8.40pm timeslot. Both programs were the top performing programs for their respective networks as well as dominated the younger demographics. Nine had its best Wednesday network share since State of Origin with 29.1% with **Seven** second with 26.3% ahead of Ten (19.8%), **ABC** (17.4%) and **SBS** (7.4%). _Married at First Sight_ was the number two show on Wednesday with _Nine News_ second across its hour with 919,000 and 944,000. _A Current Affair_ put Nine first at 7pm with 855,00 but _The Block_ that followed edged down to a season low of 786,000. _Hot Seat_ grabbed 490,000 in the afternoon with _The Footy Show_ on 278,000 in AFL markets (192,000 in Melbourne) while _Eat to Live Forever_ managed 171,000 in NRL territory. Over on Seven, _Seven News_ maintained its number one position with 1,025,000 and 968,000. Next best for the network were _Home and Away_ (736,000), _The Force Behind the Lines_ (736,000) and _Border Security_ (728,000). A double episode of _The Durrells_ recorded season lows with 523,000 and 459,000 while the afternoon’s _The Chase_ saw 374,000 tune in at 5pm, lifting to 615,000 at 5.30pm. Meanwhile, _The Bachelor_ was Ten’s best. Earlier, _The Project_ rated 621,000 and 423,000, _Family Feud_ 496,000 and _Ten Eyewitness News_ 452,000. The penultimate episode of _Offspring_ for this season slipped to 594,000 with _NCIS: LA_ later on 197,000. ABC’s top programs _Gruen_ (830,000) and _Anh’s Brush with Fame_ (793,000) were well down this week. Earlier, _ABC News_ managed 772,000 while _7:30_ slipped to 654,000. Also in the line up were _The Katering Show_ (425,000), _You Can’t Ask That_ (333,000) and _Pointless_ (230,000) with _Soul Mates_ on just 167,000. _Great American Railroad Journeys_ (285,000) and _24 Hours in Emergency_ (203,000) topped SBS’s night. _Today_ managed a win at breakfast for Nine with 300,000 ahead of _Sunrise_ (289,000) and _ABC News Breakfast_ with 108,000 and 54,000. This is what the top programs rankings were for people under 55. ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fda5f80543a51d3962f53f921fa1919d9bfcaae1.png) See [Wednesday 7 September] ([http://forums.mediaspy.org/t/wednesday-7-september-2016/1805](http://forums.mediaspy.org/t/wednesday-7-september-2016/1805)) for a more detailed look at the ratings numbers in the Media Spy forums. > Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2016. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of OzTAM. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/ratings-relationships-rule-wednesday-with-married-at-first-sight-and-the-bachelor/1806/2 "2016-09-08T00:46:18Z")
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