MAFS draws the crowds, but it’s racist rubbish

Another Olympics-driven win for Seven, but Married at First Sight easily accounted for the early part of the snow and ice with 1.17 million — and some distressing content that calls into question the whole rationale for this hideous program.

The rubbish, racist comments Cody made about Selina should not have aired. It’s not the first time the producers have allowed him to be a grub about Selina. It was a serious misjudgment by Nine and the producers who have shown they have no understanding the damage implicit racism causes (comments like “I’m not a racist …” from Cody are just that). Grubby TV from Nine. 

The night session of the games averaged 844,000, the evening 767,000, and the late 596,000. On the ABC, Hard Quiz with 803,000 and Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell with 707,000 were solid against MAFS and the games.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (34.0%)
2. Nine (30.4%)
3. ABC (14.4%)
4. Ten (13.7%)
5. SBS (6.9%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (24.5%)
2. Nine (22.7%)
3. ABC (11.5%)
4. Ten (8.0%)
5. SBS ONE (3.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7mate (4.7%)
2. 7TWO (3.3%)
3. 10 Peach (3.0%)
4. Gem (2.8%)
5. 10 Bold (2.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News 6.30 — 1.401 million
2. Seven News — 1.356 million
3. Married at First Sight (Nine) — 1.171 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.124 million
5. Nine News — 1.089 million
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 908,000
7. 7pm ABC News — 907,000
8. Winter Olympic Games night 5 (Seven) — 844,000
9. Home and Away (Seven) — 834,000
10. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 803,000

Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers

Regional Top 5: Seven News 6.30, 490,000; Seven News, 448,000; Home and Away, 347,000; 7pm ABC News, 308,000; MAFS, 303,000. 

Losers: MAFS viewers especially — a poor program last night

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News 6.30 — 910,000
2. Seven News — 908,000
3. Nine News 6.30 — 824,000
4. Nine News — 806,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 635,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 599,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 496,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 303,000
9. 10 News First — 259,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 203,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 415,000/241,000
2. Today (Nine) — 309,000/221,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 258,000/173,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 214,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 147,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 34,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 58,000
2. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 52,000
3. Credlin (Sky News) — 47,000
4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 42,000
5. The Kenny Report (Sky News) — 35,000