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Glenn Dyer

MAFS effect boosts Underbelly’s return

MAFS Seven Nine TEN Seven News Nine News

It was Nine’s night over Seven, Ten and a weak ABC, due to the double-whammy of Married At First Sight with 1.588 million, which after accounting for delayed viewing over the next week and streaming will rise to around 2.1 million, maybe more, and part one of Underbelly: Vanishing Act, dramatising the events surrounding the Melissa Caddick disappearance (factual or fictional?), with 1.041 million (that MAFS lead-in gave it a nice boost). 

Both are back up again tonight and tomorrow night, so it’s basically Nine’s week.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (38.9%)
  2. Seven (26.8%)
  3. Ten (15.6%)
  4. ABC (12.3%)
  5. SBS (6.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (31.8%)
  2. Seven (19.3%)
  3. Ten (10.5%)
  4. ABC (8.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate, 7TWO (3.0%)
  2. 10 Bold (2.5%)
  3. GO (2.3%)
  4. Gem (2.1%) 

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Married At First Sight (Nine) — 1.588 million
  2. Seven News — 1.427 million
  3. Nine News — 1.191million
  4. Underbelly: Vanishing Act, part one (Nine) — 1.041 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 872,000
  6. Dancing With The Stars: All Stars, grand final (Seven) — 849,000
  7. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 647,000
  8. AFL (Seven) — 626,000
  9. Grand Designs New Zealand (ABC) — 571,000
  10. Australian Survivor (Ten) — 569,000

Top metro programs: 

  1. MAFS (Nine) — 1.140 million
  2. Seven News — 1.028 million

Regional top 5: Seven News, 511,000; MAFS, 488,000; Nine News, 385,000; Underbelly: Vanishing Act, part one, 322,000; ABC News, 289,000.

Losers: MAFS rules, OK!

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.028 million
  2. Nine News — 952,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 583,000
  4. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 319,000
  5. Nine News Late — 318,000
  6. The Sunday Project 6.30 (Ten) — 223,000
  7. Ten News First — 211,000
  8. SBS News — 161,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 647,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 419,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 363,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 279,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC) — 250,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 163,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Parramatta vs. St George (Fox League) — 237,000
  2. NRL: Melbourne vs Canterbury (Fox League) — 200,000
  3. AFL: Carlton vs Hawthorn (Fox Footy) — 152,000
  4. AFL: West Coast vs Freo (Fox Footy) — 134,000
  5. NRL: Sunday Ticket (Fox League) — 133,000
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