• The Brisbane Lions beat the Collingwood Magpies
Total TV Ratings, March 30
Seven’s Home and Away had 777,000 watching as Rose hunted down Xander’s attacker, while Marilyn needed to get rich and quickly, and Justin prepared for the worst, up 34%.
Coming in next and lifting by a 33% rise was 10’s Gogglebox Australia, with 655,000 tuning in to see our favourite couch critics watch Married at First Sight, Ted Lasso, the Australian Survivor finale, Selling Houses Australia, The Swap and Best In Dough. Once again, Malik Fahd delivered the cutest line of the night with his rendition of “mama mia”!
Nine’s NRL Thursday Night Footy came in next, lifting 12%, with 588,000 watching as the Sydney Roosters and the Parramatta Eels faced-off in Round 5 of the NRL Telstra Premiership. The Roosters beat the Eeels, 28-20.
Overnight TV Ratings, April 6
Primetime News
Seven News 795,00 (6:00pm) / 754,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 686,000 (6:00pm) / 679,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 499,000
10 News First 223,000 (5:00pm)/ 155,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 129,000 (6:30pm)/ 88,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 526,000
7.30 360,000
The Project 174,000 6:30pm / 217,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 233,000
Today 170,000
News Breakfast 143,000
Once again, Seven has won the night with a primary share of 24.8% and a network share of 33.0%. 7Two has won multichannels with a 3.5% share.
478,000 began their evening with Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football (Round Four). The Brisbane Lions pit themselves against the Collingwood Magpies live from the Gabba and after last week’s loss to the Western Bulldogs, the Lions pulled up victorious, winning 18.8 (116) to 11.17 (83). Viewers also tuned into a repeat of Border Security, going behind the scenes of Australia’s Customs, Immigration and Quarantine departments.
Nine’s A Current Affair investigated notorious serial killer Paul Denyer, who brutally murdered three young women at random on the outskirts of Melbourne. Friends and family of his victims are now fighting to keep the killer locked up as Denyer prepares to apply for parole aplus there are calls for airlines to start offering customers compensation as a growing number of flight delays and cancellations continue to ruin family holidays, leaving Aussies stranded and out-of-pocket. 526,000 tuned in before 266,000 watched NRL Thursday Night Footy. The Melbourne Storm took on the Sydney Roosters, winning 28 – 8, leaping into the top four with a spectacular win.
On 10, The Project (174,000 6:30pm / 217,000 7pm) welcomed comedian Wil Anderson to the desk who told the co-hosts the stories he used to tell to chuck a sickie. The show also revealed what the wonderful team behind Dance for Abilities do, which is create a safe space for people living with disabilities to have a boogie and a whole lot of fun! Then, on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here, Kerri-Anne Kennerley pulled the plug on the jungle after a heated confrontation with Domenica Calarco. During the trial — and in the “biggest celebrity clash” the series had ever seen — Calarco asked KAK “what she was even doing here” after the TV vet refused to participate in the trial. When KAK told the former MAFS star that she could keep her make-up if she was to exit, Calarco replied: “I don’t want your 1989 Revlon lipstick, darl.” 367,000 watched on, setting social media alight.
360,000 then tuned in to ABC’s 7.30. Sarah Ferguson interviewed Marcia Langton about the Liberal Party’s opposition to the Voice. The show also explored cultural institutions including the National Gallery and National Library, who will receive more funding and also detailed an Australian photo journalist’s escape from Myanmar. Following this, 201,000 viewers tuned in for Grand Designs New Zealand where we saw the story of John and Bridget Preece who are finally in a position to tackle the massive challenge of building a new home on the Chatham Islands, the remote archipelago 800 kilometres east of New Zealand with a population of just 600.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Dinosaur with Stephen Fry with 84,000 tuning in as host Stephen Fry headed 66 million years into the past to the fateful last days of the dinosaurs. He saw how plant-eaters fought back against predators like the deadly T-Rex and was joined by expert Dr Susie Maidment, and met the immense three-horned Triceratops, observing its raw power.