• Nine rides MAFS to primary and network win
• Vera continues to be a juggernaut for ABC
Total TV Ratings, February 13
Married at First Sight (MAFS) continues to dominate the Total TV ratings after the program was once again the #1 show in total TV audience. MAFS had 1.924m viewers, an increase of 47% on its overnight audience. The episode was the first commitment ceremony of the season, as all the brides and grooms chose to stay.
Vera was the next best entertainment program with the British drama bringing in a mammoth 1.261m viewers for the ABC, up 36%. Muster Dogs also performed well for the ABC with 1.137m viewers, up 25%.
Australian Survivor was the top program for 10 with 889,000 viewers, up 33%.
The top segment from the Winter Olympics for the day was the evening session with 779,000 viewers.
Overnight TV Ratings, February 20
Primetime News
Seven News 916,000
Nine News 885,000
ABC News 545,000
10 News First 215,000 (5:00pm)/ 181,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 153,000 (6:30pm) 114,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
Insiders 374,000
The Project 212,000 (6:30 pm)/296,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 241,000
Today 181,000
News Breakfast 142,000
Nine was the top primary channel (24.9%) and network (32.5%) last night, thanks to its winning combo of Married at First Sight (MAFS) and 60 Minutes.
MAFS was the top program for the evening, evening outstripping the prime time news bulletins, with a strong audience of 926,000. MAFS was also #1 in all key demos in a strong performance for the franchise.
The episode saw the season’s second commitment ceremony and the first couple to leave the experiment after Andrew had walked out from the show at the dinner party from the night before. Before departing Holly addressed the fellow couples and spoke to the experts about what she learned from the experiment.
60 Minutes then had 581,000 viewers as the program covered the settlement between Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre and also explored the MH370 mystery.
On Seven, the launch of Dancing with the Stars: All Stars had 588,000 viewers as the first episode saw the elimination of Cameron Daddo.
Final scores:
Ricki-Lee and Jarryd Byrne – 34
Bridie Carter and Craig Monley – 33
Anthony Koutoufides and Jessica Raffa – 30
Kylie Gillies and Aric Yegudkin – 29
Grant Denyer and Lily Cornish – 26
Cameron Daddo and Megan Wragg – 23
Kris Smith and Siobhan Power – 19
The Winter Olympics came to an end last night with its Closing Ceremony which had 183,000 viewers. The top rating segment for the Winter Olympics yesterday was the figure skating gala with 457,000.
On 10, The Sunday Project had 212,000 (6:30pm) and 296,000 (7:00pm) as the show covered accusations that China pointed a military-grade laser at an Aussie surveillance plane.
Australian Survivor had 491,000 viewers. The episode saw Nina go home, following her mother Sandra who went home last week. However, Nina wasn’t voted out but instead was forced to retire due to injuries.
On the ABC, Vera was the #2 entertainment program with a strong 600,000 viewers. It was preceded by Grand Designs New Zealand with 440,000 viewers.
The top non-news program on SBS was a repeat of Every Family has a Secret with 114,000 viewers.
See the weekend TV ratings here:
TV Ratings February 18, 2022: Seven #1 as NRL returns to Foxtel
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