• MAFS sets new season-high with the most dramatic episode of the year
• Jive Turkey: Dancing with the Stars farewells Sam Mac
• Australian Survivor adds to purgatory
Total TV Ratings, March 6
Married at First Sight (MAFS) has once again topped the total tv ratings with a #1 audience of 1.852m, an increase of 42% on its overnight TV ratings. The episode saw another commitment ceremony take place as all the couples stayed in the experiment despite several brides writing leave on their cards.
Dancing with the Stars: All Stars was the #2 entertainment program with 1.039m viewers tuning in to see Bridie Carter sent home.
Australian Survivor was up 37% to 849,000 viewers.
Overnight TV Ratings, March 13
Primetime News
Seven News 827,000
Nine News 826,000
ABC News 577,000
10 News First 231,000 (5:00pm)/ 180,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 158,000 (6:30pm) 116,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
Insiders 384,000
The Project 206,000 (6:30 pm)/291,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 215,000
Today 202,000
News Breakfast 154,000
Nine has enjoyed another comfortable Sunday night win after registering a primary share of 30.9% and a network share of 38.0% which were both easily #1 for their categories. Once again the bedrock for this result was Married at First Sight (MAFS) which was the top program of the night with a season-high 1.076m viewers. This episode was also #1 in all key demos and was up on last week’s audience of 981,000.
The episode featured the weekly commitment ceremony which saw Carolina and Dion, as well as Kate and Matt, leave the experiment. Tensions were at boiling point, however, when Carolina walked in with Daniel to reveal their affair and ask to remain in the experiment together, which prompted a mass walkout from the other couples. Ultimately the experts denied their request.
MAFS walkout
60 Minutes then followed with 634,000 viewers. The episode featured a report by Tom Steinfort on the economic war being raged against Russia.
Earlier in the day the first Sunday afternoon of the NRL season kicked off with 253,000 tuning in to watch the Parramatta Eels defeat the Gold Coast Titans.
On Seven, Dancing with the Stars: All Stars had 517,000 viewers as Sam Mac went home after judges didn’t jive with his routine.
The final scores of the night were:
Courtney Act and Josh Keefe – 39
David Rodan and Alex Vladimirov – 38
Olympia Valance and Gustavo Viglio – 38
Deni Hines and Lyu Masuda – 33
Rob Mills and Alarna Donovan – 28
Sam Mac and Ruby Gherbaz – 19
This episode’s ratings were down on last Sunday’s 596,000 viewers.
Crime Investigation Australia then had 259,000 viewers as the episode covered the story of the baby in the suitcase.
On 10, The Sunday Project had 206,000 (6:30pm) and 291,000 (7:00pm) as the show talked about rising fuel prices and spoke to Anne Hathaway.
Australian Survivor then had 416,000 viewers which was down on the 480,000 that tuned in last Sunday. The episode saw Jordie and KJ join Shay in purgatory.
On the ABC, Grand Designs New Zeland had 327,000 before Aussie drama Troppo had 222,000 for its third episode of the year.
The top non-news program on SBS was Acropolis: The Ancient Builders with 154,000 viewers.
