• Farmer Wants a Wife cracks 1.2 million for Reunion episode in Total TV
Total TV Ratings, May 22
It was the Reunion episode of Seven’s Farmer Wants a Wife. The final episode of the series brought the five farmers together, telling 1,263,000 viewers what life has been like since the cameras stopped rolling, up 23%.
974,000 watched 10’s Have You Been Paying Attention, lifting by 31% while MasterChef Australia, had 810,000 tuning in to see the home cooks work to avoid the next day’s Pressure Test. Up 28%.
Nine’s The Summit came in next, lifting 33%. The Mountain’s Keeper came back for revenge after Jans had taunted it earlier in the hike. 688,000 watched as the trekkers sprinted to the trees carrying their cash, with Phillip sacrificing himself at the end of the race.
Overnight TV Ratings, May 29
Primetime News
Seven News 1,038,000 (6:00pm) / 980,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 863,000 (6:00pm) / 845,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 628,000
10 News First 256,000 (5:00pm)/ 206,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 137,000 (6:30pm)/ 99,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 671,000
7.30 522,000
The Project 237,000 6:30pm / 346,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 237,000
Today 193,000
News Breakfast 122,000
Seven has won Tuesday night with a primary share of 17.1% and a network share of 23.0%. 7Two has won multi channels with a 2.5% share.
516,000 began their evening in Summer Bay with Seven’s Home and Away. Justin was determined to rescue Andrew, while Cash had to decide whether to defy the law to risk a rescue mission and Marilyn was being watched. Then, 555,000 stayed on to view The 1% Club with Jim Jefferies.
Nine’s A Current Affair (671,000) investigated the 40 Olympic swimming pools worth of hazardous waste which is being buried out the back of a community child care centre in regional Australia and showed newly-released surveillance footage which showed the moment a US bus driver and passenger opened fire on each other on a moving bus. The program also looked at the resignation of WA Premier Mark McGowan, who made the decision to retire from politics. Then, it was days 12 and 13 on The Summit. 421,000 watched The Trekkers set off into dangerous snow-covered terrain. Their biggest obstacle became a dangerous weather system that forced the group back down the mountain. Marine scientist Indy was voted off the mountain by Lulu, after choosing to keep outsider Jans who had stolen money in his duffle bag.
On 10, The Project (The Project 237,000 6:30pm / 346,000 7pm) welcomed popstar Rita Ora via satellite. She spoke about working with her husband Taika Waititi, who was in charge of her latest video. The program also looked at the earthquake that shook Melbourne with its largest tremor in 120 years and is now “rebuilding” after the 3.8 magnitude quake and showed how Kellie Finlayson, the wife of AFL player Jeremy Finlayson, was fighting to save other people’s lives in the face of her own battle with terminal cancer. Then, 511,000 watched MasterChef Australia. It was all about nostalgia in the MasterChef kitchen as the show paid homage to the smells and tastes from our childhoods. During the Mystery Box challenge, contestants had 75 minutes to create a dish using humble breakfast cereals, given a MC twist. 596,000 viewers then stayed on to see Sam Pang beg for compliments from host Tom Gleisner on Have You Been Paying Attention.
522,000 watched ABC’s 7.30 looked at the shock resignation of McGowan and spoke to the wife of Australian citizen Daniel Duggan who is accused of training Chinese military pilots. Sarah Ferguson also interviewed Warren Mundine. Then, on Australian Story, the show covered acclaimed artist John Olsen’s ruthless dedication to his work, which often cast a long shadow on those around him. He was farewelled at a state funeral after passing away at the age of 95. 416,000 watched on.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Secrets of the Tower of London with 97,000 tuning in to see Deputy Governor Debbie Whittingham and Yeoman Gaoler Rob Fuller spot an impressive visitor berthed across the river from the Tower — a Japanese warship.