First Dates steals the night from ARIA Awards despite 30th anniversary ratings boost

November 24, 2016 9:58

Ten’s 2016 ARIA Awards enjoyed a ratings surge last night for its 30th anniversary broadcast with 586,000 people tuning in to watch the Australian music awards, an improvement on last year’s 461,000.

Airing at 7:30pm the ARIA’s was Wednesday night’s 10th most watched show, enjoying its biggest audience since 2010. The rise was not enough to beat Seven’s First Dates, airing in the same time slot, which beat the ARIA’s with 663,000 viewers, down on last week’s 758,000.

First Dates was also the most watched program across all metro main demographics, according to OzTAM overnight metro ratings.

Nine’s RBT positioned at number 12 managed 559,000 in the same time slot.

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Abigail Dawson

Abigail Dawson was Mumbrella's senior content journalist covering event content. She left Mumbrella to move into an agency role in 2020.