MAFS draws 1.032 million metro viewers as season finale draws closer

As the 2021 season of Married at First Sight begins to draw to a close, the program continues to dominate the free-to-air OzTam television ratings.

The second night of final vows on Tuesday saw 1.032 million metro viewers tune in, making it the top-rating program of the night, ahead of tonight’s penultimate episode and Sunday’s reunion finale.

Georgia & Liam’s Final Vows: Nine

MAFS delivered wins in the three key advertising demos for Nine once again.

Seven’s all-stars edition of Dancing With The Stars brought in a solid 588,000 metro viewers, to be the #10 program of the night. It was bettered by Home and Away which delivered an average of 605,000 metro viewers for the network.

Ten’s primetime offering of The Cube fell out of the Top 20 programs altogether for the first time since it first aired, with just 219,000 metro viewers.

The ABC faired better with its own entertainment programming, as Anh’s Brush With Fame pulled in 549,000 metro viewers for the national broadcaster. Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds aired to 546,000 metro viewers.

The ABC also aired a special, HRH The Duke Of Edinburgh, telling the life story of Prince Phillip, watched by 323,000 metro viewers.

Seven took the win in news programming, with Seven News at 6.30 rating second among all programs with 1.019 million metro viewers.

10 Peach was the top rating multi-channel of the night, with a 3% share ahead of 7TWO on 2.9% and 10 Bold on 2.8%.

None of it was enough to stop Nine winning the night, with a 32.4% network share ahead of Seven (26.7%), ABC (19.4%) and Ten (14.4%).

Channel 9 was also the #1 primary channel on Tuesday across the five metro markets, with a 24.7% share.