MAFS pulls in 921k metro viewers on Wednesday night as drama escalates
Married at First Sight (MAFS) on Nine was the #1 metro program on Wednesday night, airing to 921,000 viewers. Meanwhile, Ten’s top-rated format in 2022, The Dog House, is bowing to the pressure of a strong competitor this year.
The Dog House launched slightly later, on 8 March last year. While it remains to be seen whether the ratings will pick up as the show progresses this year, its metro ratings after launch have remained flat with a slight drop last night to 298,000 metro viewers.
Hard Quiz on ABC brought in 480,000 metro viewers on Wednesday night, followed by Seven’s Home and Away with 459,000 metro audience.
The Chase Australia on Seven aired to 440,000 metro viewers, while ABC’s The Weekly with Charlie Pickering pulled 398,000 metro viewers.
MAFS topped all three key advertising demos.
On Wednesday, the #1 news program was Seven News with 789,000 metro viewers, followed by Seven News at 6:30 with 779,000, Nine News with 707,000 and Nine News at 6:30 with 696,000.
Nine network won the night with a 36.3% overall share, followed by Seven with 24.9%, ABC with 17.3% and Ten with 14.2%.
The top-rated channel on Wednesday was Nine with a 28.1% share, but the top-rated multi channels were 9Gem and 7Two with 3.1% share.
In the latest Daily Consolidated 7 Total TV Report for 22 February, MAFS last Wednesday was the #1 program nationally with 2,029 million Total TV viewers, including 657,000 on BVOD and the biggest uplift of 65%.
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Darcy Song was a reporter at Mumbrella, covering media owners, adtech and social platforms. She left in October 2023.
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