Married at First Sight beats Masterchef as Game of Thrones boosts fast-tracking audience

Nine’s Married at First Sight continues to prove popular with viewers, grabbing a metro audience of 1.116m on its third outing, up slightly on last week’s audience of 1.103m.

The show, which aired from 8.45pm, was the most watched show amongst the key demographics 16-39 and 25-54, while Ten’s Masterchef was the most-watched show amongst people aged 18-49.

Ten’s cooking show was watched by 1.084m in the 7.30pm timeslot, down from last week’s audience of 1.112m.

The success of Married at First Sight and Nine News, which was watched by 1.278m at 6pm and 1.223m at 6.30pm, handed Nine a winning audience share of 22 per cent. Seven lagged behind with a share of 17.4 per cent while Ten claimed third place with a share of 15.3 per cent. The ABC managed a share of 14.4 per cent.