Nine’s Married at First Sight finale cracks 1m to win the night
Last night’s finale of Nine’s Married at First Sight, which saw the couples reveal whether or not they planned to stay together, pulled in 1.083m metro viewers at 8:45pm.
The show was the most-watched show across the key advertising demographics (16-39, 18-49 and 25-54) while Nine’s The Block was the second most-watched program after it grabbed 948,000 metro viewers at 7:30pm.
The dating show’s finale was up on season two’s conclusion which, earlier this year, saw 1.048m tune in.
Married at First Sight easily out-rated Seven’s local drama series 800 Words which was watched by 618,000 at 8:45pm, down on last week’s 793,000.
In the 7:30pm time slot, Seven’s Zumbo’s Just Desserts drew a metro audience of 646,000, down on last week’s audience of 794,000.
It was out-rated by Ten’s Australian Survivor which saw 690,000 tune in for the eviction of marketer Andrew Torrens, down on last week’s audience of 717,000.
Zumbo’s Just Desserts was also beaten by the ABC’s 7.30, which pulled in 649,000.
Nine easily won the night with an audience share of 24.5%, well ahead of Seven’s share of 17.5%. Ten managed third place with a share of 12.9% as the ABC settled for a share of 10.5%.
In the news battleground, Seven News at 6:00pm was watched by 1.180m, sliding to 1.129m from 6:30pm; while Nine News at 6:00pm saw 1.048m tune in, growing to 1.073m from 6:30pm.
Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.
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