The Chase tops entertainment TV ratings on Thursday night

April 19, 2019 4:00

Seven’s early evening game show The Chase was the most-watched entertainment program on Thursday evening ahead of the Easter long weekend.

The show, which first aired in 2015 and screens at 5pm, had 485,000 metro viewers, according to OzTAM’s preliminary overnight ratings, making it more popular than later prime-time offerings including Ten’s Bachelor in Paradise (406,000), and the AFL and NRL clashes.

The Chase was the most-watched non-news program last night

Seven’s AFL screened on its primary channel in Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, and on 7Mate in Sydney and Perth at 7pm AEST. The match – between the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Magpies, had a metro audience of 478,000. With the addition of regional figures, the match’s total climbed to 659,000.

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Vivienne Kelly

Vivienne Kelly was previously the editor of Mumbrella from 2016 to August 2020.

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