TV Wrap: MAFS tops every Sunday entertainment slot since season launch
Despite a drop in metro viewership compared to the previous week’s high, Nine’s Married At First Sight (MAFS) was the #1 program on Sunday with 867,000 metro viewers and topped all three key advertising demos.
Nine network won the week ending 12 March with a 31.8% overall share, followed by Seven with 25.1%, ABC with 18.4% and Ten with 16.3%. Nine was also the top-rated primary channel of the week with a 24.4% share.
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Following MAFS in Sunday entertainment was ABC’s Vera and Death in Paradise, pulling in 611,000 and 572,000 metro viewers respectively.
Ten’s Australian Survivor attracted 498,000 metro viewers, while Seven’s Australian Idol brought in 417,000, as ratings for both also dipped compared to the previous weekend.
The #1 news program on Sunday was Seven News with 786,000 metro viewers, followed by Nine News with 768,000, and ABC News with 585,000.
Nine took the overall network share crown in overnight with a 32.7% share, followed by Seven with 22.1%, ABC with 21.4% and Ten with 16.3%.
The top-rated primary channel was Nine with a 25.4% share, and the top-rated multichannel was 9Go with 2.9%.
In the latest Daily Consolidated 7 Total TV Report for 5 March, Married at First Sight on Nine last Sunday was the #1 program nationally with 2.01 million Total TV viewers, including 614,000 on BVOD and the biggest uplift of 56%.
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Graphs provided by Nine.
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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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