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Glenn Dyer

Viewers flock to watch MAFS explosive final dinner party

Married At First Sight (1.496 million, and number one nationally) spearheaded a big win for Nine with its final dinner party, with Seven somewhere way back in the distance, followed by Ten and… hmm, is that the ABC dragging behind? With Troppo at 341,000, yep, it sure is.

With streaming, MAFS will probably break 2 million viewers for a second Sunday night in a row when the totals emerge in a week’s time. Taking streaming and seven-day viewing into account, its audience a week ago jumped from 1.438 million to 2.064 million. That’s a 41% lift. (No wonder Nine still won’t say if MAFS will be taking a break for Christmas Day.)

Seven’s Dancing with the Stars: All Stars (775,000) creaked through its second-last episode last night, onto the Medibank Private-sponsored (and supported with ambos and crash carts) grand final next Sunday. Likewise, Australian Survivor on Ten is still marooned — 590,000 national viewers last night.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (36.3%)
  2. Seven (26.0%)
  3. Ten (16.7%)
  4. ABC (12.7%)
  5. SBS (8.3%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (28.7%)
  2. Seven (18.3%)
  3. Ten (11.0%)
  4. ABC (9.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (3.7%)
  2. 7TWO, 10 Bold (3.0%)
  3. GO (2.6%)
  4. Gem (2.3%) 

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Married At First Sight (Nine) — 1.496 million
  2. Seven News — 1.427 million
  3. Nine News — 1.191 million
  4. 7pm ABC News — 897,000
  5. Dancing wih the Stars: All Stars (Seven) — 778,000
  6. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 775,000
  7. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 625,000
  8. Grand Designs New Zealand (ABC) — 599,000
  9. Australian Survivor (Ten) — 590,000
  10. Crime Investigation Australia (Seven) — 461,000

Top metro programs: 1. MAFS (Nine) — 1.113 million

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 444,000; MAFS, 383,000; Nine News, 319,000; 7pm ABC News, 308,000; Dancing with the Stars: All Stars, 277,000.

Losers: Apart from MAFS, just a weak, weak night

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 983,000
  2. Nine News — 872,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 590,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 542,000
  5. Nine News Late — 314,000
  6. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 288,000
  7. Ten News First — 231,000
  8. The Sunday Project 6.30 (Ten) — 185,000
  9. SBS News — 169,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 625,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 417,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 384,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 268,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC) — 241,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 192,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Brisbane vs. North Qld (Fox League) — 230,000
  2. NRL: Manly vs Canterbury (Fox League) — 227,000
  3. NRL: Sunday Ticket (Fox League) — 173,000
  4. AFL: Fremantle vs St Kilda (Fox Footy) — 161,000
  5. AFL: Richmond vs GWS (Fox Footy) — 154,000
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