Sunday TV: Hoges Hangs In There For Seven, As MKR Brings Home More Ratings Bacon

Sunday TV: Hoges Hangs In There For Seven, As MKR Brings Home More Ratings Bacon

A Married At First Sight-free night at Channel Nine last night has handed the ratings to rival Seven who won the night comfortably on the back of Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story and stalwart bon vivant program MKR.

With Nine opting for T20 cricket – a match between Sri Lanka and a second-string Australian side – MKR was the most watched program with 1.24 million viewers according to OzTam figures. And with no competition from Married At First Sight, MKR was able to add 160,000 viewers from the week previous.

However, viewers continued to be indifferent to Seven’s Hoges. It drew 839,000 viewers last night which, to its credit, was 2000 more than last week.

Hoges will prove a worry for all the TV bosses, considering its audiences are almost half of last year’s highly successful Molly. It also follows on from comments last week from Ten CEO Paul Anderson bemoaning the high cost of license fees and the prohibitive cost in making local dramas.

Seven won the night with 33.2 per cent, followed by Nine with 26.4 per cent, the ABC with 17.7 per cent, Ten with 15.5 per cent and SBS 7.2 per cent.

It’s clear we’re over cricket this summer, with Nine’s T20 game (despite being a last-ball thriller) recording 703,000, 695,000 and 575,000 for its various stages. Some 363,000 viewers then hung around for the post-match movie Lethal Weapon featuring a mulleted Mel Gibson.

For Ten, I’m A Celebrity Get…. Me Out of Here attracted 879,000. TEN Eyewitness News was 358,000, Bondi Rescue was 322,000, 24: Legacy was 294,000 and Homeland a disappointing 129,000.

The ABC continues with its impressive Sunday night with its 7pm news bulletin (780,000 viewers), Grand Designs (757,000) and Midsomer Murders (805,000).

More TV Ratings:




Latest News

Sydney Comedy Festival: Taking The City & Social Media By Storm
  • Media

Sydney Comedy Festival: Taking The City & Social Media By Storm

Sydney Comedy Festival 2024 is live and ready to rumble, showing the best of international and homegrown talent at a host of venues around town. As usual, it’s hot on the heels of its big sister, the giant that is the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, picking up some acts as they continue on their own […]

Global Marketers Descend For AANA’s RESET For Growth
  • Advertising

Global Marketers Descend For AANA’s RESET For Growth

The Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) has announced the final epic lineup of local and global marketing powerhouses for RESET for Growth 2024. Lead image: Josh Faulks, chief executive officer, AANA  Back in 2000, a woman with no business experience opened her first juice bar in Adelaide. The idea was brilliantly simple: make healthy […]