In a Nine-dominated night, it was the journalism programs battling for supremacy.
But first, MAFS.
OzTAM’s overnight data showed that, once again, Married At First Sight topped the viewership list with 1,020,000 watchers as another round of weddings hit the screens.
Seven News performed well with 986,000 viewers, followed by Nine News with 959,000. Nine’s Under Investigation (pictured), a new investigative journalism program, had 755,000 viewers for its premiere. The episode investigated the mysterious disappearance of Russel Hill and Carol Clay from an alpine campsite in Victoria.
A Current Affair also received 729,000 viewers, as Nine’s journalism lineup trumped the ABC’s.
ABC News had 725,000 viewers, followed by 7.30 with 620,000 and Four Corners with 540, 000. Media Watch had 469,000 viewers.
Doco series Australian Story secured 654,000 viewers.
Seven followed with The Chase Australia and Home And Away, with 533,000 and 514,000 viewers respectively. Holey Moley edged on to the top twenty most-watched programs with 319,000 viewers.
For 10, The Amazing Race Australia had 495,000 viewers while The Project had 429,000. 10 News First had 339,000.
Nine (all channels) had thirty-four per cent of the daily share, followed by Seven (all channels) with twenty-four per cent and the ABC (all channels) with eighteen per cent. Network 10 had sixteen per cent, while the SBS Network had six per cent.