• We Interrupt This Broadcast sends up this week in TV
Total TV Ratings, March 28
Eden’s engagement prank backfired on Home and Away, with Seven bringing in 925,000 viewers, lifting 28%. We Interrupt This Broadcast continued to skewer people’s favourite shows, bringing in an audience of 482,000, up 14%.
Up 13%, Nine’s The Hundred with Andy Lee took the pulse of the nation – warts and all – for 662,000 viewers.
Back In Time For The Corner Shop crashed into the 1970s alongside 629,000, up 26% as the Ferrone’s humble corner store slowly transformed into a mixed business convenience store.
Overnight TV Ratings, April 4
Primetime News
Seven News 928,000 (6:00pm) / 928,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 732,000 (6:00pm) / 732,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 573,000
10 News First 206,000 (5:00pm)/ 149,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 206,000 (6:30pm)/ 122,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 628,000
7.30 477,000
The Project 164,000 (6:30 pm)/ 327,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 226,000
Today 196,000
News Breakfast 160,000
Nine has won Tuesday night with a primary share of 19.3% and a network share of 26.7%. A share of 3.6% has seen 7Two come out on top for multuchannels.
Nine’s A Current Affair looked into the collapse of Porter Davis, and spoke to the families who don’t know if they’ll get their money back for 628,000. On Frozen Planet II, David Attenborough took 407,000 from pole to pole to uncover what really goes on in the lives of the animals who live in these environments. 178,000 then got the popcorn out for movie night, with San Andreas.
In Summer Bay, 463,000 tuned in to Seven as Felicity continued to adjust to married life on Home and Away. We Interrupt This Broadcast followed, bringing 256,000 send-ups of the week in TV.
On 10, The Project (206,000 6:30pm / 327,000 7pm) looked into the decision of the RBA to keep the interest rate steady, and interviewed actress Geena Davis. I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! sent Geordie Shore star Nathan Henry underground in a particularly grimy challenge for 518,000 – crawling his way through a tunnel filled with every awful critter and smell the trials team could conjure up.
The ABC’s 7.30 also took a look at the steady interest rate, and told 477,000 about a review that found Medicare is bleeding billions of dollars. Back In Time For The Corner Store zipped through the 1980s and 90s, with 323,000 watching as the Ferrones worked even longer hours to stay relevant and make a profit. A repeat of The Princess And The Press followed with 184,000.
The highest rating show on SBS was Who Do You Think You Are? USA, with 125,000 following the life of Bryan Cranston.