Reality TV wins the night – it’s simple MAFS

Married at First Sight lifted its audience on its second night from Monday’s debut figures of 1.23 million up to 1.30 million. That saw Nine win the night, with Seven somewhere off in the distance, Ten and the ABC close for third and fourth — and that was the night. 

Married at First Sight also ate the demos. Ten’s The Amazing Race Australia lost viewers — 619,000 — down around 100,000 or more from its solid showing last week. A case of being MAFS-ed?

Seven’s The Good Doctor — not so good, pulling in only 473,000 nationally. Fading fast, call the ratings crash cart, 60 minutes of emergency content please, delivered by IV, thanks producers. Now!

In Breakfast: Sunrise, 450,000/262,000; Today, 305,000/206,000; and News Breakfast, 291,000/198,000.

In regional markets it was Seven News with 557,000; Seven News 6.30 with 533,000; Home and Away with 350,000; 7pm ABC News with 321,000; Married at First Sight with 313,000. 

Network channel share:

1. Nine (34.9%)
2. Seven (22.8%)
3. Ten (18.3%)
4. ABC (15.6%)
5. SBS (8.4%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (26.6%)
2. Seven (14.8%)
3. ABC (11.5%)
4. Ten (11.3%)
5. SBS ONE (5.4%)

Top digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (3.5%)
2. 10 Bold (3.2%)
3. 10 Peach (3.1%)
4. 7mate, GO (3.0%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.45 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.42 million
3. Married at First Sight (Nine) — 1.30 million
4. Nine News — 1.14 million
5. Nine News 6.30 — 1.12 million
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.004 million
7. 7pm ABC News —1.004 million
8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 907,000
9. Home and Away (Seven) — 810,000
10. 7.30 (ABC) — 753,000

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 902,000
2. Seven News 6.30 — 882,000
3. Nine News   —  871,000
4. Nine News 6.30  — 861,000
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 720,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 683,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 503,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 415,000
9. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 390,000
10. Ten News First —306,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 450,000/262,000
2. Today (Nine) — 305,000/206,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 291,000/198,000
4. The Morning Show  (Seven) — 216,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 150,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) —  50,000

Top five pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 87,000
2. BIG Shot: Anti-Vaxxers Exposed (Sky News) — 71,000
3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 70,000
4. Credlin (Sky News) — 69,000 
5. The Kenny Report (Nick Jr) — 44,000