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Seven unbeatable on Thursday

Ratings: Gogglebox strong for TEN, SBS hit hard by the competition.

A My Kitchen Rules & Winter Olympics double was too strong for the competition on Thursday with Seven pulling a massive 42.5% share.

MKR won its slot with 947,000 viewers, a figure that might have arguably been higher given MAFS was nowhere in sight. Nevertheless a win is a win. I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here was also up from the previous night, second in its slot with 581,000.

The Winter Olympics ruled from 9pm with 891,000 but Gogglebox proved strong at 649,000 given the competition.

Nine saw ACA win its slot but RBT had to settle for fourth. ABC’s 8pm drama test Call the Midwife began with 458,000 viewers while SBS had a tough night overall.

Seven network won Thursday with 42.5% then Nine 20.0%, TEN 18.0%, ABC 14.6% and SBS 5.0%.

Seven News was #1 for Seven with 983,000 / 869,000 viewers then My Kitchen Rules (947,000), Winter Olympics (891,000 / 473,000), Home and Away (629,000) and The Chase (544,000).

Nine News (869,000 / 807,000) led for Seven then A Current Affair (757,000), RBT (471,000) and Hot Seat (455,000 / 286,000). Movie: Point Break was 244,000.

Gogglebox (649,000) was best for TEN then I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here (581,000), TEN Eyewitness News (430,000), The Project (396,000 / 287,000) and Family Feud (267,000). A repeat of This is Us drew 141,000.

On ABC it was ABC News (681,000), 7:30 (538,000), Call the Midwife (458,000), Q & A (459,000), Sammy J (257,000), Would I Lie to You? (171,000) and Think Tank (129,000).

Great British Railway Journeys (209,000) topped SBS followed by SBS World News (109,000), Shane Delia’s Recipe for Life (88,000), Knightfall (79,000), Running Wild with Bear Grylls (78,000).

Winter Olympics on 7mate pulled 314,000.

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 15 February 2018

8 Responses

  1. It may have come second in the timeslot but Celeb is still doing rather poorly in comparison to last year. Last year, the same episode (Week 3 Thursday) did 910,000. That is a 36% decrease in viewership.

  2. Why do people watch the Winter Olympics? It consists of sports/pastimes that aren’t done here to any level and most people here aren’t exposed to them at school-even many migrants come from countries with no snow! A puzzle indeed.

    1. Australia has a lot more snow than plenty of other countries + plenty of Aussies are into skiing at home and abroad. We’re the most successful southern hemisphere country in the Winter Olympics -> this is no ‘Jamaican Bobsled Team’ situation

      Plus winter sports are exciting. High energy and high speed. Way better viewing than what FTA TV generally comes up with.

    2. I doubt I’d watch much of just the Seven FTA broadcast, but having the ability to select from multiple events via the website has made it pretty easy to find something that takes my interest each night. And I’ve never seen snow in my life!

      1. the 7FTA coverage is a mini winter games of only 6-7 sports the rest of the games is irrelevant to them, this is what the comm games will be like 6-7 sports and the rest watch it on a app stupid

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