Under Investigation takes Nine to winning week

Nine won another ratings week thanks to Married at First Sight and Nine News, but it also enjoyed a particularly strong debut by new current affairs show Under Investigation.

Seven News won the week in news while Seven’s entertainment slate continued to struggle.

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras saw SBS lift to a 13.5% share on Saturday -well up on 9.6% the previous week.

Network:
Nine: 30.6
Seven: 25.1
ABC: 19.0
10: 17.1
SBS: 8.2

Primary channel:
Nine: 22.3
Seven: 16.5
ABC: 13.8
10: 9.9
SBS: 5.2

Multichannels:
10 BOLD: 3.9
7TWO: 3.5
7mate: 3.2
10 Peach: 2.8
9GO!: 2.7
ABC KIDS TV Plus: 2.6
9GEM: 2.4
ABC News: 2.2
7flix / 9Life: 2.0
SBS VICELAND: 1.3
9RUSH: 1.2
SBS Food: 0.8
SBS World Movies: 0.7
10 Shake: 0.5
ABC ME: 0.4
NITV: 0.2

Nine won the demos 16 – 39 and 25 – 54.

Nine led on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday. Seven won Thursday & Saturday. ABC bettered 10 on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.

Nine won all cities except Perth, retained by Seven.

Best brands last week were:

Nine: Married at First Sight (Sun: 1.02m), Nine News (845,000), Under Investigation (719,000) and 60 Minutes (660,000).

Seven: Seven News (875,000), Home & Away (487,000), The Chase (452,000) and Holey Moley (Sun: 426,000).

ABC: ABC News (Sun: 689,000), Australian Story (652,000), Death in Paradise (610,000) and 7:30 (589,000).

10: Gogglebox (596,000), The Amazing Race Australia (Mon: 495,000), Territory Cops (410,000) and The Cube (350,000).

SBS: Great Australian Railway Journeys (237,000), Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras (Part I: 217,000), Searching for Cleopatra (185,000) and Britain’s Most Historic Towns (178,000).