MAFS takes Nine to weekly win ahead of start of official TV ratings year

Tim Burrowes

February 10, 2019 12:13

Nine has dominated the final week of the non-ratings summer period thanks to its early launch of Married At First Sight.

Although the official 2019 ratings year only kicks off today, Nine began broadcasting MAFS on January 28, after the end of The Australian Open tennis.

Over the past week, the episodes of MAFS that aired from Sunday through to Wednesday were the top four most watched shows of the week on Australian television in all of the main demographics of total people, 25-54, 16-39 and grocery buyers with children.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.