The World’s Oddest Animal Couples outperform The Bachelor on Thursday night

August 29, 2014 9:51

Animal couples outperformed human couples last night on TV as Seven’s The World’s Oddest Animal Couples beat Ten dating reality TV show The Bachelor with an audience of 765,000 to 661,000.

The documentary which aired for an hour at 8pm and looked at unusual animal relationships, was one of the strongest performers on a lacklustre Thursday night which had only one program, Nine News, above the one million viewer mark according to the OzTam preliminary overnight metro ratings.

Last night saw Nine win the night on the back of strong performances for the NRL, which drew 645,000 in just Sydney and Brisbane for a match between the Bulldogs and The Rabbitohs, while in the other states The Block drew audiences of 494,000 at 7.30pm in the other three markets, up against The Bachelor.

The Footy Show also performed strongly, getting a combined audience of 702,000 with the AFL version airing in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth at 8.30pm, and the NRL version in Sydney and Brisbane at 9.45pm after the match.

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Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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