Seven News reporter Cassie Zervos broke the story of the Dezi Freeman manhunt over, netting a big 1.5m audience on Monday.
News events on Monday saw a spike in bulletins with coverage of the Dezi Freeman manhunt, broken by Seven News reporter Cassie Zervos. Seven’s bulletin rightly won the slot and hit 1.53m viewers in National TV Audience.
That eclipsed Nine News at 1.46m and ABC News at 1.11m in a later slot. 10 News earlier was 347,000.
A news special 7News: The Dezi Freeman Hunt Over also drew 482,000.
Married at First Sight led entertainment at 1.82m then 7:30 (985,000), Australian Idol (910,000), Australian Story (795,000) and Australian Survivor (431,000).
Later Media Watch was 680,000 then Four Corners (666,000), 9-1-1 (330,000) and Gogglebox (212,000).
A Current Affair was also up at 1.27m for Nine then Tipping Point (801,000). Where it screened 100% Footy was 245,000 with Footy Classified (233,000).
Home & Away was high at 1.02m for Seven with The Chase at 645,000. The Agenda Setters was 112,000 with The Agenda Setters: Rugby League on 68,000.
Planet America was high at 586,000 for ABC then Hard Quiz (406,000).
On 10 were Millionaire Hot Seat (274,000), Deal or No Deal (177,000) , 10 News+ (176,000) and 10 Late News (122,000).
SBS World News (232,000 / 147,000), Inside the Tower of London (97,000), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (98,000) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (58,000) screened on SBS.
Sunrise: 423,000
Today: 316,000
News Breakfast: 236,000
National Total TV: Monday 30 March 2026