{"id":549847,"date":"2026-03-19T04:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T04:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/549847\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T04:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T04:56:09","slug":"entertainment-battle-on-wednesday-tv-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/549847\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertainment battle on Wednesday | TV Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Front Bar, Naked City: Hitmen and The Weekly with Charlie Pickering were in battle mid-evening. Plus a big win for Sunrise.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

There was quite a battle in mid-evening programming last night.<\/p>\n

The Front Bar drew 574,000 from 8:30 \u2013 9:30pm, edging ahead of Naked City: Hitmen from 9pm at 541,000 while The Weekly with Charlie Pickering\u00a0 from 8:30pm was 511,000 viewers.<\/p>\n

Of course earlier it was no contest with a Married at First Sight dinner party topping entertainment at 1.85m, a cool million in front of\u00a0The 1% Club UK (835,000) then 7:30 (790,000), Tonight at the Museum (406,000) and Australian Survivor (375,000).<\/p>\n

Nine News drew 1.29m then A Current Affair (1.15m) and Tipping Point (716,000). Nine News Late was 289,000.<\/p>\n

Seven News led at 1.35m then Home & Away (950,000) and The Chase (645,000). Unfiltered was 327,000. The Agenda Setters was 136,000.<\/p>\n

ABC News was 936,000 then Hard Quiz (334,000) but Can You Keep a Secret? struggled at 198,000 then QI (183,000).<\/p>\n

10 News was 309,000 for 10 then Deal or No Deal (172,000), 10 News+ (153,000), Elsbeth (144,000), a low for a repeat Millionaire Hot Seat (134,000) and 10 Late News (101,000).<\/p>\n

On SBS it was SBS World News (214,000 \/ 138,000) then Sandi Toksvig\u2019s Great Riviera Rail Trip (116,000), Lost Grail With Alice Roberts (128,000), Prisoner 951 (57,000)<\/p>\n

Sunrise: 457,000
Today: 304,000
News Breakfast: 266,000<\/p>\n

National Total TV: Wednesday 18 March 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

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