Married At First Sight delivers its lowest ratings so far this season… so have viewers finally had enough of the drama?
Married At First Sight has been a ratings winner for Channel Nine, often reaching more than a million viewers (five-city metro) per episode since its premiere.
But the social experiment appears to have lost some its appeal.
MAFS recorded its lowest viewership of the season on Tuesday, drawing a metro audience of 950,000.
Taking a tumble! Channel Nine’s Married At First Sight takes a minor tumble in ratings as it records its lowest ever viewership on Tuesday with a metro audience of 950,000
Despite the slight ratings dip, MAFS was still the most-watched entertainment program in the 7:30pm time slot.
In comparison, Channel 10’s Australian Survivor: All Stars was watched by 611,000 people in the five capital cities.
Meanwhile, Seven’s My Kitchen Rules: The Rivals trailed behind with just 490,000 metro viewers.
Second place: Channel 10’s Australian Survivor: All Stars brought was watched by a metro audience of 611,000 (host Jonathan LaPaglia)
Falling behind: Channel Seven’s My Kitchen Rules trailed behind the commercial its commercial network competitors with only 490,000 tuning in (Pete Evans and Manu Feildel pictured)
The competitive cooking show was even eclipsed by ABC’s 7.30, which recorded a metro audience of 600,000.
Fortunately, MAFS was able to recover from its audience lull on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, 1,047,000 people in the major cities tuned in for the explosive dinner party that saw Aleks Markovic dump Ivan Sarakula.
Dramatic ratings recovery: Fortunately, MAFS was able to recover after the audience lull on Tuesday. On Wednesday, it recorded an audience of 1,047,000 for the explosive dinner party that saw Aleksandra Markovic and Ivan Sarakula storm out
The couple were accused of lying about their intimacy, and Aleks also faced cheating allegations from Michael Goonan and Josh Pihlak.
Married At First Sight’s seventh season debuted on February 3 to a metro audience of 1,154,000.
Married At First Sight continues Sunday at 7pm on Channel Nine
Stirring the pot: Aleksandra and Ivan were accused of lying about their intimacy. Aleks was also targetted with a cheating allegations by Michael Goonan (pictured) and Josh Pihlak