A very surprising Married At First Sight fanbase reveals as the season becomes one of the highest-rated ever: ‘They never miss it!’
Married At First Sight is one of the highest-rated prime time shows of 2024.
But there’s one surprising demographic the popular dating show has touched: seniors.
A member of a MAFS fan group on Facebook made the surprising revelation this week, claiming the show is very popular in nursing homes.
‘Can I just say, I work in aged care and I have residents who rush out at dinner time to complete their shower and bed routine so they don’t miss MAFS! No joke!’ read the message.
“I work in community care for the elderly and I have clients who watch it too lol,” another Facebook user confirmed.
Married At First Sight is one of the highest-rated prime time shows of 2024. But there’s one surprising demographic the popular dating show has touched: seniors. In the photo: reunion dinner during 2024’s Married At First Sight
A MAFS fan made the surprising revelation on a Facebook group, claiming the show is popular in aged care: ‘Can I just say that I work in aged care and residents rush out at dinner time to do their shower and bed routine? finalize? they don’t miss MAFS! No joke!’ read the message
‘Good to see that they are enthusiastic about it. Nice that they are looking forward to a piece of trash TV. Gotta love it,” one group member wrote.
“Haha this is so cute,” another user wrote, while someone else noted “when I worked in aged care it was Neighbors.”
‘I love this. My mum is 82 and loves watching AU shows in the UK!’ another person commented.
Other members of the group relished the knowledge of the show’s older fanbase in the comments. ‘Good to see that they are enthusiastic about it. Nice that they are looking forward to a piece of trash TV. Gotta love it,” one Facebook user wrote
‘I’m not in aged care, but I rush to eat, do the dishes and put on my pajamas to watch MAFS too… it’s my secret addiction!’ wrote another.
It comes as the 2024 show has consistently dominated overnight commercial television ratings in Australia.
Every episode of season 11 reached the number one spot in total overnight viewers, with the exception of episode 10 on February 12, where the episode came in second behind the Super Bowl broadcast.
The reality dating show consistently attracted more than 1.2 million people, with a national reach of almost 3 million.
The explosive reunion dinner, which saw new ‘villain’ Jono McCullough arrive with Ellie Dix, had more than 1.7 million MAFS fans glued to their screens.