US viewers go wild for Married At First Sight Australia despite not being aired in their country: ‘100x better than the American one!’

Married At First Sight Australia is a huge hit with Americans across the ditch – despite  not being aired in the country. 

MAFS mega fan Kassandra Mcinnes was met with praise when she took to Facebook to inform reality show enthusiasts that the Australian series trumps the US version.

‘If you like Married At First Sight, the Australian season just started and it’s on 5 nights a week,’ she wrote on popular Facebook page LORT! Love of Reality TV (SPOILER ALERT). 

‘100x better then the American one! You won’t regret it!’ she finished off the post. 

Fans of the beloved Aussie series poured into the comments section to praise the Channel Nine series.

‘It is totally unhinged and I’m completely here for it,’ one person wrote, while another said: ‘It always delivers.’

Married At First Sight Australia is a huge hit with Americans across the ditch – despite not being aired in the country 

MAFS mega fan Kassandra Mcinnes was met with praise when she took to Facebook to inform reality show enthusiasts that the Australian series trumps the US version 

‘Very little resemblance to the U.S. version. So much better!’ another added. 

Others thanked the fellow reality TV mega fan for giving them more couch content and reigniting their MAFS screen time. 

‘Omg thank you for this. I was craving more Married At First Sight,  this is great,’ one person wrote, while another chimed in: ‘I wanna watch tooooo.’

However, despite American viewers going crazy for the Aussie reality show, it is still not available to watch in the States. 

In 2022, Married At First Sight Australia was unceremoniously dropped by its US broadcast partner in a shock move that left the show’s loyal American viewers reeling.

It was reported at the time that about 300,000 Americans watch MAFS every week on cable channel Lifetime, which first bought rights to the Channel Nine show in 2020 and also airs the popular US version.

But when viewers tuned in to watch the ninth season of the show, they were disappointed to find another program in MAFS’ usual time slot.

No explanation was given for why the show was no longer airing on the main channel.

A post on Lifetime’s Instagram account said viewers could continue watching the series on the network’s streaming app.

However, despite American viewers going crazy for the Aussie reality show, it is still not available to watch in the States. (Pictured: MAFS couple Jack Millar and Domenica Calarco)

In 2022, Married At First Sight Australia was unceremoniously dropped by its US broadcast partner in a shock move that left the show’s loyal American viewers reeling. (Pictured: Brent Vitiello and Tamara Djordjevic)

Fans flocked to social media to protest the move, with some accusing Lifetime of using ‘shady’ tactics to force viewers to download the streaming app

The move is strange given that MAFS was performing well in its Wednesday 10/9pm time slot.

Fans flocked to social media to protest the move, with some accusing Lifetime of using ‘shady’ tactics to force viewers to download the streaming app.

Others said they only watched Lifetime for new episodes of MAFS Australia and would be abandoning the network altogether.

But most of all viewers were upset because their favourite reality show had been pulled halfway through the season.

‘Un-freaking-believable! I literally cannot believe that Lifetime has taken MAFS Australia off their regular cable TV channel in the middle of the season! I freaking hate this streaming crap… just give me regular TV,’ one furious viewer tweeted.

‘Lifetime is whack showing fluff instead of airing the next episode of Married At First Sight Australia,’ another added.