• The Block tops non-news
• The Masked Singer receives a lift from Shannon Noll
• MKR plates up a paella
• House of the Dragon takes viewers back to Westeros
Total TV Ratings, August 15
The Block has topped the night in entertainment, cracking the million mark once again. 1,519,000 tuned in as the show launched guest bedroom week, up 33%.
On 10, Have You Been Paying Attention? lifted 24% for a total audience of 1,023,000. The Masked Singer reveal was up 12% with 795,000 watching as Zombie was discovered to be former Yellow Wiggle, Emma Watkins. The rest of the episode was up 16% with 698,000 viewers.
Seven’s My Kitchen Rules had 992,000 watching as Ashlee and Mat took to the kitchen, up 28%. Their score of 69/110 saw Steven and Frena eliminated, while Queensland’s Kate and Mary claimed the first position in the MKR semi-final.
Overnight TV Ratings, August 22
Primetime News
Seven News 942,000/948,000
Nine News 898,000/869,000
ABC News 634,000
10 News First 300,000 (5:00pm)/ 207,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 118,000 (6:30pm) 91,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 740,000
7.30 526,000
The Project 267,000 (6:30pm)/395,000 (7pm)
The Drum 177,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 195,000
Today 186,000
News Breakfast 176,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 21.9% and a network share of 28.2%. 7TWO has topped the night in multichannels with 3.4%.
A Current Affair launched the night for Nine, asking whether or not a chain of islands off of Australia’s east coast could become the next foothold for China’s military for 740,000 viewers. The Block launched master ensuite week, with 744,000 watching as the fallout of the Bonus Point Gnome loss spurred Jenny and Dylan forward. Emergency rounded out the night with 358,000.
Seven’s Home and Away kicked the night off with 482,000 viewers. On My Kitchen Rules, Spanish foodies Nicky and Jose took to the kitchen, with 472,000 watching as the duo plated up a paella recipe from Jose’s dad. A score of 62/110 put them in third place on the leaderboard.
On 10, The Project (267,000 6:30pm / 395,000 7pm) gave parents some tips on last minute book week costume ideas and interviewed comedy group Sooshi Mango. The Masked Singer drew a crowd of 491,000 for the episode, before 612,000 watched the reveal as Shannon Noll took off the Blowfly mask. Have You Been Paying Attention? brought the laughs for 687,000 viewers, before 194,000 tuned in for a special preview episode of The Bridge.
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The ABC’s 7.30 had 526,000 tune in as the show covered Anthony Albanese’s promise to release advice from the Solicitor-General about Scott Morrison’s secret ministries, and interviewed Peter Garrett about Midnight Oil‘s final tour. Backroads took off for Pinnaroo, SA, alongside 522,000 viewers, before Four Corners told 351,000 about the forgotten revolution in Myanmar.
The highest rating program on SBS was DNA Family Secrets with 159,000 tuning in.
On Foxtel, House of the Dragon launched to 49,000 viewers watched live in the morning, as the Game of Thrones prequel took a trip back to Westeros.
