• The Block tops non-news
• Have You Been Paying Attention? continues to prove itself as a powerhouse
• My Kitchen Rules gets to the point end of the competition
Total TV Ratings, August 22
The Block has nailed it once again for Channel Nine, lifting 20%. The episode had 1,240,000 watching as the fallout of the Bonus Point Gnome loss spurred Jenny and Dylan forward.
On 10, Have You Been Paying Attention? lifted 13% to also pass the million mark, drawing a crowd of 1,040,000. The Masked Singer reveal was up 11%, with 951,000 watching as Shannon Noll took off the Blowfly mask. The rest of the episode was watched by 765,000, up 13%.
On Seven, My Kitchen Rules lifted 14%, with 801,000 watching as Spanish foodies Nicky and Jose took to the kitchen.
Overnight TV Ratings, August 29
Primetime News
Seven News 949,000/955,000
Nine News 880,000/871,000
ABC News 650,000
10 News First 289,000 (5:00pm)/ 160,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 113,000 (6:30pm) 127,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 721,000
7.30 527,000
The Project 222,000 (6:30pm)/328,000 (7pm)
The Drum 189,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 209,000
Today 190,000
News Breakfast 170,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 21.9% and a network share of 28.7%. Multichannels was topped by 7Two with a 3.3% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair was watched by 721,000 as the show interviewed the woman who had her parachute malfunction when she jumped out of a plane, and asked a crane driver why he believes he’s had his number plate faked. On The Block, it was a stressful day for Ankur and Sharon who didn’t have enough tradies on site to get through the amount of demolition they need to do. 789,000 watched as the pair worked through tensions with their builder, Liam, ahead of the Winners are Grinners dinner. Emergency rounded out the night for 373,000.
On Seven, Home and Away took 475,000 to Summer Bay. On My Kitchen Rules, redemption was on the menu for Victorian best friends Matt and KT as they sealed their spot in tonight’s semi-final. 484,000 tuned in as the pair plated up a two-course Indigenous-inspired menu.
The Project (222,000 6:30pm / 382,000 7pm) went back over all the glitz and glamour of the VMAs, and interviewed Ru Pauls Drag Race star, Bianca Del Rio. The Amazing Race took off for a brand new season, packing its bags alongside 451,000. The first lot of contestants packed their bags for Ouarzazate, Morocco, with father and daughter team Paul and Rachel being eliminated after hitting the mat last. Have You Been Paying Attention? continued to prove itself as a heavy hitter for 10, bringing in 565,000 viewers.
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On the ABC, 7.30 covered the Albanese Government’s first 100 days in office and Queensland’s inquiry into the Star Entertainment Group for 527,000 viewers. Back Roads took 538,000 to Tasmania’s King Island, before Four Corners had 427,000 tune in as the show uncovered an elusive businessman and the missing money people invested in his business.
The highest rating show on SBS was DNA Family Secrets, with 131,000 tuning in.
