• Jana and Cor eliminated from The Amazing Race
• 1.26 million tune in to The Block in Total TV
Total TV Ratings, October 25
1,268,000 watched Nine’s The Block where it was three days until the front garden and facade week reveal, up 47%.
886,000 viewed Seven’s Home and Away as Felicity faced the consequences of her actions, up 28%.
721,000 saw ABC’s Hard Quiz as Challengers were quizzed on knowledge of Jurassic Park, Elvis, Ex PM Gough Whitlam, up 15%.
635,000 tuned into 10’s The Amazing Race Australia. The celebrities were led on a spiritual journey to Angkor Wat, Cambodia up 50%.
Overnight TV Ratings, November 1
Primetime News
Seven News 806,000 (6:00pm) / 763,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 671,000 (6:00pm) / 709,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 484,000
10 News First 184,000 (5:00pm)/ 138,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 142,000 (6:30pm)/ 97,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 621,000
7.30 393,000
The Project 157,000 6:30pm / 252,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 197,000
Today 200,000
News Breakfast 150,000
Seven won Wednesday night with a primary share of 17.0% and a network share of 26.0%. 10Bold has won multi channels with a 4.5% share.
Meanwhile, Ten took a 16.2% primary share and a network share of 24.1%, toppling Nine out of the top two which received a primary share of 15.4% and a network share of 24.1%.
Seven
398,000 began their evening in Summer Bay with Seven’s Home and Away as Felicity and Mackenzie went head to head. Bree also met Remi’s parents and Eden supported Cash.
The Season Finale of SAS Australia followed as 351,000 saw the four remaining recruits: Tim Robards, Matthew Mitcham, Abbey Holmes and Dr Craig Challen, challenged with a three-phase final mission. Designed to test their psychological and physical capabilities it was a brutal and gruelling exercise. While Holmes was culled at the end of the second phase, Robards and Mitcham passed selection after being put under enemy fire. Unfortunately, Challen failed to pass, even though he completed the course.
A Year on Planet Earth followed for 147,000, which detailed Summer, the season of extremes.
10
On 10, The Project (157,000 6:30pm / 252,000 7pm) spoke to “Michael” who suffers from a rare disorder called Body Integrity Dysphoria, a condition that makes him feel like his hand is not his. The panel also chatted to Drag superstar Courtney Act (Shane Jenek) who was unveiled as Cowgirl on The Masked Singer on Tuesday.
The Amazing Race then followed for 328,000 as our top five celebrity teams trekked through Cambodia’s second-largest city, Siem Reap, in the tightest contest yet. Emma and Hayley were first to arrive at the Pitstop while Jana and Cor were eliminated from the race.
Matildas fans then watched our Aussies play Chinese Taipei in the AFC Olympic Qualifiers. Once again, our girls were victorious, beating their opponent 3 – 0 with Sam Kerr, Mary Fowler and Tameka Yallop all scoring a goal each. 456,000 tuned in on the action.
Nine
Nine’s A Current Affair (621,000) interviewed a small business owner who feared she’ll be closed down by Christmas if shopping giant Shopify doesn’t overturn its ban on wholesalers selling her product.
Then it was time for My Mum Your Dad. While the season premiere saw 290,000 tune in, on Wednesday, 279,000 sat down for the second episode where two newcomers entered The Retreat and Dani was ‘hurt’ by Boss‘ true feelings.
Love Island Australia then followed for 95,000. There were smooches galore as the Islanders played a cheeky game of Spin the Bottle and Trent and Nakia were finally allowed out of the “waiting room” where Tia and Trent call things off…after two days.
ABC
393,000 watched ABC’s 7.30 explore how as governments consider introducing a total ban on engineered stone, suppliers are pushing back. The program also looked at how fire crews across Queensland have spent another day fighting blazes and Sarah Ferguson spoke to Ehud Olmert, former PM of Israel.
432,000 then watched Hard Quiz. Tom Gleeson quizzed contestants on Dr Victor Chang, racehorse Makybe Diva and Young Ones.
Question Everything was up next for 351,000. Joining host Wil Anderson and Jan Fran were Mark Humphries, Dane Simpson, and Bec Melrose.
A repeat of Would I Lie to You? saw 236,000 watch on.
SBS
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Alone UK with 62,000 seeing eleven ordinary people dropped, totally alone, along the banks of the huge Mackenzie River, in Canada’s wild and remote Northwest Territories.
