• Seven edges out the competition with H&A triple ep
• ACA has strong audience for Nine with wife of former Hillsong leader
Total TV Ratings, October 27
Home and Away was the top non-news program in the total TV ratings for October 27. The 7-day consolidated ratings saw the program’s third episode of the night have 895,000 viewers, an increase of 43% on its overnight ratings. This is a rarity that the third and final episode of H&A for the night outrated the first two eps, which had an average viewership of 878,000 (up 23%).
Gogglebox was the top program for 10 with 866,000 viewers, an increase of 25% on its overnight TV ratings.
On Nine, Paramedics (651,000, up 12%) and RBT (627,000 up 6%) were the top two non-news programs of the night for the broadcaster.
Overnight TV Ratings, November 3
Primetime News
Seven News 868,000/881,000
Nine News 650,000/686,000
ABC News 583,000
10 News First 84,000 (5:00pm)/126,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 114,000 (6:30pm)/ 101,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 554,000
7.30 468,000
The Project 183,000 (6:30pm)/ 282,000 (7pm)
The Drum 119,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 227,000
Today 189,000
News Breakfast 176,000
Seven was both the top primary channel (20.5%) and network (29.5%) last night thanks to a winning combination of The Chase Australia (466,000), and three episodes of Home and Away which had an average of 457,000 for its first two episodes and 399,000 for the third and final of the night.
On Nine, A Current Affair had a strong audience of 544,000 as the show featured the wife of former Hillsong boss Brian Houston, as she leapt to his defence ahead of his court date next month. This was followed by RBT (369,000) and Paramedics (342,000).
On 10, the broadcaster’s coverage of the Kennedy Oaks Day had an average of 110,000 viewers tune in before a repeat of Ambulance Australia at 7:30pm had 238,000 viewers, and The Real Love Boat at 8:30pm had 134,000.
On the ABC, Foreign Correspondent had a strong Thursday audience of 373,000 viewers as the show went to Ukraine.
The top non-news show on SBS was The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys which took 109,000 viewers to Portugal.
