Total TV Ratings for October 24, 2021
The Block was easily the top program in the total TV ratings after registering 1.799m viewers after increasing its overnight audience by 19%. The episode saw the final inside spaces on The Block revealed and the judges were not happy.
Celebrity MasterChef was the top program on 10 with 875,000 viewers after Dami Im was sent home when her cheesecake fell short of saving her place in the kitchen.
Restoration Australia had 849,000 viewers for its episode which saw a wonderful Queen Anne cottage restoration near Wollongong. The penultimate episode of Fires had 706,000 viewers.
October 31 Overnight TV Ratings
• ABC airs the final episode of Fires
Primetime News
Seven News 830,000
Nine News 824,000
ABC News 607,000
10 News First 238,000 (5:00pm)/ 163,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 134,000 (6:30pm) 123,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
Insiders 513,000
The Project 212,000 (6:30 pm)/305,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 236,000
Today 217,000
News Breakfast 170,000
Nine
Nine was the top primary channel (32.3%) and network (41.9%) last night by two big margins thanks to The Block and a special tribute to Bert Newton.
The 6pm Sunday National Nine News started around Australia with tributes to Bert Newton.
At 7pm The Block held its timeslot, with Nine’s Bert tribute programmed to follow it.
The penultimate episode of The Block, #49 series 17, came after 12 weeks of work on the homes in Bronte Court. The teams farewelled their builders ahead of the arrival of Scott Cam for the final “tools down”.
“Good morning everybody,” bellowed the host. “You have finished.”
As the judges arrived for their final judging – the front yards – before the auctions, Darren suggested Bronte Court had never looked better.
Ronnie and Georgia – 27.0
Darren called their front yards “a modern masterpiece”. The judges also loved the first beehive ever on The Block.
Mitch and Mark – 29.5
Finally some praise from the judges for the Allstars. “This is an absolute knockout,” said Shaynna. She and Neale subsequently give them 10 which was enough to win the week and win them a Ford Puma.
Tanya and Vito – 24.0
Another last place finish for the controversial couple. Shaynna didn’t like their planting.
Josh and Luke – 24.5
The judges have copped it a lot this series, and the twins certainly unloaded this week. The judges did like the staggered concrete slab entrance and the big olive tree, but not the front fence. “The judges clearly don’t know what they are talking about,” the twins muttered a couple of times in the episode.
Kirstie and Jesse – 28.5
Unlucky not to do better after Neale claimed during judging, “This is suburban grandeur.” He then went one better. “This is the best house that The Block has ever delivered.”
Scott Cam farewelled the teams at the end of the episode, telling them, “This is the best Block ever.” The episode had 1.084m which was down on last Sunday’s 1.100m.
Next week, The Block auctions, and the “truth” about the controversial whiteboard photograph.
Nine then slipped straight into the tribute special, Bert Newton: Let Me Entertain You hosted by Tracy Grimshaw, Hamish Blake, Eddie McGuire and Shaun Micallef. Tracy started the special about joining Nine 40 years ago and seeing Bert in the corridors. The success of the Hey Hey special on Seven indicated there are big audiences prepared to celebrate Australia’s TV past. The audience last night was 803,000.
60 Minutes was pushed back to 10pm with an audience of 692,000.
Seven
The Supercars Sydney SuperNight race brought in 209,000 viewers as Anton De Pasquale won two of the three races.
On 7News Spotlight: Bubba Chump, the special spoke to spoke to Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin’s family and friends, including partner Ellidy Vlug, Mick Fanning and Laura Enever, about his life, death and his legacy in the form of baby Minnie Alex.
Border Security: Australia’s Front Line then aired, bringing in 272,000 before Seven ended its primetime slot with the film Bad Boys For Life which had 156,000 viewers.
10
The Sunday Project had 212,000 (6:30pm) and 305,000 (7:00pm) as the show played tribute to Bert Newton and spoke to Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett.
Celebrity MasterChef had 421,000 as Matt Le Nevez‘s duck dish failed to keep him alive in the MasterChef kitchen. It came down to Matt and Dilruk, and ultimately, Matt’s dish had more flaws.
ABC
Restoration Australia featured the wonderful rehabilitation of a wonderful historic cottage in Kyneton, one hour out of Melbourne. The episode had 467,000 viewers.
The series finale of Fires had 304,000 viewers, the episode took place during New Year’s Eve.
SBS
The top non-news program on SBS was Inside Central Station with 116,000 viewers.
