• The Block tops Total TV overall
• Mirror Mirror wraps up its second episode
• Take 5 with Zan Rowe looks at the life of Tony Armstrong
Total TV Ratings, October 4
Topping the night was The Block, lifting 36%. The show kicked off another Guest Bedroom Week, and had 1,417,000 watch as Tom managed to get a sneaky wall demolition through to the keeper. The Hundred with Andy Lee took the pulse of 639,000 Australians, lifting 14%.
The Farmer Wants A Wife reunion had 1,153,000 tune in to find out who had made the distance since the cameras stopped rolling – up 30%. Home and Away was up 23%, for a total audience of 910,000.
On the ABC, Take 5 with Zan Rowe took a look back at the life of Missy Higgins through the songs that mean the most to her, rising 23% for a total audience of 599,000.
The penultimate leg of The Amazing Race Australia took 570,000 to Fremantle, Western Australia, and said goodbye to Tiffany and Cynthia, lifting 43%.
Overnight TV Ratings, October 11
Primetime News
Seven News 874,000/883,000
Nine News 757,000/723,000
ABC News 544,000
10 News First 245,000 (5:00pm)/163,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 149,000 (6:30pm)/108,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 646,000
7.30 417,000
The Project 198,000 (6:30pm)/ 329,000 (7pm)
The Drum 127,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 219,000
Today 193,000
News Breakfast 158,000
Late News
Nine News Late 121,000
The Latest: Seven News 78,000
SBS World News Late 67,000
ABC Late News 37,000
Seven has won the night with a 22.3% primary share and a 30.1% network share. In multichannels, 7Mate has come out on top with a 3.2% share.
On Nine’s A Current Affair, 646,000 watched as the show took a look at some of the best Airbnbs in the country, and told the story of how missing baby Hoang Vinh Le found his way home. It was a plastering nightmare for Ankur and Sharon on The Block, with 681,000 watching as the pair were told their living and dining rooms had to be fixed ahead of the room reveals and the Domain Listing challenge walkthrough. A repeat of Travel Guides took 404,000 to Greece to round out primetime.
Seven’s Home and Away saw 494,000 viewers get the sand between their toes. This Is Your Life cracked open the Big Red Book for Gold Logie-winner Ray Meagher, with 595,000 tuning in as the show took a look into Ray’s career in film and theatre, revealing how he got his first big break playing the rear end of a horse.
There was big news on The Project (198,000 6:30pm / 329,000 7pm), with Carrie Bickmore announcing that she would be leaving the show after 13 years behind the desk. Bickmore began hosting the show – then known as The 7PM Project – back in 2009 alongside Dave Hughes and Charlie Pickering. Mirror Mirror then aired its second part, looking at the way hate speech and bullying is spread online for 301,000 viewers. The Cheap Seats lightened the mood, chatting to The Real Love Boat’s Daniel Doody for 332,000.
See Also: The Project to lose its last original panellist as Carrie Bickmore announces departure
On the ABC’s 7.30, 417,000 watched as the show interviewed both Chris Bowen and Professor Brian Cox. Take 5 with Zan Rowe took a look back at the life of Tony Armstrong alongside 299,000 viewers, before Myf Warhurst’s Keep On Dancing drew a crowd of 194,000.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Insight’s last show for the year, which covered what it means to be religious in 2022 for 133,000 viewers.
