• Two teams through to the MKR 2023 Grand Finale
• 1.2 million tune in to 2023 AFL Brownlow Medal in Total TV
• 897k watch Australian Story in Total TV
Total TV Ratings, September 25
1,270,000 tuned in to the 2023 AFL Brownlow Medal where Lachie Neale from the Brisbane Lions was named the overall winner, up 12%. 853,000 also watched the glitz and the glam of the 2023 AFL Brownlow Medal – Red Carpet, up 10%.
1,255,000 watched Nine’s The Block where all anyone could talk about was the dramatic fallout between Kristy and Brett and Eliza and Liberty, up 41%.
897,000 sat down for Australian Story where the program highlighted rock band Silverchair with Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou, up 27%.
832,000 saw 10’s Have You Been Paying Attention as Guy Montgomery, Hayley Sproull, Lizzy Hoo, Lehmo and Sam Pang were put to the test, up 35%.
814,000 tuned into 10’s The Masked Singer Reveal as Bad Avocado was revealed as Summer Warne, daughter of cricket icon Shane, up 32%.
Overnight TV Ratings, October 2
Primetime News
Seven News 849,000 (6:00pm) / 884,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 721,000 (6:00pm) / 746,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 588,000
10 News First 204,000 (5:00pm)/ 145,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 124,000 (6:30pm)/ 88,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 683,000
7.30 473,000
The Project 173,000 6:30pm / 308,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 172,000
Today 156,000
News Breakfast 116,000
Nine won Monday night with a primary share of 22.9% and a network share of 30.6%. 7Two has won multi channels with a 3.7% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair (683,000) spoke to Shari Freer-Darney who was convinced her husband died in January because of exposure to toxic mould at his police station in Logan, south of Brisbane, where he worked for 20 years. Then, 716,000 watched The Block. During the episode, Leah confronted Kristy about her behaviour. As expected, Kristy didn’t take it well, saying that Leah was only concerned about how she was going to be portrayed on TV. The master ensuites were then revealed with both Kristy and Brett and Eliza and Liberty scoring 28 out of 30, securing $10,000 each. Missing Persons Investigation Unit followed for 329,000 as police were tasked with finding a missing four-year-old girl and a young Geelong teenager who ran away from home. 166,000 then tuned in to The Trial of Louise Woodward.
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442,000 began their evening in Summer Bay with Seven’s Home and Away as Bree fought to save a life while Cash questioned his future and Remi spiralled. Then, 540,000 watched the Semi-Final of My Kitchen Rules. Radha and Prabha, Sonia and Marcus, Tommy and Rach, and Nick and Christian battled it out over three courses. The lowest scoring team, Tommy and Rach, were eliminated after the judging of the entrées before Sonia and Marcus were sent home and twins Radha and Prabha and Nick and Christian were named this year’s Grand Finalists. US cop drama The Rookie then followed for 204,000.
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On 10, The Project (173,000 6:30pm / 308,000 7pm) looked at the new trend that sees women shattering the illusion of work/life balance, ceasing their girl-bossing in favour of a slower, happier pace at work and looked at how a second British police force is investigating claims of “harassment and stalking” made against comedian Russell Brand. Then, 477,000 tuned in to The Masked Singer Australia – Reveal. Despite a tidal wave of applause for Bluebottle’s rendition of Blondie’s Call Me and stellar effort against Tiny as they duelled Elvis Presley’s hit A Little Less Conversation, she was selected by the panel to have her identity uncovered. In a shock unveiling, rival network star, Shaynna Blaze, was revealed — a name “CSI Chrissie“ Swan had thrown into the ring in week one. 363,000 tuned in to the first part of the episode. Have You Been Paying Attention then followed for 502,000 as Marty Sheargold, Anne Edmonds, Mel Tracina, Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang were put to the test to see if they had been paying attention.
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473,000 watched ABC’s 7.30 explore one man’s remarkable exit from a Buddhist group that was accused of operating like a cult and the program looked at how high rents were pushing older single women into shared housing. Then, 453,000 saw Australian Story where designer Sam Elsom shocked friends when he ditched fashion to farm seaweed. Now he has developed a product that radically reduces methane emissions from livestock. Four Corners followed for 369,000 before 403,000 tuned in for Media Watch.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Finding Your Roots with 88,000 tuning in to see Henry Louis Gates, Jr. help actors Isabella Rossellini, Anjelica Huston and Mia Farrow unearth surprising new revelations about their family histories, taking them generations beyond their famous cinematic forebears.
