• A huge international star unveiled on The Masked Singer
Total TV Ratings, October 16
1,288,000 watched Nine’s The Block as the start of Backyard and Pool Week began, up 35%.
956,000 viewed ABC’s Australian Story as host Leigh Sales introduced an updated episode on Sam Neill which coincides with the release of his memoir, 23%.
943,000 saw Have You Been Paying Attention? As Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang were joined by Urzila Carlson, Guy Montgomery and Anne Edmonds, up 27%.
930,000 viewed Seven’s Home and Away as Kirby made a final bid for freedom, up 24%.
819,000 also sat down for Seven’s SAS Australia as Olympic champ Stephanie Rice’s medical withdrawal ended her time on the course, up 32%.
Overnight TV Ratings, October 23
Primetime News
Seven News 841,000 (6:00pm) / 825,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 711,000 (6:00pm) / 739,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 554,000
10 News First 194,000 (5:00pm)/ 154,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 132,000 (6:30pm)/ 96,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 602,000
7.30 495,000
The Project 200,000 6:30pm / 302,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 222,000
Today 187,000
News Breakfast 144,000
Nine won Monday night with a primary share of 20.1% and a network share of 27.6%. 7Two has won multi channels with a 4.0% share.
Nine
Nine’s A Current Affair (602,000) as host Ally Langdon sat down for an exclusive interview with Olympian Kyle Chalmers, who was just a teenager when he burst onto the world stage in the 100-metre freestyle event at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Then, 684,000 watched The Block as the final week saw the teams struggle to find the energy to create that all-important street appeal with Front Yard and Facade (Whole House) Week. Eliza and Liberty needed time away from Charming Street and Kyle and Leslie were left with no budget. Million Dollar Murders followed for 231,000 which detailed Retired Detective Superintendent Deborah Wallace who sought out new clues on the 1994 murder of Melissa Hunt.
SEE ALSO: The Block Recap Episode 46: Eliza and Liberty walk off Charming St
Seven
455,000 began their evening in Summer Bay with Seven’s Home and Away as Irene prepared for the worst and Mackenzie issued an ultimatum, before, 413,000 stayed on for SAS Australia. Olympic runner Peter Bol called time on his SAS race while actress Zima Anderson revealed the pain of her traumatic childhood. 224,000 then saw US cop drama The Rookie.
SEE ALSO: SAS Australia 2023 Recap Episode 6: One recruit VWs and another reveals her traumatic childhood
ABC
495,000 watched ABC’s 7.30 explore an investigation into the podiatry industry and a University of Sydney student is among an estimated one million displaced Palestinians. Plus the program remembered Former Governor-General Bill Hayden. 568,000 then watched Australian Story. The episode focused on Kylie, who was released from an Iranian prison only to find her husband had left her. Four Corners followed for 467,000 as the program looked at the Snowy Hydro 2.0 which was sold as a low-carbon future by the end of 2024. Instead, the pumped hydro project is now five years behind schedule and is forecast to hit $12 billion. Media Watch was up next for 434,000.
10
On 10, The Project (200,000 6:30pm / 302,000 7pm) looked at how NSW Premier Chris Minns plans to turn part of a golf course in Sydney into a public park and how pressure is growing on Israel to negotiate the release of 200 hostages taken on the day Hamas attacked as fears mount the militants will use them as human shields. The Masked Singer Australia then followed as singer and Grammy Award-winning songwriter La Toya Jackson was unmasked as Burger Gal. 349,000 tuned in to the episode while 490,000 saw the Reveal. Have You Been Paying Attention? was up next as 537,000 joined Ed Kavalee, Sam Pang, Mick Molloy, Melanie Bracewell, and Bron Lewis to see if they had, in fact, been paying attention. Then, 200,000 watched The Betoota Advocate Presents. The team explored the 2005 Cronulla Riots, widely regarded as our ‘day of shame’.
SEE ALSO: The Masked Singer Australia 2023 Recap Episode 7: Grammy winner finally revealed
SBS
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Finding Your Roots with 79,000 tuning in to see Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explore the roots of actor Laura Linney, and journalists, Lisa Ling, and Soledad O’Brien.
