• The Block tops non-news
• Golden Buzzer goes off on Australia’s Got Talent
• The Traitors finally lose one of their own
Total TV Ratings, October 17
Topping the night overall was The Block, lifting 33% for a total audience of 1,507,000 watching Omar and Oz deal with confrontations about how they’ve managed to afford their renovation.
Home and Away rose 20%, taking 926,000 to the sunshine of Summer Bay. Australia’s Got Talent saw Alesha Dixon press the Golden Buzzer for hip hop dance champions, Wolfpack, up 19% for a total audience of 836,000.
Have You Been Paying Attention? brought the laughs for 873,000 on 10, lifting 27%. The Traitors rose 33%, with 469,000 watching as Faithful MK was banished.
Overnight TV Ratings, October 24
Primetime News
Seven News 919,000/918,000
Nine News 767,000/751,000
ABC News 595,000
10 News First 261,000 (5:00pm)/169,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 146,000 (6:30pm)/113,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 680,000
7.30 552,000
The Project 211,000 (6:30pm)/ 310,000 (7pm)
The Drum 132,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 230,000
Today 197,000
News Breakfast 168,000
Late News
Nine News Late 139,000
The Latest: Seven News 91,000
ABC Late News 73,000
SBS World News Late 49,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 23.7% and a network share of 30.8%. 7Two topped multichannels for the night with a 3.3% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair interviewed residents who found themselves on the wrong side of a regional Victorian flood levee, and took a step inside a nightmarish hotel for 680,000. One pair’s bold landscaping idea got shut down on The Block as the final week of renovations kicked off. 849,000 tuned in as Ankur and Sharon‘s proposed helipad was well and truly kept grounded. Under Investigation took a look at the dark side of the cruise industry for 373,000.
Home and Away brought 488,000 in to start primetime for Seven. Australia’s Got Talent then had 459,000 tune in as Ricki-Lee gave her Golden Buzzer – and a guaranteed place in the semi-final – to dancers Mariia and Vlada, who arrived in Sydney from war-torn Ukraine two months ago.
ABC’s 7.30 continued its investigation into Medicare, and looked ahead to tonight’s federal budget for 552,000 viewers. Australian Story looked back at the life of The Seekers legend Judith Durham alongside 559,000, before Four Corners had 367,000 tune in as the show looked into the story of Australia’s murdered and missing Indigenous women.
On 10, The Project (211,000 6:30pm / 310,000 7pm) explained the Reserve Bank of Australia modelling that shows a possible 20% drop in Aussie property prices by 2024, and interviewed Vance Joy. The Traitors saw the Faithful finally get a win, with 243,000 watching as Angus was the first Traitor to be found out. Have You Been Paying Attention? was then joined by guest quizmaster Tim Minchin in front of 561,000.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Rescue: Extreme Medics, drawing a crowd of 134,000.
