• The Block tops non-news
• Dogs Behave (Very) Badly on Seven
• The Traitors see another of their own banished
• Australia beats Sri Lanka in their T20 World Cup match
Total TV Ratings, October 18
With only 10 working days left on The Block, 1,374,000 watched as the Blockheads were reunited with their families, lifting 29%.
Home and Away was up 20% for a total TV audience of 922,000. Also on Seven, Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly lifted 9% to bring in 550,000 viewers.
Tom Gleeson’s Secrets of the Australian Museum dug back into history alongside 583,000, lifting 14%.
Three Faithfuls were shown the door on The Traitors, with 472,000 watching, bringing the episode up by 37%.
Overnight TV Ratings, October 25
Primetime News
Seven News 849,000/888,000
Nine News 775,000/763,000
ABC News 573,000
10 News First 251,000 (5:00pm)/139,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 138,000 (6:30pm)/111,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 664,000
The Budget 445,000
The Project 169,000 (6:30pm)/ 261,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 225,000
Today 197,000
News Breakfast 184,000
Late News
The Latest: Seven News 145,000
SBS World News Late 55,000
ABC Late News 44,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 26.5% and a network share of 35%. 9Gem has come out on top for multichannels with a 3.5% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair saw 644,000 watch as Tracy Grimshaw sat down with Dr Charlie Teo after a fresh wave of allegations about his practices had come to light. The sun was finally out on The Block, after 30 days of rain. 782,000 watched as Omar and Oz managed to get their shipping container pool into the ground, while Ankur and Sharon were told that their pergola wasn’t structurally sound. A repeat of Travel Guides then took 312,000 to Vietnam and Cambodia.
Later in the evening, 277,000 watched as Australia took on Sri Lanka in the ICC T20 World Cup, with the Aussies coming out on top by seven wickets.
Home and Away brought the drama for 441,000 on Seven. Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly then turned some cheeky pooches into dream dogs for 322,000 viewers.
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It was budget night on the ABC, with 445,000 watching as Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the first Budget of the Albanese government.
On 10, The Project (169,000 6:30pm / 261,000 7pm) covered the rise of the UK’s Rishi Sunak, and interviewed comedian Urzila Carlson. It was another success for the Faithful on The Traitors, with traitor Claire being shown the door in front of 259,000 viewers. The Cheap Seats then poked fun at the week for 318,000.
The highest rating show on SBS was Great Coastal Railway Journeys, bringing in 144,000.
