• The Block tops Total TV overall
• Two world records broken on AGT
• Australia take down Ireland in the T20 World Cup
• A Faithful goes to the dark side on The Traitors
Total TV Ratings, October 24
The Block has topped the night overall once again, bringing in 1,565,000 as Ankur and Sharon‘s proposed helipad was well and truly kept grounded. The episode was up 26%.
Home and Away brought 955,000 to Seven, lifting 20%. Australia’s Got Talent followed with 808,000, up 16%.
Have You Been Paying Attention? was up 24%, bringing the giggles to 947,000.
The Traitors found their first Traitor in front of 437,000, lifting 28%.
Overnight TV Ratings, October 31
Primetime News
Seven News 916,000/941,000
Nine News 712,000/709,000
ABC News 578,000
10 News First 264,000 (5:00pm)/149,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 147,000 (6:30pm)/115,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 589,000
7.30 454,000
The Project 191,000 (6:30pm)/ 298,000 (7pm)
The Drum 134,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 209,000
Today 173,000
News Breakfast 158,000
Late News
Nine News Late 111,000
The Latest: Seven News 86,000
SBS World News Late 46,000
ABC Late News 40,000
Nine has won the night with a 23.8% primary share and a 37.3% network share. 9Gem has topped multichannels with a 9.6% share as 323,000 watched Australia beat Ireland in the ICC T20 World Cup.
On Nine, A Current Affair covered the fallout of the robodebt scheme and investigated a neighbourhood dispute for 589,000. It’s tools down on The Block, with the last working day now complete. 903,000 tuned in as Tom and Sarah-Jane won Landscaping week, the final competition ahead of the auctions. Under Investigation then had 312,000 viewers as the show worked to break open the case of 11-year-old Joanne Ratcliffe and four-year-old Kirste Gordon who went missing in 1973.
Home and Away brought 445,000 to Seven to begin primetime. Australia’s Got Talent then brought the final night of auditions to the stage, with two new Guinness World Records set – one for speed stacking and one for chilli eating – in front of 410,000.
The ABC’s 7.30 covered the beginning of the robodebt royal commission and interviewed Marcia Langton in front of 454,000 viewers. Australian Story then told 407,000 about the Citipointe Christian College controversy, when they asked parents to agree that homosexuality is a sin. Four Corners then asked what conflict with China means for Australia for 338,000 viewers,
10’s The Project (191,000 6:30pm / 298,000 7pm) covered Visit Victoria’s sponsorship of Netball Australia, and interviewed Eddie Maguire ahead of the Melbourne Cup. The Traitors brought a Faithful over to their side in front of 224,000, before Have You Been Paying Attention? introduced guest Quizmaster Robert Irwin to 431,000.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was a repeat of 24 Hours In Emergency with 93,000 viewers.
