• The Block tops non-news once again
• Zan Rowe looks back at the life of Missy Higgins
• The Cheap Seats bring the giggles to 10
Total TV Ratings, September 27
The Block lifted 31%, with 1,354,000 watching as the contestants dealt with a financial audit after the baby grand piano scandal. The Hundred with Andy Lee was up 16%, with 590,000 tuning in.
On Farmer Wants A Wife, lifted 35%, as 1,126,000 watched Farmer Paige let both Ayden and Cody go, saying that “I came here looking for love and I haven’t found that with someone, but I’ve found a new love for myself and that’s incredible.” Home and Away was up 20% for a total audience of 912,000.
Old People’s Home For Teenagers lifted the spirits of 708,000, up 39%.
The Amazing Race took 605,000 across Belize’s Caye Caulker rising 40%.
Overnight TV Ratings, October 4
Primetime News
Nine News 819,000/790,000
Seven News 816,000/785,000
ABC News 582,000
10 News First 247,000 (5:00pm)/161,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 122,000 (6:30pm)/105,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 681,000
7.30 476,000
The Project 177,000 (6:30pm)/ 270,000 (7pm)
The Drum 145,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 210,000
Today 173,000
News Breakfast 167,000
Late News
Nine News Late 116,000
The Latest: Seven News 80,000
ABC Late News 38,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 24.3% and a network share of 32.0%. 10 Peach has topped multichannels with a 3.6% share.
A Current Affair on Nine interviewed Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott and tried to track down a purse pincher alongside 681,000 viewers. The Block kicked off another Guest Bedroom Week, and had 747,000 watch as Tom managed to get a sneaky wall demolition through to the keeper. The Hundred With Andy Lee then took the pulse of the nation for 387,000.
Home and Away brought 425,000 to Summer Bay for Seven. After wrapping up the regular Farmer Wants A Wife season on Monday night, the reunion had 532,000 tune in to find out who had made the distance since the cameras stopped rolling.
On the ABC, 7.30 covered the raising of interest rates and the gas industry’s impact on Lake Eyre for 476,000. Take 5 with Zan Rowe then took a look back at the life of Missy Higgins through the songs that mean the most to her, with 348,000 tuning in. Keep on Dancing rounded out primetime, as Myf Warhurst hosted an experiment for 275,000 to see if dancing is a shortcut to better health.
10’s The Project (177,000 6:30pm / 270,000 7pm) covered the rise of depression among young people, and interviewed comedian Nath Valvo. The penultimate leg of The Amazing Race Australia took 308,000 to Fremantle, Western Australia, and said goodbye to Tiffany and Cynthia. Finally, The Cheap Seats took a look back at the week for 330,000 viewers.
The highest rating show on SBS was Great Coastal Railway Journeys, with 162,000 tuning in.
