• Queen Elizabeth funeral dominates global television
• Amazing Race and HYBPA? lift the mood for 10
Total TV Ratings, September 12
The Block topped the night in non news, with 1,391,000 tuning in as the teams were challenged to renovate Tim and Tyler‘s house – two young men who are roommates with special needs. The episode was up 34%.
On Farmer Wants A Wife, one farmer sent a prospective partner packing after being caught in a lie, while two other partners walked out of the show. Lifting 33%, the episode drew a crowd of 1,061,000. Home and Away was close behind, lifting 18% for an audience of 1,012,000.
Have You Been Paying Attention? Continues to be a weekly highlight for 10, lifting 29% for a total audience of 970,000. The Amazing Race took 653,000 across Turkey, lifting 37%.
Overnight TV Ratings, September 19
Primetime News
Seven News 823,000
Nine News 746,000
ABC News 528,000
10 News First 247,000 (5:00pm)/ 181,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 109,000 (6:30pm) 79,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
The Project 187,000 (6:30pm)/217,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 225,000
Today 203,000
News Breakfast 171,000
Monday night was one of those rare events where all of Australia’s television broadcasters find themselves on equal footing content-wise. The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II dominated global television, and in Australia was broadcast on all networks, including Sky News.
Coming out on top was Seven, with a primary share of 26.5% and a network share of 30.2%. The top multichannel was ABC News, with a share of 8.7%.
The metro overnight ratings for each channel’s funeral coverage were:
Channel Seven
The Grateful Goodbye: 975,000
The Grateful Goodbye (Night): 975,000
Channel Nine
The Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II: 879,000
The Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II (Arrivals): 852,000
The Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II (Procession): 832,000
The Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II (Procession Late): 332,000
ABC
ABC TV: The State Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II (Evening): 708,000
ABC TV: The State Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II (Late): 428,000
ABC News: The State Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II (Evening): 362,000
Sky News
The Queen’s Funeral: 188,000
SBS
The State Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II: 104,000
Across all networks (including Sky News), the viewership of the funeral itself over metro and regional adds up to 3,584,000.
Channel 10 was the only one to keep its regular programming for the evening, with the funeral playing on 10 Bold. The Project (187,000 6:30pm / 217,000 7pm) crossed to Lisa Wilkinson and Lucy McDonald in the UK as the funeral got underway, and covered the return of the AFL Grand Final to Melbourne. The Amazing Race took 185,000 to Medellin, Colombia, before Have You Been Paying Attention? lifted the mood for 324,000 viewers.