• The Block tops non-news with guest bedrooms and bathrooms
• Farmer Wants A Wife straps on its dancing shoes
• Networks follow the Queen’s coffin across the UK
• The Amazing Race heads to Turkey
Total TV Ratings, September 4
Lifting 26%, The Block brought in 1,697,000 viewers as the master bedrooms were revealed.
On Seven, the launch of Farmer Wants A Wife lifted 32%, bringing 1,191,000 along on a mission to find love.
Spicks and Specks followed on the ABC, lifting 27% for a total audience of 875,000. Savage River drew a crowd of 814,000, up 53%.
On 10, The Amazing Race kicked off its Greek Week, lifting 51% for a total audeince of 625,000.
Overnight TV Ratings, September 11
Primetime News
Seven News 997,000
Nine News 891,000
ABC News 576,000
10 News First 245,000 (5:30pm)/ 215,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 168,000 (6:30pm) 122,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current affairs
Insiders 349,000
The Project 230,000 (6:30 pm)/280,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 209,000
Today 179,000
News Breakfast 176,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 28.5% and a network share of 34.3%. 7mate has won the night for multichannels, with a 2.8% share.
It was room reveal night on The Block, with the teams showing off their guest bedrooms and bathrooms. Tom and Sarah-Jane played their bonus point gnome, taking out the win for a second week in a row in front of 983,000. 60 Minutes followed on, covering King Charles’ ascension to the throne for 591,000 viewers.
Earlier in the afternoon, 487,000 watched the hard-fought NRL final between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Sydney Roosters. The Rabbitohs come out on top 30-14 and saw the Roosters’ season end, but not before a record seven sin bins were called.
Seven’s Farmer Wants A Wife had 575,000 tune in as the farmers and their partners arrived in Tamworth for the annual Farmer Wants A Wife Country Ball. 7News Spotlight followed Queen Elizabeth II on her final journey as her coffin was moved from Balmoral to Edinburgh, taking 438,000 viewers along with them.
On 10, The Sunday Project (230,000 6:30pm / 280,000 7pm) also followed The Queen’s coffin, and crossed to Lisa Wilkinson who was at Buckingham Palace. The Amazing Race then continued its trip around the world, leaving Greece and heading to Izmir, Turkey. 319,000 tuned in as Crystal and Reem were eliminated after hitting the mat last.
On the ABC, the Spicks and Specks team were joined by 340,000 music fans, before 309,000 took a trip to Savage River.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was 9/11: The Pentagon with 123,000 tuning in.
