• The Block top show overall in total TV
• Best of the rest: Queen coverage and The Dog House
Total TV Ratings, September 7
The Block has come in as the top show overall for the night in total TV, lifting 31%. The episode had 1,486,000 watch Ankur and Sharon walk off the set after a series of confrontations.
Home and Away lifted 22% on Seven, bringing in a total audience of 956,000. Armed and Dangerous had 455,000, a lift of 9%.
Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell had 816,000 tune in, rising 26%. ABC’s new original drama, Summer Love, lifted 51% for a total audience of 547,000.
On 10, a repeat of The Dog House rose 4%, bringing in 434,000 viewers.
Overnight TV Ratings, September 14
Primetime News
Seven News 831,000/866,000
Nine News 753,000/783,000
ABC News 579,000
10 News First 272,000 (5:00pm)/ 184,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 279,000,000 (6:30pm) 176,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 536,000
7.30 442,000
The Project 192,000 (6:30pm)/281,000 (7pm)
The Drum 156,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 220,000
Today 206,000
News Breakfast 197,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 23.5% and a network share of 32.1%. 7Two has topped the night in multichannels with a share of 3.1%.
Nine’s A Current Affair had an audience of 536,000 as the show crossed live to London for special coverage of the Queen’s coffin travelling from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. On The Block, things got tense as Foreman Keith accused Omar and Oz of being “dodgy” with their build. 772,000 tuned in as former Block contestant Ronnie Caceres made an appearance, and Ankur and Sharon won the antique challenge.
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Home and Away brought beautiful Summer Bay weather to 443,000 viewers on Seven to kick off the night. In primetime, Queen Elizabeth II: The Final Journey had 356,000 tune in.
On 10, The Project (192,000 6:30pm / 281,000 7pm) covered the $1 billion that the government has put towards trying to fix GP affordability, and the announcement that paid pandemic leave will continue indefinitely. A repeat of The Dog House Australia followed on, bringing 282,000 along to the Animal Welfare League.
The ABC’s 7.30 covered the inquiry into Sydney’s Star Casino, and the concerns surrounding police response to anti-monarchy protesters for 442,000. A repeat of Hard Quiz tested the knowledge of 467,000, on David Cassidy, Anne Frank, the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England, and coffee. Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell then poked fun at the week for 497,000 viewers.
The highest rating show on SBS was a repeat of Great Wall Of China: The Hidden Story, with 145,000 tuning in.
