• The Projects unveils the Shift 20 Initiative
Total TV Ratings, September 10
1,542,000 watched Nine’s The Block as Leah and Ash were named the winners with their bold and unique styling choices, up 31%.
1,312,000 viewed Seven’s The Voice as the Battle Rounds continued. Jason Derulo gave Callum, Alex and Andrew the option to continue as a supergroup but they declined, up 22%.
768,000 saw ABC’s season two premiere of The Newsreader, up 62%.
571,000 tuned into 10’s The Traitors: End Game, up 26%, while 479,000 watched The Traitors: Finale, up 30%.
Overnight TV Ratings, September 17
Primetime News
Seven News 891,000
Nine News 831,000
ABC News 529,000
10 News First 206,000 (5:00 pm)/ 147,000 (6:00 pm)
SBS World News 132,000 (6:30 pm)/ 109,000 (7:00 pm)
Daily Current Affairs
60 Minutes 515,000
The Sunday Project 170,000 (6:30pm) / 220,000 (7pm)
Insiders 323,000
Breakfast TV
Weekend Sunrise 192,000
Weekend Today 148,000
Weekend Breakfast 154,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 26.2% and a network share of 33.9%. 7mate has won multi channels with a 2.7% share.
Nine’s The Block saw the Blockheads reveal their master bedroom and walk-in robes for 786,000 viewers. Steph and Gian scored a 10 from Marty Fox, winning the week with 29 out of a possible 30 points. Then on 60 Minutes, 515,000 watched as the show exposed Hollywood stars who are backing a convicted rapist. 162,000 also viewed Under Investigation.
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653,000 began their evening with Seven’s The Voice Australia. The second night of Battle rounds took centre stage. The artists on Team Jess and Team Rita competed to fight for the last two spots in the Semi-Final. 309,000 then watched Con Girl which followed serial con woman Samantha Azzopardi’s decades of deception. Another episode of Con Girl followed for 201,000 where Californian backpacker Emmy revealed more of her rollercoaster ride at the hands of Azzopardi.
On 10, The Sunday Project (170,000 (6:30pm) / 220,000 (7pm) ) lifted the lid on the Dylan Alcott Foundation’s Shift 20 Initiative to boost representation in advertising. Then, on a repeat of Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly, Graeme Hall attempted to help Humphrey with his barking problem for 156,000. FBI then followed as 124,000 watched on.
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339,000 watched a repeat of ABC’s Death in Paradise where Neville was left perplexed when a lottery winner was found dead, but then her body disappeared. The Newsreader then followed for 318,000 as Helen raced to cover a shocking mass shooting in Melbourne. She was seen as exploiting the tragedy and public sentiment shifted against her. A repeat of Mother and Son was up next for 86,000.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was The Body On Somerton Beach. 131,000 watched as a well-dressed man was found dead within miles of a nuclear testing site on a tranquil Australian beach as the Cold War ramped up.
