• The Block and Brownlow Medal dominate primetime
• Best of the rest: Spicks and Specks, Amazing Race, 60 Minutes
Total TV Ratings, September 11
Nine’s The Block was the top total TV program of the night with 1.750m viewers, an increase of 26% on its overnight viewership. The episode featured the weekly room reveal as teams showed 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.
Seven’s Farmer Wants A Wife had 840,000 viewers (up 46%) as the farmers and their partners arrived in Tamworth for the annual Farmer Wants A Wife Country Ball.
On 10, The Amazing Race had 572,000 (up 35%) as it left Greece and headed to Izmir, Turkey, the episode saw Crystal and Reem eliminated after hitting the mat last. This was the top program of the night for 10.
Overnight TV Ratings, September 18
Primetime News
Seven News 981,000
Nine News 857,000
ABC News 547,000
10 News First 241,000 (5:30pm)/ 201,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 179,000 (6:30pm) 130,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current affairs
Insiders 275,000
The Project 232,000 (6:30 pm)/279,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 238,000
Today 177,000
News Breakfast 166,000
Seven was able to break Nine’s Sunday night winning streak after producing a #1 share for both primary channels (30.7%) and networks (38.6%) after airing the Brownlow Medal ceremony and red carpet. The awards ceremony had 841,000 viewers tune in to see Patrick Cripps win the prestigious award, earlier in the night, the red carpet had a robust 491,000 tune in.
On Nine, The Block was the top entertainment program of the night with 948,000 viewers watching the latest room reveal as the teams unveiled their kitchens, with Tom and Sarah-Jane continuing their winning streak and getting the first perfect score of the season. 60 Minutes followed with 463,000 viewers as the episode featured reports from Tom Steinfort and Amelia Adams.
On 10, The Amazing Race was the top program of the night with 291,000 viewers tuning in, which was down on last Sunday’s 319,000.
On the ABC, Spicks and Specks was the public broadcaster’s top non-news program of the night with 446,000 viewers.
The top non-news program on SBS was Egypt Code Breakers with 123,000 viewers.
