• The Block remains on top of non-news
• Question Everything makes its season two debut
• The Amazing Race heads to the Gulf of Mexico
• Seven straps on its dancing shoes with ABBA special
Overnight TV Ratings, September 28
Primetime News
Seven News 848,000/854,000
Nine News 781,000/772,000
ABC News 600,000
10 News First 267,000 (5:00pm)/170,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 144,000 (6:30pm)/119,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 641,000
7.30 475,000
The Project 216,000 (6:30pm)/ 352,000 (7pm)
The Drum 168,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 203,000
News Breakfast 179,000
Today 168,000
Late News
ABC Late News 100,000
Nine News Late 83,000
The Latest: Seven News 68,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 23.2% and a network share of 31.1%. 7Two has come out on top for multichannels with a 3.6% share.
641,000 tuned in to Nine’s A Current Affair as the show followed up on the case of Shelvin Singh, who drunkenly crashed his car with his children in the back seat. On a particularly muddy day, it was setback after setback for Omar and Oz on The Block, with 703,000 watching as the pair learned that their tilers had produced a fraudulent certificate of currency for their work cover. My Life As A Rolling Stone then interviewed Keith Richards for 258,000.
Seven’s double up of Home and Away brought the sun and sand of Summer Bay to 443,000 people for the first episode, and 407,000 for the second. ABBA: The Missing 40 Years then took a look at what happened after the band split up in 1982 for 294,000 viewers.
The ABC’s 7.30 had 475,000 tune in as the show covered Labor’s legislation for an anti-corruption commission, and interviewed both Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. A brand new season of Hard Quiz kicked off, with 543,000 watching as another Big Brass Mug was bestowed. Another launch followed, with season two of Question Everything debuting to 401,000 viewers, and asking them how much they really knew about the cheating scandal that’s taken the chess world by storm. Summer Love then drew a crowd of 217,000.
See Also: Wil Anderson: A second chance at a first impression on Question Everything season two
On 10, The Project (216,000 6:30pm / 352,000 7pm) covered the chaos of the British economy and interviewed singer Tove Lo. The Amazing Race took 309,000 to Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico, with Chelsea and Jamus hitting the mat last. The pair were saved, however, by a pre-determined non-elimination leg. Shockwaves: The Bali Bombings rounded out the night for 155,000 viewers.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was a simulcast of The Australian Wars, with 127,000 tuning in.
