• Master bedroom reveals on The Block
• The Amazing Race heads to Greece
• Savage River premieres
Total TV Ratings, August 28
The Block saw Master Ensuite Week come to an end – mercifully, for the exhausted Blockheads. 1,713,000 tuned in as Omar and Oz sealed the win, up 27%.
On the ABC, Vera cracked the case for 1,260,000, lifting 41%. Spicks and Specks rose 26% to 945,000 viewers.
The grand finale of The Masked Singer drew a crowd of 877,000, up 15%. The final reveal – that saw Melody Thornton unveiled as Mirrorball and crowned the winner of the show – lifted 14% to 1,067,000 viewers.
My Kitchen Rules hosted its first cook-off, with winning NSW couple Janelle and Monzir moving ahead to the semi-final. 853,000 tuned in, lifting 24%.
Overnight TV Ratings, September 4
Primetime News
Nine News 899,000
Seven News 868,000
ABC News 532,000
10 News First 223,000 (5:30pm)/ 173,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 159,000 (6:30pm) 145,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
Insiders 359,000
The Project 201,000 (6:30 pm)/264,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 239,000
Today 177,000
News Breakfast 155,000
Nine has won the night with a 25.1% primary share and a 33.2% network share. GO! won the night for multichannels with a 3.9% share.
On Nine, The Block saw the first 10 of the season go to Tom and Sarah-Jane, with 922,000 watching as the master bedrooms were revealed. On 60 Minutes, 428,000 watched as the show interviewed Britney Spears’ ex-husband Kevin Federline, and spoke to a woman with 2,500 different personalities.
Earlier in the afternoon, the final regular season round of the NRL wrapped up with the Wests Tigers taking on the Canberra Raiders. The Raiders dominated the first half, and while the Tigers managed to stem the worst of the bleeding in the second, 223,000 watched as Canberra won 56-10.
Seven’s Farmer Wants A Wife debuted to 586,000, watching Farmers Ben, Harry, and Will meet their favourites in a round of speed dating. 7News Spotlight followed on, with 357,000 watching the show’s exclusive interview with Cassandra Sainsbury about her drug-running past.
Earlier in the day, Hawthorn took on St Kilda in the AFLW, with 101,000 watching the Saints come out on top 63-10.
The Sunday Project (201,000 6:30pm / 264,000 7pm) kicked the night off for 10, covering calls for the federal government to increase paid parental leave and interviewing musician Sam Fischer. The Amazing Race kicked off its Greek Week, with 315,000 watching as South Australia’s Flamboyant Friends, Sam and Alex, were eliminated after hitting the mat last.
On the ABC, Spicks and Specks had 451,000 singing along, before Savage River premiered to 356,000 viewers.
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The highest rating show on SBS was What Killed The Roman Empire? with 204,000 tuning in.
