• My Mum Your Dad brings a newcomer to looks for love
• Magda Szubanski takes the pulse of the nation
Total TV Ratings, November 1
With The Race That Stops A Nation going ahead despite punters shivering through the coldest race day since 1995, the Melbourne Cup presentation lited 7% for a total audience of 1,244,000. In the evening, The Traitors rose 27% for a total audience of 515,000.
Home and Away brought 905,000 to Seven, lifting 21%. Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly then had 595,000 tune in, up 8%.
Stuff The British Stole debuted to 781,000, lifting 25% as Marc Fennell covered the history of the Koh i Noor diamond. Magda’s Big National Health Check was up 27%, with 726,000 tuning in.
Overnight TV Ratings, November 8
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 20.2% and a network share of 26.6%. 7Two has won the night in mutlichannels with a 3.9% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair interviewed the woman who had been on a 35 hour trip from hell thanks to Virgin Australia, and spoke to The Block winners Omar and Oz for 612,000. My Mum Your Dad continued for 413,000 viewers with Roe and Sachem entering the retreat, before a repeat of Travel Guides took 267,000 to the red centre.
On Seven, primetime began with Home and Away, drawing a crowd of 455,000. Kitchen Nightmares turned Sydney’s Café de Vie around, helping owner Virginia realise her dream in front of 390,000 viewers.
The ABC’s 7.30 took a look at what’s happening with the US midterm elections, and interviewed Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward for 486,000. Stuff The British Stole took a look at the story of The Stone of Scone alongside 438,000, before 393,000 tuned in for Magda’s Big National Health Check.
See Also: “Indiana Jones in reverse”: Marc Fennell’s quest for truth in Stuff The British Stole
10’s The Project (331,000 7pm) covered the data breach of Medibank and interviewed TLC. 293,000 tuned in for a repeat of The Dog House, before the penultimate episode of The Cheap Seats for the year got 324,000 laughing.
