• Nine #1 despite strong Bathurst 1000 and AGT crowd
• The Block still king of primetime following room reveal
Overnight TV Ratings, October 9
Primetime News
Seven News 1,085,000
Nine News 736,000
ABC News 536,000
10 News First 182,000 (5:00pm)/169,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 170,000 (6:30pm)/130,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current affairs
Insiders 357,000
The Project 202,000 (6:30 pm)/264,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 51,000
Today 228,000
News Breakfast 171,000
Nine has picked up another TV ratings win after finishing last night with both the #1 primary channel share (25.1%) and network share (31.3%), this was thanks in large part to the continued success of The Block. Nine’s reality TV staple has been consistent all season, with the room reveals standing out, and last night was no different as 904,000 tuned in for the guest bedroom reveals.
60 Minutes followed with 567,000 viewers as the episode featured reports from Tom Steinfort and Tara Brown.
On Seven, it was a wet and wild day for the biggest Australian racing event of the year as the Bathurst 1000 saw plenty of safety cards deployed. However, this didn’t hinder viewership as the race had an average of 774,000 viewers, with over 1m tuning in for the podium. A big day turned into a big night for seven as the network was finally able to launch the return of Australia’s Got Talent, the first episode featured the new look judging lineup of David Walliams, Kate Ritchie, Alesha Dixon, and Shane Jacobson had 645,000 viewers.
On 10, the finale of the Amazing Race Australia had an average viewership of 376,000 viewers, with 438,000 tuning in to see Heath and Toni make it to the Pit Stop mat first, winning a $250,000 cash prize and an Isuzu D-MAX and an Isuzu MU-X.
On the ABC, Spicks and Specks continues to rate consistently on Sunday nights after bringing in a solid 413,000 viewers.
The top non-news program on SBS was Curse of the Ancients with 157,000 viewers.
