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Nine leads quiet Tuesday

Ratings: Multiple shows under 600,000 suggest viewers were rally struggling for choice last night.

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We’re not in summer yet but viewers may have beaten networks there already.

Last night audiences were seemingly struggling for choice, with multiple shows under the 600,000 mark. Or maybe they plan on Timeshifting a whole bunch of shows?

The Block again won its slot, but 1.17m is low by its standards no doubt due to renovations having been completed. It easily beat 7:30 (573,000) and First Dates (571,000). TEN’s Jamie Oliver food show only just managed to beat SBS trains: 337,000 vs 314,000.

Nine continued its lead with The Big Bang Theory on 784,000, down on bumper numbers last week, but ahead of 800 Words, Catalyst, NCIS and an Insight repeat.

Meanwhile ABC’s new Screen Time dipped from 437,000 to 398,000 in its second outing where it discussed Foxtel’s The Deuce.

Seven News, The Chase and ACA all led in respective rankings.

Nine network won Tuesday with 31.8% share then Seven 28.0%, ABC 16.7%, TEN 15.6% and SBS 7.9%.

The Block was #1 for Nine with 1.17m viewers for Nine then Nine News (921,000 / 904,000), A Current Affair (841,000), The Big Bang Theory (784,000), Kath & Kim (475,000 / 400,000) and Hot Seat (427,000 / 260,000).

Seven News (937,000 / 902,000) led for Seven followed by Home & Away (668,000), The Chase (573,000 / 377,000), First Dates (571,000) and 800 Words (567,000 / 516,000).

ABC News (745,000), 7:30 (573,000), Catalyst (509,000), Screen Time (398,000) and World’s Busiest Cities (276,000) filled out ABC’s night.

The Project (492,000 / 330,000) was best for TEN then TEN Eyewitness News (416,000), NCIS (402,000), Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food (337,000), NCIS: Los Angeles (331,000 / 186,000) and Family Feud (292,000).

On SBS it was Great American Railroad Journeys (314,000), Insight (266,000), Dateline (202,000) and SBS World News (134,000).

Shaun the Sheep ruled multichannels wth 238,000.

The Morning Show: 115,000 / 81,000
Today Extra: 111,000 / 69,000
Studio 10: 79,000 / 72,000 / 52,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 24 October 2017

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  1. Hope you don’t mind me posting this here. Just noticed on the EPG from that Eleven is showing double episodes of Will & Grace at 7.30pm weeknights from Monday. It was a pleasant surprise seeing something different to Raymond and Rules.

  2. I sort of watched Jamie….2nd screen….will watch trains shortly…SBS catch up is better for me…
    I loved 800 Words in the beginning…good idea ..but went bad…turned into a soapy…again ..just my opinion….
    But agree …it was a bit of a nothing much night.

  3. I’m really enjoying the second season of Unreal on SBS at the mo’. Just when I think it’s starting to become a parody of itself they pull another rabbit out of the hat.

    The character of Quinn really is a piece of work, in both senses of the phrase. I keep wondering where she parks her broomstick.

    2. More anti 9 and misleading comments from Sully. The Block convincingly beat its competition with over 1million viewers. David’s fair and balanced review of all ratings for tv shows screening last night answers your misleading statements – even though you are a passing them off with a
      question mark!

    1. It was a good episode. The numbers NCIS gets is the same or even better then some Australian produced content that airs on our screens. Despite the fact that its already paid for as part of an agreement rather than having to go to an extra expense I can’t understand why its gets treated so badly at times.

      1. We watch the repeat season 1 episodes they are airings at the moment as well. Its nice to see Kate again. McGee hasn’t arrived in an episode yet, seems really weird. LOL.

  6. “maybe they plan on Timeshifting a whole bunch of shows?”
    Not in this household – Tuesday night TV is dull, dull, dull.
    Wife gave up on 800 Words two weeks ago and there’s nothing else of substance.
    Back to the Grey’s Anatomy DVD binge…

    1. Yeah it was another evening of streaming for us. There is so much to watch right now. I caught about 15 mins of the project though..Pete Heliar was funny discussing the gen Z book..

  7. No surprises that Seven would air a double episode of an under performing 800 words. I think that will be the last time we see that show for a long while.

          1. I’ll be timeshifting it. I like a lot of the cast … but I could say the same thing about The Code and Cleverman :p

        2. That’s for sure! Heavy going indeed!
          These shows are far better suited to the 45/50 min format. Can never understand why the TV stations promote the hell out of them and then choose to burn them off towards the end as though they can’t wait to be done with them.
          Also I thought 800 Words was supposed to be moving on from the endless pairing up of characters and love triangles…but was rampant again last night.

          1. They all seem to think a double episode is an easy way to improve ratings shares as the expectation is that the second episode will rate roughly the same as first and therefore drive a similar number of viewers into later time. In reality though second episodes rate less and can cause people to drop off all together.

            I remember with Love Child I was constantly 3 weeks behind at one episode per week but then when Nine put doubles and multiple nights in the finish they quickly built up to the point where I just let it go and deleted them. May watch them online one day but other shows higher priority now (none of which are on FTA).

          2. Usually more complex than just a ratings push, and often impacted by where the next show gets a best launch. From memory those Love Child eps were to complete before Olympics, before example.

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