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The Block, Secret Bridesmaids lead slots on Tuesday

Ratings: The Block was well ahead of the competition before audiences began to wane thereafter.

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The Block was #1 with 917,000 and topped the demos, well ahead of all competition last night.

Trailing it were 7:30 (545,000), Bride & Prejudice (484,000), Foreign Correspondent (405,000) and Harry & Meghan: An African Journey (419,000).

Numbers were low from 8:30pm but during the hour were the wild final of Secret Bridesmaids’ Business (337,000 from 9pm) which was also trending, Love Island (328,000), newcomer One Born Every Minute Australia (325,000), Catalyst (284,000), and Insight (175,000),

Nine Network won Tuesday with 32.0% then Seven 27.7%, 10  17.8%, ABC 17.4% and SBS 8.6%.

Nine News drew 820,000 / 789,000 for Nine then A Current Affair (751,000) and Hot Seat (432,000 / 259,000).  Botched was 225,000.

Seven News won its slot at 899,000 / 892,000 for Seven then Home and Away (589,000) and The Chase (484,000 / 317,000). The Proposal ended it run at just 124,000.

The Project was 439,000 / 261,000 for 10 then 10 News First (298,000), Celebrity Name Game (176,000) and NCIS (138,000).

ABC News (607,000),  The Drum (137,000) and Nigel Slater’s Middle East  (127,000) also comprised ABC’s night.

On SBS it was Building Britain’s Canals (241,000), Dateline (162,000) and SBS World News (138,000).

9GO! movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword led multichannels on 194,000.

Sunrise: 262,000
Today: 188,000
News Breakfast: 118,000 / 30,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 22 October 2019

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  1. Is anyone else finding Home and Away super negative lately? Only bright spot at the moment is the occasional jokes from Ryder but everything else is so grim.

    1. Back when The Celebrity Chase was on 7, I noticed that each Wednesday’s Home and Away episode often ended by showing the phone numbers for Lifeline and Beyond Blue. Definitely something going on there.

  2. What a dud night of television. You’d think that it was Thursday/Friday night with such unambitious selections (and ratings to match) across the board.

  3. I don’t want to sound like I’m overreacting after writing this comment… but I believe Secret Bridesmaids’ Business was the worst show I’ve had the displeasure to watch this year. I’m not sure why I watched it to the end… but I did.
    The acting was horribly wooden from a a talented cast… making it even more baffling. Not helped at all by the horrendous script, the godawful direction and the inept cinematography… tension was trying to be built but it certainly wasn’t felt. Honestly from top to bottom, it was one of the strangest productions I’ve seen from this country which usually does drama really well. The whole thing was nonsensical and overwrought… it was nothing new that hasn’t been explored before in a midday movie… over two hours, not six parts. What a colossal disappointment.

  4. Can someone tell me why the ABC’s Sydney audience is consistently only 60% to 70% of the ABC’s Melbourne audience – for almost any major program?
    It’s been like this for a long time
    Both cities have roughly the same population.
    Thanks.

    1. A few possible contributing factors..
      Isn’t Foxtel’s penetration in Sydney higher? And Melbourne has a slightly older demographic than Sydney. Also Melbourne more left leaning so that suits appeal of the ABC more.

  6. Thoroughly enjoyed SBB, but the 15 minutes were absolutely disappointing. You were left to assume who died and too many lose ends. My concern is the ratings weren’t strong enough for a second series to tie them up. Do you have any news on this David?

    1. A concern in what used to be the a strong fourth quarter of the TV calendar the 8.30pm slot looks dire. A real concern for FTA if they cannot find something to rate in this slot above 337,000 on a Tuesday night. Wow!

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