The Dog House leads entertainment on Thursday

Inserting celebrities into The Dog House paid off for 10 last night with the show topping entertainment at 512,000 metro viewers, its best crowd since April.

That eclipsed 7:30 (463,000) and extended Home & Away (420,000 / 378,000 from 7pm), and Foreign Correspondent (308,000).

Later The Front Bar was 340,000 then Q+A (254,000), Law & Order: SVU (188,000) and Scotland’s Sacred Islands (129,000).

Thursday Night NRL drew 367,000 across the network.

Nine network won Thursday at 27.9% then Seven 27.0%, 10 19.1%, ABC 16.9% and SBS 9.1%.

Nine News was 798,000 / 784,000 for Nine, then A Current Affair (586,000) and Hot Seat (408,000 / 256,000). In select cities were RBT (151,000) and Paramedics (145,000).

Seven News was #1 with 846,000 / 836,000 for Seven. The Chase won with 488,000 / 292,000.  The Latest was 263,000.

The Project drew 361,000 / 252,000. 10 News First was 274,000 / 178,000.  A Cheap Seats repeat was 75,000.

ABC News won with 609,000. The Drum (182,000) and One Plus One (130,000) followed.

On SBS it was World’s Most Scenic River Journeys (138,000),  SBS World News (107,000 / 92,000), Suspect (97,000) and The Cook Up with Adam Liaw (46,000).

Nella the Princess Knight led multichannels at 123,000.

The Morning Show: 113,000 / 79,000
Today Extra: 102,000 / 70,000
Studio 10: 41,000 /

In Total TV numbers last Thursday were:

Home & Away: 853,000
The Front Bar: 514,000
The Dog House: 698,000
Foreign Correspondent: 487,000

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 18 August 2022