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Four Corners scores for ABC

Qantas expose outranks Paying Attention?, while Amazing Race Straya gets lifts in Total TV numbers.

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ABC put in a good performance on Monday with at least two shows outranking the competition.

As usual, The Block topped entertainment with 740,000 metro viewers.

That was ahead of Australian Story (538,000), 7:30 (525,000), Farmer Wants a Wife (489,000) and The Amazing Race Straya (386,000) -now seeing healthy lifts in Total TV.

A Four Corners story on Qantas drew 605,000, outranking Have You Been Paying Attention? at 547,000 then Media Watch (542,000) Emergency (347,000)

Nine network won Monday with 27.7% then Seven 26.4%, ABC 19.5%, 10 18.0% and SBS 8.5%.

Nine News (847,000 / 829,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair with a surprise host announcement drew 627,000 then Hot Seat (356,000 / 223,000). Across the network were Footy Classified (159,000) and 100% Footy (69,000).

Seven News won its slot at 957,000 / 939,000. The Chase led with 507,000 / 322,000 with Home & Away at 504,000. 9-1-1: Lone Star was 193,000 with SWAT at 97,000.

ABC News won its slot at 668,000.  China Tonight (224,000) and The Drum (158,000) followed.

The Project pulled 369,000 / 204,000 for 10. 10 News First was 296,000 / 181,000. Just for Laughs Australia managed 221,000.

On SBS it was Lighthouses: Building the Impossible (211,000), SBS World News (149,000 / 136,000), DNA Family Secrets (119,000), 24 Hours In Emergency (114,000) and back in repeats Mastermind (37,000).

The Adventures of Paddington led multichannels at 112,000.

Sunrise: 230,000
Today: 183,000
News Breakfast: 96,000 / 56,000

In Total TV viewers last Monday were:

The Amazing Race Straya: 841,000
911: Lone Star: 459,000
The Block: 1.42m
HYBPA?: 953,000
MKR: 889,000
Media Watch: 697,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 5 September 2022

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  1. Those Total TV figures are always interesting, showing especially what regional viewers are attracted to and what they are not. The Amazing Race got a little lift from those outside metro but the big lifts seem to be for current affairs type programming such as 7.30 and the others mentioned in your report. The Block of course gets a lift but only a proportional one – if you are living in a miner’s cottage in some country town then The Block can seem a bit beyond aspirational and into fairy tale land.

    The international dramas are doing notably poorly though of course are on very late for work/school nights and I do wonder if Ten are really happy with the ratings for their 2.5 hour news and current affairs block every night. Surely 181,000 (I assume for the 5.00pm section) is unviable?

    1. I have seen the first 3 episodes from last week, I might be a week behind now and avoiding adverts, even if I know which county they are in as it is sprawled across the bottom of every watermark imaginable, but I am enjoying this season so far. And the benefit is that skipping the adverts saves me time as I can watch it at my leisure and in about an hour (haven’t timed it as I am just enjoying it).

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