Handmaid’s Tale booms in Total TV, Seven wins Thursday.

Being a Thursday night and a public holiday, scheduling and viewing patterns were somewhat disrupted but despite a tie in primary channel share, Seven pipped Nine in overall share.

The Block topped entertainment at 638,000 metro viewers, defeating 7:30 (421,000), an extended Home & Away (415,000 / 384,000 from 7pm) and Foreign Correspondent (281,000).

A Grand Final edition of The Front Bar was 418,000 for Seven.

A Socceroos match on 10 drew 235,000 viewers.

Seven network won Thursday with 29.2% then Nine 28.4%, 10 18.0%, ABC 15.3% and SBS 9.1%.

Seven News was #1 at 865,000 / 855,000 for Seven. The Chase won with 483,000 /322,000.

Nine News (765,000 / 760,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair led at 585,000 then Hot Seat (359,000 / 251,000). In select cities were Emergency was 180,000 and A+E After Dark (117,000).

The Project drew 310,000 / 179,000 for 10. 10 News First was 280,000 / 172,000.  A very late Gogglebox at 10:30pm was 217,000.

ABC News pulled 572,000. Sammy J (247,000), Life that Glows (174,000), The Drum (139,000), One Plus One (82,000) followed.

On SBS it was SBS World News (183,000 / 141,000), Guillaume’s Paris (114,000), World’s Most Scenic River Journeys (106,000) and The Handmaid’s Tale (66,000).

7TWO’s Father Brown led multichannels at 119,000.

The Morning Show: 162,000 / 96,000
Today Extra: 153,000 / 74,000
Studio 10: 30,000 / 29,000 /

In Total TV numbers last Thursday an SBS drama increased by a massive 355%, thanks to SBS on Demand:

The Handmaid’s Tale: 619,000
Gogglebox: 793,000
Home & Away: 919,000
Brain Eisteddfod: 404,000

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 22 September 2022