Thursday Block helps Nine to a win

With The Block held over in 3 cities due to the Matildas, plus NRL, Nine managed a narrow Thursday win.

The Chase topped entertainment at 567,000 / 326,000 metro viewers last night.

An extended Home & Away was 434,000 / 393,000 from 7pm then 7:30 (404,000), Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia (329,000), Foreign Correspondent (263,000), The Block (260,000 in 3 cities) and Great Australian Walks with Julia Zemiro (196,000).

Later Gogglebox returned to 442,000 for 10 then The Front Bar (302,000).

Thursday Night NRL was 278,000 across the Nine network.

Nine network won Thursday with 28.2% then Seven 27.1%, 10 19.5%, ABC 15.8% and SBS 9.4%.

Nine News (704,000 / 704,000 was best for Nine. A Current Affair led with 583,000 then Hot Seat (362,000 /238,000). In 3 cities were Emergency (136,000) and Casualty 24/7 (71,000).

Seven News was #1 at 932,000 / 909,000 for Seven. What the Killer Did Next was 184,000.

The Project drew 258,000 / 186,000 for 10. 10 News First was 209,000 / 145,000. A Cheap Seats replay was 167,000.

ABC News was 501,000. Extraordinary Escapes (176,000), Grand Designs NZ (169,000) and The Drum (136,000) followed.

On SBS it was Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (152,000), SBS World News (136,000 / 100,000 and Kin (43,000).

Would I Lie to You? on ABC TV Plus topped multichannels at 105,000.

The Morning Show: 145,000 / 87,000
Today Extra: 100,000 / 64,000

In Total TV numbers last Thursday were:

Great Australian Walks with Julia Zemiro:  373,000
Home & Away: 907,000
Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia:  544,000
The Front Bar: 539,000
Extraordinary Escapes: 336,000

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 17 August 2023