Block, Cricket combo scores for Nine.

Nine had a big win on Wednesday thanks to its double of The Block and ICC Cricket World Cup.

As usual The Block topped entertainment at 611,000 metro viewers.

That eclipsed 7:30 and Hard Quiz (both 421,000),  The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity (325,000) and Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (283,000).

Later ICC Cricket World Cup -which also topped multichannels- led at 331,000 then Question Everything (319,000) and Would I Lie to You? (213,000).

Nine network had an easy win with 35.9% then Seven 23.5%, ABC 18.2%, 10 15.0% and SBS 7.4%.

Nine News (702,000 / 694,000) was best for Nine then A Current Affair (563,000),  and Hot Seat (315,000 / 220,000).

Seven News was #1 at 744,000 / 724,000 for Seven. The Chase was 458,000 / 287,000. Home & Away drew 398,000 then A Year on Planet Earth (178,000) and Amazing Race (72,000)

ABC News pulled 538,000 for ABC. Planet America (163,000) and The Drum (112,000) followed.

The Project managed 252,000 / 172,000 for 10. 10 News First was 189,000 / 143,000 with Heat at 117,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (128,000 / 101,000)  then Putin’s Crisis (123,000), Sri Lanka With Alexander Armstrong (79,000) and Significant Other (51,000).

Sunrise: 235,000
Today: 168,000
News Breakfast:  85,000 / 57,000

In Total TV numbers last Wednesday were:

The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity: 702,000
The Block: 1.29m
Home & Away: 914,000
WTFAQ: 448,000
Hard Quiz: 737,000
Luxe Listings Sydney: 376,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 25 October 2023