The Block lifts where Nine lags

The Block topped entertainment at 663,000 metro viewers which goes some way to make up for lower numbers elsewhere.

That was well ahead of Hard Quiz (421,000), 7:30 (417,000), The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity (353,000) and Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (288,000).

Later Question Everything returned to 303,000 then WTFAQ (262,000), Luxe Listings Sydney (236,000) and A Year on Planet Earth (194,000).

Nine network won Wednesday with 30.1% then Seven 26.6%, ABC 19.1%, 10 16.3% and SBS 7.9%.

Nine News was low at 643,000 / 634,000 then A Current Affair (577,000) and Hot Seat (305,000 / 183,000). Botched was only 100,000.

Seven News was #1 at 850,000 / 807,000 then The Chase (512,000 / 301,000) and Home & Away (434,000). Amazing Race was just 81,000.

ABC News managed 476,000. Would I Lie to You?  (169,000), QI (132,000) and The Drum (96,000) followed.

The Project drew 242,000 / 146,000. 10 News First was low at 166,000 / 121,000 then Heat at just 100,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (121,000 / 86,000), Sri Lanka With Alexander Armstrong (81,000), Mastermind (63,000), While the Men Are Away and Keanu Reeves: Pop Messiah (both just 49,000).

Shaun the Sheep topped multichannels 98,000.

Sunrise: 221,000
Today: 199,000
News Breakfast: 86,000 / 49,000

In Total TV numbers last Wednesday were:

The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity:  692,000
SAS Australia: 861,000
The Block: 1.16m
The Amazing Race: 278,000
Heat: 245,000
WTFAQ: 356,000
Home & Away: 938,000
Mother & Son: 420,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 18 October 2023