Married at First Sight honeymoons are underway, last night landing as the top entertainment show on 773,000 metro viewers.

That was ahead of 7:30 (539,000), Back Roads (439,000), Territory Cops (270,000), Bondi Rescue (259,000) and The World’s Greatest Palaces (141,000).

Later Gogglebox won at 517,000 then Q+A (289,000), The Equalizer (280,000) and Wife Swap (238,000).

Nine network won Thursday with 30.2% then Seven 24.8%, 10 19.0%, ABC 17.7% and SBS 8.3%.

Nine News was best for Nine at 837,000 / 828,000. A Current Affair was 619,000 then Hot Seat (386,000 / 237,000). Murder for Hire was 129,000.

Seven News was #1 at 864,000 / 858,000. An extended Home & Away was 446,000 then The Chase (431,000 / 258,000). Busted in Bangkok was 120,000.

The Project drew 378,000 / 257,000 for 10 then 10 News First (324,000 / 191,000).  SVU was 222,000.

ABC News won its slot at 634,000 for ABC. Sammy J pulled 272,000 followed by One Plus One (163,000), The Drum (151,000) and Aussie Inventions that Changed the World (139,000).

On SBS it was SBS World News (150,000 / 128,000), Trust Me I’m a Doctor (130,000), Cornwall with Simon Reeve (116,000) and Mastermind (75,000).

The Adventures of Paddington led multichannels at 151,000.

Today Extra: 116,000 / 66,000
The Morning Show: 114,000 / 64,000
Studio 10: 36,000 / 32,000 /

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 25 February 2021

The Cube kicked off for 10 last night with 567,000 tuning in, third in its slot but second in the demos.

10 cites this as its biggest game show launch since 2014. On social media Andy Lee was well received as host, although there was some commentary around the show’s pacing and number of commercial breaks.

Married at First Sight still won the slot at 891,000 then Hard Quiz 584,000. Meanwhile 7:30 drew 536,000 while Ambulance: Code Red (255,000) and Britain’s Historic Towns (235,000) trailed.

Later The Weekly with Charlie Pickering drew 474,000 then The Equalizer (352,000) and Aftertaste (290,000).

Nine network won Wednesday with 33.1% then Seven 21.8%, 10 19.8%, ABC 16.6% and SBS 8.8%.

Nine News drew 858,000 / 857,000 for Nine while A Current Affair won its slot at 676,000. Hot Seat was 397,000 / 231,000.

Seven News was #1 at 934,000 / 875,000. Home & Away was 489,000 then The Chase 478,000 / 301,000. The Bay ended at 202,000 / 171,000.

The Project drew 464,000 / 269,000 for 10. 10 News First (299,000 / 207,000) and Bull (218,000 / 184,000) followed.

ABC News (654,000) was best for ABC. The Drum was 146,000 and Why Are You Like This was 136,000. Adam Hills: The Last Leg managed 115,000.

On SBS it was Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime (205,000), SBS World News (154,000 / 153,000), Vikings (127,000) and Mastermind (63,000).

NCIS topped multichannels at 160,000.

Sunrise: 232,000
News  Breakfast: 115,000 / 86,000
Today: 191,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 24 February 2021

Married at First Sight has lifted in its second outing this season, nudging the magic million at 992,000 metro viewers.

That was miles ahead of 7:30 (503,000) and over double The Amazing Race Australia (459,000), Foreign Correspondent (390,000), Highway Patrol (303,000) and Great Continental Railway Journeys (234,000).

Later Botched drew 386,000 then Catalyst (303,000), The Good Doctor (294,000), and NCIS (263,000).

Nine network easily won Tuesday with 34.9% then Seven 22.8%, 10 18.3%, ABC 15.6% and SBS 8.4%.

Nine News pulled 871,000 / 861,000 while A Current Affair won its slot at 720,000. Labour of Love debuted at 128,000.

Seven News (902,000 / 896,000) was best for Seven then Home & Away (460,000) and The Chase (457,000 / 276,000). The Resident managed 160,000.

The Project drew 415,000 / 233,000 for 10. 10 News First (306,000 / 181,000) and NCIS: LA (221,000) followed.

ABC News (683,000) led for ABC. The Drum was 179,000 and Australia Remastered was 163,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (176,000 / 139,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (160,000), Michael Portillo’s Abandoned Britain (99,000) and Mastermind (77,000).

Bluey led multichannels even at 140,000.

Sunrise: 262,000
Today: 206,000
News Breakfast: 124,000 / 72,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 23 February 2021

Married at First Sight returned to screens last night, landing at #1 with 964,000 metro viewers and topping the demos.

That was well ahead of the competition, if down on the 2020 season premiere of 1.15m viewers.

Next was 7:30 (649,000), Australian Story (577,000), The Amazing Race Australia (508,000) and Holey Moley Grand Final (491,000).

Later Four Corners drew 442,000 then Media Watch (419,000), 9-1-1 (331,000).

Elsewhere, Seven enjoyed a strong gap at Breakfast.

Nine network won Monday with 32.3% then Seven 26.2%, 10 17.2%, ABC 17.1% and SBS 7.3%.

Nine News drew 937,000 / 930,000 for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot at 702,000 then Hot Seat (399,000 / 247,000). Despite the bumper MAFS lead-in viewers did not stick around for a Bridesmaids movie (213,000).

Seven News (948,000 / 910,000) was best for Seven then Home & Away (485,000) and The Chase (461,000 / 286,000). The Rookie was 243,000.

The Project pulled 458,000 / 271,000 for 10. 10 News First was 311,000 / 210,000 and Hughesy We Have a Problem (219,000). A Graham Norton repeat was just 116,000.

ABC News was 691,000 for ABC. The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill was 288,000) then The Drum (137,000).

On SBS it was SBS World News (190,000 / 141,000), The Architecture the Railways Built (148,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (144,000) and The Story of Songs (95,000). A new-look Mastermind was 82,000.

Bluey again barked up multichannels at 178,000.

Sunrise: 265,000
Today: 186,000
News Breakfast: 93,000 / 75,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 22 February 2021

Has Facebook lifted its ban on news in Australia?

Doubtful.

But there are a few rare exceptions that appear to have been spared the shut down.

Over the weekend posts were published for The Project, Seven News and Sunrise.

Not so lucky are ABC News, Nine News, SBS News, 10 News or the Today show.

Also out of luck are 7:30, Four Corners, Insiders, Q+A, The Feed.

Strange algorithms at work….

ABC was strong with early evening viewers last night -until viewers drifted away from Q+A.

7:30 led its slot at 576,000 metro viewers then Back Roads (530,000), Ambulance Australia (303,000) and The World’s Greatest Palaces (144,000).

A soft lead-in saw Gogglebox return with 502,000 ahead of Wife Swap Australia (306,000) and Q+A (280,000).

The Australian Open averaged 562,000 / 391,000 viewers which was down on last Thursday.

Nine network won Thursday with 27.3% then Seven 26.6%, 10 19.3%, ABC 17.8% and SBS 9.0%.

Nine News (773,000 / 764,000) as best for Nine.

Seven News was #1 at 942,000 / 899,000 for Seven. An extended Home & Away averaged 459,000 and The Chase was 496,000 / 303,000. Busted in Bangkok was 151,000.

The Project drew 442,000 / 280,000 on 10. 10 News First was 358,000 / 211,000. A Hughesy replay drew 158,000.

ABC News won its slot with 698,000. Sammy J (286,000), The Drum (171,000) and The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty (146,000) followed.

On SBS it was SBS World News (180,000 / 142,000), Cornwall with Simon Reeve (125,000), The Truth about Cosmetic Treatments (123,000). Mastermind was 85,000.

Bluey again led multis at 206,000.

The Morning Show: 135,000 / 80,000
Studio 10: 53,000 / 47,000 / 32,000

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 18 February 2021

Hard Quiz topped entertainment at 684,000 last night, up on last week’s 598,000.

That was ahead of 7:30 (590,000), Ambulance: Code Red (348,000), Jamie’s Easy Meals for Every Day (271,000 / 233,000) and Britain’s Most Historic Towns (179,000).

Later The Weekly with Charlie Pickering pulled 554,000 followed by Aftertaste (314,000) and The Bay (242,000 / 146,000).

The Australian Open (655,000 / 616,000) ensured Nine won the night a 34.6% network share then Seven 23.2%, ABC 17.4%, 10 16.5% and SBS 8.3%.

Nine News was best for Nine at 882,000 / 875,000.

Seven News was #1 at 996,000 / 930,000 for Seven then The Chase (569,000 / 363,000), Home & Away (537,000).

The Project drew 437,000 / 272,000 for 10. 10 News First (370,000 / 242,000), and Bull managed 198,000 / 179,000.

ABC News won its slot at 710,000 for ABC. The Drum was 201,000 and Why Are You Like This was 132,000 / 67,000.

On SBS it was Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime (191,000) plus SBS World News (171,000 / 157,000), Vikings (104,000) and Mastermind (77,000).

Bluey topped multichannels at 215,000.

Sunrise: 274,000
Today: 198,000
News Breakfast: 109,000 / 54,000.

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 17 February 2021

News and Sport again led the field last night, with Seven News topping the night at 1.06m / 991,000, defeating Nine News on 899,000 / 862,000.

The Australian Open drew 668,000 / 598,000, up on last Tuesday, albeit with some changes to OzTAM coding.

The Amazing Race Australia drew 554,000 then 7:30 (520,000), Holey Moley (436,000), Foreign Correspondent (398,000) and Great Continental Railway Journeys (205,000).

Later The Good Doctor drew 300,000 then Catalyst (296,000), and NCIS (273,000).

Nine network won Tuesday with 32.6% then Seven 24.6%, 10 18.8%, ABC 15.4% and SBS 8.7%.

The Chase topped entertainment at 584,000 / 369,000 with Home & Away on 526,000 for Seven.

The Project drew 496,000 / 287,000 for 10. 10 News First (363,000 / 249,000) and NCIS: LA 204,000 followed.

ABC News won its slot at 696,000. The Drum (173,000) and Australia Remastered (165,000) also ranked for ABC.

On SBS it was SBS World News (186,000 / 163,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (156,000), Dog Tales (101,000) and Mastermind (77,000).

Bluey led multichannels again at 179,000. New local comedy Why Are You Like This managed just 68,000 / 46,000 (the second episode was highest).

Sunrise: 254,000
Today: 211,000
News Breakfast: 112,000 / 84,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 16 February 2021

Viewers tuned in to see Ash Barty’s Australian Open win over Shelby Rogers with an average of 726,000 metro viewers for Session 1.

But with the match ending around 8:30pm the audience fell away, averaging just 219,000 for S2.

7:30 scored in early evening with 602,000 viewers then The Amazing Race Australia (546,000), Holey Moley (468,000) and Australian Story (457,000).

Later Four Corners led at 452,000 followed by Media Watch (436,000), 9-1-1 (311,000), The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (304,000) and Hughesy We Have a Problem (280,000).

Nine network won Monday with 27.6% then Seven 26.2%, 10 19.9%, ABC 18.2% and SBS 8.1%.

Nine News (948,000 / 947,000) was best for Nine.

Seven News was #1 at 999,000 / 980,000 for Seven then Home & Away (532,000), The Chase (511,000 / 307,000). The Rookie was 207,000.

ABC News drew 676,000 for ABC. The Drum managed 178,000.

The Project pulled (501,000 / 278,000) for 10. 10 News First was 394,000 / 239,000 with a Graham Norton repeat at a measly 114,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (200,000 / 158,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (152,000), The Architecture the Railways Built (146,000). Mastermind was 77,000 and The Story of Songs was 67,000.

Bluey led multichannels again at 223,000.

Sunrise: 255,000
Today: 219,000
News Breakfast: 119,000 / 82,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 15 February 2021

The Project‘s Lisa Wilkinson last night interviewed former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins who alleges she was raped inside a Parliament House office in 2019.

The story was broken by news.com.au.

It reported that a man working for then-defence industry minister Linda Reynolds took a 24-year-old female media staffer into Parliament House after a Friday night drinking session in March 2019 and allegedly raped her inside the defence industry minister’s office. The man’s name has not been revealed.

Ms. Higgins says she did not make a formal complaint because she wanted to protect her job and the reputation of the Liberal Party. Alarmingly, a follow-up meeting was held inside the same office where the incident allegedly occurred -a decision the Government now regrets.

ACT Policing have confirm they received a report in April 2019 in relation to an alleged assault at Parliament House.

Ms. Higgins did speak to the Australian Federal Police and her chief of staff in the days that followed.

But she ultimately asked the police to halt the investigation on Saturday, April 13, just two days after the Prime Minister called the election.

ABC reports Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Government “takes all such matters, all matters of workplace safety, very very seriously”.

“Everyone should feel safe in their workplace, wherever that is.

“The reports today are deeply distressing.”

Last year Four Corners report “Inside the Canberra Bubble”which made allegations about members of parliament and staffers, drawing attention to their behaviour in the context of Malcolm Turnbull’s “bonk ban.”

It led to questions from Communications Minister Paul Fletcher to ABC chair Ita Buttrose and senate estimate questions of ABC managing director David Anderson.

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The first week of ratings has been run and won, and entertainment numbers are concerningly down on 2020 -but they may have been impacted by the delayed Australian Open.

Friday’s AO match between Nick Kyrgios and Dominic Thiem was the top audience of the week at 1.1m metro viewers.

Seven’s Holey Moley drew up to 629,000 metro viewers which is well down on its debut the previous week, but it topped the week in entertainment, followed by ABC’s Hard Quiz.

Amazing Race Australia had some success for 10, which is just as well given other shows did terrible business.

Network:
Nine: 32.2
Seven: 25.8
ABC: 17.2
10: 16.8
SBS: 8.0

Primary:
Nine: 24.2
Seven: 17.5
ABC: 12.3
10: 9.4
SBS: 4.7

Multichannels:
10 BOLD: 4.1
7TWO: 3.2
7mate: 3.1
9GO!: 2.8
10 Peach: 2.6
ABC KIDS TV Plus: 2.3
ABC News: 2.2
9GEM: 2.1
9Life: 2.0
7flix: 1.9
SBS VICELAND: 1.3
9RUSH: 1.2
SBS Food: 1.0
SBS World News: 0.8
10 Shake: 0.7
ABC ME: 0.4
NITV: 0.2

Nine easily won the demos.

Nine won ever night except Monday, a victory for Seven. ABC bettered 10 on Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.

Nine led in all cities except Perth, ever-loyal to Seven.

Best brands last week were:

Nine: Australian Open (D5 NS2: 1.1m), Nine News (Sun: 899,000), The Trump Show (512,000) and Territory Cops (235,000).

Seven: Seven News (955,000), Holey Moley (Sun: 629,000), Home & Away (496,000) and The Chase (491,000).

ABC: ABC News (Sun: 669,000), Hard Quiz (599,000), Death in Paradise (572,000) and Four Corners (515,000).

10: The Amazing Race Australia (Mon: 557,000), The Project (7pm: 431,000), 10 News First (353,000) and NCIS (298,000).

SBS: Britain’s Most Historic Towns (237,000), Michael Palin’s Travels of a Lifetime (227,000), Great Continental Railway Journeys (217,000) and The World’s Greatest Palaces (207,000).

Infograph supplied by Nine:

Thursday was quiet in terms of audience numbers but the night went to Nine.

The Australian Open averaged 633,000 / 463,000 for Nine.

In early evening slots it was 7:30 (522,000), Back Roads (454,000), Ambulance Australia (268,000) and The World’s Greatest Palaces (207,000).

Later Wife Swap Australia debuted to 346,000 for Seven then Q+A (294,000) -just 4,000 above last week’s season debut in a new slot.

Nine won Thursday with 32.1% then Seven 25.4%, 10 16.8%, ABC 16.4% and SBS 9.2%.

Nine News (892,000 / 845,000) was best for Nine.

Seven News was #1 at 899,000 / 875,000. The Chase pulled 461,000 / 300,000, and an extended Home & Away averaged 442,000.  Busted in Bangkok was just 158,000.

The Project drew 407,000 / 237,000 for 10. 10 News First was 340,000 / 201,000 and Law & Order: SVU was 211,000 / 208,000.

ABC News won its slot at 688,000. The Drum was 157,000 and The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty was 127,000.

On SBS it was The Truth About Cosmetic Treatments (176,000), SBS World News (159,000 / 138,000), World on Fire (79,000) and Mastermind (48,000).

Bluey topped multichannels at 189,000.

The Morning Show: 122,000 / 77,000
Studio 10: 41,000 / 31,000 / 31,000

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 11 February 2021

After two nights of lukewarm numbers, Nine has its first big win in the Australian Open tennis ratings.

The win is down to two factors: a compelling Nick Kyrgios / Ugo Umbert  match and some clever recoding by Nine into shorter tennis portions -the latter pushes the averages higher.

Nine coded the tennis into 4 segments last night, which is not dissimilar to how Seven used to structure its AO: 7pm  pre match / 7:15pm  night / 9pm night session 2 / 10:30pm late.

But all’s fair in love, war and TV ratings, last night the Australian Open drew up to 704,000 viewers for Session 2. The night session was 625,000.

Hard Quiz topped entertainment shows at 598,000 eclipsing 7:30 (495,000), Ambulance: Code Red (366,000), Jamie’s Easy Meals for Every Day (268,000 / 217,000) and Britain’s Most Historic Towns (239,000).

Later The Weekly with Charlie Pickering led entertainment (507,000) then Aftertaste (352,000), The Bay (266,000 / 229,000) and QI (233,000).

Regardless of how you cut it up, Nine had a decisive win with a 34% share over Seven’s 24% then ABC 17.3%, 10 15.9% and SBS 8.7%.

Nine News was best for Nine at (841,000 / 829,000).

Seven News was #1 at 994,000 / 939,000. The Chase was 530,000 / 309,000 then Home & Away (510,000).

ABC News won its slot at 633,000. The Drum was 144,000 and The Last Leg drew 139,000.

The Project pulled 429,000 / 251,000 for 10. 10 News First was 359,000 / 239,000. Bull managed 163,000 / 145,000.

On SBS it was Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime (226,000), SBS World News (168,000 / 152,000) then Vikings (112,000). Mastermind was just 51,000.

Bluey barked up multichannels to the sound of 231,000.

Sunrise: 249,000
Today: 189,000
News Breakfast: 113,000 / 74,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 10 February 2021

Viewing numbers were still clinging to summer style last night but Home and Away was the top entertainment show at 553,000 metro viewers.

At 510,000 The Amazing Race Australia outplayed Holey Moley (469,000), 7:30 (467,000), Foreign Correspondent (368,000) and Great Continental Railways (215,000).

Later NCIS was 303,000 then The Good Doctor (284,000) and Australia Remastered (270,000).

The Australian Open averaged up to 464,000 with Ash Barty’s win over very quickly.

Nine network won Tuesday with 28.3% then Seven 27.0%, 10 20.3%, ABC 15.2% and SBS 9.2%.

Nine News was best for Nine at 870,000 / 866,000.

Seven News was #1 at 963,000 / 930,000. The Chase drew 503,000 / 301,000.

The Project pulled 442,000 / 261,000 for 10. 10 News First was 317,000 / 209,000. NCIS: LA was 198,000.

ABC News won its slot on 637,000. The Drum was 147,000 and Our Dementia Choir was 131,000.

On SBS it was 24 Hours in Emergency (183,000), SBS World News (148,000 / 132,000) and Cat Tales (103,000). Mastermind was 69,000.

NCIS also led multichannels at 182,000.

Sunrise: 256,000
Today: 198,000
News Breakfast: 113,000 / 69,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 9 February 2021

Network 10 is declining to comment on a decision to pull a Project interview from its 10Play platform in which Waleed Aly spoke with former Collingwood player Heritier Lumumba.

Lumumba was interviewed by Waleed Aly in 2017 in which he discussed his experiences at Collingwood, alleging club racism including that he was called “chimp” by players.

In the interview Aly asked why other Collingwood players could not verify the name-calling, later prompting Peter Helliar to question why more teammates had not publicly supported Lumumba’s claims.

Lumumba’s complaint led to an independent report which found Collingwood guilty of “systemic racism” which had resulted in “profound and enduring harm” to First Nations and African players. Yesterday Collingwood president Eddie McGuire resigned from the club after 23 years, calling time ahead of schedule after headlines and ferocious social media following a fumbled press conference last week.

But while Helliar has since apologised for his comments and vowing to “do better,” Waleed Aly is yet to address the interview on The Project. Last night the show reported on McGuire falling on his sword, which would have been opportune to address the matter.

Instead the original video has been quietly sunk (it’s already rife through social media).

It’s not a great vote of confidence by management for either The Project or Aly.

Meanwhile The Project trades on having frank conversations with its audience, and it really needs to do that now.

How has the late start impacted on the Australian Open audiences?

Night 1 of play -now out of school holidays- averaged 486,000 metro viewers for Nine, down on 2020’s first night of 634,000.

The Amazing Race Australia won its slot at 558,000 viewers then 7:30 (533,000), Holey Moley (528,000) and Australian Story (443,000).

Later Four Corners drew 514,000 then Media Watch (489,000), The Pacific in the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (326,000), 9-1-1 (325,000) and Hughesy We Have a Problem (264,000).

Seven network won Monday with 28.7% then Nine 26.2%, 10 19.9%, ABC 18.2% and SBS 7.1%.

Seven News was #1 at 1.05m / 1.04m viewers with Home & Away as the top entertainment show on 587,000. The Chase drew 536,000 / 420,000 and The Rookie was 189,000. Earlier the Super Bowl attracted 279,000 rising to 319,000 for the Half Time Show.

Nine News was best for Nine at 879,000 / 846,000.

The Project pulled 522,000 / 296,000 for 10. 10 News First was 371,000 / 249,000 with a repeat of The Graham Norton Show at just 129,000.

ABC News won its slot with 719,000. The Drum was 151,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (177,000 / 154,000), The Architecture The Railways Built (166,000), 24 Hours In Emergency (154,000), and The Story Of The Songs (73,000). Mastermind drew 60,000.

Bluey led multichannels at 200,000.

Sunrise: 264,000
Today: 203,000
News Breakfast: 113,000 / 76,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 8 February 2021

EXCLUSIVE: 10 kicked off 2021 early with I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here filmed in Australia and drawing its highest commercial share ever. Head of Programming Daniel Monaghan is keen to acknowledge its success as a taste of what’s to come.

“We were obviously very happy with the performance for I’m a Celebrity. It gives us such a great springboard into the year -we are the home of summer entertainment. IAC did such a phenomenal job this year with an incredible cast, again, under difficult circumstances with the pre-record and the location being in Australia rather than in South Africa,” he explains.

“To come out with our highest commercial shares ever for the series, is something that we are so happy to crow about, and such a strong finale. I applaud ITV and our internal executive production team pulling that together and the casting team.”

Will the show remain in Australia or return to Africa?

“That site in northern New South Wales is used by other countries, so it is more of a logistical question, versus what would we want to do? We want to make the best show possible, at the time we want. The Live element does give us an added bonus. We will go where we think we can get the best show, at the best time. As the world grapples with vaccinations and COVID, we will continue to find the best spot for it.

“But I won’t say that we won’t be in Australia next year.”

Having safely filmed locally, The Amazing Race Australia is now screening three nights a week.

“Eureka have done an exceptional job under extraordinary circumstances, as everyone has encountered. We are thrilled with the series with Beau, happy that we were able to get it away and showcase the country. It’s been such a difficult six months of the year for production. Eureka found the perfect window and made the perfect COVID safe series.”

On Monday Hughesy We Have a Problem returns, this year with regulars Becky Lucas and Nazeem Hussain. Episode one even features problem-solving for Tiger King‘s Carole Baskin plus actor Gary Busey.

“You’ll find the show this year being filmed a lot closer to telecast”

“I think we you’ll find the show this year being filmed a lot closer to telecast, so it will be slightly more current for all the problems,” he continues.

“We really wanted to evolve it this year to be current, given the news of the world. You don’t want things to feel out of date, even if they’re filmed six weeks in advance. So these ones will feel very, very fresh.”

New game show The Cube sees the return of Andy Lee, and is based on a rebooted UK format. It will screen on Wednesdays from February 24.

“We’re very excited to have Andy Lee back on the network after as a host after so many years elsewhere.

“$250,000 on offer every single episode”

“The skills and the games of appear to be very simple. But they are put under the pressure of $250,000 on offer every single episode -twice actually, if there’s more than two sets of contestants,” says Monaghan.

“It had a very successful reboot and when ITV brought it to us, Andy was so excited to host it as a superfan of the show. How could we say no?”

New Bondi Rescue and Territory Cops screen on Thursdays along with national favourite, Gogglebox. The Living Room is in repeats on Fridays with new episodes expected after Easter.

MasterChef Australia returns for its 13th season in Q2 with celebrated new judges Melissa Leong, Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen. Masterclasses are also coming on Thursday nights.

“After the success of MasterChef last year with Back to Win, we were really buoyed by how well people responded to our three wonderful new judges. They are well into production and knocking people out.

“We put our first promo to air the other night, with mostly retro-vision.”

Q2 also signals the return of another favourite and ratings roadblock, Have You Been Paying Attention? Monaghan isn’t sure if the show can return with a full studio but cautiously speaks on behalf of producers, Working Dog (conceding he may cop a serve for doing so….).

“What they achieved with five people on Zoom and Tom in the studio was pretty incredible”

“They want to be back in studio, that’s where they feel most comfortable. If they can, they will. But they won’t do it if it’s putting people at risk. They also thrive off a studio audience, so they will want one, as we do, just for the energy of the comedians in the room. That being said, what they achieved with five people on Zoom and Tom in the studio was pretty incredible when you look at what some of the Americans and the Brits did with their nightly shows.”

How to Stay Married will screen Tuesdays in Q2 with Peter Helliar and Lisa McCune while a new season of Five Bedrooms is set for Wednesdays and picks up from the house sale ending S1.

“They do find a new house – spoiler alert- but the finding of the house is less of a storyline given how much they covered it in Series One. series. It’s more about the progression of the individual relationships moving forward, rather than retreading the same old ground,” he observes.

“I actually think the second series is a step up”

“I actually think the second series is a step up. Having seen the whole thing, it’s such a nice, warm and very funny show. I can’t wait for people to see it.”

Australian / British co-production With Intent starring Brett Tucker, Charlie Brookes and Phoebe Roberts is about to finish filming after border delays and is due later this year.

Q3 sees the return of The Masked Singer which heads back to Sydney for production.

“Jackie’s here, Hughesy’s here now because of his radio. Dannii’s family is in Melbourne, but she is obviously LA based and Urzila is in New Zealand.”

Does that meant Urzila is back on the panel and not Lindsay Lohan? Monaghan is more guarded on those specifics…

“We loved having Lindsay….  we loved having Urzila”

“We loved having Lindsay. We couldn’t have her for Series 2 so we loved having Urzila. So it’s a wealth of people!”

Matchbox Pictures and Eureka Productions are behind new reality contest Making It, based on a format from Amy Poehler & Nick Offerman. But whatever you do, don’t call it crafting….

“I don’t like the word, ‘craft.’ It’s a show about making. It’s art, it’s woodwork, it’s making things. There is definitely craft but it’s bigger than that,” Monaghan insists.

“Making It is going into production in March in Sydney. We have found our hosts, and our designers / judges are in the process of being locked.

“They are an exceptional bunch of makers”

“I have seen the cast…. it’ll be a really vibrant and big set with a diverse cast of makers, both in who they are and also what they create.

“You may be good with woodwork, crafts, arts, you may be a good felter – I only say that because I think it’s the funniest one. I don’t know that we have a felter!”

This will be a short run series, screening “a couple of nights per week.”

The Bachelor this year promises its “most eligible bachelor” ever -a term that is deliberately ambiguous.

“I think we’ll deliver on that. It’s open to interpretation, which is why it’s such a good phrase! Maybe you can be more desirable, for whatever reason….” he teases.

“We’re really happy with who has signed onto The Bachelor”

“We’re really happy with who has signed onto The Bachelor. Australia will be very happy with our gentleman.”

A name is not expected until filming begins, to keep the single ladies in the dark. But will Australia know this single bloke?

“Not yet. But you will, and I think he’s a fantastic get for the franchise.”

The Bachelorette returns but is yet to be cast, while Bachelor in Paradise is out this year.

Also new in 2021 is a local version of The Doghouse to be produced in-house. Based on the UK series it centres around match-making lost dogs with new owners.

“There were so many dogs adopted and bought during lockdown across the country that it feels like the right time for people to see this. It’s so sweet and gentle, very much a Gogglebox style show where dogs are matched with their new owners.”

Fans are hungry for more Australian Survivor which will screen in Q4. Monaghan is tight-lipped on a location, but an on-shore production seems a certainty.

“I think it’s reasonable to expect that it might be difficult this season to get to Fiji,” he hints.

“We have a location”

“We are in pre-production at the moment and we have a location. You could guess where it would be, but we will announce that in due course. It will be a standard series in terms of the same stripped format. We have the theme picked. It was cast before it got shut down last time… whether or not that entire cast returns (is unconfirmed).”

Previously-announced Body Hack is out for 2021 but Todd Sampson will return with an alternative series.

“It’s not similar to Body Hack, but it’s Todd Sampson.”

Kinne Tonight and Drunk History Australia are out for 2021 but could return at another stage. Axed are Playing for Keeps, Trial by Kyle, Celebrity Name Game, One Born Every Minute Australia, Scope and from July, long running Totally Wild.

There will also be a major new show for Q4 to replace Junior MasterChef.

“Junior MasterChef was a one-off for the pandemic. I don’t think that will say we’ll never do Junior again, but it’s not slated for this year. We will have something else at the back end where Junior was sitting -TBC in terms of announcements.”

The First Inventors presented by Rob Collins will screen in conjunction with NITV, and Ambulance Australia is expected in Q4.

“We’re happy with the way Sarah & Tristan are settling in”

New-look Studio 10 also gets the network tick.

“We’re happy with the way Sarah & Tristan are settling in. There was a fair bit of change so we’re just happy to have them bed in and work together. I think we’re seeing improvements in terms of the numbers so I’m really happy with the chemistry and the show as a whole.”

Finally 10 is also sticking with its extended 10 News First followed by The Project -will the latter ever return to a studio audience?

“It’s gone on so long, that if they put the audience back in, they’d have to adjust having it back! I don’t know. I won’t say it won’t happen but they have done a superb job without an audience that you could argue the case either way!”

The Project‘s Peter Helliar has apologised to former AFL player Heritier Lumumba after his comments from 2017 resurfaced on social media.

Lumumba was interviewed by Waleed Aly in 2017 in which he discussed his experiences at Collingwood, alleging club racism including that he was called “chimp” by players.

In the interview Aly asked why other Collingwood players could not verify the name-calling, later prompting Helliar to question why more teammates had not publicly supported Lumumba’s claims.

“It would be really helpful if we heard more detail, specifically with the nickname,” Helliar said.

“We can’t find anyone who would speak to us who knew of that nickname over a playing career of 10 years.

“Even if you have to name names, take us into your experience. Paint the picture so we understand it more. Because if you don’t do that, then it just sounds like you’re smearing an entire club.”

On Monday a damning independent report found Collingwood guilty of “systemic racism” which had resulted in “profound and enduring harm” to First Nations and African players. The club’s response had been “at best ineffective or at worst exacerbated the impact of the racist incidents”.

Helliar has now apologised for his comments.

“I urge all fans & members to demand better from @CollingwoodFC,” he tweeted.

“This report is heartbreaking. To @iamlumumba I am truly, unequivocally sorry. I should have believed you. I will do better.”

Lumumba has also revealed in a lengthy thread The Project invited him back on the show to discuss the review, but he declined.

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has also now apologised for saying in a Monday press conference it was a “day of pride” in acknowledging the damning report.

McGuire has since backflipped on his stance, admitting he “got it wrong”.

“I’m sorry that my error was a distraction from the importance of the findings on racism and the work that lies ahead,” he said.

Source: Yahoo

Former Home and Away star Mat Stevenson, and his transgender daughter, Grace Hyland share their inspiring story, plus why early support is imperative in order to prevent trans-adolescent suicide, and save lives. pic.twitter.com/DoKJNl8ZkF

— The Project (@theprojecttv) January 17, 2021

Former Home & Away star Mat Stevenson and transgender daughter Grace give an insightful and honest interview to The Project‘s Lisa Wilkinson.

2020 was a big year in news, and for shows with opinion, from Breakfast TV to The Project to Q&A, an often-polarising one.

Sunrise has won another year in the ratings, albeit in the context of a lift from Today and News Breakfast. Yet in an age of social media and clickbait stories, it has also seen presenters in the headlines for comments made during a 3.5hr live broadcast during a pandemic.

Craig McPherson, Seven’s Director of News & Current Affairs, is rightly pleased with the network news performance, but acknowledges new landscape.

“The beauty of the Sunrise ensemble is they’ve got firm opinions, they’re balanced in their presentation of them. It is very easy for people to pick a side -and when I say people, I’m meaning the people who like to comment on people who are on air- and for whatever reason, get all caught up in their opinion clashing with that of the person on television. That creates its own thing in the great social media domain where suddenly people have got a purpose for the day, attacking somebody that they don’t agree with,” he tells TV Tonight.

“It’s become part of what we experience. It’s never really got too out of hand for us, I don’t believe.

“Sam has her beliefs. David Koch has his beliefs”

“Sam has her beliefs. David Koch has his beliefs in certain areas. They don’t always agree but that makes for a healthy debate. We don’t like enforcing and lecturing our audience to any particular way on things but in a year that was very polarising …it’s understandable (when something said) can suddenly become a bit of an inferno out there.”

Adding a presenter’s name to an online story will add to traffic.

“Those who front those shows have, dare I say, big targets on their head and it gets way out of control at times.. just unbelievably out of control. Journos know if they chuck Sam Armytage, David Koch, they have their instant monitors and a scoreboard.

“‘There’s a photo here from three weeks ago, let’s regurgitate that and wrap this in, add that..’ and they get very clever with it all.”

“Everyone’s back next year, no changes flagged there”

He also confirms the team will return in 2021 after winning nationally and in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth.

“It’s had a tremendous year, very difficult with the hours they all put in and do and, and the product they’re able to consistently achieve. It’s a tribute to all those who work on and there’s a great team that work on it, both in front and -as importantly- behind the camera.

“Everyone’s back next year, no changes flagged there.”

Seven also won the 6pm news battle, which has been the star performer in Seven’s schedule. Seven News won nationally as well as in Adelaide & Perth.

“In a very tumultuous year for everyone was a great effort by all the teams”

“It’s a very pleasing result. We started the year in a very good spot and we finished pretty much how we started, which in a very tumultuous year for everyone was a great effort by all the teams.

“We won Adelaide and Perth. We were about 50,000 behind on the East Coast, which considering three or four years ago, we were 180,000 behind on the East Coast. So we’ve sort of maintained pretty much the 2019 difference.”

Seven plans to address the Brisbane battle with some tweaks to its Gold Coast bulletin content.

“The Gold Coast is the biggest viewing region in Queensland, where we had had a good couple of years. This year, we didn’t go as well as we did last year. So we’ve got some plans to attend to that. Essentially if you can win the Gold Coast, you win the Brisbane market.”

As he looks back on 2020, McPherson is most proud of how his news teams responded to the need for extra news due largely to bushfires and the pandemic. Unlike Nine’s current affairs brands, Seven produced under the broader Seven News brand, in many cases, were bulletins did not exist in the schedule.

“We did quite a few 7:00 programs when Coronavirus was first starting and the whole world, particularly Australia, had no clue where we were going. There were a hell of a lot of press conferences being called at any given hour from the Prime Minister’s department through to health officials. There was an obvious viewer thirst for that,” he continues.

“People worked extraordinary hours doing programming that just wasn’t factored in”

“The teams in all the markets all jumped in and worked extraordinary hours to push through. But we all did it willingly and it was very successful. There was next to no pushback from any individual. People worked extraordinary hours doing programming that just wasn’t factored in. We didn’t have an ACA, we didn’t have a 60 Minutes, we didn’t have an alternate brand to go to. So we created it from what we had, which was commendable to all the teams.”

Craig McPherson

Spotlight news specials, produced by Mark Llewellyn, emerged as flexible in subject as well as timeslots, but McPherson is optimistic about something more regular in early 2021.

“Spotlight will be first quarter, we hope to get a regular run”

“Spotlight will be first quarter, we hope to get a regular run for a period of time and that’s something that Angus (Ross, Director of Programming) and I are regularly discussing.

“Sunrise, The Latest are back again and we’re going to do more with our cross pollination with the digital. Spotlight‘s going to have some involvement in that as well. In terms of some breakout stuff, we’ll see more in a digital episodic, it doesn’t always have to sort of cut the mustard to make a broadcast number.

“I can’t underestimate the success seven news.com.au has had. The team there do an extraordinary job, to now be the number three commercial news website. It’s a photo finish between the first three -in 12 months it’s extraordinary. Number one for women and men 35 and under. It’s a really tailored, structured strategic site that targets demographics that aren’t totally aligned with the broadcasters. So it’s an interesting dynamic occurring at the moment, which is good for us moving forward.”

The Block Auction helped Nine to clinch the final week of the 2020 ratings year.

Nine saved the best til last with The Winner Announced on a whopping 1.79m viewers, being the highest rated non-sport audience of the year.

But the rest of the week went Seven’s way with SAS Australia wrapping after a strong first season.

While 10 talks about 50 weeks of scheduling it struggled outside of HYBPA? but the context of production shutdown when Amazing Race Australia might have been screening is important.

Network:
Nine: 28.3
Seven: 27.8
ABC: 18.3
10: 17.0
SBS: 8.6

Primary channel:
Nine: 18.9
Seven: 18.2
ABC: 13.1
10: 9.6
SBS: 5.0

Multichannels:
10 BOLD: 4.0
7mate: 3.8
7TWO: 3.7
9GEM / 9GO! / 10 Peach / ABC Kids Comedy: 2.9
9Life: 2.2
7flix: 2.1
ABC News: 1.8
9 RUSH / SBS VICELAND: 1.3
SBS World Movies: 1.1
SBS Food: 1.0
ABC ME: 0.6
10 Shake: 0.5
NITV: 0.2

Nine won 16-39 and 25-543 demos.

Seven led on every night except Sunday which fell to Nine. ABC bettered 10 on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, both tied for Tuesday.

Best brands last week were:

Nine: The Block (Winner announced: 1.79m), Nine News (Sun: 979,000), 60 Minutes (658,000) and A Current Affair (586,000).

Seven: Seven News (Sun: 925,000), SAS Australia (Finale: 737,000), Beat the Chasers (583,000) and Home & Away (543,000).

ABC: Gruen (672,000), Hard Quiz (671,000), Australian Story (648,000) and ABC News (645,000).

10: Have You Been Paying Attention? (665,000), The Project (7pm: 410,000), The Living Room (305,000) and Jamie’s Easy Meals for Every Day (299,000).

SBS: Great British Railway Journeys (214,000), Pompeii: After the Eruption (203,000), Secrets of our Cities (200,000), Addicted Australia (178,000).

2021 ratings survey commences on February 7.

Infograph supplied by Nine:

With OzTAM survey year wrapping tomorrow, today marks the last regular ratings wrap for the year (as always TVT will still file on ‘newsy’ results).

And Thursday was a sign of the quiet summer season…

Home & Away‘s penultimate outing in 2020 was best in entertainment at 501,000 viewers.

7:30 won its slot at 516,000 then Paramedics (350,000), Scottish Vets Down Under (326,000), Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day (289,000) and Secrets Of Britain (149,000).

Later Kings Cross ER drew 302,000 / 261,000 then Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip (306,000), The Front Bar (274,000), Law & Order: S.V.U (215,000 / 173,000) and Empire With Michael Portillo  (145,000).

Seven network won Thursday with 29.6% then Nine 26.7%, ABC 17.9%, 10 17.8% and SBS 8.9%.

Seven News was #1 and topped the demos with 884,000 / 867,000 for Seven. The Chase drew 422,000 / 260,000 and The Latest was 220,000.

Nine News (748,000 / 743,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot at 565,000. Hot Seat (404,000 / 240,000) and Chicago Med followed at 155,000.

ABC News drew 627,000 for ABC. Death in Paradise (180,000) and The Drum (151,000) followed.

The Project pulled 403,000 / 229,000 for 10. 10 News First managed just 294,000 / 167,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (126,000), Fargo (60,000) and Mastermind (56,000).

Bluey capped off multichannels again at 218,000.

The Morning Show:  111,000 / 65,000
Today Extra: 99,000 / 35,000
Studio 10: 36,000 / 34,000 / 22,000

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 26 November 2020

At 2+ hours the ARIA Awards rarely draws a big crowd but last night’s 287,000 was well down on 2019’s 417,000.

Hard Quiz led its slot at 670,000 then 7:30 (631,000), Highway Patrol (461,000), Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day (311,000 / 262,000) and the ARIA Awards (287,000).

Gruen was the top entertainment show at 678,000. Reputation Rehab (381,000), Britain’s Got Talent wrapped at 244,000 then Bull (191,000 / 147,000) and The Great Train Robbery (144,000).

There was a hefty win by Sunrise over the competition, at 288,000 it even pipped the ARIAs audience in primetime.

Seven network won Wednesday with 28.8% then Nine 25.1%, ABC 20.5%, 10 17.3% and SBS 8.3%.

Seven News was #1 at 904,000 / 873,000 for Seven. Home & Away (550,000) and The Chase (474,000 / 310,000) followed.

Nine News (818,000 / 793,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot at 629,000 then Hot Seat (422,000 / 260,000). A replay of Queen + The Adam Lambert Story managed 166,000.

ABC News was 603,000. Adam Hills: The Last Leg (206,000) and The Drum (139,000) followed.

The Project pulled 415,000 / 267,000 for 10. 10 News First was 292,000 / 193,000.

On SBS it was Building Britain’s Canals (175,000), SBS World News (150,000), Untold Australia (86,000) and Mastermind (71,000).

NCIS topped multichannels at 177,000.

Sunrise: 288,000
Today: 198,000
News Breakfast: 125,000 / 70,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 25 November 2020

Last night Seven capped off a promising first season by SAS Australia. Meanwhile 10’s lack of a lead-in undermined a fast-tracked new season of NCIS.

SAS Australia topped entertainment & the demos at 737,000 viewers.

That bettered 7:30 (610,000), Outback Ringer (382,000), RBT (361,000), Ambulance Australia (270,000) and Great British Railway Journeys (215,000).

Later Australian Crime Stories was 344,000 then Wayne (333,000), NCIS (280,000 / 234,000), SAS: UK (250,000) and Addicted Australia (180,000).

Seven network won Tuesday with 28.5% then Nine 26.3%, ABC & 10 tied on 18.0% with SBS at 9.2%.

Seven News was #1 at 967,000 / 956,000 for Seven. Home & Away was 592,000 and The Chase (479,000 / 290,000). The World’s Most Shocking Emergency Calls was 109,000.

Nine News was best for Nine at 837,000 / 822,000. A Current Affair was 635,000 then Hot Seat (441,000 / 269,000) and Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (174,000).

ABC News won its slot at 725,000. The Drum (162,000), and Searching for Superhuman (97,000) followed.

The Project pulled 441,000 / 258,000 for 10. 10 News First was 287,000 / 174,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (157,000), Where Are You Really From? (84,000), Mastermind (75,000) and The Feed (41,000).

However an NCIS repeat did top the multichannels at 196,000.

Sunrise: 256,000
Today: 226,000
News Breakfast: 125,000 / 68,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 24 November 2020

The penultimate SAS Australia, in which Erin McNaught was punishingly hounded out of the course, was the top entertainment drawcard last night at 728,000 viewers.

It pipped 7:30 (700,000) then Australian Story (646,000), Gold Coast Cops (420,000 / 355,000), and Bondi Rescue (283,000 / 233,000) and Great House Revival (175,000).

Later Have You Been Paying Attention? wrapped its year on 661,000 and topped the demos then Media Watch (379,000),  The Rookie (346,000 / 270,000), In The Face Of Terror (334,000) and Movie: Spectre (281,000).

Elsewhere Sunrise was well ahead of the competition.

Seven network won Monday with 27.8% then Nine 25.6%, 10 20.3%, ABC 18.1% and SBS 8.2%.

Seven News was #1 at 995,000 / 975,000 for Seven. Home & Away was 611,000 then The Chase (532,000 / 329,000).

Nine News (935,000 / 869,000) led for Nine. A Current Affair (682,000), Hot Seat (463,000 / 309,000) followed.

The Project drew 474,000 / 278,000 for 10. Just For Laughs (374,000) and 10 News First (325,000 / 206,000) followed.

ABC News won its slot at 700,000. Q&A was 238,000 and The Drum was 164,000.

On SBS it was  SBS World News (162,000), 24 Hours In Emergency (149,000), Life and Birth (98,000) and Mastermind (75,000).

Bluey was best on multis at 187,000.

Sunrise: 284,000
Today: 216,000
News Breakfast: 136,000 / 66,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 23 November 2020

Bluey drew stunning figures last week -especially in Timeshifted viewing.

An episode that screened on Monday November 9th drew 232,00 Overnight viewers …but a massive 845,000 in 7 day Timeshifted -bringing the episode’s total to 1.08m viewers last week. The figure is believed to be a new record in 7 day Timeshifting.

State of Origin III, which topped the penultimate ratings week of 2020, set its own record in Live BVOD viewing. Together with The Block, Nine took yet another week.

Network:
Nine: 30.5
Seven: 26.2
ABC: 18.3
10: 16.5
SBS: 8.5

Primary channel:
Nine: 22.1
Seven: 18.1
ABC: 12.7
10: 9.4
SBS: 4.9

Multichannels:
10 BOLD: 3.7
7TWO: 3.3
ABC KIDS Comedy: 3.0
10 Peach: 2.8
9GO: 2.7
7mate: 2.6
9GEM: 2.5
ABC News: 2.2
7flix / 9Life: 2.1
SBS VICELAND: 1.5
9RUSH: 1.2
SBS World Movies: 1.1
SBS Food: 0.9
10 Shake / ABC ME: 0.5
NITV: 0.1

Nine led the demos 16-39 and 25-54.

Nine won Sunday, Wednesday & Saturday. Seven led on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Both tied for Thursday. ABC bettered 10 every night except Monday.

Nine claimed victory in 4 cities, but Perth did not waver from its loyalty to Seven.

Best brands last week were:

Nine: State of Origin III (1.88m), The Block (Room Winner: 1.07m), Nine News (Sun: 948,000) and A Current Affair (623,000).

Seven: Seven News (947,000),  SAS Australia (Mon: 677,000), Beat the Chasers (630,000) and Home & Away (541,000).

ABC: ABC News (679,000), Australian Story (599,000), Gruen (586,000) and Hard Quiz (584,000).

10: Have You Been Paying Attention? (618,000), Barack Obama: The Interview (471,000), The Project (7pm: 423,000) and The Living Room (384,000).

SBS: Great British Railway Journeys (230,000), Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain (215,000), Scanning the Nile (210,000) and The Great Fire of London (201,000).

This is the last week of 2020 ratings.

Infograph: supplied by Nine.

That was a dead quiet Thursday of TV programming and the numbers rightly reflect it.

An extended Home & Away was the top entertainment show at 517,000 viewers.

7:30 was 509,000 then Paramedics (400,000), Scottish Vets Down Under (328,000), Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food (271,000 / 234,000) and The Great Fire Of London (201,000).

Later Kings Cross ER was 345,000 / 298,000 then Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip (285,000), Britain’s Got Talent (224,000), Empire With Michael Portillo (215,000) and Law & Order: SVU (164,000 / 118,000).

Seven and Nine networks tied on Thursday at 27.6% then ABC 18.6%, 10 16.8% and SBS 9.3%.

Seven News was #1 at 950,000 / 909,000 for Seven. The Chase drew 418,000 / 268,000 in 4 cities.

Nine News (861,000 / 844,000) for Nine then A Current Affair (567,000) and Hot Seat (438,000 / 267,000). Chicago Med was 174,000.

ABC News won its slot at 680,000. Death In Paradise (188,000) and The Drum (186,000) followed.

The Project pulled 401,000 / 244,000 for 10. 10 News First was 279,000 / 177,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (149,000), Fargo (65,000) and Mastermind (61,000).

Bluey topped multis as usual at 219,000.

The Morning Show: 134,000 / 89,000
Today Extra: 119,000 / 62,000
Studio 10:

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 19 November 2020

Queensland Maroons won the decider State of Origin III match over NSW Blues, drawing 1.88m viewers, the highest of the three 2020 games.

In Sydney there was a huge audience of 769,000 followed by Brissy at 609,000. The figures are down on 2019’s Game III of 2.00m -but given the COVID context not by a lot.

ABC was the only serious alternative last night.

Origin was also more than triple the competition of Hard Quiz (586,000), 7:30 (571,000), Inside the Queen Mary (290,000) and Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food (267,000 / 212,000).

Later Gruen drew 591,000 then Reputation Rehab (328,000), Britain’s Got Talent (185,000), By Royal Appointment: Serving The Queen (161,000) and Bull (141,000).

Nine network easily won Wednesday with 44.2% then Seven 19.5%, ABC 17.1%, 10 12.1% and SBS 7.1%.

Nine News was 782,000 / 770,000 for Nine. In 4 cities Hot Seat was 341,000 / 226,000.

Seven News (1.00m / 992,000) was best for Seven. Home & Away was 543,000 and The Chase 524,000 / 330,000.

ABC News pulled 686,000 for ABC. Planet America wrapped its season at 324,000 with The Drum on 162,000.

The Project pulled 408,000 / 261,000 for 10. 10 News First (342,000 / 218,000). But The Masked Singer USA was a humiliating 74,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (162,000), Building Britain’s Canals (157,000), Strictly Jewish (130,000) and Mastermind (81,000).

Bluey led multis at 201,000.

Sunrise: 254,000
Today: 205,000
News Breakfast: 123,000 / 81,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 18 November 2020

Seven again led the ratings on Tuesday but it was a punishing night for 10, with every show outranked by Bluey and 7:30 and 8:30 shows beaten by SBS.

SAS Australia led in entertainment at 668,000 and topped the demos.

That was ahead of 7:30 (609,000), RBT (440,000), Outback Ringer (364,000), Great British Railway Journeys (227,000) and Ambulance Australia (194,000)

Later Capturing Cricket: Steve Waugh in India (383,000), Australian Crime Stories (359,000), movie: The Rock (317,000), Addicted Australia (180,000) and NCIS: Los Angeles (121,000).

Seven network won Tuesday with 30.8% then Nine 26.0%, ABC 18.1%, 10 15.4% and SBS 9.7%.

Seven News (969,000 / 949,000) was #1 for Seven. Home & Away drew 580,000 then The Chase (516,000 / 313,000).

Nine News was best for Nine at 914,000 / 908,000. A Current Affair won its slot at 719,000 then Hot Seat (447,000 / 285,000). For Life drew 174,000.

ABC News (718,000) led for ABC. The Drum (176,000) and Searching for Superhuman (154,000) followed.

The Project drew 438,000 / 293,000 for 10. 10 News First was 325,000 / 210,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (160,000), Dateline (145,000), Mastermind (73,000) and The Feed (57,000).

Bluey was huge at 459,000 on ABC KIDS.

Sunrise: 263,000
Today: 213,000
News Breakfast: 131,000 / 72,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 17 November 2020

Without a certain renovation show around Seven managed a win last night with SAS Australia topping entertainment at 676,000 viewers -that was up on last Monday’s 584,000.

That was ahead of 7:30 (610,000), Australian Story (601,000), Barack Obama: The Interview (470,000) and Gold Coast Cops (416,000 / 400,000) rerun on Nine.

Have You Been Paying Attention? led its slot at 617,000 and topped the older demos then Media Watch (455,000), In the Face of Terror (389,000), The Rookie (329,000 /260,000) and movie: Skyfall (265,000).

Seven network won Monday with 27.7% then Nine 25.5%, 10 20.2%, ABC 19.2% and SBS 7.3%.

Seven News was #1 at 959,000 / 931,000 for Seven.  Home & Away was 566,000 then The Chase (487,000 / 301,000).

Nine News was best for Nine at  899,000 / 735,000. A Current Affair drew 666,000 then Hot Seat (449,000 / 284,000).

ABC News won its slot at 735,000 for ABC. Q&A (307,000) and The Drum (194,000) followed.

The Project pulled 480,000 / 289,000 for 10. 10 News First (336,000 / 234,000) and Just for Laughs Australia (273,000) followed.

On SBS it was Great House Revival (153,000), SBS World News (151,000), Life and Birth (103,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (92,000) and Mastermind (71,000).

Bluey topped multichannels at 226,000.

Sunrise: 259,000
Today: 208,000
News Breakfast: 124,000 / 77,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 16 November 2020

10 has yanked a repeat of Bondi Rescue on Monday for a 60 Minutes US interview with former US President Barack Obama (who actually has a production deal with Netflix, but anyway…).

This will be packaged into a half-hour Project special. Bondi Rescue will still roll at 8.

In this not-to-be missed interview, former US President Barack Obama sits down with reporter Scott Pelley in what will be his first television interview since Joe Biden, his Vice President and close friend, became the 46th President of the USA.

Speaking candidly, Obama shares his concerns that President Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud may be putting American democracy at risk.

Conducted in Washington, D.C., the interview will also focus on the upcoming release of Obama’s new book, A Promised Land, which is one of the year’s most anticipated books.

Released in Australia this Wednesday, A Promised Land is the first book of an expected two volumes, which will detail Mr. Obama’s first forays into political office, his 2008 election and end with the death of Osama Bin Laden in 2011.

7:30pm Monday on 10.

Get ready for summer…. it was another very quiet Thursday, with The Block as the only serious entertainment show after 7:30.

In some cases Bluey‘s 331,000 drew better figures than primetime offerings.

The Block easily led its slot and the demos at 748,000.

That was ahead of 7:30 (601,000), Scottish Vets Down Under (373,000), Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food (267,000 / 242,000) and The Great Fire of London (174,000).

Paramedics (399,000), Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure (359,000), Law & Order: SVU (205,000), Britain’s Got Talent (215,000) and Insight just 60,000.

Nine network won Thursday with 29.9% then Seven 27.9%, ABC 18.4%, 10 16.3% and SBS 7.4%.

Nine News (832,000 / 820,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair was 642,000 then Hot Seat (436,000 / 281,000) and Chicago Med (178,000).

Seven News was #1 at 943,000 / 930,000 for Seven then an extended Home & Away (498,000) and The Chase (454,000 / 275,000).

ABC News won its slot at 681,000. Death in Paradise (210,000) and The Drum (179,000) followed.

The Project pulled 416,000 / 281,000 on 10. 10 News First was 304,000 / 181,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (162,000), Mastermind (73,000) and Fargo just 42,000.

The Morning Show: 126,000 / 75,000
Today Extra: 113,000 / 74,000
Studio 10: 37,000 / 33,000

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 12 November 2020

State of Origin is set for a thrilling decider after the NSW Blues downed the Qld Maroons last night.

Game II was #1 for the night at 1.65m viewers, up slightly on Game I at 1.6m.

There were 739,000 viewers in Sydney followed by 561,000 in Brisbane.

But the audience was again down on 2019’s Game II of 1.96m viewers, in the context of 2020’s curveball year.

ABC was the only network to offer any serious alternative last night.

7:30 drew 643,000 then Hard Quiz (610,000), Jamie’s Quick & Easy Foods (272,000 / 228,000), My Houseful Of Animals (236,000) and Walking Britain’s Roman Roads (180,000).

Gruen led in entertainment at 627,000. Elsewhere were Reputation Rehab (397,000), Britain’s Got Talent (186,000), The Masked Singer USA and The Royals And The Tabloids (both on just 125,000).

Nine network easily won Wednesday with 40.9% then Seven 21.0%, ABC 18.4%, 10 13.2% and SBS 6.5%.

Nine News was 806,000 / 771,000 for Nine with Hot Seat on 396,000 / 268,000 (in 4 cities).

Seven News won its slot at 1.02m / 1.02m for Seven. Home and Away was 505,000 and The Chase drew 500,000 / 313,000.

ABC News was 686,000 for ABC. Planet America (370,000) and The Drum (171,000) followed.

The Project drew for 403,000 / 257,000 10. 10 News First pulled 311,000 / 203,000 with Bull on 135,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (164,000), Untold Australia (95,000) and Mastermind (69,000).

Bluey was high at 416,000 on ABC KIDS -making it the 4th best show in Adelaide all day, and Top 10 in Brisbane and Perth.

Sunrise: 270,000
News Breakfast: 138,000 / 83,000
Today: 215,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 11 November 2020

Nine had a comfortable win on Tuesday, leading their timeslots from 7pm, while a new SBS doco managed second in its slot.

The Block led in entertainment and topped the demos at 828,000 viewers.

That outranked 7:30 (597,000), SAS Australia (582,000), Outback Ringer (362,000), Ambulance Australia (248,000) and Great British Railway Journeys (215,000).

Later Australian Crime Stories led with 407,000 then Addicted Australia (239,000), Walkabout Wickets (179,000), movie: Pacific Rim (170,000) and NCIS: Los Angeles (148,000).

But in breakfast Sunrise was well ahead of Today, which trailed News Breakfast.

Nine network won Tuesday with 30.9% then Seven 27.0%, ABC 16.7%, 10 16.6% and SBS 8.7%.

Nine News was best for Nine at 907,000 / 883,000. A Current Affair led its slot at 715,000 then Hot Seat 479,000 / 311,000. West Gate Bridge Disaster: The Untold Stories was 229,000.

Seven News was #1 with 987,000 / 970,000 for Seven. The Chase (547,000 / 312,000) and Home & Away (540,000) followed.

ABC News drew 697,000 for ABC. The Drum was 170,000 and Searching for Superhuman was 126,000.

The Project pulled 487,000 / 293,000 for 10. 10 News First was 344,000 / 216,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (152,000), Dateline (92,000), Mastermind (68,000) and The Feed (36,000).

Bluey‘s high was 382,000 on ABC KIDS.

Sunrise: 277,000
News Breakfast: 150,000 / 78,000
Today: 208,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 10 November 2020

Monday proved to be a competitive night of television with 4 of 5 Free to Air networks drawing a healthy share, all above the 20% mark.

A profile Four Corners episode was the highest show on ABC all night.

Junior MasterChef may have been the lowest season in the franchise, but it rose to good numbers for the moment Georgia won the series.

Here’s how they stacked up…

The Block still won its early slot at 805,000 then 7:30 (713,000), Junior MasterChef (652,000 -rising to 881,000 for the winner announced), SAS Australia (584,000) and Australian Story (572,000).

Later Four Corners was high at 824,000 then Media Watch (715,000) and Have You Been Paying Attention? (620,000).

Nine network won Monday with 26.5% then Seven 23.3%, ABC 22.4%, 10 21.8% and SBS 6.0%.

Nine News (940,000 / 900,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot at 778,000 then Hot Seat (447,000 / 302,000) and movie: Quantum of Solace (319,000).

Seven News was #1 at 987,000 / 981,000 for Seven. Home & Away drew 547,000 then The Chase (505,000 / 323,000). The Rookie drew 264,000 / 237,000.

ABC News was 764,000 for ABC. Q&A was up at 488,000 with The Drum on 190,000.

The Project drew 568,000 / 350,000 for 10. 10 News First was 331,000 / 231,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (146,000), Great House Revival (122,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (116,000), Life & Birth (99,000) and Mastermind (66,000).

Bluey barked up another 374,000 on multichannels.

Sunrise: 260,000
News Breakfast: 140,000 / 81,000
Today: 209,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 9 November 2020

Former ABC reporter Daniel Doody has begun at Studio 10 today, with his first cross from Bondi Beach.

It’s a return to 10 for Doody who has had a number of roles with 10 News First and The Project, plus SKY News, 2EC and Power FM.

Sydney-based Doody will feature as a roving reporter for Studio 10, covering feel-good community stories.

It’s official. Watching paint dry drew more viewers to television than The Bachelorette finale.

A Thursday edition of The Block upstaged 10’s reality finale, drawing 739,000 and topping the older demos.

That was ahead of 7:30 (667,000) and The Bachelorette 500,000 (573,000 for the final decision, topping younger demos) easily the show’s lowest finale numbers. Scottish Vets Down Under (325,000) followed.

Later Paramedics was 354,000 then Joanna Lumley’s Silk Adventure (255,000) and Britain’s Got Talent (205,000).

Nine network won Thursday with 28.9% then Seven 25.7%, ABC 18.6%, 10 18.4% and SBS 8.4%.

Nine News (949,000 / 915,000) was best for Nine then A Current Affair (669,000) and Hot Seat 468,000 / 311,000. Chicago Med was 159,000.

Seven News was #1 at 999,000 / 973,000 for Seven then The Chase (535,000 / 330,000) and an extended Home & Away at 495,000.

ABC News won its slot at 743,000. The Drum (191,000) and Death in Paradise (189,000) followed for ABC.

The Project drew 508,000 / 312,000 for 10. Law & Order: SVU was 166,000. 10 News First did not run as usual in all cities due to racing coverage but averaged 154,000 / 135,000.

On SBS it was The Great Fire of London (195,000), Secrets of the Tower of London (191,000), SBS World News (177,000), Mastermind (77,000) and Fargo (70,000).

Bluey topped multichannels at 397,000.

The Morning Show: 146,000 / 86,000.
Studio 10: 49,000 / 34,000

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 5 November 2020

1.6m viewers watched Qld Maroons down the NSW Blues in the first State of Origin match for 2020.

727,000 viewers were watching in Sydney with 513,000 in Brisbane. The number is well down on 2019’s first game at 2.18m in this most unusual year, and is the lowest Game 1 since 2001.

It was still well in front of Hard Quiz (596,000), The Bachelorette (470,000), My Houseful of Animals (226,000) and Walking Britain’s Roman Roads (177,000).

Later Gruen drew 601,000 then Reputation Rehab (305,000).

Of the US Presidential Election live coverage ABC was highest yesterday at 384,000 (this appears to be The Drum timeslot). Seven’s best figure was 176,000 then Nine (151,000), 10 (46,000) and SBS (38,000).

ABC News channel drew a 7.8% primetime share, helping ABC to second network for Wednesday.

Nine network easily won Wednesday with 37.6% then ABC 23.6%, Seven 18.5%, 10 13.5% and SBS 6.9%.

Nine News was 772,000 / 763,000 for Nine.

ABC News drew 641,000 for ABC. A Planet America special drew a higher number on ABC News at 303,000 than it did on ABC’s primary channel (212,000).

Seven News won its slot at 1.05m / 1.05m for Seven. Home & Away was 584,000 and movie: Honour was 149,000.

The Project pulled 466,000 / 324,000 for 10. 10 News First (318,000 / 250,000), The Masked Singer USA (139,000) and Bull (69,000) followed.

On SBS it was SBS World News (153,000), The Royals And The Tabloids (128,000), Mastermind (70,000) and The Good Fight (69,000).

Bluey still topped multichannels at 414,000.

Sunrise: 264,o00
News Breakfast:  122,000 / 120,000
Today: 212,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 4 November 2020

Twilight Payment’s win at the 2020 Melbourne Cup drew 1.41m metro viewers and topped the demos.

700,000 of those were in Melbourne, followed by 321,000 in Sydney. As always this does not include those viewing in regional, COVID-safe venues or offices around the country (nor does it include Live streaming).

The numbers are up on 2019 Overnight numbers:

2020: 1.41m
2019: 1.32m
2018: 1.84m
2017: 1.8m
2016: 1.99m
2015: 2.07m
2014: 2.12m
2013: 2.17m

In primetime The Block led its slot at 816,000 then SAS Australia (654,000), 7:30 (577,000), Junior MasterChef (485,000) and Outback Ringer (357,000).

Later Brock: Over The Top led at 369,000 then The Trump Show (355,000), Trump v Biden: The Interviews (261,000), Movie: Logan (223,000) and Insight (186,000).

Nine network won Tuesday with 29.0% then Seven 27.6%, 10 18.5%, ABC 17.0% and SBS 8.0%.

Nine News drew 896,000 / 879,000 then A Current Affair (682,000) and Hot Seat (450,000 / 286,000). Who is Donald Trump? was 220,000 for Nine.

Seven News won its slot for Seven at 954,000 / 948,000 then Home & Away (535,000) and The Chase (499,000 / 284,000).

The Project pulled 553,000 / 351,000 on 10. 10 News First was 391,000 (6pm: 104,000 in 3 cities).  NCIS was 135,000.

ABC News led its slot at 751,000 for ABC. Searching For Superhuman (154,000) and The Drum (193,000) followed.

On SBS it was Great British Railway Journeys (224,000), SBS World News (172,000), Dateline (118,000), Mastermind (81,000) and The Feed (54,000).

Sunrise: 262,000
Today: 209,000
News Breakfast: 128,000 / 76,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 3 November 2020

The Project replay, which normally screens late night, will air earlier tonight in 2 cities.

Join the Project hosts Waleed Aly, Carrie Bickmore, Peter Helliar and Rachel Corbett as they bring you the latest on the United States Presidential election.

9:30pm Sydney, Melbourne rpt
11:30pm Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth rpt

Cup Eve in Melbourne may have played a factor in last night’s viewing being largely down compared to a week ago.

The Block still led in entertainment and the demos at 830,000 viewers, but down on last Monday’s room reveal of 981,000.

Next were SAS Australia (671,000), 7:30 (588,000), Australian Story (529,000) and Junior MasterChef (486,000) -the latter was the only rise on last Monday.

Later Have You Been Paying Attention? drew 642,000, Media Watch (430,000), Four Corners (374,000), Movie: Casino Royale (304,000) and The Rookie (284,000 / 250,000).

Nine network won Monday with 29.4% then Seven 26.0%, 10 19.7%, ABC 17.6% and SBS 7.3%.

Nine News (924,000 / 888,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot at 757,000 then Hot Seat (468,000 / 301,000)

Seven News was #1 at 1.00m / 1.00m for Seven. Home & Away drew 549,000 and The Chase (535,000 / 321,000).

The Project pulled 535,000 / 318,000 for 10. 10 News First was 350,000 / 318,000 and a Melbourne Cup Preview Show managed 149,000.

ABC News (704,000) led for ABC. Q&A (320,000) and The Drum (166,000) followed.

On SBS it was SBS World News (171,000), 24 Hours In Emergency (156,000), Great House Revival (134,000) and Mastermind on just 55,000.

Bluey reigned at 341,000 on multichannels.

Sunrise: 253,000
Today: 220,000
News Breakfast: 107,000 / 74,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 2 November 2020

Including this week there are 4 more survey weeks this year and with State of Origin and The Block auction up their sleeve, Nine is sitting in the box seat.

A week ago Seven and Nine were locked on 17 weeks each (plus one week tied), but at 2.1m viewers the NRL Grand Final easily lifted Nine’s scorecard to 18. The Block also led the Reality TV pack. Of course the year is won on annual share not weeks won, but Seven has its work cut out in November.

Amongst the other standouts last week was Bluey at up to 437,000 viewers, and ABC News channel pulling a 6.8% share on Saturday thanks to the Queensland election coverage.

Network:
Nine: 31.2
Seven: 25.1
ABC: 18.9
10: 16.9
SBS: 7.9

Primary channel:
Nine: 23.2
Seven: 16.8
ABC: 13.6
10: 10.7
SBS: 4.5

Multichannels:
7TWO: 3.4
10 BOLD: 3.3
7mate: 3.0
9GO!: 2.7
ABC News: 2.5
ABC KIDS Comedy / 10 Peach: 2.4
9GEM: 2.2
7flix / 9Life: 1.9
SBS VICELAND: 1.2
9RUSH: 1.1
SBS World Movies: 1.0
SBS Food: 0.9
10 Shake / ABC ME: 0.4
NITV: 0.2

Nine won the demos 16-39 and 25-54.

Nine led on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Seven claimed Tuesday, Thursday & Friday. ABC bettered Seven on Saturday and 10 on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.

Nine was victorious in Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane. Seven held Adelaide & Perth.

Best brands last week were:

Nine: NRL Grand Final (2.1m), Nine News (Sun: 1.11m), The Block (Mon: 981,000) and A Current Affair (705,000).

Seven: Seven News (Sun: 1.08m), SAS Australia (Mon: 770,000), Home & Away (515,000) and The Chase (503,000).

ABC: Gruen (784,000), ABC News (696,000), Four Corners and Hard Quiz (both 668,000).

10: Gogglebox (700,000), Have You Been Paying Attention? (612,000), The Bachelorette (Wed: 487,000) and The Project (7pm: 472,000).

SBS: Walking Britain’s Roman Roads (199,000), Insight (194,000), Australia Come Fly with Me (192,000) and Trains That Changed the World (191,000).

Infograph supplied by Nine:

Seven managed to pip Nine for a win last night after their multichannels lifted them from behind Nine in primary channel share.

The season finale of Gogglebox was the top entertainment drawcard at 700,000 viewers and topped the demos. It proved to be a most unusual year for the show as it reflected how we were living with the virus and saw some participants drop out of direct filming.

A rare Thursday edition of The Block won its slot at 679,000 then 7:30 (586,000),The Bachelorette (441,000) and Scottish Vets Down Under (359,000).

Meanwhile Paramedics was 342,000 then Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure (250,000) Britain’s Got Talent (201,000) and Secrets Of The Tower Of London (150,000).

Nine led in primary channel share but Seven network won Thursday with 27.6% then Nine 27.2%, 10 21.5%, ABC 15.8% and SBS 7.8%.

Seven News was #1 at 994,000 / 982,000. An extended Home & Away averaged 467,000 then The Chase (509,000 / 314,000). The Amazing Race returned to 127,000.

Nine News was best for Nine at 875,000 / 867,000. A Current Affair won its slot at 685,000 then Hot Seat (410,000 / 301,000). Chicago Med was 151,000.

The Project pulled 465,000 / 268,000 for 10. 10 News First (318,000 / 205,000) and Drunk History (192,000) followed.

ABC News drew 671,000 for ABC. Death in Paradise (165,000) and The Drum (154,000) followed.

On SBS it was SBS World News (147,000), Queen Victoria’s Slum (141,000), Fargo (70,000) and Mastermind (66,000).

Bluey rode high at 388,000 on multichannels.

The Morning Show: 143,000 / 88,000
Today Extra: 107,000 / 67,000
Studio 10: 51,000 / 45,000 /

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 29 October 2020

The Block managed to widen the gap over the competition last night, topping entertainment shows and the demos with 819,000 viewers.

That bettered SAS Australia (676,000), 7:30 (618,000),  Junior MasterChef (474,000) and Outback Ringer (423,000).

Later The Trump Show led with 417,000, followed by Big Weather (411,000), Ambulance Australia (317,000) and movie: The Meg (287,000).

Seven network (just) won Tuesday with 28.6% then Nine 28.1%, 10 17.5%, ABC 17.3% and SBS 8.4%.

Seven News (973,000 / 950,000) was #1 for Seven. Home and Away (570,000) and The Chase (530,000 / 331,000) followed.

Nine News (945,000 / 945,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot at 762,000 then Hot Seat 502,000 / 325,000 but Bluff City Law struggled on just 97,000.

The Project drew 496,000 / 304,000 for 10. 10 News First was 327,000 / 208,000 and NCIS (169,000) followed.

ABC News pulled 718,000. Searching for Superhuman (213,000) and The Drum (192,000) also ranked for ABC.

On SBS it was Insight (193,000), Every Family Has A Secret (188,000), SBS World News (172,000), Dateline (116,000), Mastermind (78,000) and The Feed (just 46,000).

Bluey topped multichannels with a big 383,000.

Sunrise: 250,000
Today: 220,000
News Breakfast: 142,000 / 62,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 27 October 2020.

A brand new Bluey episode knocked it out of the park yesterday.

The ABC KIDS show drew a massive 404,000 in the morning- more than RBT, Q&A, 10 News First, Sunrise, Today and anything on SBS.

A replay at 6:20pm drew yet another 292,000 viewers. New episodes continue this week leaving it unbeatable in multichannel numbers.

Meanwhile The Block was the top entertainment show at 981,000 with 975,000 for the Room Winner and best in demos.

It defeated SAS Australia (770,000), 7:30 (704,000), Australian Story (616,000) and Junior MasterChef (447,000) which was a season low.

Later Four Corners had a rare timeslot win at (686,000) then Media Watch (644,000), Have You Been Paying Attention? (612,000), RBT (365,000) and The Rookie (291,000 / 261,000).

Nine network won Monday with 29.7% then Seven 25.8%, ABC 19.4%, 10 17.8% and SBS 7.3%.

Nine News (1.02m / 990,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair (816,000) won its slot then Hot Seat (504,000 / 344,000).

Seven News was #1 with 1.08m / 1.05m for Seven. Home and Away drew 582,000 then The Chase (545,000 / 349,000).

ABC News drew 758,000. Q&A (375,000) and The Drum (185,000) followed for ABC.

The Project pulled 563,000 / 333,000 for 10. 10 News First (377,000 / 239,000) and Drunk History (213,000)

On SBS it was SBS World News (191,000), The Great House Revival (143,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (139,000) and Mastermind (72,000).

On 7mate Housos drew 189,000 and Regular Old Bogan was 99,000.

Sunrise: 241,000
Today: 203,000
News Breakfast: 127,000 / 59,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 26 October 2020

Can Reputation Rehab transform “Tennis bad boy” Nick Kyrgios?

It’s a very big brief for The Checkout‘s Kirsten Drysdale and Zoe Norton Lodge in ABC’s newest show. But in an age of public outrage, pile-ons and cancel culture it’s a valid question which is undertaken, almost Charlie’s Angels-like.

Across half an hour they dissect his image, media appearances, public perception, tantrums and press coverage, with wry humour and social observation.

First up, members of the public are quizzed on their perception of the tennis star, which vary from “A bit of a tosspot,” to “One of the best” and “His attitude stinks.”

Press conference footage suggests Kyrgios is unenthusiastic about dealing with the media, but thankfully we get to hear from the man himself in an interview filmed at his home.

Without dismissing his track record, Krygios alludes to racism in the “nice white gentleman’s sport.” Cue Dawn Fraser’s quote that players should “go back to where their parents came from” (it neglects to acknowledge her apology). And there’s a light nod to the amount of ‘swear jar’ money his bad behaviour has raised for good causes.

“Off the court I’m quite chilled and mellow,” Kyrgios insists.

“I really don’t think I’m a bad boy.”

Kyrgios also explains his love / hate relationship with the game.

“I love training, I love putting in but there are times when I hate it,” and “Losing sucks.”

Other feature interviews include sports media advisor Niav Owens, Tennis Australia’s Director of Performance Wally Masur and Sydney Morning Herald journalist Malcolm Knox. All contribute something on Kyrgios’ public persona and sporting success and the tug of war that exists between them.

But there are some segments that make light of the quest such as having a member of the public (who frankly feels like they have been cast accordingly) in faux tennis court tantrums and press conferences.

By far the most interesting interview is with Kyrgios’ own mother, whose answers speak to the real impact of how her son has been affected by press articles and public attitude. More of this please.

The style of the series is zippy and light, in the vein of The Checkout or The Project, but whether the content justifies its devoted airtime could be relative to the weekly subject.

I also feel more establishing of the credentials of our intrepid hosts might have been helpful. I’m a bit unclear on why they have been tasked with the mission rather than an investigative reporter, or indeed whether Australian Story or Four Corners would mine more depth. But this is not that show. It’s a light and lateral poke at our predisposition on those in the crosshairs.

I suspect achieving said outcome will vary according to the weekly subject. That said, there is certainly room to swim against the media tide, which is what Drysdale and Norton-Lodge seek to offer.

Reputation Rehab airs 9:05pm Wednesday on ABC.

Is this a taste of summer?

Just one entertainment show was above half a million viewers last night: a penultimate Gogglebox episode at 680,000 viewers.

7:30 won the earlier slot at 555,000 then The Bachelorette (499,000), Paramedics (430,000), and Scottish Vets Down Under (351,000).

Trailing Gogglebox were The Front Bar (479,000) and Kings Cross ER (339,000).

Seven network won Thursday with 30.4% then Nine 25.7%, 10 20.8%, ABC 15.7% and SBS 7.3%.

Seven News was #1 at 933,000 / 923,000 for Seven. An extended Home & Away (484,000) and The Chase (482,000 / 289,000) followed.

Nine News (847,000 / 836,000) was best for Nine then A Current Affair (680,000) and Hot Seat (435,000 /  280,000) and A+E After Dark (231,000).

The Project drew 436,000 / 262,000 for 10. 10 News First was 301,000 / 176,000 then a Drunk History replay (186,000).

ABC News (662,000) won its slot for ABC. Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure repeat was 237,000 then Secrets of the Museum (193,000) and The Drum (173,000).

On SBS it was Queen Victoria’s Slum (155,000), SBS World News (149,000), Secrets of the Tower of London (131,000), Mastermind (69,000) and Fargo just 57,000.

Bluey led multichannels at 178,000.

The Morning Show: 116,000 / 70,000
Today Extra: 106,000 / 67,000
Studio 10: 53,000 / 47,000 /

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 22 October 2020

The Block resumed its mantle as top entertainment show 809,000 last night, topping the demos and helping Nine to win the night.

It defeated Hard Quiz (671,000), 7:30 (555,000), The Bachelorette (464,000 a record low), and Highway Patrol (430,000 / 392,000).

Later Gruen led at 738,000 then Utopia (401,000) and Australian Crime Stories (376,000).

Nine network won Wednesday with 28.8% then Seven 23.7%, ABC 20.2%, 10 18.1% and SBS 9.2%.

Nine News drew 872,000 / 845,000 for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot (731,000) and Hot Seat (443,000 / 277,000). Footy Classified was 126,000 in 3 cities.

Seven News was #1 at 943,000 / 906,000 for Seven. Home and Away (536,000) and The Chase (516,000 / 290,000). A Batman v Superman movie was 167,000.

ABC News was 670,000. Planet America led at 402,000 with The Drum on 175,000.

The Project pulled 457,000 / 275,000 for 10. 10 News First (300,000 / 192,000). Alas The Masked Singer USA was last in its slot at 196,000.

On SBS it was Walking Britain’s Roman Roads (225,000), Australia Come Fly with Me (199,000), SBS World News (174,000), The Good Fight (80,000) and Mastermind (72,000).

NCIS topped multichannels at 176,000.

Sunrise: 234,000
Today: 207,000
News Breakfast: 122,000 / 67,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 21 October 2020

There was a dead heat in network share last night and their two big reality shows were neck and neck.

As Schapelle Corby and Arabella Del Busso quit SAS Australia episode two drew 795,000 viewers, just pipping The Block on 793,000. Each managed a demo win too.

Both were ahead of 7:30 (560,000), Junior MasterChef (470,000) and newcomer Outback Ringer (397,000).

Later The Trump Show was 483,000 then Big Weather (371,000), Ambulance Australia (279,000), movie: Rampage (266,000) and Insight (217,000).

Things were also deadly close in breakfast TV with Sunrise and Today just 7,000 viewers apart.

Nine led in primary channels but tied with Seven in network share on 27.9% then 10 19.2%, ABC 16.5% and SBS 8.5%.

Nine News (912,000 / 909,000) was best for Nine.  A Current Affair won its slot at 775,000 then Hot Seat (451,000 / 260,000). Bluff City Law drew 144,000.

Seven News was #1 at 968,000 / 960,000. Home & Away (557,000) and The Chase (515,000 / 309,000) followed.

The Project was 486,000 / 311,000 for 10. 10 News First (300,000 / 222,000) and NCIS (141,000) also ranked.

ABC News was 671,000 for ABC. The Upside of Downs (207,000) and The Drum (179,000) followed.

On SBS it was Every Family Has a Secret (217,000), Dateline (188,000), SBS World News (156,000), The Feed (95,000) and Mastermind (72,000).

NCIS led multichannels at 156,000.

Sunrise: 228,000
Today: 221,000
News Breakfast: 133,000 / 61,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 20 October 2020

SAS Australia is off to a noisy start for Seven, winning its slot at 834,000 viewers.

The show trended at #1 on social media with considerable enthusiasm, and press coverage for the exit of Roxy Jacenko.

That upstaged The Block (783,000), Australian Story (617,000), 7:30  (602,000) and Junior Masterchef (454,000).

Later it was Have You Been Paying Attention? (735,000 and topping all demos), Media Watch (491,000), Four Corners (478,000), RBT (365,000) and The Rookie (284,000 / 280,000) -a hefty fall for Seven.

Nine may have led in primary channels but Seven network won Monday with 27.4% then Nine 27.1%, 10 20.4%, ABC 18.4% and SBS 6.6%.

Seven News was #1 at 1.02m / 991,000 for Seven. Home & Away drew 582,000 and The Chase was 516,000 / 326,000.

Nine News (941,000 / 957,000) led for Nine. A Current Affair drew 731,000 then Hot Seat (492,000 / 287,000).  Nine News late was 196,000 and Footy Classified was 135,000 in 3 cities.

The Project pulled 530,000 / 333,000 for 10. 10 News First (324,000 / 222,000) and Drunk History (288,000) followed.

ABC News won its slot at 733,000. Q&A (284,000) and The Drum (190,000) also ranked for ABC.

On SBS it was SBS World News (179,000), Great House Revival (164,000), 24 Hours In Emergency (123,000), Mastermind (75,000) and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (64,000).

NCIS led multichannels at 176,000.

Sunrise: 233,000
Today: 215,000
News Breakfast: 123,000 / 63,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 19 October 2020

Amended.

Thursday night saw 10 lead in entertainment titles but Seven still emerged as the winner in Total People.

Gogglebox was the top entertainment drawcard at 661,000 and topped the demos, up slightly on last week.

The Bachelorette led its timeslot at 534,000 then 7:30 (523,000), Paramedics (367,000), Scottish Vets Down Under (340,000), West Gate Bridge Disaster (221,000 in 1 city), Queen Victoria’s Slum (119,000).

Trailing Gogglebox were the final Escape from the City (367,000), Kings Cross ER (346,000 / 294,000) and The Front Bar (339,000).

Seven network won Thursday with 28.7% then Nine 25.3%, 10 21.6%, ABC 17.0% and SBS 7.4%.

Seven News was #1 at 962,000 / 932,000 for Seven. The Chase drew 496,000 / 305,000 then an extended Home & Away (475,000). The Latest drew 264,000.

Nine News was best for Nine at 903,000 / 847,000. A Current Affair (647,000) and Hot Seat (470,000 / 282,000) followed. A+E After Dark was 178,000.

The Project drew 454,000  / 302,000. 10 News First (313,000 / 202,000) and a repeat of Drunk History (183,000) followed.

ABC News won its slot at 706,000. Secrets of the Museum pulled 183,000 with The Drum at 171,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News at 170,000. But a double episode of Fargo averaged just 61,000 -are more viewers now watching at SBS On Demand?

Bluey again led multichannels at 203,000.

The Morning Show: 120,000 / 77,000
Today Extra: 118,000 / 74,000
Studio 10: 36,000 / 32,000 /

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 15 October 2020

Wednesday was a string of hits for brand ABC including stand-out numbers for Gruen, Hard Quiz and Planet America.

Gruen drew a whopping 943,000 viewers and topped the demos, outranking anything on Nine and 10 all evening. That’s way up on 2019’s season premiere of 754,000.

Hard Quiz also led in early evening at 756,000 then The Block (744,000), 7:30 (653,000), The Bachelorette (468,000) and Highway Patrol (387,000 / 372,000).

Even a repeat of Utopia did well at 535,000, ahead of Australian Crime Stories (384,000), Australia Come Fly with Me (230,000), movie:  Man of Steel (218,000) and The Masked Singer USA (187,000).

There was also a tie between game shows at 5:30pm.

Nine network won Wednesday with 27.1% then Seven 24.2%, ABC 22.1%, 10 17.8% and SBS 8.7%.

Nine News (912,000 / 839,000) was best for Nine then A Current Affair (623,000) and Hot Seat (488,000 / 288,000). Footy Classified was 146,000 in 3 cities.

Seven News was #1 (just) at 955,000 / 911,000. Home & Away (546,000) and The Chase (488,000 / 306,000) followed.

ABC News won its slot at 727,000 for ABC. Planet America also won at 9:30 with 438,000. The Drum was 179,000.

The Project drew 437,000 / 287,000 for 10. 10 News First was 290,000 / 197,000. Bull drew 143,000.

On SBS it was Walking Britains Roman Roads (232,000), SBS World News (161,000), Mastermind (80,000) and The Good Fight (77,000).

Bluey was a multichannel star again at 211,000.

Sunrise: 257,000
News Breakfast:  132,00 / 71,000
Today: 192,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 14 October 2020

Anh’s Brush with Fame wrapped another successful season for ABC last night, managing to fend off all but Nine’s renovation show.

This year the show was screened in a new Tuesday slot where it drew up to 716,000 for the episode with Deborra-Lee Furness. It reminds us Entertainment shows still work in an early evening slot.

Last night The Block was again out in front at 837,000 then Anh’s Brush with Fame (619,000), Junior MasterChef (576,000), 7:30 (571,000), Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Boy (268,000) and Every Family Has a Secret (195,000).

Later Big Weather and How to Survive It led its slot with 469,000 ahead of Maddie and the Monster (320,000), and Ambulance Australia (301,000).

Nine network won Tuesday with 28.3% then Seven 24.8%, 10 20.3%, ABC 17.2% and SBS 9.4%.

Nine News (896,000 / 874,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot at 752,000 then Hot Seat (469,000 / 260,000) and Bluff City Law (138,000).

Seven News was #1 at 957,000 / 942,000 for Seven. Home & Away was 553,000 then The Chase (478,000 / 290,000). World’s Most Shocking Emergency Calls was 157,000.

The Project drew 481,000 / 321,000 for 10. 10 News First was 310,000 / 212,000  and NCIS pulled 155,000.

ABC News was best for ABC at 701,000. The Drum (182,000) and No Time for Quiet (155,000).

On SBS it was Insight (178,000), SBS World News (170,000), Dateline (166,000), The Feed (107,000) and Mastermind (85,000).

Bluey led multichannels with 197,000.

Sunrise: 250,000
Today: 224,000
News Breakfast: 132,000 / 64,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 13 October 2020

10 holds its 2021 Upfronts tomorrow afternoon in an online presentation to clients and media.

Amongst their notable achievements this year are a revamped MasterChef Australia, Australian Survivor, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, The Masked Singer, Gogglebox and Have You Been Paying Attention?

Of course, there have been challenges thrown by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly affecting a second season of Australian Survivor and delays to The Amazing Race Australia. But 10 also moved quickly to revive Junior MasterChef which hit screens this week. It also launched 10 Shake late last month.

As the pandemic subsides across much of the country, 2021 is already looking brighter. Big reality shows are back, including a domestic sojourn for The Amazing Race Australia and 10 will finally confirm a NSW setting for I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

On the rumour front is Celebrity MasterChef, a possible revival of Australian Idol plus a kid’s multichannel show Early Show. Pilot Week could also be back on the agenda for 2021.

10 Upfronts also have a tendency to include shows that are still to screen in the current calendar year (last year it included Playing for Keeps in its 2020 Upfronts because 2019 episodes were on air). But they usually come with a sense of irreverence, in keeping with the third channel. Nine’s event was a little lacking on showbiz, but 10 will probably draw upon its favourite stars.

10 All Access will also be rebranded and relaunched as Paramount+.

Confirmed:

I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here,
MasterChef Australia,
The Amazing Race Australia,
The Masked Singer,
Dive Club,

Expected to return:

Have You Been Paying Attention?,
Gogglebox,
The Project,
The Bachelor,
The Bachelorette,
Australian Survivor,
Neighbours,
Hughesy We Have A Problem,
The Living Room,
Ambulance Australia,

Did not air in 2020:

Five Bedrooms,
Playing for Keeps,
The Amazing Race Australia,
Pilot Week

Future unknown:

Dancing with the Stars,
Bachelor in Paradise,
Kinne Tonight,
Taboo,
How to Stay Married,
Todd Sampson’s BodyHack,
Bondi Rescue,
Family Feud,
Studio 10,
One Born Every Minute Australia,
My Life is Murder,
Trial by Kyle,
Celebrity Name Game,
Junior MasterChef

Rumour:

Celebrity MasterChef,
Australian Idol,
Early Show

TV Tonight will be Live blogging from 12:30pm AEDT Thursday October 15 (just hit refresh!).

A Federal Court judge has ruled a clarification posted on 10Play, following a defamation case, was unlikely to be seen by anyone.

The matter centres around a 2018 Project report on the death of Melbourne man Jack Chapman who had a consensual fetish relationship with US man Dylan Hafertepen.

It led to a defamation case you can read more on here.

The parties reached a settlement on April 24 this year.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports 10 agreed to publish a clarification on the 10play website for at least 14 days..

But 10 published the clarification at the bottom of a lengthy “terms of use” page accessed via a link at the bottom of the website which Federal Court Justice Anna Katzmann described as being “a place where it was highly unlikely to come to anyone’s attention”.

“Publishing the clarification in a place where it was unlikely to be seen by anyone, let alone by anyone who had seen or heard the publication the subject of the suit being compromised by the agreement, was an act of bad faith,” Justice Katzmann said.

10 was ordered to pay Mr Hafertepen’s legal costs and run the clarification “on a page of the 10play website relating to the program, The Project“.

The statement now runs under The Project Articles here.

On 6 November 2018, Network 10 aired a story about Australian man, Tank Hafertepen, formally known as Jack Chapman, who died in the United States after injecting himself with silicone.

His former partner Dylan Hafertepen brought defamation proceedings against Network 10 about the story.

Network 10 did not intend to suggest and does not suggest that Mr Hafertepen had anything to do with that death. If anyone took it to mean that, then Network 10 unreservedly retracts any such suggestion.

On Monday the usual suspects led their slots.

The Block was again an easy timeslot winner for Nine at 863,000.

That was in front of 7:30 (643,000), Australian Story (619,000), Junior MasterChef (546,000) and Border Security (339,000 / 331,000).

Later, Have You Been Paying Attention? drew 628,000 then Four Corners (553,000), Media Watch (478,000), RBT (386,000) and movie: Crazy Rich Asians (318,000).

Nine network won Monday with 28.4% then Seven 25.9%, 10 20.6%, ABC 17.8 and SBS 7.2%.

Nine News (937,000 / 901,000) led for Nine. A Current Affair (748,000) then a first Queensland edition Hot Seat (475,000 / 281,000). Nine News late edition was 233,000 and Footy Classified was 131,000 in 3 cities.

Seven News was #1 at 1.05m / 1.01m for Seven. The Chase (551,000 / 318,000) and Home & Away (544,000) followed.

The Project drew 497,000 / 306,000 for 10. 10 News First was 300,000 / 197,000 then Drunk History (241,000).

ABC News won its slot at 753,000. Q&A (245,000) and The Drum (200,000) followed.

On SBS it was How The Victorians Built Britain (205,000) SBS World News (167,000), 24 Hours In Emergency (148,000) 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (119,000), and Mastermind (60,000).

NCIS led multichannels at 204,000.

Sunrise: 258,000
Today: 236,000
News Breakfast: 105,000 / 74,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 12 October 2020

Dee Madigan remembers making an impression when she appeared on the very first episode of Gruen way back in 2008.

“I said the word w*nk on TV,” she admits.

“I was so awful. I was terrible. Had I been on the panel today where the standard is much higher, I don’t think I’d be asked back. But I think that was probably enough for them to think ‘There might be something in this.'”

Twelve years later she is an indelible part of the Gruen team, and a success story in an advertising industry where men have dominated for so long.

It was Zapruder’s Other Film producers Andrew Denton, Jon Casimir & Anita Jacoby who invited Madigan to try out for their Gruen Transfer panel discussing advertising on the ABC -an oxymoron to begin with.

“My boss at the time, was auditioning, and they needed someone just to do the Pitch segment for the pilot episode,” she recalls.

“I tried to memorise what was going to say”

“I was either pregnant or had just given birth. I was terrible. I tried to memorise what was going to say, which is actually a terrible way to do TV.

“I looked terrible too. I insisted on my fringe being dead straight while the rest of my hair was curlier. So I look back and think ‘What was I thinking?'”

In its early years Madigan was often the sole female on the show alongside Wil Anderson, Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft. Now the rotating guests are regularly female, including Karen Ferry & Christina Aventi, but Madigan says the show has always had females behind the camera including (formerly) Anita Jacoby and executive producer Polly Connolly.

For 6 years Madigan has been Executive Creative Director of her own ad agency Campaign Edge, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Darwin. Succeeding in an industry of cowboys and suits is not something she takes for granted, having made the switch from teaching.

“The creative departments would have been 3 women and probably 15 blokes. That was not uncommon and no creative directors were female in the industry. In fact, I’ve never had a female creative director.

“I was good at what I did, but as a female, you tend to get, the tampon ads.

“The ad industry is a pretty gross place”

“When you have children, the ad industry is a pretty gross place. It doesn’t like older people or older women. I saw too many women take time off to have children and just freelance from home. The danger is there’s enough work to do that for a while. So you fall into a false sense of security, thinking you will make a good living and be at home. But eventually that work dries up. I was just determined that wasn’t going to be me. I wanted to start a business so that I will be in control of getting work.”

The TV exposure has been helpful to business.

“Clients come to you because they’re seeing you on TV. It is still bizarre that somehow, because you’re on TV, you know more than someone who isn’t. But you know what, sometimes if an opportunity comes, you just take it. The blokes do it all the time anyway.”

She has also been a regular on The Latest, featured on The Project, A Current Affair and SKY News, including an infamous stoush with Bronwyn Bishop.

“The list of people who I refused to go on with in the end, just got longer and longer. Eventually, about a year and a half ago, I just decided there’s actually not enough money on earth to make me spend my Sunday nights doing that.”

Long produced by CJZ, this season’s Gruen will face COVID protocols, including no audience, a socially-distanced desk, no Pitch segment in person and Russel Howcroft appearing via screen from his home in Melbourne. Madigan is confident the panel will rise to the occasion of missing a studio audience and recognises her role within the Todd – Russel debates.

“You do have to be prepared to speak up, because they’re such big personalities”

“You do have to be prepared to speak up, because they’re such big personalities and you can end up sitting there like a wallflower,” she observes.

“Sometimes I will agree with one and sometimes the other. I’ll often have people say, ‘That Russel, he’s a terrible person!’ But he’s actually amazing. He’s done so much for the ad industry. He’s so passionate about it. I just admire him massively and he’s just such a lovely person.

“I think also the difference is that I am a practitioner, I guess. Whereas Todd is a planner and Russel is a suit.

“I’m the person who actually writes the ads so each of us has a different viewpoint and experience that we can bring to the conversation.”

Gruen returns 8:30pm Wednesday on ABC.

Seven enjoyed more strong AFL crowds but this time it wasn’t enough to halt Nine from winning the week.

Nine led in Total People and the demos 16-39 and 25-54 with The Block as the only reality title in the Top 20.

The Bachelorette may have had its lowest launch, but it still managed to top 10’s quiet week, thankfully Junior MasterChef has now joined the schedule.

Network:
Nine: 29.4
Seven: 28.3
ABC: 17.3
10: 16.9
SBS: 8.1

Primary channel:
Nine: 20.5
Seven: 18.7
ABC: 12.3
10: 10.3
SBS: 4.9

Multichannels:
7mate: 4.2
10 BOLD: 3.8
7TWO: 3.4
9GO!: 2.9
9GEM: 2.7
ABC KIDS Comedy: 2.5
10 Peach: 2.4
9Life: 2.1
7flix: 2.0
ABC News: 1.9
9RUSH / SBS VICELAND: 1.2
SBS Food: 1.0
SBS World Movies: 0.9
ABC ME: 0.5
10 Shake: 0.4
NITV: 0.2

Nine won on Sunday – Wednesday. Seven was victorious on Thursday – Saturday. ABC bettered 10 on Sunday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.

Seven took the week in Melbourne Adelaide & Perth. Nine won Sydney and Brisbane.

Best brands last week were:

Nine: The Block (Room Winner: 1.06m), Nine News (Sun: 954,000), A Current Affair (720,000) and 60 Minutes (578,000).

Seven: Seven News (992,000), Seven’s AFL (Sat: 865,000), Home & Away (538,000) and The Chase (519,000).

ABC: Australian Story (746,000), ABC News (667,000), Hard Quiz (644,000) and Four Corners (570,000).

10: The Bachelorette (Launch: 628,000), Gogglebox (613,000), Have You Been Paying Attention? (599,000) and The Project (7pm: 458,000).

SBS: Every Family Has a Secret (276,000), Ancient Superstructures (243,000), Walking Britain’s Roman Roads (230,000) and How the Victorians Built Britain (215,000).

Infograph supplied by Nine:

It was a quiet Thursday in viewing last night but 10 shows led in key timeslots.

Gogglebox was best in entertainment stakes at 613,000 viewers.

The Bachelorette (543,000) also won ahead of an extended Home & Away (459,000 from 7pm), Paramedics (403,000), Budget Reply (391,000), 7:30 (335,000) and Queen Victoria’s Slum (192,000).

Trailing Gogglebox were Kings Cross ER (341,000 / 287,000), Escape from the City (327,000), and The Front Bar (310,000).

143,000 watched the Vice Presidential Debate on ABC News, just outranking 131,000 on SBS.

Seven network won Thursday with 29.1% then Nine 24.6%, 10 22.3%, ABC 15.7% and SBS 8.4%.

Seven News was #1 at 970,000 / 947,000. The Chase was 501,000 / 301,000 with The Latest at 255,000.

Nine News was 891,000 / 878,000 for Nine. A Current Affair led its slot at 722,000 then Hot Seat (489,000 / 305,000).  Botched was 248,000.

The Project drew 481,000 /323,000. 10 News First was 328,000 / 244,000 and Drunk History drew 159,000.

ABC News was 665,000 for ABC. Sammy J (274,000), The Drum (164,000) and Secrets of the Museum (163,000) followed.

On SBS it was SBS World News (168,000), Fargo (105,000) and Mastermind (74,000).

7mate’s Harry Potter movie led multichannels at 172,000.

The Morning Show: 147,000 / 88,000
Today Extra: 118,000 / 72,000
Studio 10: 49,000 / 46,000

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 8 October 2020

There was good news and bad news last night for 10’s new season of The Bachelorette.

The bad news: at 628,000 it was the lowest season launch so far, just below Ali Oetjen’s 631,000. But the good news is it still topped the demos.

The Block won in total people at 744,000 then Hard Quiz (643,000), The Bachelorette (628,000), 7:30 (561,000) and Highway Patrol (435,000 / 410,000).

Later Mad as Hell wrapped its season with 542,000 ahead of Australian Crime Stories (358,000), movie: Jack Reacher (357,000) and Utopia (354,000).

Nine network just won Wednesday with 26.8% ahead of Seven 26.4% then 10 21.4%, ABC 17.5% and SBS 7.9%.

Nine News (898,000 / 826,000) was best for Nine. ACA won its slot at 708,000 then Hot Seat (440,000 / 254,000). Footy Classified was  127,000 in 3 cities with Murder Calls at 110,000 in two cities.

Seven News was #1 at 1.03m / 1.02m for Seven. Home & Away was 595,000 then The Chase 535,000 / 318,000.

The Project drew 497,000 / 302,000 for 10. 10 News First (353,000 / 222,000) and Bull (277,000 / 173,000) followed.

ABC News was 656,000 for ABC. Planet America pulled 401,000 with The Drum at 155,000.

On SBS it was Walking Britain’s Roman Roads (230,000), SBS World News (173,000), Hillary (126,000),  Mastermind (80,000) and The Good Fight at just 64,000.

Sunrise: 225,000
Today: 186,000
News Breakfast: 125,000 / 56,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 7 October 2020

“Fitty percent of apprentice’s wages….”

The Project‘s Carrie Bickmore explains the Budget to Gen Z.

Could Logies producers please please play this footage when it’s time to look back at a nominee’s body of work for the year?

News delivered differently…

If you weren’t drawn to Budget night, TV offered slim pickings last night, with The Block & Halifax: Retribution enjoying strong audiences as a result. Nine led Tuesday from 7pm.

The Block led in entertainment and topped the demos at 894,000 viewers.

That easily bettered Budget 2020: Treasurer’s Speech (518,000), Prince William: A Planet For Us All (311,000), America’s Got Talent (283,000) and Every Family Has a Secret (277,000).

Later the Halifax: Retribution finale finished at 577,000 well ahead of Budget 2020: ABC News Special (388,000), Budget 2020: Reaction & Analysis (254,000), and Ambulance Australia (211,000).

Nine network won Tuesday with 32.2% then Seven 24.5%, ABC 17.3%, 10 17.0% and SBS 9.0%.

Nine News (899,000 / 888,000) was best for Nine while A Current Affair (803,000) won its slot. Hot Seat (469,000 / 291,000) and Bluff City Law (207,000) followed.

Seven News was #1 at 1.00m / 995,000 for Seven. Home & Away drew 579,000 then The Chase (525,000 / 302,000) and The Latest  (168,000).

ABC News was 714,000. The Drum (194,000) and Louis Theroux: The Night In Question (145,000) also ranked for ABC.

The Project (470,000 / 294,000) was best for 10. 10 News First (332,000 / 230,000).

On SBS it was Insight (184,000), SBS World News (165,000), Dateline (150,000), The Feed (83,000) and Mastermind (73,000).

NCIS topped multichannels at 209,000.

Sunrise: 231,000
Today: 190,000
News Breakfast: 122,000 / 46,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 6 October 2020

There were really only two broadcasters in the game last night at 7:30, Nine and the ABC as networks tread water with filler content.

The Block won with 939,000 viewers then Australian Story (752,000) and 7:30 (636,000).

That left Seven struggling with America’s Got Talent (277,000 / 188,000), 10’s #Trump: How Social Media Changed the Presidency (273,000) and How the Victorians Built Britain (214,000) on SBS.

Later 10 managed to gain back some ground thanks to Have You Been Paying Attention? (599,000) just ahead of Four Corners (578,000) then Media Watch (481,000) and RBT (396,000).

Nine network won Monday with 30.0% then Seven 24.1%, 10 19.0%, ABC 18.9% and SBS 7.9%.

Nine News was best for Nine at 990,000 / 959,000. A Current Affair won its slot at 759,000 and Hot Seat was 446,000 / 278,000. Nine News late was 202,000 and Footy Classified pulled 146,000 in 3 cities.

Seven News was #1 at 1.1m / 1.08m for Seven. The Chase was 575,000 / 350,000 then Home & Away (564,000).

The Project drew 508,000 / 322,000 for 10. 10 News First (343,000 / 255,000) and Drunk History (277,000) followed.

ABC News pulled 695,000. Q&A (264,000) and The Drum (187,000) also ranked for ABC.

On SBS it was SBS World News (183,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (149,000), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (80,000) and Mastermind (58,000)

NCIS led multichannels at 194,000.

The public holiday also impacted on:

Sunrise: 230,000
Today: 183,000
News Breakfast: 89,000 / 42,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 5 October 2020

Nine may have been leading last week but that was before AFL Finals began. Then the game changed.

Seven drew massive shares on Thursday, Friday & Saturday, all above a 37% share.

ABC had a comfy win over 10 despite the arrival of 10 Shake multichannel which finished with a modest 0.5% share. South Park Pandemic Special appearing to be biggest at 45,000 viewers.

Sunrise won at Breakfast at 256,000 to Today‘s 210,00 -the latter slipped below 200,000 on Thursday but did win the week in Brissy.

Network:
Seven: 31.1
Nine: 27.9
ABC: 17.6
10: 15.9
SBS: 7.6

Primary channel:
Seven: 21.3
Nine: 19.7
ABC: 13.1
10: 9.5
SBS: 4.5

Multichannels:
7mate: 4.3
7TWO: 3.6
10 BOLD: 3.5
9GO!: 2.5
10 Peach / ABC KIDS Comedy: 2.4
9GEM: 2.3
9Life: 2.2
7flix: 1.9
ABC News: 1.6
9 RUSH / SBS VICELAND: 1.2
SBS Food: 0.9
SBS World Movies: 0.8
10 Shake / ABC ME: 0.5
NITV: 0.1

Seven claimed 16-39 but Nine pipped in 25-54 demo.

Nine led on Sunday – Wednesday, with Seven winning Thursday – Saturday. ABC bettered 10 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday. Both tied for Sunday share.

Seven claimed Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth. Nine scored Sydney & Brisbane.

Best brands last week were:

Seven: Seven News (Sun: 1.09m), Seven’s AFL (Fri: 947,000), All New Monty (Performance: 800,000) and The Chase (543,000).

Nine: Nine News (Sun: 1.14m), The Block (Sun: 928,000), A Current Affair (670,000), 60 Minutes (511,000).

ABC: ABC News (745,000), Anh’s Brush with Fame (715,000), Hard Quiz (704,000) and Australian Story (635,000).

10: Have You Been Paying Attention? (636,000), Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story (Part 2: 549,000), Gogglebox (478,000) and The Project (7pm: 471,000).

SBS: Every Family Has a Secret (260,000), Ancient Superstructures (207,000), Queen Victoria’s Slum (179,000) and How the Victorians Built Britain (173,000).

Infographic supplied by Nine:

An annual reminder that early on Sunday morning daylight saving takes effect in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT .

Queenslanders, Territorians and West Australians take note of how this impacts your shows -and those spoilers!

Sunrise, Today and News Breakfast will screen AEDT with delays for others -but News Breakfast remains Live on ABC News channel. Some have been known to switch Live into local regions when big news breaks, especially in relation to weather or bushfires.

The Morning Show, Today Extra, Studio 10, The Project, Insiders, 7:30, A Current Affair, The Drum will all air AEDT.

Q&A is AEDT but streams Live on iview.

10 News First viewers in Queensland are likely to be delayed now that the bulletin is centralised from Sydney.

Fans of Reality TV will need to be mindful of social media use in order to avoid spoilers, notably for The Bachelorette, The Block, SAS Australia, Junior MasterChef.

Foxtel viewers not on AEDT will also need to remember those +2 channels as everything shifts by one hour.

And as I always say…. check your smoke alarm too!

AFL Finals are here and have delivered bumper numbers for Seven.

918,000 viewers tuned in last night, nearly 500,000 of them in Melbourne alone -making it the second-biggest Thursday night game in history.

AFL helped delivered a whopping 38.5% share to Seven and put Seven back in the hunt for the week overall.

Everywhere else things were very quiet…

The Chase was the top entertainment show at 526,000 / 306,000.

7:30 (466,000) eclipsed RBT (437,000), the finale for The Heights (230,000), The Masked Singer USA (225,000) and Queen Victoria’s Slum (179,000).

With a low lead-in even Gogglebox was down at just 475,000 then Paramedics (301,000) and Escape from the City (236,000).

Seven network easily won Thursday with 38.5% then Nine 23.6%, 10 15.9%, ABC 13.6% and SBS 8.4%.

Seven News was #1 at (931,000 / 787,000). Home and Away was 383,000, staggered across the network. Movie: This Means War was 116,000 in 3 cities.

Nine News (925,000 / 925,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair (624,000) and Hot Seat (444,000 / 271,000) followed. Botched was 244,000.

The Project drew 409,000 / 253,000 for 10. 10 News First was low at 278,000 / 159,000. Drunk History managed 182,000.

ABC News pulled 686,000. Sammy J (325,000), The Drum (186,000) and Secrets of the Museum (169,000) also ranked for ABC.

On SBS it was Secrets of the Tower of London (165,000), SBS World News (158,000) and a late edition (103,000). Mastermind was just 55,000.

The Morning Show: 129,000 / 75,000
Today Extra: 111,000 / 87,000
Studio 10: 38,000 / 37,000 /

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 1 October 2020

Interest in PT Barnum’s Circus the US Presidential Debate was a drawcard for ABC yesterday.

ABC News topped multichannels at 215,000 viewers yesterday morning, ahead of those watching on Nine (173,000), Seven (139,000) and SBS (83,000).

But it also helped deliver record numbers to Planet America in primetime at 430,000, winning its 9:30 slot.

Elsewhere The Block won its slot at 828,000 viewers ahead of Hard Quiz (705,000), 7:30 (654,000), Highway Patrol (449,000 / 443,000), The Masked Singer USA at just 285,000.

Mad as Hell led its slot at (585,000), then Utopia (356,000), The Front Bar (342,000), and Australian Crime Stories (328,000).

Nine network won Wednesday with 29.3% then Seven 27.2%, ABC 19.3%, 10 16.7% and SBS 7.5%.

Nine News was best for Nine at 1.02m / 990,000. A Current Affair drew 691,000 then Hot Seat 507,000 / 306,000. Footy Classified was 154,000 in 3 cities.

Seven News was #1 at 1.05m / 993,000 for Seven. Home & Away was 581,000 and The Chase drew 573,000 / 351,000. The Latest was 285,000.

ABC News won its slot at 773,000. The Drum was 221,000.

The Project pulled 525,000 / 319,000 for 10. 10 News (355,000 / 217,000) and Bull (204,000 / 160,000) followed.

On SBS it was SBS World News (174,000), Arabia with Levison Wood (169,000), Hillary (127,000), Mastermind (68,000) and The Good Fight at just 65,000.

Sunrise: 261,000
Today: 211,000
News Breakfast: 138,000 / 58,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 30 September 2020

On a day that the government overhauls the Drama quotas, Halifax: Retribution again draws another crowd of around half a million in an 8:40 slot. It was only pipped by ABC’s Back in Time for Dinner.

In contrast to the recent struggle for Between Two Worlds, Halifax has enjoyed a stable audience across its run (although Home & Away was still the top rating drama for the night).

Reality TV still tops entertainment, if favoured by an earlier and consistent slot. The Block led on that front at 809,000, ahead of Anh’s Brush with Fame (716,000), 7:30 (615,000), Ambulance Australia (287,000), Every Family Has a Secret (287,000) and America’s Got Talent (232,000 / 186,000) last for Seven.

Back in Time for Dinner led its slot at 591,000 then Halifax: Retribution (496,000), Body Hack (255,000) and Insight (166,000).

Nine network won Tuesday with 31.8% then Seven 24.0%, ABC 19.7%, 10 15.3% and SBS 9.2%.

Nine News was best for Nine at 923,000 / 910,000. A Current Affair (678,000) and Hot Seat (494,000 / 299,000) followed. Bluff City Law drew 174,000.

Seven News was #1 at 1.07m / 1.02m for Seven. The Chase drew 602,000 / 366,000 and Home & Away was 589,000.

ABC News won its slot at 784,000. Lockdown Stories (238,000) and The Drum (215,000) followed.

The Project drew 462,000 / 282,000. 10 News First was 318,000 / 206,000 and NCIS (114,000).

On SBS it was SBS World News (174,000), Dateline (132,000), The Feed (74,000) and Mastermind (67,000).

NCIS topped multichannels with 177,000.

Sunrise: 267,000
Today: 212,000
News Breakfast:  126,000 / 57,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 29 September 2020

The Block enjoyed an easy win over its competition on Monday at 837,000 viewers and topping the demos.

That was easily ahead of Australian Story (639,000), 7:30 (590,000), and Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story (549,000), well up on Sunday’s episode. But America’s Got Talent struggled on Seven at just 226,000, only just ahead of How the Victorians Built Britain (173,000) on SBS.

Later Have You Been Paying Attention? led with 636,000 then Four Corners (531,000), Media Watch (487,000) and Celebrity IOU (298,000).

Nine network won Monday with 29.1% then Seven 22.9%, 10 22.5%, ABC 18.1% and SBS 7.4%.

Nine News was best for Nine at 959,000 / 958,000. A Current Affair (755,000) and Hot Seat (522,000 / 324,000) followed.

Seven News resumed its #1 grip at 1.07m / 1.03m. The Chase (556,000 / 322,000) and Home & Away (552,000) also ranked for Seven.

The Project pulled 546,000 / 335,000 for 10. 10 News First was 382,000 / 211,000 and Drunk History was 241,000.

ABC News led its slot at 771,000. Q&A drew 269,000 and The Drum was 200,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (178,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (174,000), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (84,000 ) and Mastermind (83,000).

NCIS led multichannels at 191,000.

Sunrise: 244,000
Today: 220,000
News Breakfast: 122,000 / 64,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 28 September 2020

Nine scored another week in the ratings race as Seven saw off the last of Plate of Origin.

Once again it was The Block and Nine’s news & current affairs that drove its success, although scripted drama Halifax: Retribution is also holding firm.

10’s Bachelor finished at an all-time low but was still their best for the week, while All New Monty has done well for Seven.

But not everything when Nine’s way with Today (212,000) roundly beaten by Sunrise (273,000) in all cities.

Network:
Nine: 28.8
Seven: 27.9
ABC: 18.4
10: 16.8
NITV: 8.1

Primary channel:
Nine: 20.0
Seven: 18.5
ABC: 13.8
10: 10.9
SBS: 5.1

Multichannels:
10 BOLD: 3.7
7mate: 3.6
7TWO: 3.5
9GEM / 9GO! / ABC Kids Comedy: 2.6
7flix / 9Life / 10 Peach: 2.3
ABC News: 1.5
9Rush / SBS VICELAND: 1.3
SBS Food: 0.9
SBS World Movies: 0.7
ABC ME: 0.4
NITV: 0.1

Nine led on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. Seven won Monday, Thursday & Friday. ABC beat 10 on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday & Saturday.

Nine claimed in victory Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane. Seven won Adelaide & Perth.

Best brands last week were:

Nine: The Block (Room Winner: 1.03m), Nine News (Sun: 1.01m), 60 Minutes (699,000), A Current Affair (689,000).

Seven: Seven News (Sun: 1.1m), All New Monty: Guys & Gals (Performance: 805,000), Seven’s AFL (Mon: 605,000) and The Chase (555,000).

ABC: ABC News (752,000), Hard Quiz (726,000), Anh’s Brush with Fame (639,000), 7:30 (591,000) and Australian Story (574,000).

10: The Bachelor (Final Decision: 879,000), Gogglebox (654,000), Have You Been Paying Attention? (578,000) and The Project (467,000).

SBS: The World’s Most Scenic Railways (393,000), Every Family Has a Secret (286,000), Walking Britain’s Lost Railways (207,000) and How the Victorians Built Britain (195,000).

Infograph supplied by Nine.

Sorry Locky …The Bachelor has finished at an all-time low.

The episode drew just 694,000 viewers, rising to 879,000 for the moment he chose Irena over Bella.

That’s well down on last year’s 936,000 / 1.17m featuring Matt Agnew. That’s despite Melburnians still under a curfew.

But it did win its slot, defeating 7:30 (516,000), The World’s Most Scenic Railways (390,000) and The Heights (213,000). RBT was 169,000 in 2 cities.

Gogglebox led later at 654,000 well ahead of Escape from the City (296,000), The Front Bar (290,000) and Secrets of the Tower of London (193,000).

Thursday Night NRL was 314,000 / 29,000 across the Nine network.

Seven won Thursday at 27.2% then Nine 25.7%, 10 22.7%, ABC 15.0% and SBS 9.4%.

Seven News was #1 at 1.03m / 1.01m for Seven. The Chase drew 543,000 / 338,000 then an extended Home & Away averaging 516,000. The Latest was 212,000 in 3 cities and movie: Pitch Perfect was 89,000 in 2 cities.

Nine News (952,000 / 928,000) was best for Nine then A Current Affair 633,000. Hot Seat drew 461,000 / 276,000. Paramedics was 194,000 and Botched 144,000 -both across the network.

The Project pulled 514,000 / 287,000 for 10. 10 News First was 326,000 / 205,000.

ABC News won its slot on 771,000. The Drum (192,000) and Secrets of the Museum (179,000) followed.

On SBS it was SBS World News (188,000), Untold Australia (99,000) and Mastermind (80,000).

Bluey led multichannels again at 184,000.

Today Extra: 113,000 / 72,000
The Morning Show: 113,000 / 69,000
Studio 10: 36,000 /

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 24 September 2020

ABC show last night won just about every timeslot last night after 7pm.

Hard Quiz was the top entertainment drawcard at 729,000 viewers.

Tom Gleeson defeated The Block  (701,000) 7:30 (637,000), The Bachelor (584,000) and Highway Patrol (412,000 / 369,000).

Later Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell won his slot on 572,000, then Australian Crime Stories (379,000), and Utopia (376,000).

Elsewhere the Today show was back to fighting off News Breakfast as Sunrise rose.

Nine network won with 28.2% then Seven 26.0%, 10 19.4%, ABC 18.6% and SBS 7.7%.

Nine News (988,000 / 962,000) led for Nine then A Current Affair (694,000), Hot Seat (487,000 / 313,000). Footy Classified was 137,000 in 3 cities.

Seven News was #1 with 1.06m / 1.03m for Seven. Home and Away (627,000), The Chase (564,000 / 347,000) and Movie: Taken 3 followed.

The Project drew 464,000 / 286,000 for 10. 10 News First (348,000 / 225,000), Bull (231,000) followed.

ABC News also led its slot with 761,000 for ABC.  Planet America was another timeslot winner at 314,000 while The Drum pulled 193,000.

On SBS it was Arabia With Levison Wood (190,000), SBS World News (191,000), Hillary (166,000), Mastermind (73,000) and The Good Fight just 64,000.

NCIS led multichannels at 193,000.

Sunrise: 271,000
Today: 215,000
News Breakfast: 138,000 / 66,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 23 September 2020

In a bizarre night of TV programming Todd Sampson as a subject on Anh’s Brush with Fame beat out Todd Sampson’s Body Hack across the same timeslot.

The ABC art show drew 638,000 viewers, roundly gazumping his own endurance series on 10 at just 306,000 viewers.

But it was The Block that won the slot and the demos at 807,000 viewers. 7:30 (589,000), the Plate of Origin finale (349,000 / 335,000) -no Winner Announced segment at 10:30pm- and Every Family has a Secret (284,000) followed.

Later Further Back in Time for Dinner drew 543,000 just ahead of Halifax: Retribution (517,000) then Ambulance Australia (275,000) and Insight (196,000).

Nine network won Tuesday with 30.2% then Seven 26.0%, ABC 18.9%, 10 16.1% and SBS 8.7%.

Nine News (966,000 / 935,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot at 781,000 then Hot Seat (457,000 / 285,000) and Bluff City Law (173,000).

Seven News (1.09m / 1.01m) was #1 for Seven then The Chase (565,000 / 347,000) and Home & Away (553,000).

ABC News drew 762,000 for ABC. The Great Acceleration was 254,000 and The Drum pulled 195,000.

The Project was 452,000 / 316,000 for 10. 10 News First (346,000 / 233,000) NCIS (152,000) followed.

On SBS it was SBS World News (200,000), Dateline (127,000), Mastermind (86,000) and The Feed (50,000).

Bluey led multichannels at 214,000.

Sunrise: 266,000
Today: 229,000
News Breakfast: 136,000 / 66,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 22 September 2020

A shutdown on The Block drew 885,000 viewers, as the top entertainment drawcard on Monday.

Scott Cam told contestants they must head home in what was Victoria’s first wave, leading to a 6 week interruption, although builders kept working on the exterior.

That was a clear led over 7:30 (627,000) Australian Story (575,000), Family Feud (268,000) and How The Victorians Built Britain (195,000).

Later Have You Been Paying Attention? was 572,000, Four Corners (483,000) Media Watch (447,000) and Celebrity IOU (311,000).

While Nine led in primary share it was pipped at the post by Seven, thanks to a rare Monday AFL (596,000) match across the network. Meanwhile a dip by Today saw Sunrise enjoy a clear lead.

Seven network won Monday with 29.5% then Nine 27.8%, ABC 17.6%, 10 17.5% and SBS 7.5%.

Seven News was #1 at 1.07m / 905,000 for Seven. The Chase (575,000 / 343,000) Home & Away (495,000 across the network) with a Highway Patrol special (236,000) and movie Eddie the Eagle across (186,000) across the network.

Nine News was best for Nine on 1.02m / 1.00m. A Current Affair (776,000) and Hot Seat (521,000 / 306,000) followed. A late news edition was 221,00.

ABC News led its slot at 781,000. Q&A (326,000), The Drum (195,000) also ranked for ABC.

The Project pulled 457,000 / 318,000 for 10. 10 News First (338,000 / 220,000) and Drunk History Australia (310,000).

On SBS it was  SBS World News (179,000), 24 Hours In Emergency (165,000) 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (92,000) and Mastermind (84,000).

NCIS led multichannels at 207,000.

Sunrise: 265,000
Today: 205,000
News Breakfast: 126,000 / 68,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 21 September 2020

Staggered schedules across Seven and Nine last night make for somewhat messy analysis, but while Nine led in primary channels, Seven pipped them in network share, despite 10 leading in entertainment.

And SBS share was up thanks to more armchair travel.

Gogglebox was the top entertainment drawcard at 644,000.

The Bachelor won its slot at 611,000 then 7:30 (551,000), The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (320,000), Kalgoorlie Cops (254,000 / 234,000 in 3 cities) and The Heights (211,000). America’s Got Talent was 180,000 across the Seven network.

NRL drew 285,000 in two cities on Nine. AFL was 185,000 on 7mate in Perth.

Seven network won Thursday with 25.8% then Nine 25.0%, 10 22.2%, ABC 15.3% and SBS 11.7%.

Seven News was #1 at 970,000 / 889,000 for Seven. Home and Away drew 522,000 then The Chase (522,000 / 319,000). The Front Bar was 231,000 across Seven’s network.

Nine News was 939,000 / 935,000. A Current Affair (667,000) and Hot Seat (470,000 / 281,000) followed. Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack was 112,000 in 3 cities.

The Project drew 474,000 / 295,000 for 10.  10 News First was 315,000 / 231,000. A Drunk History replay pulled 237,000 then Just for Laughs (104,000).

ABC News led its slot at 711,000. Escape from the City (290,000), The Drum (197,000) and Secrets of the Museum (133,000) followed.

On SBS it was Tour de France (205,000), Secrets of the Tower of London (196,000), SBS World News (184,000).

Father Brown on 7TWO topped multichannels at 198,000.

The Morning Show: 131,000 / 82,000
Today Extra: 115,000 / 71,000
Studio 10: 46,000 / 42,000 /

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 17 September 2020.

As Wednesdays go, it was a pretty straightforward evening last night, won by Nine, but with ABC shows leading a number of slots.

The Block led in entertainment at 742,000.

That outranked Hard Quiz (696,000), The Bachelor (617,000), 7:30 (616,000) and Highway Patrol (387,000 / 377,000).

Later Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell led with 598,000, Australian Crime Stories (492,000), Utopia (354,000).

Elsewhere Sunrise held its lead while Today dipped, just ahead of News Breakfast.

Nine network won Wednesday with 27.6% then Seven 26.4%, ABC 18.0%, 10 17.8% and SBS 10.2%.

Nine News was 986,000 / 977,000 for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot at 768,000 and Hot Seat (453,000 / 279,000). Murder Calls pulled 260,000.

Seven News was #1 at 1.04m / 977,000 for Seven. The Chase (597,000 / 358,000) and Home and Away (565,000) followed. Movie: Kingsman: The Golden Circle drew 297,000.

ABC News drew 759,000. Planet America led its slot (320,000) then The Drum (188,000) for ABC.

The Project pulled 505,000 / 325,000 for 10. 10 News First was 316,000 / 233,000 then Bull (239,000 / 176,000).

On SBS both Hillary and Arabia with Levison Wood drew a level 211,000. SBS World News was 178,000, then Tour de France (169,000) and Mastermind managed 87,000.

7TWO’s The Coroner led multichannels at 177,000.

Sunrise: 255,000
Today: 215,000
News Breakfast: 135,000 / 73,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 16 September 2020
Corrected.

Nine and ABC shows did battle on Tuesday, while SBS saw a lift in its shares while a returning 10 show struggled.

Elsewhere things got very tight in Breakfast TV.

The Block was the top entertainment show at 821,000 and topped the demos.

It won its slot ahead of Anh’s Brush with Fame (649,000), 7:30 (602,000), Plate of Origin (410,000), Body Hack (346,000) and Great Asian Railway Journeys (304,000).

Later Further Back in Time for Dinner led at 537,000 just ahead of Halifax: Retribution (508,000).

Nine network won Tuesday with 30.2% then Seven 25.1%, ABC 17.8%, 10 16.1% and SBS 10.8%.

Nine News (1.03m / 985,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair (719,000) and Hot Seat (493,000 / 303,0000. Bluff City Law was 200,000.

Seven News was #1 at 1.06m / 1.01m for Seven. The Chase (587,000 / 329,000) and Home and Away (570,000) followed. Movie: Taken 2 was just 193,000.

ABC News won its slot at 740,000. The Great Acceleration pulled 242,000 and The Drum was 179,000.

The Project drew 512,000 / 323,000 for 10. 10 News First was 340,000 / 211,000 and Ambulance Australia (281,000) followed. NCIS was 137,000.

On SBS it was Insight (197,000), SBS World News (194,000), Tour de France (140,000), Dateline (137,000) and Mastermind (75,000).

NCIS led multichannels at 199,000.

Sunrise: 265,000
Today: 249,000
News Breakfast: 134,000 / 66,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 15 September 2020

Amended.

10 enjoyed a strong Monday audience, leading in primary channel share thanks to The Masked Singer and HYBPA?

The Masked Singer finished with a season high at 1.00m across most of its finale, rising to 1.19m for the Final Reveal of Bonnie Anderson (correctly picked by Dannii Minogue & Jackie O).

That bettered The Block (791,000), 7:30 (637,000), Australian Story (615,000) and Plate of Origin on a new low of 342,000.

Later Have You Been Paying Attention? was solid with 767,000 then Four Corners (473,000), Media Watch (467,000), Celebrity IOU (358,000) and 9-1-1: Lone Star (247,000 / 230,000).

Nine network won Monday with 26.4% then 10 24.8%, Seven 24.2%, ABC 17.1% and SBS 7.6%.

Nine News was best for Nine at 1.03m / 1.03m. A Current Affair (733,000) and Hot Seat (520,000 / 316,000) and a late Nine News edition followed at 236,000.

The Project drew 569,000 / 342,000 for 10. 10 News First was 360,000 / 220,000. Drunk History debuted at 276,000. A new-look Studio 10 drew 54,000 / 41,000 / 40,000 in the morning (up on last Monday’s high of 46,000).

Seven News won its slot at 1.11m / 1.05m for Seven. Home and Away (591,000) and The Chase (583,000 / 336,000) followed.

ABC News led its slot at 783,000. Q&A (250,000) and The Drum (203,000) also ranked for ABC.

On SBS it was How the Victorians Built Britain (186,000), SBS World News (182,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (174,000) and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (113,000). Mastermind was just 69,000.

NCIS led multichannels at 182,000.

Sunrise: 259,000
Today: 226,000
News Breakfast: 139,000 / 62,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 14 September 2020

Gogglebox was the top entertainment show last night at 631,000 -the only entertainment show above 600,000 metro viewers.

10 also led at 7:30 with The Bachelor (570,000) then 7:30 (480,000) and The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (344,00).

Seven’s AFL drew 497,000 across the network and led multichannels, with NRL on Nine at 306,000 / 20,000.

Seven network won Thursday with 29.7% then Nine 24.2%, 10 21.1%, ABC 13.6% and SBS 11.5%.

Seven News was #1 at 997,000 / 904,000 for Seven. The Chase was 563,000 / 350,000 then Home and Away (445,000 across the network). The Front Bar was 361,000 and America’s Got Talent at 198,000 across the network.

Nine News led for Nine at 978,000 / 931,000 followed by A Current Affair (630,000) and Hot Seat (493,000 / 286,000). Confessions Of A Serial Killer was 111,000 across the network.

The Project drew 505,000 / 316,000 for 10. 10 News First was 344,000 / 201,000 for 10. Law & Order: SVU was 240,000.

ABC News led its slot at 718,000 for ABC. Sammy J pulled 313,000 then Escape from the City (272,000), The Heights (193,000), The Drum (184,000) and Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (140,000).

On SBS it was Secrets of the Tower of London (211,000), SBS World News (181,000) and Tour De France (161,000).

The Morning Show: 158,000 / 93,000
Today Extra: 103,000 / 79,000
Studio 10: 46,000 / 42,000 /

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 10 September 2020

No entertainment show could crack 700,000 metro viewers last night, despite Melbourne still under 8pm curfew.

The Block was the top entertainment show at 687,000. It outranked Hard Quiz (682,000), 7:30 (571,000), The Bachelor (549,000), and Highway Patrol (440,000 / 407,000).

Later Mad as Hell led at 588,000 then Emergency (522,000).

Nine network won Wednesday with 28.1% then Seven 27.7%, 10 17.6%, ABC 17.2% and SBS 9.4%.

Nine News drew 1.03m / 922,000 for Nine then A Current Affair (710,000) and Hot Seat (497,000 / 317,000). Botched drew 279,000.

Seven News was #1 at 1.1m / 1.05m for Seven. The Chase (633,000 / 397,000) and Home & Away (592,000) followed. Movie: Kingsman: The Secret Service was 346,000.

The Project drew 536,000 / 344,000 for 10. 10 News First was 382,000 / 250,000. Bull managed 233,000 / 170,000.

ABC News led its slot at 711,000. Utopia (362,000), Planet America (322,000) and The Drum (193,000) followed.

On SBS it was Sydney’s Super Tunnel (219,000), Arabia with Levison Wood (184,000), SBS World News (183,000), Tour de France (141,000) and Mastermind (68,000).

NCIS topped multichannels with 216,000.

Sunrise: 285,000
Today: 244,000
News Breakfast: 145,000 / 53,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 9 September 2020

It was a tale of two foodie shows last night.

Team Australia was eliminated out of Seven’s new cooking show last night as the show slipped lower while ABC’s history series claimed a win.

The Block 753,000 won its slot and led the demos ahead of Anh’s Brush with Fame (611,000), 7:30 / The Masked Singer: Unmasked (both 592,000), Plate of Origin (382,000) and Great Asian Railway Journeys (248,000).

Later Further Back in Time for Dinner won its slot at 535,000 then Halifax: Retribution (505,000) and Ambulance Australia (382,000).

Nine network won Tuesday 29.6% then Seven 25.1%, 10 18.6%, ABC 17.4% and SBS 9.3%.

Nine News (1.01m / 996,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot at 734,000 then Hot Seat (546,000 / 350,000) followed. Bluff City Law drew 196,000.

Seven News was #1 with 1.11m / 1.03m for Seven.  Home & Away (570,000) and The Chase (565,000 / 357,000). Movie: Taken was 205,000.

The Project drew 519,000 / 301,000 for 10. 10 News First was 375,000 / 237,000.

ABC News drew 724,000. The Great Acceleration was 241,000 and The Drum was 202,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (169,000), Insight (140,000), Dateline (108,000) and Mastermind (70,000). The Feed was just 45,000.

NCIS led multichannels at 183,00 -although there appears to be a coding error which has merged it with a repeat on 10.

Sunrise: 254,000
Today: 220,000
News Breakfast: 144,000 / 58,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 8 September 2020

Nine and 10 reality shows went to war again last night with wafer thin results -but that only left Seven’s dish sinking even lower.

The Block (789,000) barely pipped The Masked Singer (775,000) but the latter did rise to 918,000 for the reveal of Simon Pryce as Puppet, and topped the demos.

They edged out 7:30 (658,000), Australian Story (600,000) and Plate of Origin (393,000).

Later Have You Been Paying Attention? was a winner at 764,000, ahead of Four Corners (510,000), Media Watch (494,000) and Celebrity IOU (337,000).

But there was also another extremely close battle on Monday with Sunrise on 250,000 narrowly ahead of Today‘s 242,000 -the closest margin since October 2018. News Breakfast drew 134,000 / 55,000.

There were even close results in 5pm game shows.

10’s primary channel pushed Seven’s into third place but Nine network won Monday with 27.0% then Seven 24.7%, 10 22.5%, ABC 17.7% and SBS 8.1%.

Nine News drew 1.06m / 1.01m for Nine then A Current Affair (729,000) and Hot Seat 555,000 / 335,000. Nine News late edition was 246,000.

Seven News was #1 at 1.1m / 1.05m for Seven then The Chase 566,000 / 328,000 and Home & Away (577,000). 9-1-1: Lone Star pulled 250,000 and Chicago Fire was 189,000.

The Project drew 565,000 / 344,000 for 10. 10 News First was 369,000 / 250,000 and Just for Laughs: Uncut was 290,000.

ABC News won its slot at 754,000 for ABC. Q&A (296,000) and The Drum (194,000) followed.

On SBS it was How the Victorians Built Britain (203,000), SBS World News (174,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (150,000), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (89,000) and Mastermind (83,000).

NCIS led multichannels at 214,000.

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 7 September 2020

Gogglebox was the top entertainment drawcard at 604,000 on Thursday.

A “world first” Bachelor, in which Locky & his dates zoomed, led its slot at  561,000 then 7:30 (483,000), The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (313,000), The Heights (204,000) and Kalgoorlie Cops (201,000 in 3 cities).

Seven’s AFL drew 418,000 across the network while NRL across Nine was 329,000 / 24,000.

Seven network won Thursday with 29.3% then Nine 24.6%, 10 21.3%, ABC 13.6% and SBS up at 11.3%.

Seven News was #1 at 1.04m / 971,000 for Seven. The Chase (550,000 / 328,000), Home & Away (469,000) and The Front Bar (315,000) followed. America’s Got Talent was 169,000 across the network.

Nine News was best for Nine at 884,000 / 868,000 then A Current Affair (635,000) and Hot Seat (458,000 / 275,000). Murder Lies & Alibis managed 123,000 across the network.

The Project was 500,000 / 343,000 for 10. 10 News First (350,000 / 231,000), Law & Order: SVU (224,000).

ABC News won its slot at 732,000. Also ranking for ABC were Sammy J (324,000), Escape from the City (251,000), The Drum (172,000) and Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (142,000).

On SBS it was Secrets of the Tower of London (208,000), Tour de France (158,000), SBS World News (157,000), and Mastermind (86,000).

NCIS led multichannels at 197,000.

The Morning Show: 139,000 / 97,000
Today Extra: 110,000 / 69,000
Studio 10: 45,000 / 44,000 /

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 3 September 2020

ABC shows led entertainment viewing on another Wednesday.

Hard Quiz 672,000 was the top entertainment show.

It defeated The Block (651,000), 7:30 (596,000), The Bachelor (571,000 and topping the demos) and Highway Patrol (401,000 / 390,000).

Later Mad as Hell (576,000) also won its slot ahead of Emergency (468,000) and Utopia (419,000).

Elsewhere Today show managed wins in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane but not enough to topple Sunrise nationally.

Nine network won Wednesday with 26.8% then Seven 25.0%, 10 20.0%, ABC 18.0% and SBS 10.1%.

Nine News (958,000 / 917,000) was best for Nine followed by A Current Affair (647,000). Hot Seat drew 489,000 / 291,000 then Botched (307,000).

Seven News was #1 with 1.01m / 974,000 for Seven. The Chase (578,000 / 351,000), Home and Away (589,000) and America’s Got Talent (216,000) followed.

The Project was 514,000 / 310,000 for 10. 10 News First (372,000 / 239,000) then Bull (230,000 / 132,000).

ABC News (747,000) won its slot. Planet America (344,000) and The Drum (203,000) also ranked for ABC.

On SBS it was Sydney’s Super Tunnel (202,000), SBS World News (173,000), Arabia with Levison Wood (171,000), Tour de France (125,000) and Mastermind (70,000).

NCIS led multichannels at 217,000.

Sunrise: 252,000
Today: 228,000
News Breakfast: 146,000 / 53,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 2 September 2020

It was an AFL game on 7mate that helped pushed Seven to a Tuesday night network win, and not its brand new reality show.

The 7mate match drew 200,000 viewers in Perth & Adelaide where it screened, helping to nudge Seven to a network share despite its primary channel trailing Nine’s.

Meanwhile there was a three way battle going on last night with The Block (692,000), Anh’s Brush with Fame (682,000) and The Masked Singer (681,000 rising to 797,000 for the reveal of Julia Morris as Kitten). 10’s show beat Nine’s across the demos for the full show.

Next were 7:30 (565,000), Plate of Origin (419,000) and Great Asian Railway Journeys (256,000).

Later Further Back in Time for Dinner won its slot for ABC at 582,000 then Halifax: Retribution (479,000) and Inside the Crown: Secrets of the Royals (305,00).

Seven network won Tuesday wth 28.0% then Nine 27.3%, 10 18.4%, ABC 17.0% and SBS 9.4%.

Seven News was #1 with 1.03m / 942,000 for Seven. The Chase (566,000 / 344,000) and Home & Away (552,000) followed.

Nine News (971,000 / 946,000) was best for Nine then A Current Affair (732,000) and Hot Seat (503,000 / 295,000). Bluff City Law debuted at 214,000.

The Project drew 532,000 /335,000 for 10. 10 News First (366,000 / 248,000) and movie: Miss Congeniality 2 was 218,000.

ABC News led its slot on 721,000. The Great Acceleration (229,000) and The Drum (197,000) followed.

On SBS it was SBS World News (183,000), Insight (151,000), Dateline (108,000), Mastermind (85,000) and  The Feed (73,000).

Sunrise: 259,000
Today: 231,000
News Breakfast: 140,000 / 57,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 1 September 2020

It was a two horse race last night in early evening entertainment, with Seven’s new cooking show caught in the crossfire.

The Block won its slot with 744,000, just ahead of  The Masked Singer on 729,000 (rising to 938,000 for the reveal of Lucy Durack).

Australian Story (656,000), 7:30 (655,000) and Plate of Origin (510,000) followed, the latter landing fourth in its slot and a drop on its Sunday debut.

Later Have You Been Paying Attention? drew 766,000 then Four Corners (478,000), Media Watch (471,000), Celebrity IOU (348,000) and 9-1-1: Lone Star (290,000).

Nine network won Monday with 27.1% then Seven 25.1%, 10 21.7%, ABC 17.7% and SBS 8.5%.

Seven News was #1 at 1.21m / 1.12m for Seven. The Chase (649,000 / 373,000), Home and Away (617,000) followed. Chicago Fire was 178,000.

Nine News (1.03m / 1.02m) led for Nine. A Current Affair was 781,000 with Hot Seat at 535,000 / 308,000 and a late Nine News edition (265,000).

The Project drew 536,000 / 318,000 for 10. 10 News First ( 367,000 / 248,000) and Just for Laughs: Uncut (217,000) also ranked for ABC.

ABC News led its slot at 791,000. Q&A (307,000) and The Drum (189,000) followed for ABC.

On SBS it was How the Victorians Built Britain (206,000),  SBS World News (177,000), Tour de France (140,000), Surviving the Virus (134,000) and Mastermind (94,000.

NCIS led multichannels at 206,000.

Sunrise: 250,000
Today: 223,000
News Breakfast: 137,000 / 59,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 31 August 2020

The return of Gogglebox was the top entertainment drawcard at 611,000 last night and topped the demos.

But Seven’s AFL helped the network to a winning share at 501,000 rising to 595,000 for a Post Match. NRL was 317,000 / 19,000 across Nine’s network.

Earlier The Bachelor won its slot at 538,000 despite being its lowest ever metro audience, then 7:30 (471,000), The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (339,000) and Kalgoorlie Cops (244,000 / 226,000 in 3 cities).

Seven Network won Thursday with 31.6% then Nine 24.0%, 10 20.6%, ABC 13.8% and SBS 10.0%.

Seven News (1.05m / 965,000) was #1 for Seven. The Chase was 568,000 / 319,000 and Home & Away was 469,000 split across the network. The Front Bar drew 337,000. America’s Got Talent was 164,000 in 3 cities.

Nine News (898,000 / 846,000) was best for Nine then A Current Affair (625,000) and Hot Seat (469,000 / 285,000). Reported Missing was 108,000 in 3 cities.

The Project drew 458,000 / 303,000 for 10. 10 News First was 363,000 / 207,000. Law & Order: SVU was 213,000.

ABC News won its slot at 731,000. Escape from the City (281,000), The Heights (201,000), The Drum (173,000), and Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (153,000) followed.

On SBS it was The Salisbury Poisonings (274,000), SBS World News (182,000), Mastermind (91,000) and Hungry Ghosts (87,000).

NCIS topped multichannels at 211,000.

The Morning Show: 150,000 / 93,000
Today Extra: 116,000 / 85,000
Studio 10: 45,000 / 41,000 /

OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 27 August 2020

ABC had a strong night last night, with a winning schedule from 7pm – 10pm.

Hard Quiz was the top entertainment drawcard at 698,000 viewers.

That was ahead of 7:30 (608,000), The Bachelor (582,000), RBT (447,000), Highway Patrol (351,000 / 285,000) and Britain’s Ancient Tracks (262,000).

Later Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell won its slot with (622,000) then the season finale of Rosehaven (500,000), Emergency (498,000), America’s Got Talent (254,000) and The Salisbury Poisonings (244,000).

Nine network won Wednesday with 26.9% then Seven 24.3%, ABC 19.3%, 10 19.0% and SBS 10.5%.

Seven News was #1 with 1.07m / 1.05m. The Chase drew 605,000 / 380,000 then Home & Away (613,000).

Nine News (1.01m / 934,000) was best for Nine then A Current Affair (712,000) and Hot Seat (521,000 / 287,000). Botched was 287,000.

ABC News won its slot at 752,000 for ABC. Planet America (319,000) and The Drum (190,000) followed.

The Project drew 519,000 / 338,000 for 10. 10 News First (385,000 / 236,000), Tommy (223,000) and Bull (152,000) followed.

On SBS it was  SBS World News (188,000) and Mastermind (107,000). Unfortunately the news remains bad for Hungry Ghosts slipping to an embarrassing 68,000 viewers.

NCIS topped multichannels at 235,000.

Sunrise: 257,000
Today: 225,000
News Breakfast: 152,000 / 60,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 26 August 2020

Two Aussie dramas went head to head last night, at least for some of the evening, with Halifax: Retribution on Nine and Hungry Ghosts on SBS -sadly, the latter failed to fire in its second outing. It’s unfortunate given viewers wait so long for Aussie drama.

Earlier The Block led at 7:30 with 762,000 viewers.

But The Masked Singer was very close behind at 717,000 and topped the demos, rising to 810,000 for the moment Isaiah Firebrace was revealed as the Wizard -correctly guessed by Jackie O. Anh’s Brush with Fame (613,0000), 7:30 (573,000) and Inside the Crown: Secrets of the Royals (425,000) followed. Great Asian Railway Journeys was 296,000.

Later Halifax: Retribution drew 544,000 / 469,000 then Fight for Planet A (469,000), The Salisbury Poisonings (257,000) and movie: Miss Congeniality (223,000).

Nine network won Tuesday with 29.3% then Seven 26.3%, 10 18.2%, ABC 17.0% and SBS 9.2%.

Seven News was #1 with 1.12m / 1.07m for Seven then The Chase (656,000 / 389,000), Home and Away (627,000). An ABBA Forever repeat was 239,000.

Nine News (1.02m / 986,000) was best for Nine. A Current Affair was 818,000 then Hot Seat (515,000 / 311,000).

The Project pulled 545,000 /352,000 for 10. 10 News First was 394,000 / 254,000.

ABC News won its slot on 802,000. The Great Acceleration (250,000) and The Drum (207,000) followed.

On SBS it was SBS World News (173,000), Mastermind (91,000) and Hungry Ghosts (87,000).

Bluey topped multichannels at 180,000.

Sunrise: 250,000
News Breakfast: 155,000 / 63,000
Today: 216,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 25 August 2020

The number of positive cases on The Masked Singer has expanded from 7 to 16 people.

A 10 spokesperson said, “Network 10 can confirm that 16 members of The Masked Singer production team have received a positive test result for COVID-19. 

“All members of The Masked Singer production will undergo a 14-day period of self-quarantine as advised by the Department of Health and Human Services. All production crew will be adhering to this instruction. “

TV Tonight understands 289 tests have been conducted in relation to the show.

Last night speaking to The Project Dave Hughes noted “cast and dancers” were affected, but it is unclear if he was alluding to any celebrities in disguise.

Osher Günsberg told TV Tonight the Warner Bros. production had already gone to extraordinary lengths to keep its team safe, but still the virus emerged.

“No shared meal breaks, no shared spaces, everyone in masks. I can’t even tell you how the details of how tough it was. We had to prove to DHSS that we were able to make this thing safely. I’d say we were a great example of how you could do such a thing. But even so, it does prove just how vicious this virus, how gravely infectious it is,” he said.

Premier Daniel Andrews had also said of Stage 4 production, “They’re not decisions that are necessarily made by me. What I would say, though …in Screen for instance, there are some productions, that if they if they weren’t to continue, then the whole thing would basically fall over and would be lost to Victoria. Again, it’s done on a case by case basis, and it’s always accompanied by a COVID-safe plan.”

A 10 spokesperson continued, “The health and safety of the community, and our staff and production partners remains our number one priority. Network 10 is providing all crew with all the support and assistance possible.  

“We would like to thank the Victorian Government and the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services for their continued support and assistance during this time.   

“We continue to work closely with the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services.”

The show continues on 10, but is yet to outline contingency for a grand final.

Updated: Now at 17 cases, with less than 5 results remaining outcome.

Farmer Wants a Wife has finished its season with 923,000 for Seven -a timeslot win and a season high.

The Block was next at 738,000 then The Masked Singer on 692,000 (rising to 786,000 for the reveal of Sophie Monk), 7:30 (603,000) and Australian Story (469,000). While The Block topped 25-54s, Masked Singer led 16-39s.

Later Have You Been Paying Attention? drew 704,000 defeating newcomer Celebrity: IOU (443,000), Media Watch (437,000), Four Corners (402,000), 9-1-1: Lone Star (327,000) and The Salisbury Poisonings (254,000).

Seven network won Monday with 28.1% then Nine 26.2%, 10 21.2%, ABC 15.9% and SBS 8.6% -a drama experiment on the latter barely shifted the share compared to last Monday’s 8.3%.

Seven News was #1 at 1.19m / 1.12m for Seven. Home and Away drew 673,000 then The Chase (639,000 / 366,000). Chicago Fire was 197,000.

Nine News (1.11m / 1.06m) was best for Nine. A Current Affair was 738,000 then Hot Seat (567,000 / 349,000). A late Nine News edition was 241,000.

The Project drew 580,000 / 346,000 for 10 then 10 News First (433,000 / 253,000) and Just for Laughs Uncut (269,000).

ABC News won its slot at 816,000. Q&A (273,000) and The Drum (204,000) also ranked for ABC.

On SBS it was The Blitz: Britain on Fire (217,000), SBS World News (182,000), Hungry Ghosts (131,000) and Mastermind (100,000).

Bluey was best on multichannels at 175,000.

Sunrise: 252,000
Today: 220,000
News Breakfast: 158,000 / 61,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 24 August 2020

Updated.

Seven, ABC and SBS all inched up in share last week, with Seven taking out Total People.

But  Nine held onto the 25-54 demo while 10 BOLD took back the top multichannel.

Australian Ninja Warrior, Farmer Wants a Wife & The Masked Singer all performed well, with Hard Quiz and HYBPA? as two strong entertainment drawcards.

Elsewhere Sunrise had its 26th survey win, but Today took line honours in Brisbane.

Network:
Seven: 28.9
Nine: 27.1
ABC: 18.0
10: 16.9
SBS: 9.1

Primary channel:
Seven: 19.4
Nine: 18.7
ABC: 13.2
10: 10.8
SBS: 5.6

Multichannels:
10 BOLD: 3.9
7mate: 3.7
7TWO: 3.5
ABC Kids Comedy: 2.6
9GEM: 2.5
9GO!: 2.4
7flix / 9Life: 2.3
10 Peach: 2.2
ABC News: 1.8
SBS VICELAND: 1.4
9RUSH: 1.2
SBS Food / SBS World Movies: 1.0
ABC ME: 0.4
NITV: 0.2

Seven won 16-39 but Nine led 25-54 demos.

Best brands last week were:

Seven: Seven News (Sun: 1.16m), Farmer Wants a Wife (Mon: 719,000), Seven’s AFL (Sat: 648,000), The Chase (607,000).

Nine: Nine News (Sun: 1.06m), Australian Ninja Warrior: State of Origin (Sun: 877,000), A Current Affair (712,000), Hot Seat (538,000).

10: The Masked Singer: Reveal (Mon: 930,000), Have You Been Paying Attention? (712,000), The Bachelor (Wed: 672,000) and The Project (7pm: 534,000).

ABC: ABC News (Sun: 770,000), Hard Quiz (737,000), Vera (657,000), Mad as Hell (649,000).

SBS: The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (364,000), Great Asian Railway Journeys (332,000), Sydney’s Super Tunnel (292,000) and Britain’s Ancient Tracks (273,000).