My Kitchen Rules ruled the 7.30 time slot with its second +1 million audience of this season. And with The Block over for another year, Nine’s The Golden Bachelor’s third episode lost 100k from last Monday’s premiere to a season low 643k.
That was behind ABC’s Australian Story that gained 55k to 724k while 10 was treading water with Selling Houses Australia as a placeholder ahead of Big Brother’s launch managing 329k.
Later The Rookie lifted by 25k to 526k for Seven while a new batch of contestants landed on Love Island Australia for Season Seven with 342k watching on the main channel. That was on par with Season Six that launched last year to 343k (118k BVOD) though it did follow an episode of The Block.
Meanwhile, Sam Pang Tonight’s third episode held onto 449k. That was down 50k but with a very poor lead in.
Four Corners and Media Watch were up this week for ABC with Planet America steady.
Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Gen encore continues to attract an audience with 217k last night.
9Nine News had a 3k win at 6pm after Tipping Point was ahead at 5pm by 158k. Sunrise topped 400k to be 90k ahead of Today. Deal Or No Deal had 250k on 10 at 7pm after 10 News+ had 134k.
9News was Australia’s No. 1 program with People 25-54, 16-39 and Total People. It was also the No. 1 program with Total People in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 2.190 million, a Total TV National Audience of 1.378 million (up 10.2% year-on-year) and a BVOD Audience of 178,000 (up a massive 76.2% year-on-year).
A Current Affair was a timeslot winner for Total People and all key demographics across Australia. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 1.191 million, a Total TV National Audience of 1.741 million (up 6.6% year-on-year) and a BVOD Audience of 143,000 (up a massive 55.4% year-on-year).
The Golden Bachelor secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.721 million, a Total TV National Audience of 643,000 and a BVOD audience of 136,000. Last Monday’s launch episode has grown to a National Total TV Average Audience (Consolidated 7) of 1.012 million, including a BVOD audience of 339,000. This represents a 35% increase on its overnight audience.
Love Island Australia was Australia’s No.2 program of the night for People 16-39. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 894,000, a Total TV National Audience of 342,000 (up 5.2% year-on-year) and a BVOD audience of 177,000 (up 52.6% year-on-year).
Tipping Point was the game show of choice for Total People and all key demographics in Australia. It registered a Total TV Reach Audience of 1.523 million, a Total TV National Audience of 787,000 (up 14.1% year-on-year) and a BVOD Audience of 100,000 (up 92.3% year-on-year).
Today was the breakfast program of choice in Sydney and Melbourne for Total People. It registered a Total TV Reach Audience of 813,000, a Total TV National Audience of 327,000 (up 4.8% year-on-year) and a BVOD Audience of 50,000 (up 35.1% year-on-year).
The 9Network was the No.1 network on Monday across the 5 City Metro with People 25-54 and People 16-39.
9Now was the No.1 CFTA BVOD Platform on Monday across Australia with People 16-39.
Streaming Numbers Rise for Sam Pang Tonight. Sam Pang Tonight:
Reached 949,000 total national viewers.
#1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s.
Season to-date:
Reaching 2.6 million total national viewers.
Streaming audience up 24% vs. H1 2025.
#1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Monday, 20 October):
Sam Pang Tonight: Reached 1.4 million.
The Amazing Race Australia:Celebrity Edition Finale: Reached 1.35 million.
10:
10’s national BVOD audience was up 41% vs. the same night last year.
Seven #1 nationally in total TV National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 45.7% National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 44.3% 7plus: #1 in BVOD, up 59% year-on-year 7NEWS: reaches 2.1 million MKR: reaches 1.75 million, up 8% year-on-year Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 28% bigger than Today
Seven Network reaches 5.72 million Australians nationally. 7plus: #1 on BVOD with 46.2% share, reach up 59% year-on-year.
6pm to midnight:
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 45.7% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 41.3% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in grocery shoppers with a 45.9% share.
6am to midnight:
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 44.3% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 42.3% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in grocery shoppers with a 44.5% share. 7NEWS Monday**:** National reach 2.1 million, national audience 1.38 million. Up on previous week. My Kitchen Rules Monday: #1 entertainment program. National reach 1.75 million, national audience 1.03 million Up 8% year-on-year. Second highest rated episode this year. Home and Away Monday**: #1 drama.** National reach 1.38 million, national audience 891,000. The Chase Australia Monday: National reach 1.24 million, national audience 629,000. Up on previous week. The Rookie: National reach 981,000, national audience 526,000.
Sunrise Monday: #1 breakfast in total TV. National reach 959,000, national audience 419,000. 28% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%): 6.00pm to midnight
Network
All people
25 to 54s
Grocery shoppers
Seven Network
45.7
41.3
45.9
Nine Network
36.4
38.1
36.3
Network Ten
17.9
20.6
17.7
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%): 6.00am to midnight
Seven won all markets except Sydney that was won by Nine.
Nine News has a big win along the east coast and bad weather in Brisbane pushed Nine’s bulletin ther ahead of Sydney’s. 10 News also does better than usual. Seven News lands third in Sydney.
The Chase does well in Perth but not elsewhere.
Sunrise has a win in Brisbane but falls back behind in Melbourne.
How is it not working? Love Island had 177k BVOD viewers making it one of the most streamed shows last night. BVOD viewers are counted in the overall ratings. The show on the main channel didn’t finish until around 10.30pm which is quite late, so I can’t imagine it would have a higher average without the early streaming. I think this strategy gives it a bigger audience overall, as it attracts a younger audience that are more likely to consume shows this way.
I was talking the “average”, which I’m certain BVOD does not count towards.
Probably given its audience demo, Nine doesn’t intend on growing that figure anyway. All they will boast about the show is the “reach”, which don’t get me wrong, is very successful.
My point is had they delayed the 9Now availability until after TV, they could have driven up a higher average, and maybe same could go for the lead-in TGB.
We’ll never know because that has never been done.
Yes - 10 got a boost and Nine (on location with Joel) had one of their highest rated bulletins of the year bit Seven News was only up 7,000 on last Monday.
The fact that The Amazing Race’s finished over on 10 with a filler show no less, and MKR is only moderate competition, for The Golden Bachelor to drop by that much instead of increasing its ratings probably says a lot about the show.
It’s a shame because The Golden Bachelor is actually really good. The ladies are very lovely and kind and the stories they’re sharing are heartbreaking and devastating. They’re all opening up to each other and the girl power is on point. Sunny is just a beautiful soul. It really is a special series. No nastiness or bitching. A great shame people aren’t giving it a good go.
I feel like MKR is an easy show for viewers to slip into. Cooking shows are always relatable so you can watch it here or there without having seen the whole series. The Bachelor format was already feeling very tired by the end of it’s run on 10 so I don’t think many were screaming for another season. They probably should have cast a more well-known name for the lead in the first season of The Golden Bachelor that would grab viewers interest more. From the snippets that I’ve seen, Bear seems quite boring.