The Block’s third episode of the week continued the show’s winning momentum with another +1.2 million result that was almost 50k higher than the previous week. Next best of the reality offerings was My Kitchen Rules that featured the first gatecrashers of the season bringing in 876k, slightly lower week-on-week.
On 10, after a six-year break, Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Gen was back with a new season, network and host to an audience of 461k while for ABC, Foreign Correspondent was steady with 526k.
Later, The Cheap Seats had a nominal timeslot win steady with 450k. On Seven, The Rookie bumped Grosse Pointe Garden Society to later in the night and had just under 400k.
On Nine, AFL States got Footy Classified with 201k while the World Athletics Championships Day 4 had a 8:35pm main channel start in Sydney and Brisbane with the coverage averaging 305k.
Meanwhile, SBS’s coverage on SBS Viceland average 250k. That saw Insight on the main channel and a regular top 30 entry miss the rankings with just 166k. That followed Great British Railway Journeys Season 16 Premiere that had 146k at 7.30pm
Take 5 With Zan Rowe featuring Aaron Chen on ABC was steady with the PNG: The Road To Independence special dipping below 200k later in the night.
In an increasing close contest it was Nine News that came out on top at 6pm with the margin slightly higher than recent results on 44k. At 5pm The Chase closed the winning margin of Tipping Point to 161k. Earlier Sunrise surged to 441k while Today slipped to 316k. Deal Or No Deal average 276k after 10 News+ had 137k.