Thursday was a night without football codes, in a night which was ultimately a close race between two networks.
The Block led entertainment at 499,000 metro viewers.
That was ahead of The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity (429,000), 7:30 (357,000), Foreign Correspondent (312,000), Highway Patrol (264,000 / 247,000) and Great Australian Walks with Julia Zemiro (159,000).
Later Gogglebox drew 430,000 then Grand Designs: House of the Year (294,000) and Movie: Pretty Woman (233,000).
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup managed 143,000.
Nine network won Thursday -just- at 26.7% then Seven 26.5%, 10 20.7%, ABC 16.4% and SBS 9.7%.
Nine News was 700,000 / 674,000 then A Current Affair (561,000) and Hot Seat (323,000 / 209,000).
Seven News was #1 at 782,000 / 774,000. The Chase led with 450,000 / 287,000 then Home & Away (423,000).
The Project drew 225,000 / 142,000 for 10. 10 News First was low at 159,000 / 113,000. A Cheap Seats replay was 137,000.
ABC News scored 505,000. Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip (190,000) and The Drum (124,000) followed.
On SBS it was SBS World News (126,000 / 87,000), Luke Nguyen’s India (101,000) and Crime (58,000).
NCIS led multichannels at 98,000.
The Morning Show: 127,000 / 89,000
Today Extra: 111,000 / 83,000
In Total TV numbers last Thursday were:
Home & Away: 865,000
Gogglebox: 727,000
Grand Designs: House of the Year: 446,000
The Front Bar: 669,000
30 Years of the Grand Final Footy Show: 319,000
OzTAM Overnights: Thursday 5 October 2023.