Yes, local drama still tops entertainment.
Nine News and A Current Affair lead slots, Summer Bay scores for Seven.... and a fix finally for Deal or No Deal coding.
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Local drama still pulls a crowd in 2025.
Home & Away was the top rated entertainment show on Thursday.
A triple play of episodes was 823,000 / 720,000 / 699,000 viewers in National TV Audience.
7:30 was 735,000 then RBT (640,000), Gogglebox (563,000) and Grand Designs (553,000).
Later Emergency pulled 514,000 for Nine then Grand Designs NZ (346,000), Jim Jefferies & Friends (270,000), Scandinavia with Simon Reeve (173,000) and The Office Australia (156,000).
Nine won Thursday.
Nine News was #1 at 1.23m. A Current Affair was 959,000 with RPA at 361,000.
Seven News drew 1.19m then The Chase (545,000. First Dates UK managed 142,000.
ABC News scored 830,000. Hard Quiz (333,000), Spicks & Specks (148,000) and Mystery Road: Origin (96,000) followed.
10 News drew 284000 for 10. Deal or No Deal -now with correct coding- was 238,000 then 10 News+ (117,000) and Law & Order: SVU (102,000).
On SBS it was SBS World News (192,000 / 138,000), 24 Hours in Aldi -hopefully not trapped inside- (107,000), Mastermind (96,000), Blue Lights (90,000).
The Morning Show: 228,000 / 139,000
Today Extra: 180,000 / 121,000
National Total TV: Thursday 16 October 2025
- Tagged with 10 New First, 10 News, 24 Hours in Aldi, 7:30, A Current Affair, ABC News, Blue Lights, Deal or No Deal, Emergency, First Dates UK, Gogglebox, Grand Designs, Grand Designs NZ, Hard Quiz, Home & Away, Jim Jefferies & Friends, Law & Order: SVU, Mastermind, Mystery Road: Origin, Nine News, RBT, RPA, SBS World News, Scandinavia With Simon Reeve, Seven News, Spicks & Specks, The Chase, The Morning Show, The Office Australia, Today Extra
11 Responses
At least a month to correct the issue with the Deal coding, good to see it finally fixed but 238k is still tragic for 7pm, repeat or not.
Comparing Thursday ratings for The Project back in May, it was getting over 300k each week and presumably around 400k in the 7pm half. Better than this and presumably acceptable in the demos.
It was only fixed because I rang 10 contact and it was passed on to the department.
Surely a new low for ten news+ (outside of a Sunday / Friday number).
I cannot wait to see how they address this at their up fronts and what they do to fix this schedule.
113k Tuesday last week, with a warm evening in Melbourne. Been several nights just above 120k now.
Georgie Tunny was back hosting again last night but has arrived too late to save the Titanic – really should have been made the face of the show after the disastrous first few weeks, not just used for a few feature stories. She’s a natural.
When did ch7 decide to move the amazing race US version to Wednesday night?
Yes, at 11.30pm-1am
I find out quite odd that the 3 episodes of Home and Away decreased 100k and then another 20k. You would think if you were watching a show, you would watch all 3 episodes. I think people just leave the TV on and then just switch channels later. Googlebox was fantastic last night.
It is a big commitment and the series is not made to be consumed in 90 minute blocks. Seven should reduce it to double episodes at a maximum.
Hopefully this will give Channel 7 hints that the Australian public wants more scripted content of all genres. drama, comedy and even children’s shows.
Jim Jeffries and Friends is a disaster for Seven and cost them the night.
Seven did lose traction from H&A and it cost them the night.