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Reality contest sees X Factor take total people, but The Block takes demos

Ratings: In case you hadn't noticed over the last few weeks a pattern has emerged lately.

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In case you hadn’t noticed over the last few weeks a pattern has emerged between two reality shows: while The X Factor wins in Total People, The Block is consistently beating it in the demos. And the latter is strongest in its young demos, which reflects its strange lure to kids and the show’s desire to restore family viewing after last season.

Who knew renovation was more popular than singing with kids?

But a win is a win for X Factor at 1.00m viewers over The Block‘s 969,000. TBL Families was far behind at just 486,000.

800 Words 1.02m helped Seven secure a Tuesday win. ABC’s Pokie Nation doco drew much social media commentary, settling with 375,000 viewers.

Seven network won with 30.9% then Seven 27.7%, TEN 18.2%, ABC 17.7% and SBS 5.6%.

800 Words (1.02m) was best for Seven then The X Factor (1.00m), Seven News (986,000 / 957,000), Home and Away (759,000), The Chase (599,000 / 381,000) and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (426,000). Chicago Fire was 215,000.

Nine News (1.05m / 989,000)  led for Nine followed by A Current Affair (1.01m), The Block (969,000), The Big Bang Theory (905,000 / 678,000), Hot Seat (515,000) and Two and a Half Men (471,000 / 445,000). Lip Sync Battle was 179,000.

The Project was 641,000 / 479,000 for TEN. TEN Eyewitness News was 501,000, TBL Families was 486,000, NCIS was 340,000 and NCIS: LA was 325,000.

ABC News (802,000), 7:30 (760,000), Catalyst (623,000), Restoration Australia (615,000) and Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation (375,000) comprised ABC’s night.

On SBS it was Who Do You Think You Are? (303,000), Insight (240,000), Dateline (161,000) and SBS World News (136,000).

7TWO’s Foyle’s War drew 244,000 on multichannels.

The Morning Show: 131,000 / 109,000
Mornings: 96,000 / 90,000
Studio 10: 51,000 / 38,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 20 October 2015

7 Responses

  1. I am one of the million viewers who are enjoying 800 words. I have never watched an episode of the the cats or dogs make u laugh out loud. Dont make assumptions about people

  2. It really is disappointing that Australians watch cookie cutter crap ‘drama’ like 800 words when on Sunday night there was the far superior The Beautiful Lie which had 400k less viewers…. Im guessing the same people that watch 800 Words are the same muppets that watch cats and dogs make you LOL……

    1. Thats a very shallow way of looking at things. Mum and I watched The Beautiful Lie and 800 Words but weren’t interested in any of the Animal LOL specials.

    2. I can’t stand snobby attitudes like this. I watched Beautiful Lie and 800 Words, and enjoyed them both for different reasons. Not everyone has the same tastes as you, which is fine 🙂

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