X Factor and 800 Words both break 1m viewer mark handing Seven comfortable Tuesday win
The second outing of Seven’s Australian drama 800 Words was a ratings winner for the channel, grabbing 1.192m metro viewers in the 8.40pm timeslot to be the most-watched show of the evening.
While it was also the most-watched show amongst viewers aged 25-54, it was down slightly on last week’s audience of 1.219m. Last week’s debut also picked up an extra 131,000 viewers in time-shifted viewing to take its total audience to 1.35m.
It was a positive night for Seven, which won the night with a share of 24.9 per cent, with The X Factor winning its 7.30pm timeslot with a metro audience of 1.092m according to OzTam metro overnight ratings.
It out-rated Nine’s The Block which pulled in 858,000 metro viewers, up on last week’s audience of 838,000. The Block was the most-watched show amongst viewers aged 16-39 and 18-49.
Both shows easily trumped Ten’s The Biggest Loser Families which shed 196,000 viewers to post an audience of 530,000, down from last week’s 726,000.
Nine grabbed an audience share of 18.5 per cent as Ten settled for third place with a share of 11.9 per cent as the ABC managed a share of 11.7 per cent.
David Attenborough’s Life Story, airing on Nine at 8.40pm, was watched by 555,000 metro viewers.
The channel also had a boost in the news battle with Seven News at 6pm beating rival Nine with 1.092m, sliding to 1.012 at 6.30pm. Nine News at 6pm pulled in just 994,000 viewers, growing to 1.031m from 6.30pm.
Top 15 Shows:
1 800 WORDS Network Seven 1,192,000
2 THE X FACTOR-TUE Network Seven 1,092,000
3 SEVEN NEWS Network Seven 1,069,000
4 NINE NEWS 6:30 Network Nine 1,031,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network Nine 1,028,000
6 SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT Network Seven 1,012,000
7 NINE NEWS Network Nine 994,000
8 THE BLOCK -TUE Network Nine 858,000
9 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC 815,000
10 HOME AND AWAY Network Seven 791,000
11 7.30-EV Network ABC 691,000
12 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Network Seven 642,000
13 THE PROJECT 7PM Network TEN 616,000
14 RESTORATION AUSTRALIA-EV Network ABC 611,000
15 FAMILY FEUD Network TEN 575,000
Audience Share:
Network 7 24.9%
Network 9 18.5%
Network TEN 11.9%
Network ABC 11.7%
Network SBS 5.7%
Network 7TWO 4.2%
Network GO! 3.9%
Network Gem 3.9%
Network 7mate 3.2%
Network ONE 3.2%
Network ELEVEN 3.0%
Network ABC2 2.9%
Network ABC News 24 1.5%
Network SBS 2 0.8%
Network ABC3 0.7%
Network NITV 0.1%
Total Audience Share:
Network 7 TTL 32.3%
Network 9 TTL 26.3%
Network TEN TTL 18.1%
Network ABC TTL 16.7%
Network SBS TTL 6.6%
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The Block has obviously been “blocked”
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I live in California and I love the show. Thank goodness for the internet.
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