If Nine hoped its Block audience would roll into The Golden Bachelor it may need to think again.
Last Monday The Block drew 1.29m viewers.
But last night The Golden Bachelor debuted to 749,000 viewers, a not disastrous result as reality shows fare, but third in its slot nonetheless.
It was burnt by My Kitchen Rules at 1.03m -a season high- and beaten by 7:30, albeit at a much briefer duration, on 830,000.
Australian Story (668,000) and
The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity (663,000) followed.
Later it was a close tussle between Four Corners (544,000), Media Watch (529,000), Sam Pang Tonight (505,000 in preliminary numbers) and The Rookie (502,000). Freddie Mercury: A Secret Daughter was 296,000.
Seven News drew 1.35m then Home & Away (910,000) and The Chase (620,000). Alert: Missing Persons Unit managed 223,000.
Nine News was #1 at 1.37m then A Current Affair (1.17m) and Tipping Point (818,000).
ABC News scored 964,000 then Planet America (475,000), Hard Quiz (374,000) and QI (161,000) in a 6pm slot.
Deal or No Deal drew 312,000 for 10 then 10 News (298,000), Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Gen (311,000 in preliminary numbers, given an overrun) and 10 News+ (145,000).
On SBS it was SBS World News (188,000 / 151,000), King & Conqueror and Mastermind (both 93,000), Big Fat Hard Quiz (72,000), Sydney’s Super Tunnel (61,000).
Sunrise: 414,000
Today: 330,000
News Breakfast: 228,000
National Total TV: Monday 20 October 2025
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