Nine News and A Current Affair lead slots, Summer Bay scores for Seven…. and a fix finally for Deal or No Deal coding.
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