Is Manifest now the #1 US drama on Australian television?
Last night it won its timeslot at 658,000 officially higher than The Good Doctor pulled this week in Overnight viewers (587,000).
It just edged out Mad as Hell‘s 651,000 on ABC, then 9-1-1 at 449,000. Playing for Keeps didn’t begin until around 9:15pm at just 375,000.
The Block‘s 918,000 also won its slot but Hard Quiz was strong for ABC at 686,000. The launch of The Bachelorette season drew 631,000 for TEN, the lowest debut across 4 seasons. 7:30 and Highway Patrol followed.
Great British Railway Journeys was best for SBS at 259,000.
Seven News, ACA and The Chase again won their slots.
Nine network won Wednesday with 29.3%, Seven 26.9%, TEN 20.7%, ABC 16.7% and SBS 6.3%.
The Block (918,000) was best for Nine then Nine News (913,000 / 885,000), A Current Affair (837,000), Manifest (658,000), Hot Seat (467,000 / 271,000) and movie: Flight (205,000).
Seven News was #1 for Seven with 988,000 / 969,000 then Home and Away (603,000), The Chase (591,000 / 361,000), Highway Patrol (491,000), 9-1-1 (449,000) and Criminal Minds (288,000 / 158,000).
The Bachelorette (631,000) led for TEN then The Project (500,000 / 312,000), Playing for Keeps (375,000), TEN Eyewitness News (370,000) and Pointless (227,000).
Hard Quiz (686,000), Mad as Hell (651,000), ABC News (644,000), 7:30 (596,000) and Back in Very Small Business (303,000) comprised ABC’s night. Black Comedy drew 195,000.
On SBS it was Great British Railway Journeys (259,000), Food Safari Water (163,000), The Rise of the Superstorms (133,000), SBS World News (125,000), Deep State (63,000) and The Chef’s Line (62,000).
Something called Wanda and the Alien topped multichannels at 158,000 for ABC KIDS.
Sunrise: 263,000
Today: 209,000
News Breakfast: 113,000 / 65,000
OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 10 October 2018
