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Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings

A daily round-up of the winners and losers in Australia’s TV ratings war.

Q&A special shows that viewers aren't over the Libspill yet

Q&A's Malcolm Turnbull special saw audience numbers balloon as viewers tuned in to see some dirt unearthed.

The Bachelorette slips as ABC has another bumper night

The ABC has had another strong night as viewers refuse to keep up with the latest season of Ten's The Bachelorette.

Image: (AAP Image/Albert Perez)

Melbourne Cup viewers shine through despite the rain

Viewing figures of the Melbourne Cup held up for Seven, despite the overall downturn in main event viewership across 2018.

Has the summer silly season come early?

Now many shows drew in serious numbers yesterday -- and the ones that did were all news.

Spicks and Specks reunion out-plays the cricket

The return of Adam Hills' Spicks and Specks proved too great for any other offering last night, especially the dismal Australia-South Africa cricket.

Bachelorette brawl does nothing for viewers

An awkward and depressing brawl last night was a good analogy for Ten's latest season of The Bachelorette.

ABC muscles Ten off the leaderboard

The cricket on Foxtel struggles to draw viewers and the ABC has yet another strong night.

Self-portrait (1886-87) by John Peter Russell

John Russell documentary proves a rare gem in Australian TV

Reality shows dominate the night but ABC art documentary steals the show.

Low ratings as TV slips into summer mode

Australian TV ratings look to go out with a whimper, not a bang.

The Block finale dominates, but where did all the viewers go?

Now that’s not a good look, no matter how much Nine boasts about the success of this year’s season of The Block. While what we saw of last night’s series finale and winners’ announcement, what was not given much play at all was the near 20% slump in viewing levels from 2017.  Like the 2018 season […]