13 million of us in lockdown means we’re all looking for something to watch.
A triple ep of Home and Away (657,000; 595,000 “late”) starts it up for Seven as it hits the cliffhanger for a 2 week break, followed by a special Olympic edition of The Front Bar (480,000) which won the later primetime slot. A repeat of MOVIE: Step Brothers (119,000) was a placeholder while the Olympics kicked off for our soccer players on 7mate which was an absolute boon for the Big Red Train™.
Seven first in both primary (20.3%) and network (34.4%) rankings.
A Current Affair (739,000) starts Nine’s night strong, however it then fragmented for the worse depending of if you watch the NRL or not. It ended up like this: Thursday Night NRL Live (329,000) and Thursday Night Knock-Off (140,000); or RBT (224,000), a repeat of Paramedics (143,000), and King’s Cross ER (112,000).
Nine second in both primary (17.9%) and network (25.3%) rankings.
7:30 (656,000) and Foreign Correspondent (446,000) start the ABC’s night pretty well, and Q+A (321,000) continues its run above 300k (without acknowledgement of Hamish Macdonald’s exit as host). A repeat of Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean (192,000) completes the ABC’s night.
ABC third in primary (11.1%) and fourth in network (15.6%) rankings.
10’s night starts reasonably well with The Project (335,000 6:30pm; 530,000 7pm), followed by The Bachelor Australia (502,000) that lifts (but only marginally and that’s still a real concern). The documentary nobody asked for Diana’s Decades (191,000) barely draws an audience better than the NCIS repeat on 10 Bold, and a repeat of Law & Order: SVU (115,000) filled a hole.
10 fourth in primary (10.5%) and third in network (17.3%) rankings.
SBS’s Thursday started with repeats of Great Asian Railway Journeys (232,000) and Titanic: The New Evidence (155,000). A new episode of The Good Fight (63,000) struggled as the show was moved back into the 9:30pm timeslot.
SBS fifth in both primary (4.3%) and network (7.4%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: The Bachelor Australia (185,000) saw away Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Day 1 – Late Night, The Project 7pm, and Nine News 6:30pm/6pm.
18-49: Nine News 6pm (307,000) was triumphant over Nine News 6:30pm, Seven News 6pm, The Bachelor Australia, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Day 1 – Late Night.
25-54: Nine News 6pm (380,000) beats out Nine News 6:30pm, Seven News 6pm/6:30pm, and The Project 7pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Day 1 – Late Night (627,000) brought in a massive audience on 7mate as the Olyroos brought it home against Argentina.
BREKKY BATTLE
Sunrise (287,000)
The Today Show (230,000)
ABC Breakfast (199,000 (125,000 ABC; 74,000 ABC News))
All figures Five City Metro (5CM); overnights only.
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Note: Program performance and ranking information subject to change when not based on final program logs. Programs with the same name on one or more primary or multichannel, are aggregated into one network figure.
