A Thursday night when there’s no sport leaves schedules laid bare.
Seven slam a win off the back of their News and little else. Home & Away (460,000) pulls its average for the week, and Big Brother Australia (358,000) doesn’t do much (though lifts a little) to stem the tide of audience abandonment. Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back (129,000) and The Front Bar (338,000 (221,000 MEL)) entertain the few who hung into the later and late night.
Seven first in both primary (19.6%) and network (27.4%) rankings.
A Current Affair (572,000) is Nine’s best again by a long way, though RBT (368,000) appears to be somewhat competitive with the reality offerings of its rivals. A repeat of MOVIE: London Has Fallen (245,000) and a new ep of The Equalizer (58,000) offer little hope when there’s no NRL on.
Nine second in both primary (17.5%) and network (25.2%) rankings.
10 struggling for the first Thursday in a while as the audience for The Project (231,000 6:30pm; 351,000 7pm) only gets smaller, and MasterChef Australia (505,000) doesn’t have Gogglebox Australia to prop it up (plus it has some competition). New and repeat Law & Order: SVU (242,000; 157,000) plus new Blue Bloods (99,000) round out the evening.
10 third in both primary (12.5%) and network (19.4%) rankings.
7:30 (489,000) kicks off the night as the ABC’s best, followed by Foreign Correspondent (385,000) with normal numbers. Q+A (282,000) continues to flail on Thursday nights with little interest, as repeats of Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (141,000) and The Family Court Murders (47,000) fill out the later and late night.
ABC fourth in both primary (11.7%) and network (17.3%) rankings.
A reasonable night for SBS, with World’s Most Scenic River Journeys (213,000), The Real Peaky Blinders (175,000), and Holding (133,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (6%) and network (10.7%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: MasterChef Australia (100,000) beats out Nine News 6pm/6:30pm, Big Brother Australia, and Seven News 6pm.
18-49: Nine News 6pm (193,000) comes in ahead of Nine News 6:30pm, MasterChef Australia, and Seven News 6pm/6:30pm.
25-54: Nine News 6pm (248,000) is followed by Nine News 6:30pm, Seven News 6pm, MasterChef Australia, and Seven News 6:30pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Father Brown (129,000) brings home a multi-channel win for 7TWO.
BREKKY BATTLE
Sunrise (247,000)
ABC Breakfast (203,000 (130,000 ABC; 73,000 ABC News))
The Today Show (194,000)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
One change to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: Thursday Night NRL Live (Nine) lifted 9% to 588,000/RBT (Nine) lifted 4% to 335,000; Home and Away – Late (Seven) lifted 24% to 877,000; and MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 29% to 796,000.
The BVOD best were Home and Away – Late (128,000), and Home and Away (125,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| MasterChef Australia | 10 | 796,000 | 29 |
| Gogglebox Australia | 10 | 955,000 | 28 |
| Zelenskyy: The Story | SBS | 393,000 | 25 |
| Home and Away – Late | Seven | 877,000 | 24 |
| Home and Away | Seven | 936,000 | 20 |
Primary Channels, Multi-Channels, Shares, Subscription TV, Key Demos, Brekky Battle: All figures Total People, Five City Metro (5CM); overnights only.
Daily Consolidated 7 Total TV: All figures Total People, Consolidated 7 day Five City Metro (5CM) + Regional (Reg) + BVOD (Broadcast Video on Demand); % lift compared to overnight figures.
Top 20 Overnight Metro
Top 20 Multi-Channel Shows
Overnight Network Share
Top 20 Foxtel Shows
Daily Consolidated 7 Total TV Program Rankings
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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.
