Wednesday Ratings | Nothing matches STATE OF ORIGIN Game 1

Naturally, everything else was affected because FOOTY.

Nine land a sizeable win with State of Origin Game 1 Pre-Match (983,000) and State of Origin Game 1 Live (1,771,000), with the latter managing to slide into one of the lowest-rating games in history…Nine were head-and-shoulders winners for the night though (a whopping 40% share!). A reasonable audience hung in for State Of Origin Game 1 Post-Match (634,000), though Travel Guides NZ (72,000) was left to its own devices after that.
Nine first in both primary (40%) and network (47.6%) rankings.

Seven lean into Home & Away (440,000) heavily again as their best for the night. This was followed by Big Brother Australia (255,000) as another casualty, after which the night muddled around because of the scheduling of The Front Bar (229,000 (142,000 MEL)). This ensured Britain’s Got Talent (127,000) and Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back (31,000) really didn’t do much at all.
Seven second in both primary (13.3%) and network (18.8%) rankings.

Sliding into a neat-if-distant second place 7:30 (489,000) and the season premiere of Gruen (491,000) make for a solid double on the ABC. Then the otherwise nude-friendly
The Weekly With Charlie Pickering (451,000) manages to deliver reasonable numbers given the competition, as does You Can’t Ask That (253,000). A repeat of Would I Lie To You? (162,000) and Why Didn’t They Ask Evans (36,000) complete Aunty’s evening.
ABC third in primary (10.4%) and tied third in network (13.9%) rankings.

The Project (257,000 6:30pm; 404,000 7pm) was always going to be the major casualty for 10, however MasterChef Australia (437,000) managed to maintain some dignity. Five Bedrooms (219,000) slips for its second ep, while US dramas Bull (118,000) and This Is Us (57,000) offer new eps in the late evening.
10 fourth in primary (9%) and tied third in network (13.9%) rankings.

SBS’s offering stood up thus: Tony Robinson: WWII By Drone (128,000), Thatcher and Reagan (84,000), and Cobra (37,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (3.1%) and network (5.8%) rankings.

KEY DEMOS

16-39: State of Origin – Match (518,000) comes in ahead of State of Origin – Pre/Post, and Nine News 6:30pm/6pm.

18-49: State of Origin – Match (774,000) beats out State of Origin – Pre/Post, and Nine News 6:30pm/6pm.

25-54: State of Origin – Match (807,000) nails the triple demo win, followed by State of Origin – Pre/Post, and Nine News 6:30pm/6pm.

MULTI-CHANNELS

Bluey (145,000) deservedly brings home another multi-channel win for ABC Kids/TV Plus.

BREKKY BATTLE

Sunrise (225,000)
The Today Show (191,000)
ABC Breakfast (165,000 (104,000 ABC; 61,000 ABC News))

DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV

One change to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 21% to 822,000; Big Brother Australia (Seven) lifted 51% to 729,000; and Celebrity Apprentice Australia (Nine) lifted 25% to 716,000.

The BVOD best was Home and Away (134,000).

Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:

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.