If the sport is struggling…what will the commercial networks do?!
Right form the start on Seven it’s a messed-up schedule based on the footy: Home & Away (324,000 (213,000 Seven BNE/SYD; 111,000 7TWO MEL/ADL/PER)); Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Footy (448,000 (355,000 Seven MEL/ADL/PER; 93,000 7mate BNE/SYD))
Britain’s Got Talent (136,000 Seven BNE/SYD); a repeat of MOVIE: Crazy Rich Asians (107,000 Seven BNE/SYD); and then it all comes back together again (basically) with Born To Kill (39,000).
Seven first in both primary (22.6%) and network (32.4%) rankings.
A Current Affair (540,000) leads Nine’s night before it also fractures nationally for the footy: Thursday Night NRL Live (247,000 Nine BNE/SYD); Thursday Night Knock-Off (68,000 Nine BNE/SYD); RBT (176,000 (135,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER; 41,000 9Gem BNE/SYD)); a repeat of Paramedics (146,000 (112,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER; 33,000 9Gem BNE/SYD)); New Amsterdam (62,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER); and then it all comes back together for The Equalizer (52,000).
Nine second in both primary (17.1%) and network (25.1%) rankings.
The Project (231,000 6:30pm; 323,000 7pm) slips again for 10, so thankfully they’ve got MasterChef Australia (473,000) which picks up the primetime win and their overall night. Law & Order: SVU (191,000) does reasonably, and the rest of the night is filled with repeats of The Cheap Seats (95,000) and Five Bedrooms (48,000)
10 third in both primary (11%) and network (17.3%) rankings.
7:30 (426,000) and Foreign Correspondent (249,000) slip a little for the ABC, however Q+A (248,000) sees a bump on last week. Courtney Act’s One Plus One (126,000) also lifts, before a repeat of Ithaka: A Fight To Free Julian Assange (29,000)
ABC fourth in both primary (10.3%) and network (16.3%) rankings.
A reasonable enough all-new Thursday for SBS, with Scenic Coastal Walks with Kate Humble (98,000), House of Maxwell (139,000), and D.I. Ray (98,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (4.7%) and network (8.9%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football (114,000) beat out Seven News 6:30pm/6pm, MasterChef Australia, and Nine News 6:30pm.
18-49: Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football (176,000) led Seven News 6pm, Nine News 6:30pm, Seven News 6:30pm, and Nine News.
25-54: Seven News 6pm (228,000) was followed by Seven News 6:30pm, Nine News 6pm/6:30pm, and Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Bluey – AM (415,000) on ABC Kids/TV Plus brings home another massive result for Aunty.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC National News | 7pm-7:30pm | 565,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 124,000 | 146,000 6:30pm 101,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 870,000 | 888,000 6pm 842,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 753,000 | 758,000 6pm 748,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 300,000 5pm 196,000 6pm |
SBS World News averaged ((6:30pm+7pm)/2) to obtain total program figure.
Seven News/Nine News figures averaged ((6pm+6:30pm)/2) to obtain total program figure.
BREKKY BATTLE
Sunrise (215,000)
The Today Show (197,000)
ABC Breakfast (170,000 (104,000 ABC; 66,000 ABC News))
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 30% to 750,000; 60 Minutes – Special (Nine) lifted 12% to 636,000; and Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Footy (Seven) lifted 0% to 610,000.
The BVOD best were Home and Away/Home and Away – Late (both on 134,000) and D.I. Ray (127,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| D.I. Ray | SBS | 505,000 | 162 |
| Home and Away – Late | Seven | 747,000 | 32 |
| MasterChef Australia | 10 | 750,000 | 30 |
| Home and Away | Seven | 777,000 | 29 |
| Law & Order: SVU | 10 | 309,000 | 16 |
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.
