After the 6pm News hour Seven’s Wednesday schedule is dead in the water.
A Current Affair (653,000) maintaining a winning position for Nine, and surprisingly the controversy on The Block (796,000) sees its numbers tick up where usually the Wednesday ep is the lowest of the week’s run. The penultimate ep of wafer-thin whodunnit drama After The Verdict (300,000) lands second in the later slot, as Footy Classified (107,000 MEL/ADL/PER), Family Law (86,000) and a repeat of Chicago Med (39,000) entertain a few in the late evening.
Nine first in both primary (24.1%) and network (32.5%) rankings.
Home & Away (488,000) again dicing with tipping over the 500k mark for Seven, however that and their news result were the only good news – if look at only 7pm to midnight the network runs a distant third, teetering on fourth. OOF. It’s easy to see why when they offer up such high quality primetime content as Armed and Dangerous (249,000) and The Chernobyl Disaster (233,000). At least Air Crash Investigations (143,000) and Chicago Fire (55,000) draw small, competitive audiences in the late night.
Seven second in both primary (18.1%) and network (25.3%) rankings.
7:30 (438,000) and a repeat of Hard Quiz (419,000) slot the ABC into second in primetime (again) and overall slide into third for the night. While both Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (460,000) and Summer Love (246,000) slide on last week’s numbers, they’re still strong enough to win the later slot too. Win the Week (171,000) ticks up marginally though its now a lost cause, as repeats of Adam Hills: The Last Leg (119,000) and Spicks and Specks (27,000) close out the schedule.
ABC third in both primary (13.2%) and network (17.7%) rankings.
These numbers confirm The Project (200,000 6:30pm; 298,000 7pm) was broadcast, though they also bring into question if it was because so few people saw it to confirm that it happened. A repeat of The Dog House Australia (289,000) does nothing for 10 either, suggesting they’ve given up on Wednesdays entirely. Ghosts (147,000) and a double repeat of Bull (102,000; 65,000) air to a small, loyal audience.
10 fourth in both primary (8.7%) and network (15%) rankings.
A repeat of Tony Robinson’s History of Britain (165,000) kicks off SBS’s night, followed by a repeat of Secret Scotland (133,000) and a new ep of The Stranger (58,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (4.6%) and network (9.4%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: The Block (156,000) led Seven News 6:30pm, Nine News 6:30pm, Seven News 6pm, and Nine News 6pm.
18-49: The Block (282,000) smashed Seven News 6:30pm, Nine News 6:30pm, Seven News 6pm, and Nine News 6pm.
25-54: The Block (342,000) delivers another triple demo win, followed by Seven News 6:30pm, Nine News 6:30pm/6pm, and Seven News 6pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Days Of Our Lives (193,000) on 9Gem races to the front for a multi-channel win.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 570,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 132,000 | 141,000 6:30pm 122,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 920,000 | 917,000 6pm 922,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 765,000 | 751,000 6pm 778,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 273,000 5pm 168,000 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 (206,000)
The Today Show (203,000)
ABC Breakfast (158,000 (106,000 ABC; 52,000 ABC News))
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: The Block (Nine) lifted 32% to 1,409,000; MKR finale/winner (Seven) lifted 22%/20% to 970,000/1,120,000; and The Masked Singer Australia (10) lifted 51% to 719,000.
The BVOD best were The Block (247,000), Home and Away (127,000), MKR – winner (116,000), MKR – finale (107,000), and Summer Love (105,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| The Amazing Race Australia | 10 | 719,000 | 51 |
| Summer Love | ABC | 607,000 | 41 |
| After The Verdict | Nine | 570,000 | 40 |
| The Block | Nine | 1,409,000 | 32 |
| Ghosts | 10 | 313,000 | 23 |
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.
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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.
