Seven and Nine battle it out to see who can offer the most bland schedule after 7:30pm.
Seven’s Thursday is fast becoming a wasteland, propped only up by its News product. Home & Away (457,000 7pm; 399,000 7:30pm-8:30pm Late) is trying its best to maintain an audience, while a quad repeat of Kath & Kim (261,000; 199,000; 177,000; 142,000) is trying its best to lose them.
Seven first in both primary (20.5%) and network (29.5%) rankings.
A Current Affair (544,000) leads Nine’s night again, followed by a raft of reality in RBT (369,000), Paramedics (342,000), and then into the second part repeat of Underbelly: Vanishing Act (128,000), followed by US drama The First 48 (31,000).
Nine second in both primary (18.8%) and network (27.4%) rankings.
A quieter night for the ABC, with 7:30 (468,000) and Foreign Correspondent (373,000) delivering a good enough audience to claim first in primetime. Q+A (253,000) bounces up, perhaps buoyed by the news it will return to Mondays in 2023. Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (147,000) struggled as a result. Repeats of Stuff the British Stole (99,000), and Magda’s Big National Health Check (33,000) fill out the late night.
ABC third in both primary (13%) and network (18.9%) rankings.
The Project (183,000 6:30pm; 282,000 7pm) is provided a little ratings dignity for 10 as the lead-in for a repeat of Ambulance Australia (238,000). The Real Love Boat Australia (134,000) recovers only marginally on last night’s dismal audience. Repeats of The Cheap Seats (82,000) and Blue Bloods (45,000) drew small audiences in the later and late night.
10 fourth in both primary (8.3%) and network (15.7%) rankings.
Dishing It Up (52,000) and Guillaume’s Paris (56,000) lead the way for SBS, chased down by World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (109,000). The Handmaid’s Tale (87,000) is doing OK business in first-run linear, and smashing it in Total TV for the previous week (up 425% to 520,000 for last week’s ep!).
SBS fifth in both primary (3.9%) and network (8.6%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Seven News 6:30pm (79,000) led Seven News 6pm, Nine News 6:30pm, Home and Away, and The Project 7pm.
18-49: Seven News 6pm (160,000) was followed by Seven News 6:30pm, Nine News 6:30pm, A Current Affair, and Home and Away.
25-54: Seven News 6:30pm (214,000) beat out Seven News 6pm, Nine News 6:30pm, A Current Affair, and Nine News 6pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Grace – PM (118,000) on 7TWO lands the multi-channel win for the night.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 583,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 108,000 | 114,000 6:30pm 101,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 875,000 | 868,000 6pm 881,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 617,000 | 650,000 6pm 583,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 84,000 5pm 126,000 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 (227,000)
The Today Show (189,000)
ABC Breakfast (176,000 (107,000 ABC; 69,000 ABC News))
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
Three changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: Home and Away – Late (Seven) lifted 43% to 895,000; Gogglebox Australia (10) lifted 25% to 866,000; and RBT (Nine) lifted 6% to 627,000.
The BVOD best were The Handmaid’s Tale (257,000), Home and Away – Late (221,000), and Home and Away (127,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| The Handmaid’s Tale | SBS | 425,000 | 425 |
| Home and Away – Late | Seven | 895,000 | 43 |
| Gogglebox Australia | 10 | 866,000 | 25 |
| Home and Away | Seven | 878,000 | 23 |
| Paramedics | Nine | 651,000 | 12 |
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.
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