Are 10’s audience fatigued by a slew of new (and pretty average) reality formats?
Home & Away (447,000) kicks the week off with a reasonable second place in the slot for Seven, which was followed by Tina Arena’s This Is Your Life (532,000) which proved again to be the spoiler the Network needed. US dramas 9-1-1 (239,000) and S.W.A.T. (97,000) draw in their fans, while Heartbreak Island Australia (29,000) attracts only a small audience on linear broadcast in late night.
Seven first in both primary (21.6%) and network (30%) rankings.
A Current Affair (630,000) is Nine’s only good news as My Mum, Your Dad (368,000) struggles to stick third place. Under Investigation (241,000) isn’t doing any better, while repeats of Suburban Gangsters (137,000) and The Equalizer (31,000) collect a diminishing audience.
Nine second in both primary (18.9%) and network (26.3%) rankings.
7:30 (473,000) and Australian Story (514,000) again couple together to deliver a solid second place in primetime for the ABC. Four Corners (306,000) and Media Watch (380,000) perform reliably, followed by Planet America (275,000) and repeats of Parkinson in Australia (119,000) and Q+A (25,000) sliding into the late evening.
ABC third in both primary (14.1%) and network (20%) rankings.
The Project (208,000 6:30pm; 337,000 7pm) delivers what will be its best for the week on 10, followed by the very lacklustre premiere of The Challenge Australia (257,000) which drew exactly the same audience that the premiere of The Traitors Australia did. Ghosts (131,000) draws minimal interest, and then new and repeat eps of FBI: Most Wanted (99,000; 86,000) attract a small and loyal audience.
10 fourth in both primary (8.5.%) and network (15.4%) rankings.
Celebrity Letters and Numbers (68,000) continues to struggle for SBS, affecting Scotland’s Extreme Medics (104,000) and Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry (63,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (3.7%) and network (8.2%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Seven News 6:30pm (88,000) led Seven News 6pm, Nine News 6:30pm, The Challenge Australia, and The Project 7pm.
18-49: Seven News 6:30pm (170,000) beat out Seven News 6pm, Nine News 6:30pm/6pm, and The Challenge Australia.
25-54: Nine News 6:30pm (223,000) was followed by Nine News 6pm, Seven News 6:30pm/6pm, and A Current Affair.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Doc Martin – PM (126,000) takes the multi-channel win for 7TWO.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 607,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 128,000 | 140,000 6:30pm 114,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 881,000 | 884,000 6pm 878,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 780,000 | 784,000 6pm 775,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 266,000 5pm 180,000 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 (195,000)
ABC Breakfast (,000 (116,000 ABC; 65,000 ABC News))
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: This Is Your Life (Seven) lifted 13% to 1,045,000; My Mum, Your Dad (Nine) lifted 38% to 757,000; and The Traitors Australia (10) lifted 29% to 450,000.
The BVOD best were Love Island Australia (245,000), My Mum, Your Dad (158,000), and Home and Away (125,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Love Island Australia | Nine | 334,000 | 828 |
| 9-1-1 | Seven | 566,000 | 46 |
| My Mum, Your Dad | Nine | 757,000 | 38 |
| Have You Been Paying Attention? | 10 | 878,000 | 29 |
| The Traitors Australia | 10 | 450,000 | 29 |
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.
