Who would have thought a show that got bumped after its second episode would struggle so much for its finale?
Home & Away (439,000 7pm; 397,000 7:30pm-8:30pm Late) led from the front for Seven with the 7:30pm hour first in primetime. A big retrospective The Front Bar (293,000) delivered a strong Melbourne audience but not much else. Four repeat eps of Kath & Kim (212,000; 117,000; 91,000; 69,000) umm… did… stuff.
Seven first in both primary (20.4%) and network (31%) rankings.
A Current Affair (504,000) did its job for Nine, winning 7pm, but that was where the good news ended. The run of medical programs RBT (366,000), Paramedics (337,000), A+E After Dark (211,000), and Emergency Call (65,000) delivered reasonable-yet-diminishing numbers with some winning their slots.
Nine second in both primary (19.6%) and network (27.9%) rankings.
7:30 (442,000) and a repeat of You Can’t Ask That (297,000) were the ABC’s strongest, leading into another sub-par result for Q+A (199,000). Repeats of Baby Surgeons (102,000), Stuff the British Stole (54,000), and Magda’s Big National Health Check (DNR) filled out the later and late portions of the schedule.
ABC third in both primary (11.7%) and network (18.2%) rankings.
The Project (146,000 6:30pm; 214,000 7pm) kicked of 10’s night as – believe this – their best for the evening. A repeat of Ambulance Australia (196,000) led into the finale of The Real Love Boat Australia (99,000) which delivered a result consistent with the rest of the season. Repeats of The Cheap Seats (87,000) and Blue Bloods (45,000) completed the night.
10 fourth in both primary (7.4%) and network (14%) rankings.
Finales of Dishing It Up (59,000) and Guillaume’s Paris (61,000) led SBS’s night, followed by repeats of World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (117,000) and Wuthering Harlots (67,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (4.1%) and network (8.9%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Seven News 6pm (66,000) beat out Seven News 6:30pm, Nine News 6:30pm/6pm, and Home and Away.
18-49: Nine News 6:30pm (120,000) led Seven News 6:30pm/6pm, Nine News 6pm, and A Current Affair.
25-54: Nine News 6:30pm (166,000) was followed by Seven News 6pm/6:30pm, Nine News 6pm, and A Current Affair.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Peppa Pig – AM (124,000) takes another multi-channel win for ABC Kids/TV Plus.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 551,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 119,000 | 131,000 6:30pm 106,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 760,000 | 766,000 6pm 754,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 626,000 | 613,000 6pm 639,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 206,000 5pm 125,000 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 (219,000)
ABC Breakfast (199,000 (124,000 ABC; 75,000 ABC News))
The Today Show (183,000)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup SF2 (Nine/9Gem) lifted 9%/12% to 713,000/290,000; Home and Away – Late (Seven) lifted 26% to 809,000; and Ambulance Australia (10) lifted 3% to 350,000.
The BVOD best were The Handmaid’s Tale (254,000), Love Island Australia (248,000), Home and Away (128,000), and Home and Away – Late (124,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Love Island Australia | Nine | 350,000 | 661 |
| The Handmaid’s Tale | SBS | 517,000 | 428 |
| Home and Away | Seven | 858,000 | 26 |
| Home and Away – Late | Seven | 809,000 | 26 |
| Q+A | ABC | 328,000 | 13 |
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
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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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