A big final week of the ratings year that doesn’t actually mean anything to anyone anymore.
Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life (786,000) leaps to the front for Seven, while the finale of Australia’s Got Talent (541,000) takes the following slot also. Next to nobody (by comparison) hung around for Greatest Abba Cover Versions Ever (163,000) or a repeat of The Front Bar (51,000).
Seven second in both primary (26.5%) and network (34.3%) rankings.
Part 1 of the Lego Masters Australia Bricksmas (561,000) battles valiantly in primetime for Nine though struggles, as does 60 Minutes (391,000) with both ending in second place in their slots. The First 48 (123,000) and Murder in a Small Town (81,000) round out the schedule.
Nine first in both primary (21.6%) and network (28.1%) rankings.
ABC kick off the night with a repeat of Death in Paradise (376,000) before flipping into the excellent finale of Significant Others (230,000). Repeats of Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (159,000) and Mystery Road: Origin (29,000) complete the night.
ABC third in both primary (11.2%) and network (15.1%) rankings.
The Sunday Project (199,000 6:30pm; 244,000 7pm) is 10’s best(!) for the evening and included Lisa Wilkinson’s surprise resignation, before welcoming everyone’s favourite Irishman with The Graham Norton Show (165,000). US dramas NCIS: Hawaii (115,000) and a double repeat of FBI (116,000; 82,000) essentially marked time.
10 fourth in both primary (7.2%) and network (11.9%) rankings.
Saving Venice (179,000) and a repeat of Pearl Harbour (126,000) are SBS’s offerings for the evening.
SBS fifth in both primary (6.7%) and network (10.6%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life (118,000) led Lego Masters Australia Bricksmas, Seven News Sunday, Nine News Sunday, and Australia’s Got Talent – Grand Final.
18-49: Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life (210,000) beat out Lego Masters Australia Bricksmas, Nine News Sunday, Seven News Sunday, and Australia’s Got Talent – Grand Final.
25-54: Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life (250,000) delivers a rare triple demo win to Seven, followed by Lego Masters Australia Bricksmas, Nine News Sunday, Seven News Sunday, and 60 Minutes.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Insiders – AM (128,000) on ABC NEWS takes out the multi-channel win.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 526,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 144,000 | 157,000 6:30pm 130,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 871,000 | |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 729,000 | |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 185,000 5pm 148,000 6pm |
SBS World News averaged ((6:30pm+7pm)/2) to obtain total program figure.
BREKKY BATTLE
Weekend Sunrise: 215,000
Weekend Today: 157,000
Weekend ABC Breakfast: 157,000 (79,000 ABC; 78,000 ABC NEWS)
Insiders (362,000 (234,000 ABC; 128,000 ABC NEWS))
Offsiders (186,000 (129,000 ABC; 57,000 ABC NEWS))
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: Australia’s Got Talent (Seven) lifted 12% to 908,000; My Mum, Your Dad (Nine) lifted 42% to 614,000; and The Traitors Australia finale/End Game (10) lifted 24%/22% to 424,000/421,000.
The BVOD best was My Mum, Your Dad (143,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Silent Witness | ABC | 420,000 | 51 |
| My Mum, Your Dad | Nine | 614,000 | 42 |
| Significant Others | ABC | 453,000 | 42 |
| NCIS: Hawaii | 10 | 250,000 | 34 |
| The Traitors Australia | 10 | 424,000 | 24 |
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.
