Over 600,000 tune in across the nation to SBS in the early morning to see Australia progress…a number every channel dreams about in primetime these days.
A Current Affair (493,000) leads Nine’s night, which is all ob doc following emergency services: RBT (348,000), Paramedics (348,000), Police After Dark (197,000), and Emergency Call (54,000).
Nine first in both primary (20.6%) and network (29.9%) rankings.
Australia vs West Indies – Day 2 Session 3 (386,000) collects a loyal audience for Seven, followed by their new pattern of a big schlocky movie in a repeat ofMOVIE: The Meg (132,000) and then a repeat of Code Blue: Murder (34,000).
Seven second in both primary (17.6%) and network (26.3%) rankings.
7:30 (461,000) rounds out the week for the ABC with a reasonable audience, while a repeat of You Can’t Ask That (273,000) draws a smaller crowd. The season finale of Q+A (248,000) delivers its best in some time and leads into a plethora of repeats: Baby Surgeons (115,000), Stuff the British Stole (51,000), and Love on the Spectrum (DNR).
ABC third in both primary (12.4%) and network (18%) rankings.
The Project (148,000 6:30pm; 209,000 7pm) meanders and yet is still 10’s best for the night. Jamie Oliver: Cooking for Less (158,000) isn’t drawing the audience he used to, but then neither is a double repeat of Law & Order: SVU (94,000; 92,000) or a repeat of Blue Bloods (60,000).
10 fourth in both primary (7%) and network (14.8%) rankings.
After a massive very early morning with the 2022 FIFA World Cup: AUS v DEN (315,000) SBS turned their evening over to Europe’s Greatest Christmas Market (149,000), Scotland’s Riverwoods (106,000), and a repeat of Rebuilding Notre Dame with Lucy Worsley (81,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (5.9%) and network (11%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: 2022 FIFA World Cup: AUS v DEN (87,000) wins against Nine News 6:30pm/6pm, First Test: AUS v WI D2 S3, and RBT.
18-49: 2022 FIFA World Cup: AUS v DEN (141,000) beats Nine News 6pm/6:30pm, Seven News 6pm, and First Test: AUS v WI D2 S3.
25-54: Nine News 6pm (179,000) comes in ahead of Nine News 6:30pm, Seven News 6pm/6:30pm, and 2022 FIFA World Cup: AUS v DEN.
MULTI-CHANNELS
First Test: AUS v WI D2 S2/3 (146,000) on 7mate lands 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 | 121,000 | 126,000 6:30pm 115,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 670,000 | 683,000 6pm 657,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 686,000 | 688,000 6pm 683,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 215,000 5pm 136,000 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 (205,000)
ABC Breakfast (176,000 (101,000 ABC; 75,000 ABC News))
The Today Show (167,000)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
One change to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: Home and Away – Late (Seven) lifted 28% to 830,000; Claremont: A Killer Among Us (10) lifted 17% to 519,000; and 2022 ARIA Awards (Nine) lifted 11% to 366,000.
The BVOD best were Love Island Australia (260,000), 2022 FIFA World Cup: SUI v CMR (179,000), Home and Away – Late (132,000), 2022 FIFA World Cup: URU v KOR (132,000), and Home and Away (127,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Love Island Australia | Nine | 350,000 | 714 |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup: URU v KOR | SBS | 301,000 | 82 |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup: SUI v CMR | SBS | 598,000 | 43 |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup: URU v KOR post-match | SBS | 265,000 | 42 |
| Home and Away – Late | Seven | 830,000 | 28 |
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.
