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Channel 9
Nine take another strong night with A Current Affair (629,000) leading the way, and Married At First Sight (837,000) remains unbeatable in primetime. Big Miracles (354,000) enjoys the lead-in and takes the later night easily, followed by New Amsterdam (89,000) and a repeat of The Equalizer (40,000).
Nine first in both primary (25.5%) and network (31.3%) rankings.
Channel 7
On Seven Home & Away (448,000) delivers a solid start, and even though Australian Idol (412,000) is landing a perpetual fourth in primetime it still delivers what would otherwise be considered a reasonable audience. Afterwards Starstruck (166,000) and a repeat of Busted in Bangkok (54,000) offer little and therefore draw a small audience.
Seven second in both primary (18.1%) and network (26.9%) rankings.
ABC
7:30 (474,000) and the mid-season finale of Back Roads (460,000) deliver a solid third place to the ABC in primetime. An international story on Four Corners (409,000) means a weaker audience figure, also affecting Media Watch (388,000). Another small audience on Q+A (182,000) and a repeat of Vera (DNR) fill out the late night.
ABC third in both primary (13.5%) and network (17.8%) rankings.
Channel 10
The biggest night of the week for The Project (183,000 6:30pm; 297,000 7pm) offers 10 a good start, building into a stronger Australian Survivor (492,000) that takes a decisive second place in primetime. Would I Lie To You? Australia (233,000) continues to struggle to maintain a solid audience thought lifts slightly on last week, followed by Ghosts (128,000), and repeats of Montreal Comedy Festival (59,000) and FBI: Most Wanted (DNR).
10 fourth in both primary (11%) and network (16.8%) rankings.
SBS
Planet Reef (63,000) offers a good start for SBS, followed by Monster: The Mystery of Loch Ness (84,000) and Secrets of Playboy (82,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (3.5%) and network (7.2%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Married At First Sight (186,000) came in ahead of Australian Survivor, Seven News 6pm, Nine News 6pm, and Big Miracles.
18-49: Married At First Sight (301,000) led Australian Survivor, Seven News 6pm/6:30pm, and Nine News 6pm.
25-54: Married At First Sight (367,000) scores another triple-demo crown, followed by Australian Survivor, Nine News 6pm/6:30pm, and Seven News 6pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Doc Martin – PM (122,000) on 7TWO led the multi-channel race.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 594,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 120,000 | 133,000 6:30pm 107,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 888,000 | 888,000 6pm 888,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 804,000 | 796,000 6pm 812,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 253,000 5pm 169,000 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 218,000
The Today Show 188,000
ABC Breakfast 156,000 (93,000 ABC; 63,000 ABC News)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: Married At First Sight (Nine) lifted 64% to 1,741,000; Australian Survivor (10) lifted 46% to 899,000; and Australian Idol (Seven) lifted 25% to 841,000.
The BVOD best were Married At First Sight (559,000), Australian Survivor (191,000), Home and Away (143,000), Australian Idol (111,000), and Big Miracles (111,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Married At First Sight | Nine | 1,741,000 | 64 |
| Australian Survivor | 10 | 899,000 | 46 |
| Big Miracles | Nine | 599,000 | 37 |
| Australian Idol | Seven | 841,000 | 25 |
| Home and Away | Seven | 972,000 | 23 |
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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Top 20 Multi-Channel 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.
