The guard changes so quickly these days.
Channel 7
Seven have a great first half of the night with Home & Away (499,000) doing well and Farmer Wants A Wife (552,000) winning the primetime slot. The Good Doctor (237,000) has a reasonable audience, while a repeat of Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous (82,000) keeps a few entertained.
Seven first in both primary (21.5%) and network (29.4%) rankings.
Channel 9
A Current Affair (615,000) easily Nine’s best as viewers largely otherwise occupied afterwards. The series finale of David Attenborough’s Frozen Planet II (278,000) pulled only a small audience, and even smaller with Chicago Med (90,000) and Casualty 24/7 (46,000).
Nine second in both primary (16.8%) and network (24.2%) rankings.
Channel 10
A stronger The Project (184,000 6:30pm; 307,000 7pm) opened the account for 10, with a slightly softer MasterChef Australia (497,000) following though still doing well. The season three premiere of The Cheap Seats (365,000) kept a slot-winning audience. New and repeat eps of NCIS (137,000; 82,000) ran into the late night.
10 third in both primary (13%) and network (18.7%) rankings.
ABC
It was all financial, all of the time on the ABC, starting with Budget 2023: The Treasurer’s Speech (451,000) and then developing thus: Budget 2023: An ABC News Special (341,000), Insiders: Budget Special (253,000), and The Business: Budget Special (172,000). Repeats of Stuff the British Stole (100,000) and Four Corners (37,000) finished the schedule.
ABC fourth in both primary (11.7%) and network (18.2%) rankings.
SBS
Who Do You Think You Are? Australia (193,000) kicked off SBS’s night, followed by Insight (141,000) and Dateline (89,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (5%) and network (9.5%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Seven News 6:30pm (105,000) led Seven News 6pm, MasterChef Australia, and Nine News 6:30pm/6pm.
18-49: MasterChef Australia & Seven News 6:30pm (186,000) beat out Seven News 6pm, and Nine News 6:30pm/6pm.
25-54: Nine News 6pm (229,000) was followed by Seven News 6:30pm, MasterChef Australia, Nine News 6:30pm, and Seven News 6pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Budget 2023: The Treasurer’s Speech (157,000) on ABC NEWS takes the multi-channel win for the night.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 585,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 128,000 | 156,000 6:30pm 100,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 940,000 | 942,000 6pm 937,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 779,000 | 797,000 6pm 761,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 240,000 5pm 171,000 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 224,000
The Today Show 190,000
ABC Breakfast 134,000 (101,000 ABC; 33,000 ABC News)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: Lego Masters Australia (Nine) lifted 32% to 957,000; Cosentino: Decennium (Seven) lifted 10% to 570,000; and The Bridge Australia (10) DNR.
The BVOD best were Home and Away (128,000) and Lego Masters Australia (117,000).
Here’s the six shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| The Good Doctor – ep2 | Seven | 304,000 | 74 |
| The Good Doctor – ep1 | Seven | 376,000 | 55 |
| Lego Masters Australia | Nine | 957,000 | 32 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? Australia | SBS | 605,000 | 26 |
| Home and Away | Seven | 925,000 | 22 |
| The Truth About Menopause with Myf Warhurst | ABC | 420,000 | 22 |
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.
