Keep your eyes on the prize and don’t look up.
Channel 7
Home & Away (482,000 7pm; 430,000 7:30pm-8:30pm Late) continues its traditional late-week triple ep on Seven, which loses a big chunk of audience when Britain’s Got Talent (226,000) airs, but picks up again significantly, especially in MEL, with The Front Bar (368,000). Fantasy Island (42,000) aired before the close.
Seven first in both primary (21.2%) and network (30.1%) rankings.
Channel 9
A Current Affair (573,000)
delivers another solid grounding to Nine to start the night, before it splits thus:
Women’s State of Origin Live Pre-Game (257,000 Nine BNE/SYD)
Women’s State of Origin Live (323,000 Nine BNE/SYD)
and Women’s State of Origin Live Post-Game (121,000 Nine BNE/SYD);
OR
repeats of RBT (210,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER),
and Paramedics (141,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER),
and then a new ep of Casualty 24/7 (72,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER);
before the schedule reintegrates for
A+E After Dark (71,000) and The First 48 (53,000) to slide into the late night.
Nine second in both primary (20.5%) and network (29.1%) rankings.
ABC
7:30 (465,000) and Miriam & Alan: Lost in Scotland and Beyond (267,000) open the ABC’s night with some support, which turns to Grand Designs New Zealand (198,000) and One Plus One – The Elders (108,000) with less of an audience. Repeats of Art Works (47,000) and Ningaloo Nyinggulu (DNR) close out the evening.
ABC third in primary (10.7%) and fourth in network (15.1%) rankings.
Channel 10
The second half hour of The Project (204,000 6:30pm; 298,000 7pm) is loving being the lead-in for MasterChef Australia (409,000), as the latter delivers second place in the slot for 10. It’s all repeats after that though, starting with Law & Order: SVU (156,000), then The Cheap Seats (109,000), and another ep of Law & Order: SVU (72,000).
10 fourth in primary (10.5%) and third in network (16.4%) rankings.
SBS
Inside Sydney Airport (162,000) premiered with reasonable numbers for SBS, moving to Putin and the West (106,000) and then a new episode of the incredible drama Normal People (52,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (4.8%) and network (9.2%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Seven News 6pm/6:30pm (87,000) beat out Nine News 6:30pm/6pm, and MasterChef Australia.
18-49: Seven News 6pm (170,000) led Seven News 6:30pm, Nine News 6:30pm/6pm, and MasterChef Australia.
25-54: Seven News 6pm (220,000) takes a triple demo win, followed by Nine News 6:30pm, Seven News 6:30pm, Nine News 6pm, and MasterChef Australia.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Peppa Pig – AM (139,000) rakes home another multi-channel win for ABC Kids/TV Plus.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 585,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 131,000 | 156,000 6:30pm 106,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 905,000 | 912,000 6pm 897,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 758,000 | 767,000 6pm 748,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 229,000 5pm 165,000 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 210,000
The Today Show 184,000
ABC Breakfast 134,000 (88,000 ABC; 46,000 ABC News)
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 799,000; MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 34% to 704,000; and Thursday Night NRL Live (Nine) lifted 10% to 594,000.
The BVOD best were Alone Australia Reunion (178,000), Home and Away/Home and Away – Late (124,000), and MasterChef Australia (110,000).
Here’s the six shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Alone Australia Reunion | SBS | 514,000 | 178 |
| MasterChef Australia | 10 | 704,000 | 34 |
| Home and Away – Late | Seven | 799,000 | 28 |
| Home and Away | Seven | 901,000 | 23 |
| Grand Designs New Zealand | ABC | 328,000 | 23 |
| Britain’s Got Talent | Seven | 318,000 | 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.
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.
