Seven’s public affairs program airs an interview with the man at the centre of allegations in the Higgins rape case.
Channel 7
Seven’s explosive interview on 7News Spotlight (600,000) drew the largest proportion of the audience in the primetime slot, which offered Secrets of Prince Andrew (398,000) a great start which it carried mostly through the episode. Born to Kill? (169,000) caps off a big night.
Seven first in both primary (24%) and network (32.1%) rankings.
Channel 9
The finale of The Summit (475,000 avg (462,000 finale; 487 winner announced)) caps off an underwhelming season on Nine – a real shame as 60 Minutes (426,000) trumpeted Nine’s big defamation win over Ben Roberts-Smith and had a much lesser lead-in than it should have. A repeat of Australian Crime Stories (117,000) and new The First 48 (70,000) run true crime into the late night.
Nine second in both primary (20.4%) and network (28.2%) rankings.
Channel 10
Another solid run from The Sunday Project (191,000 6:30pm; 307,000 7pm) which is finding itself in rare air – rating well – as the lead-in to the reliable MasterChef Australia (483,000) for 10, which landed second in primetime. New and repeat eps of NCIS: Hawaii (162,000; 104,000) fill out the rest of the schedule.
10 third in both primary (11.8%) and network (17.5%) rankings.
ABC
Tim Ross’s Designing A Legacy (295,000) leads the ABC’s night, before new Silent Witness (251,000) picks up the slot that The Messenger (106,000) used to inhabit (but got bumped because people aren’t watching it). Repeats of In Limbo (38,000) and Interview with the Vampire (DNR) round out the evening. New Bluey (529,000) episodes continue to smash all comers.
ABC fourth in both primary (9.8%) and network (14.1%) rankings.
SBS
History leaps onto SBS’s screens, starting with Shackleton’s Endurance: The Lost Ice Ship (104,000), then running into Pompeii: The Secrets of Civita Giuliana (107,000) and Patagonia (54,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (4.5%) and network (8%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Nine News Sunday (101,000) beat Bluey, MasterChef Australia, The Summit – Winner Announced, and Seven News Sunday.
18-49: Nine News Sunday (196,000) led MasterChef Australia, The Summit – Winner Announced, Bluey, and The Summit – Finale.
25-54: Nine News Sunday (249,000) completes the triple-demo win, followed by The Summit – Winner Announced/Finale, MasterChef Australia, and Seven News Sunday.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Another first-run episode of Bluey (529,000) tops the multi-channel race for ABC Kids/TV Plus.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 471,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 133,000 | 159,000 6:30pm 107,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 818,000 | |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 810,000 | |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 205,000 5pm 144,000 6pm |
SBS World News averaged ((6:30pm+7pm)/2) to obtain total program figure.
BREKKY BATTLE
Weekend Sunrise: 186,000
Weekend Today: 149,000
Weekend ABC Breakfast: 117,000 (77,000 ABC; 40,000 ABC NEWS)
Insiders 325,000 (223,000 ABC; 102,000 ABC NEWS)
Offsiders 177,000 (136,000 ABC; 41,000 ABC NEWS)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: 7News Spotlight (Seven) lifted 6% to 890,000; MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 24% to 830,000; and The Summit (Nine) lifted 24% to 772,000.
The BVOD best were The Summit (122,000), and MasterChef Australia (109,000).
Here’s the six shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Silent Witness | ABC | 476,000 | 69 |
| Octonauts | ABC | 275,000 | 65 |
| NCIS: Hawaii | 10 | 312,000 | 27 |
| The Messenger | ABC | 328,000 | 25 |
| MasterChef Australia | 10 | 830,000 | 24 |
| The Summit | Nine | 772,000 | 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.
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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.
