When you spend big money on sports rights you understandably expect big results.
Channel 7
A double ep of Home & Away (272,000; 245,000 (Late) BNE/SYD/PER)
opens Seven’s night as a split, and then:
A repeat of Highway Patrol Special (163,000 (137,000 Seven BNE/SYD/PER; 26,000 7mate MEL/ADL))
and Britain’s Got Talent (58,000 Seven BNE/SYD/PER);
or
Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football (425,000 (334,000 Seven MEL/ADL; 91,000 7mate BNE/SYD/PER));
and it all comes back together with Fantasy Island (53,000).
Seven first in both primary (23.6%) and network (33%) rankings.
Channel 9
A Current Affair (601,000) led Nine’s night as their best, and with no football it runs to Space Invaders (121,000) and then the usual emergency ob-doc programs Paramedics (279,000), Casualty 24/7 (198,000), and A+E After Dark (77,000).
Nine second in both primary (18.4%) and network (25.9%) rankings.
Channel 10
The Project (201,000 6:30pm; 265,000 7pm) and MasterChef Australia (384,000) remain consistent though the lowest rating eps of the week. The First Inventors (190,000) premieres to small numbers before the friendly Football: Socceroos v Argentina (137,000) runs into the late night.
10 third in both primary (12%) and network (17.8%) rankings.
ABC
7:30 (383,000) and the season finale of Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland and Beyond (243,000) open the ABC’s night as their best, and sliding into Grand Designs New Zealand (188,000) and One Plus One – The Elders (102,000). Repeats of Art Works (52,000) and The Platypus Guardian (DNR) fill out the schedule.
ABC fourth in both primary (9.9%) and network (14.8%) rankings.
SBS
A slower night for SBS, with Inside Sydney Airport (107,000), Putin and the West (91,000), and Normal People (36,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (3.8%) and network (8.4%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Nine News 6:30pm (87,000) led Nine News 6pm, A Current Affair, Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football, and Seven News 6pm.
18-49: Nine News 6:30pm (159,000) beat Nine News 6pm, Seven News 6pm/6:30pm, and Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football.
25-54: Nine News 6:30pm (206,000) lands a triple-demo win for Nine, followed by Seven News 6pm, Nine News 6pm, Seven News 6:30pm, and A Current Affair.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Ginger and the Vegesaurs – EV (109,000) drops another multi-channel race for ABC Kids/TV Plus.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 512,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 117,000 | 128,000 6:30pm 105,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 857,000 | 867,000 6pm 846,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 770,000 | 774,000 6pm 766,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 238,000 5pm 161,000 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 225,000
The Today Show 181,000
ABC Breakfast 133,000 (95,000 ABC; 38,000 ABC News)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: ICC World Test Championship Day 2 S1 (Seven/7mate) lifted 4% to 670,000/Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football (Seven/7mate) lifted 0% to 501,000; MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 30% to 717,000; and Thursday Night NRL Live (Nine) lifted 11% to 483,000.
The BVOD best were Home and Away (162,000) and MasterChef Australia (101,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Home and Away | Seven | 844,000 | 35 |
| MasterChef Australia | 10 | 717,000 | 30 |
| The Front Bar | Seven | 362,000 | 18 |
| Miriam & Alan: Lost In Scotland And Beyond | ABC | 349,000 | 17 |
| Thursday Night NRL Live | Nine | 483,000 | 11 |
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.
