Is this the foreboding return of MILLION DOLLAR ISLAND AUSTRALIA? (Narrator: No.)
Channel 9
A Current Affair (640,000) offers Nine a sizeable start, though the season two finale of Parental Guidance (411,000) slips into second place in primetime. The night then splits into Wally Lewis: The King (93,000 Nine BNE/SYD) or Westgate Bridge Disasters: The Untold Stories (101,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER). Afterwards, Chicago Med (70,000) and See No Evil (51,000) close out the night across all five primary markets. The first session of The Ashes: First Test Day 5 S1 (288,000) performed admirably considering it was rained out.
Nine second in both primary (18.3%) and network (34.8%) rankings.
Channel 7
Seven open the night with their best in Home & Away (501,000); Million Dollar Island Australia (270,000) manages the smallest of upticks which might save it from what was looking to be its inevitable playout ending on 7mate. Afterwards it’s all about the US drama line-up with The Rookie (172,000), The Rookie: Feds (126,000), and The Blacklist (36,000).
Seven first in both primary (16.8%) and network (24.9%) rankings.
Channel 10
The Project (203,000 6:30pm; 259,000 7pm) and MasterChef Australia (448,000) again go hard on the primary channel, followed by The Cheap Seats (351,000), both delivering the biggest entertainment audiences of the night in their respective slots. Repeats of NCIS (111,000) and North Shore (32,000) close out the late night.
10 third in both primary (11.1%) and network (17%) rankings.
ABC
7:30 (429,000) and The ABC Of (348,000) Greig Pickhaver opened the ABC’s night well, then slid into Flyways: The Story of Migratory Shorebirds (193,000), Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan (112,000) and a repeat of Four Corners (27,000).
ABC fourth in both primary (10%) and network (14.8%) rankings.
SBS
Another excellent night under-appreciated on SBS, starting with Who Do You Think You Are? Australia (206,000), and leading to Insight (114,000) and Dateline (66,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (4.5%) and network (8.5%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Nine News 6:30pm (92,000) beat Nine News 6pm, Seven News 6:30pm/6pm, and MasterChef Australia.
18-49: Seven News 6pm (173,000) led Seven News 6:30pm, Nine News 6:30pm/6pm, and MasterChef Australia.
25-54: Seven News 6pm (237,000) was followed by Seven News 6:30pm, Nine News 6pm/6:30pm, and MasterChef Australia.
MULTI-CHANNELS
The Ashes: First Test Day 5 Lunch (302,000) lays another massive win for 9Gem in the multi-channel race (even with just rain and commentary!).
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 567,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 121,000 | 149,000 6:30pm 93,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 943,000 | 962,000 6pm 923,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 778,000 | 795,000 6pm 761,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 217,000 5pm 162,000 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 223,000
The Today Show 194,000
ABC Breakfast 129,000 (88,000 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:
MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 24% to 828,000; Parental Guidance (Nine) lifted 35% to 768,000; and Million Dollar Island Australia (Seven) lifted 27% to 533,000.
The BVOD best were Home and Away (143,000), Parental Guidance (127,000), and MasterChef Australia (100,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| The Rookie | Seven | 434,000 | 60 |
| Parental Guidance | Nine | 768,000 | 35 |
| Million Dollar Island Australia | Seven | 533,000 | 27 |
| MasterChef Australia | 10 | 828,000 | 24 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? Australia | SBS | 383,000 | 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.
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.
