Once-a-week reality runs hard against two-part “event television” drama, with long-form, multi-night reality chasing behind like an excited small dog…all while Kevin McCloud is standing looking amazed at a ludicrously-proportioned building somewhere in the background.
Channel 7
Dancing With The Stars (645,000) maintains its season twenty dominance for Seven, taking first place in primetime again and down only negligibly on last week. 7News Spotlight (305,000) slips into second afterwards, as Born To Kill? (96,000) and Autopsy USA (53,000) see the audience largely vanish.
Seven first in primary (22.8%) and second in network (29.5%) rankings.
Channel 9
The first part of Warnie (528,000) goes big for Nine, however not big enough to win primetime. 60 Minutes (357,000) builds on its lead-in to take the following slot, before a repeat of Australian Crime Stories (148,000) and The First 48 (102,000) run out the schedule with much smaller viewer numbers. The Women’s Ashes: Day 4 S1 (125,000) draws a loyal audience to 9Gem.
Nine second in primary (20.1%) and first in network (31.5%) rankings.
Channel 10
With The Sunday Project (198,000 6:30pm; 297,000 7pm) and MasterChef Australia (460,000) performing consistently, 10 are finding some love earlier in the night. FBI (185,000) and a repeat of NCIS: Hawaii (111,000) capture only fans of the franchises in the late night.
10 third in both primary (11.7%) and network (16.9%) rankings.
ABC
The ABC see a small lift with Grand Designs Revisited (377,000) that runs into Silent Witness (297,000), however The Messenger (90,000) has solidified its small audience. Repeats of In Limbo (32,000) and Mayfair Witches (DNR) close out the night.
ABC fourth in both primary (10.1%) and network (14.1%) rankings.
SBS
SBS slide in an uninspiring night with Queens of Ancient Egypt (95,000 (triple ep average)) and Patagonia (52,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (4.6%) and network (8%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Seven News Sunday (93,000) beat Nine News Sunday, MasterChef Australia, Warnie, and Dancing With The Stars.
18-49: Nine News Sunday (190,000) led Seven News Sunday, MasterChef Australia, Warnie, and Dancing With The Stars.
25-54: Nine News Sunday (263,000) was followed by Seven News Sunday, Warnie, MasterChef Australia, and The Sunday Project 7pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Bluey – AM (159,000) leads the multi-channel race again for ABC Kids/TV Plus.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 550,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 153,000 | 192,000 6:30pm 114,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 940,000 | |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 839,000 | |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 197,000 5pm 158,000 6pm |
SBS World News averaged ((6:30pm+7pm)/2) to obtain total program figure.
BREKKY BATTLE
Weekend Sunrise: 234,000
Weekend Today: 164,000
Weekend ABC Breakfast: 157,000 (90,000 ABC; 67,000 ABC NEWS)
Insiders 363,000 (267,000 ABC; 96,000 ABC NEWS)
Offsiders 208,000 (158,000 ABC; 50,000 ABC NEWS)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: Dancing With The Stars (Seven) lifted 18% to 1,144,000; 60 Minutes (Nine) lifted 10% to 926,000; and MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 25% to 741,000.
The BVOD best were The Ashes: First Test Day 3 S1 (160,000), Parental Guidance (116,000), The Ashes: First Test Day 3 Lunch (110,000), and MasterChef Australia (100,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Silent Witness | ABC | 627,000 | 45 |
| Parental Guidance | Nine | 703,000 | 38 |
| MasterChef Australia | 10 | 741,000 | 25 |
| The Ashes: First Test Day 3 Rain Delay | Nine | 296,000 | 25 |
| The Ashes: First Test Day 3 S2 | Nine | 463,000 | 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.
