They also had the NRL, but that didn’t really help that much.
Channel 9
Nine double down with their sporting options after A Current Affair (566,000), with the night splitting into either
Thursday Night NRL Live (202,000 Nine BNE/SYD)
and Thursday Night Knock Off (60,000 Nine BNE/SYD)
OR
The Ashes: Second Test Day 2 S1 (732,000 (429,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER; 303,000 9Gem BNE/SYD)).
Busy!
Nine first in both primary (25.1%) and network (38.8%) rankings.
Channel 7
Seven also run a split night, starting with Home & Away (308,000 (165,000 Seven SYD/PER; 143,000 7TWO BNE/MEL/ADL) before landing on
Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football (226,000 Seven BNE/MEL/ADL)
OR
a repeat of Highway Patrol Special (149,000 (98,000 Seven SYD/PER; 51,000 7mate BNE/MEL/ADL))
and Britain’s Got Talent (101,000 (70,000 Seven SYD/PER; 31,000 7mate BNE/MEL/ADL)).
They all return with a late-night episode of Fantasy Island (37,000).
Seven second in both primary (16.8%) and network (24.9%) rankings.
ABC
7:30 (396,000) and A Life In Ten Pictures (263,000) led the ABC’s night, followed by Grand Designs New Zealand (191,000) and One Plus One – The Elders (95,000). Repeats of Art Works (46,000) and The Black Hand (DNR) close out the night.
ABC third in primary (9.3%) and fourth in network (13.8%) rankings.
Channel 10
The Project (183,000 6:30pm; 272,000 7pm) and MasterChef Australia (380,000) maintain their Thursday average for both programs though land at the lowest audience for the week. The First Inventors (126,000) runs into a repeat of The Cheap Seats (87,000) and then (another) episode of Law & Order: SVU (48,000).
10 fourth in primary (8.5%) and third in network (14.3%) rankings.
SBS
Solid night for SBS with Inside Sydney Airport (122,000) building into Devil’s Confession: Lost Eichmann Tapes (76,000), which then ends with the double ep final of Normal People (DNR).
SBS fifth in both primary (3.5%) and network (8.2%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: The Ashes: Second Test Day 2 S1 (122,000) led The Ashes: Second Test Day 2 Lunch, Nine News 6pm, The Ashes: Second Test Day 2 S2, and Nine News 6:30pm.
18-49: The Ashes: Second Test Day 2 S1 (217,000) beat The Ashes: Second Test Day 2 Lunch, Nine News 6pm/6:30pm, and Seven News 6:30pm.
25-54: The Ashes: Second Test Day 2 S1 (272,000) lands a triple-demo win, followed by Nine News 6:30pm/6pm, The Ashes: Second Test Day 2 Lunch, and Seven News 6pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
The Ashes: Second Test Day 2 S1 (303,000) on 9Gem delivers a massive multi-channel win for Nine.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 530,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 136,000 | 168,000 6:30pm 103,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 844,000 | 863,000 6pm 824,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 733,000 | 741,000 6pm 725,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 207,000 5pm 164,000 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 200,000
The Today Show 184,000
ABC Breakfast 140,000 (98,000 ABC; 42,000 ABC News)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
Three changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 31% to 710,000; Women’s State Of Origin (Nine) lifted 14% to 621,000; and Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football (Seven) lifted 1% to 591,000.
The BVOD best were Home and Away (141,000) and MasterChef Australia (100,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| MasterChef Australia | 10 | 710,000 | 31 |
| Home and Away | Seven | 809,000 | 28 |
| Women’s State of Origin Post-Match | Nine | 304,000 | 15 |
| Women’s State Of Origin | Nine | 621,000 | 14 |
| Miriam & Alan: Lost in Scotland and Beyond | ABC | 379,000 | 12 |
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.
