It was only ever going to be thus.
Channel 9
Nine take the night easily with the lowest-rating match of the 2023 series:
State of Origin: Game 3 Pre-match (693,000);
State of Origin: Game 3 (1,476,000);
and State of Origin: Game 3 Post-match (545,000).
Wimbledon: Day 10 (115,000) rounded out the sportsball programming.
Nine first in both primary (36.3%) and network (42.6%) rankings.
Channel 7
Home & Away (470,000) is Seven’s best by a long way, followed by Animals Abroad with Dr Harry (253,000) which slides on last week’s premiere though had stiff competition. The Front Bar (250,000) continues to do strong in MEL (152,000) and not to well elsewhere, before Ambulance: Code Red (165,000) and a repeat of Death Row: Countdown to Execution (53,000) close out the night.
Seven second in both primary (14.5%) and network (21.5%) rankings.
ABC
7:30 (469,000) and Utopia (498,000) lead the rest of the night behind the origin, ably so for the ABC.
Gruen (415,000) and Gold Diggers (159,000), along with Queen of Oz (107,000), deliver more comedy into the later evening. Adam Hills: The Last Leg (97,000) holds it together before a repeat of The School That Tried To End Racism (DNR) closes the evening.
ABC third in both primary (10.3%) and network (14.6%) rankings.
Channel 10
10 have a solid night that led with The Project (210,000 6:30pm; 339,000 7pm) and built into MasterChef Australia (455,000). The following two programs, however – Riptide (155,000) and So Help Me Todd (73,000) – didn’t offer heaps to the audience.
10 fourth in both primary (8.7%) and network (14.2%) rankings.
SBS
The finale of The History of the Sitcom (75,000) opened SBS’s account, before dropping into the next ep of Rainbow Warrior: Murder in the Pacific (63,000), and then rolling through the rest of the night with Tour de France: Stage 11 (96,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (4%) and network (7.1%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: State of Origin: Game 3 (381,000) led State of Origin: Game 3 Post-Match/Pre-Match, and Seven News 6pm/6:30pm.
18-49: State of Origin: Game 3 (564,000) beat State of Origin: Game 3 Pre-Match/Post-Match, and Seven News 6:30pm/6pm.
25-54: State of Origin: Game 3 (644,000) lands a triple-demo win, followed by State of Origin: Game 3 Pre-Match/Post-Match, and Seven News 6pm/6:30pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Pfffirates – EV (100,000) on ABC Kids/TV Plus takes a small victory in the multi-channel race.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 588,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 124,000 | 137,000 6:30pm 110,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 930,000 | 962,000 6pm 897,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 743,000 | 771,000 6pm 714,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 238,000 5pm 175,000 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 241,000
The Today Show 222,000
ABC Breakfast 144,000 (90,000 ABC; 54,000 ABC News)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: Travel Guides (Nine) lifted 10% to 792,000; MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 29% to 717,000; and Animals Abroad with Dr Harry (Seven) lifted 11% to 488,000.
The BVOD best were Utopia (173,000), Home and Away (134,000), and MasterChef Australia (101,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Utopia | ABC | 1,060,000 | 44 |
| Gold Diggers | ABC | 548,000 | 39 |
| Riptide | 10 | 345,000 | 39 |
| Gruen | ABC | 930,000 | 34 |
| Queen of Oz | ABC | 302,000 | 31 |
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.
