Another messy schedule yields a messy result.
Channel 7
Seven had a messy schedule that meant most people watched
Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football (386,000 (321,000 Seven SYD/MEL/ADL; 65,000 7mate BNE/PER)).
The rest of the night looked like
Home & Away (290,000 (135,000 Seven BNE/PER; 155,000 7TWO SYD/MEL/ADL)),
repeat of Highway Patrol – Dreadful Drivers (157,000 (99,000 Seven BNE/PER; 58,000 7mate SYD/MEL/ADL)),
and Britain’s Got Talent (92,000 (53,000 Seven BNE/PER; 39,000 7mate SYD/MEL/ADL));
before getting back together with Fantasy Island (32,000).
Seven first in both primary (20.7%) and network (31.6%) rankings.
Channel 9
A Current Affair (625,000) opens Nine’s messy split night, before the choices of
Under 19’s State of Origin (159,000 Nine SYD/BNE)
OR
RBT (161,000 (133,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER; 28,000 9Gem SYD/BNE))
Paramedics (140,000 (105,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER; 35,000 9Gem SYD/BNE))
Casualty 24/7 (41,000 9Gem).
The schedule returned with Wimbledon: Day 11 (117,000).
Nine second in both primary (17.5%) and network (24.6%) rankings.
Channel 10
The smallest audience of the week slides in for The Project (183,000 6:30pm; 259,000 7pm) on 10, though MasterChef Australia (449,000) picks up a little from the smaller Wednesday evening showing. Repeats of Law & Order: SVU (156,000), The Cheap Seats (75,000), and another episode of Law & Order: SVU (45,000) complete the evening.
10 third in both primary (11.5%) and network (18.7%) rankings.
ABC
Thursdays have proven slower for the ABC, with 7:30 (385,000) standing up as their best by far. A Life in Ten Pictures (318,000), Grand Designs New Zealand (185,000), and One Plus One: The Elders (76,000) offered new content, with repeats of Art Works (37,000) and The Black Hand (DNR) filling out the schedule.
ABC fourth in both primary (10.1%) and network (15%) rankings.
SBS
Another quiet night for SBS that started with Inside Sydney Airport (99,000) and Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (110,000), before it became all about Tour de France: Stage 12 (110,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (5.8%) and network (10.1%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Seven News 6:30pm/6pm (79,000) tied to beat Nine News 6pm, MasterChef Australia, and Nine News 6:30pm.
18-49: Seven News 6:30pm (143,000) led Seven News 6pm, MasterChef Australia, and Nine News 6:30pm/6pm.
25-54: Seven News 6:30pm (190,000) delivers a triple-demo win for the Network, followed by Nine News 6:30pm, Seven News 6pm, Nine News 6pm, and MasterChef Australia.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Home and Away (155,000) on 7TWO takes home the multi-channel win.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 538,000 | |
SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 121,000 | 145,000 6:30pm 97,000 7pm |
Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 855,000 | 881,000 6pm 828,000 6:30pm |
Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 728,000 | 737,000 6pm 718,000 6:30pm |
10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 210,000 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 220,000
The Today Show 197,000
ABC Breakfast 128,000 (88,000 ABC; 40,000 ABC News)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: The Ashes: Third Test Day 1 S1 (Nine) lifted 17% to 1,169,000/Thursday Night NRL Live lifted 12% to 405,000; MasterChef Australia (10) lifted 39% to 738,000; and Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football (Seven) lifted 1% to 478,000.
The BVOD best were The Ashes: Third Test Day 1 S1 (169,000), Home and Away (138,000), The Ashes: Third Test Day 1 S2 (127,000), The Ashes: Third Test Day 1 Lunch (114,000), and MasterChef Australia (108,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
MasterChef Australia | 10 | 738,000 | 39 |
The Ashes: Third Test Day 1 Tea | Nine | 342,000 | 32 |
Home and Away | Seven | 772,000 | 31 |
The Ashes: Third Test Day 1 S2 | Nine | 671,000 | 26 |
The Ashes: Third Test Day 1 Lunch | Nine | 710,000 | 19 |
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.