The Ashes did pretty well for Nine as well…pretty much all quiet on the other fronts.
Channel 7
Seven draw a massive crowd as they leant into the opening game of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which rolled out like this:
FIFA Women’s World Cup Pre-Game (663,000 (632,000 Seven BNE/SYD/MEL/ADL; 31,000 7mate PER))
FIFA Women’s World Cup: Australia v Republic of Ireland (1,237,000 (1,144,000 Seven BNE/SYD/MEL/ADL; 93,000 7mate PER)
FIFA Women’s World Cup Post-Game (695,000 (632,000 Seven BNE/SYD/MEL/ADL; 63,000 7mate PER)).
The night closed out with Fantasy Island (84,000).
Seven first in both primary (31.8%) and network (40.3%) rankings.
Channel 9
After opening with A Current Affair (679,000) Nine’s night split into
Thursday Night NRL Live (168,000 Nine BNE/SYD),
Thursday Night Knock-Off (38,000 Nine BNE/SYD),
and A+E After Dark (DNR),
or, the place where most eyes landed, The Ashes: Fourth Test Day 2 S1 (547,000 (382,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER; 165,000 9Gem BNE/SYD)).
Nine second in both primary (21%) and network (30.8%) rankings.
Channel 10
10 not in the hunt against its commercial rivals with big sports offerings. The Project (167,000 6:30pm; 248,000 7pm) hit its week-low, while Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia (308,000) draws what would otherwise be a reasonable audience for its premiere, yet given the competition it was humbled. The rest of the night runs through repeats of Law & Order: SVU (125,000), The Cheap Seats (74,000), and another of Law & Order: SVU (67,000) for some reason.
10 third in both primary (6.7%) and network (11.2%) rankings.
ABC
7:30 (354,000) and A Life in Ten Pictures (149,000) maintain a small late-week consistency for the ABC, and are by far their best. Grand Designs New Zealand (131,000) and One Plus One – The Elders (45,000) run into repeats of Art Works (38,000) and The Dark Emu Story (DNR).
ABC fourth in both primary (6.5%) and network (10.3%) rankings.
SBS
Inside Sydney Airport (116,000) continued for SBS, followed by Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (83,000) and then Tour de France: Stage 18 (79,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (3.9%) and network (7.4%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: FIFA Women’s World Cup AUS v IRE (266,000) led FIFA Women’s World Cup AUS v IRE Post/Pre-Game, The Ashes: Fourth Test Day 2 S1, and Nine News 6pm.
18-49: FIFA Women’s World Cup AUS v IRE (442,000) beat FIFA Women’s World Cup AUS v IRE Post/Pre-Game, The Ashes: Fourth Test Day 2 S1, and Seven News 6:30pm.
25-54: FIFA Women’s World Cup AUS v IRE (524,000) led FIFA Women’s World Cup AUS v IRE Post/Pre-Game, Nine News 6:30pm, and Seven News 6:30pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
The Ashes: Fourth Test Day 2 S1 (165,000) on 9Gem led the multi-channel race.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 511,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 107,000 | 130,000 6:30pm 83,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 820,000 | 827,000 6pm 813,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 776,000 | 778,000 6pm 774,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 220,000 5pm 147,000 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 222,000
The Today Show 200,000
ABC Breakfast ,000 (107,000 ABC; 51,000 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 33% to 826,000; Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football (Seven) lifted 1% to 590,000; and Under 19’s State of Origin (Nine) lifted 10% to 311,000.
The BVOD best were Home and Away (136,000) and MasterChef Australia (118,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy | SBS | 277,000 | 75 |
| Home and Away | Seven | 657,000 | 34 |
| MasterChef Australia | 10 | 826,000 | 33 |
| A Life In Ten Pictures | ABC | 516,000 | 12 |
| Under 19’s State of Origin | Nine | 311,000 | 10 |
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.
