ABC and 10’s Thursday night schedules are in all sorts of trouble.
Channel 7
Solid numbers for Seven as they delivered another big Women’s World Cup night (shame about the 3-1 loss):
FIFA Women’s World Cup Pre-Game (412,000)
FIFA Women’s World Cup: AUS v NGA (898,000)
FIFA Women’s World Cup Post-Game (548,000).
The evening rounded out with a repeat of Air Crash Investigations (72,000).
Seven first in primary (26.9%) and second in network (34.7%) rankings.
Channel 9
Nine’s night was a glorious mess of sport after A Current Affair (601,000) finished. It meant some of the audience tuned in for:
Thursday Night NRL Live (260,000 (235,000 Nine BNE/SYD; 25,000 9Gem MEL/ADL/PER))
and Thursday Night Knock-Off (67,000 BNE/SYD)
or flipped over to watch
The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 1 S1 (487,000 (356,000 Nine MEL/ADL/PER; 131,000 9Gem BNE/SYD)).
Nine second in primary (24.7%) and first in network (35%) rankings.
Channel 10
The Project (166,000 6:30pm; 245,000 7pm) delivered its lowest numbers of the week, followed by Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia (323,000) which is still really struggling to build its audience. Seemingly endless repeats of Law & Order: SVU (139,000), The Cheap Seats (76,000), and, yes – another ep of Law & Order: SVU (55,000) complete 10’s schedule.
10 third in both primary (7.5%) and network (12.6%) rankings.
ABC
7:30 (349,000) and Foreign Correspondent (195,000) led the ABC’s now traditional slow Thursday, which only got quieter with A Life In Ten Pictures (128,000) and Grand Designs New Zealand (111,000). Repeats of Art Works (44,000) and War on Waste (26,000) go gently into the good night.
ABC fourth in both primary (7.3%) and network (11.1%) rankings.
SBS
SBS offer a quieter night, with Inside Sydney Airport (89,000), Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (88,000), and Kin (34,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (2.9%) and network (6.5%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: FIFA Women’s World Cup: AUS v NGA (184,000) led FIFA Women’s World Cup: AUS v NGA Post-Game, The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 1 S1, Nine News 6pm, and Seven News 6pm.
18-49: FIFA Women’s World Cup: AUS v NGA (324,000) beat FIFA Women’s World Cup: AUS v NGA Post-Game, Seven News 6:30pm/6pm, and The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 1 S1.
25-54: FIFA Women’s World Cup: AUS v NGA (386,000) delivers the triple-demo crown to Seven, followed by FIFA Women’s World Cup: AUS v NGA Post-Game, Seven News 6pm, Nine News 6pm, and Seven News 6:30pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
No surprises The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 1 S1 (131,000) took the multi-channel crown for 9Gem.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 493,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 114,000 | 136,000 6:30pm 91,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 862,000 | 869,000 6pm 855,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 737,000 | 749,000 6pm 724,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 202,000 5pm 159,000 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 212,000
The Today Show 192,000
ABC Breakfast 149,000 (104,000 ABC; 45,000 ABC News)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
No changes to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: FIFA Women’s World Cup: AUS v IRE (Seven) lifted 13% to 1,935,000; The Ashes: Fourth Test Day 2 S1 (Nine/9Gem) lifted 19% to 867,000/Thursday Night NRL Live (Nine/9Gem) lifted 14% to 360,000; and Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia (10) lifted 19% to 527,000.
The BVOD best were FIFA Women’s World Cup: AUS v IRE (208,000) and The Ashes: Fourth Test Day 2 S1 (136,000).
Here’s the six shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| FIFA Women’s World Cup: NZ v NOR | Seven | 257,000 | 25 |
| The Ashes: Fourth Test Day 2 S2 | Nine | 527,000 | 20 |
| The Ashes: Fourth Test Day 2 S1 | Nine | 867,000 | 19 |
| The Ashes: Fourth Test Day 2 Lunch | Nine | 589,000 | 19 |
| Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia | 10 | 527,000 | 19 |
| FIFA Women’s World Cup: NZ v NOR Pre-Game | Seven | 284,000 | 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.
