Big night for the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP and for THE ASHES meant that anything that wasn’t sport really struggled.
Channel 7
After Home & Away (499,000) nearly broke it’s own glass ceiling it was time for the game that seemingly everyone was waiting for, and with a 4-0 result to Australia the viewers were rewarded (and Seven was with amazing numbers):
FIFA Women’s World Cup Pre-Game (616,000);
FIFA Women’s World Cup: CAN v AUS (1,548,000);
and FIFA Women’s World Cup Post-Game (992,000).
The Blacklist (90,000) finished out the night with a larger than usual crowd.
Seven first in both primary (34.1%) and network (43%) rankings.
Channel 9
On any other night Nine would have smashed it, however A Current Affair (716,000) did offer a good start and The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 5 S1 (543,000) did keep the audience watching into the wee hours, though it couldn’t compete with a now-temporarily-women’s-football-mad nation. It was clear a fair few turned over after the game, reflected in the numbers for The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 5 Lunch (754,000).
Nine second in both primary (22.3%) and network (27.8%) rankings.
Channel 10
The Project (179,000 6:30pm; 297,000 7pm)
draws a reasonable audience before it all got started on the other commercial networks. Subsequently, Hunted Australia (362,000) and Have You Been Paying Attention? (362,000) both suffered, the latter especially (nearly 200k down week on week). Repeats of Celia Pacquola: Let Me Know How It All Works Out (109,000) and FBI: Most Wanted (43,000) offered something different for those not enraptured with big and small balls.
10 third in both primary (8.7%) and network (12.8%) rankings.
ABC
The ABC struggled after 7:30 (425,000) with pretty much everything feeling at least a 100-200k pinch. Back Roads (328,000) suffered least, while Four Corners (236,000), Media Watch (271,000), and Q+A (143,000) all saw sizeable drops.
ABC fourth in both primary (8.6%) and network (11.5%) rankings.
SBS
Nothing SBS threw at the screen had much of a chance, though welded on viewers enjoyed a night of Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes (69,000), The Great House Revival (61,000), and 24 Hours in Emergency (47,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (2.4%) and network (4.9%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: FIFA Women’s World Cup: CAN v AUS (320,000) led FIFA Women’s World Cup: CAN v AUS Post-Game, The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 5 Lunch, The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 5 S1, and FIFA Women’s World Cup: CAN v AUS Pre-Game.
18-49: FIFA Women’s World Cup: CAN v AUS (551,000) led FIFA Women’s World Cup: CAN v AUS Post-Game, The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 5 Lunch, The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 5 S1, and FIFA Women’s World Cup: CAN v AUS Pre-Game.
25-54: FIFA Women’s World Cup: CAN v AUS (645,000) led FIFA Women’s World Cup: CAN v AUS Post-Game, The Ashes: Fifth Test Day 5 Lunch, Seven News 6:30pm, and Nine News 6:30pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
FIFA Women’s World Cup: CAN v AUS (131,000) on 7mate in PER makes for a big multi-channel win.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 589,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 129,000 | 147,000 6:30pm 110,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 977,000 | 991,000 6pm 962,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 813,000 | 802,000 6pm 823,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 217,000 5pm 153,000 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 246,000
The Today Show 172,000
ABC Breakfast 152,000 (98,000 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: John Farnham: Finding the Voice (Seven) lifted 25% to 1,624,000; Hunted Australia (10) lifted 31% to 853,000; and Rush (Nine) lifted 35% to 469,000.
The BVOD best were Home and Away (130,000), John Farnham: Finding the Voice (127,000), and Hunted Australia (111,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star ep 2 | Seven | 333,000 | 55 |
| Rush | Nine | 469,000 | 35 |
| Hunted Australia | 10 | 853,000 | 31 |
| Have You Been Paying Attention? | 10 | 904,000 | 30 |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star ep 1 | Seven | 496,000 | 30 |
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.
