While Seven and Nine’s offerings battle it out with blockbuster numbers, 10 launched season two of their ‘whodunnit’ franchise with barely a whimper.
Channel 7
The Voice Australia (789,000) comes home strong for Seven, just pipping the usual monster ep from its foil. 7News Spotlight (515,000) snagged a big win by leaning into more of the Lehrmann saga and firing up opinions nationally. Born to Kill? (129,000) and Autopsy USA (67,000) maintained smaller audiences into the late night.
Seven first in both primary (26.8%) and network (35%) rankings.
Channel 9
The Block (786,000) was just pushed into second in primetime for Nine with its first big reveal episode of the season, followed by 60 Minutes (465,000) which got a jump start on its competition though couldn’t carry through for the public affairs win. True crime takes over after wards with Capitol Riot: Minute by Minutes (112,000) and Killer at the Crime Scene (55,000).
Nine second in both primary (22.6%) and network (30.1%) rankings.
ABC
Restoration Australia (400,000) continued to do solid business for the ABC, along with Bay of Fires (289,000) which maintained its small linear broadcast first-run average though is doing completely massive numbers in BOVD (as the Total TV report below reveals). The Beast Must Die (81,000) is less successful, followed by repeats of The Newsreader (38,000) and Talking Heads (DNR).
ABC third in both primary (10.3%) and network (13.7%) rankings.
Channel 10
The Sunday Project (185,000 6:30pm; 216,000 7pm) retained its usual small start of the week audience, followed by the humbling season two premiere of The Traitors Australia (216,000). New FBI (122,000) and a repeat of NCIS: Hawaii (89,000) fill out a lacklustre night’s schedule.
10 fourth in both primary (7.1%) and network (13%) rankings.
SBS
Sunday night history stuff kept a few viewers connected to SBS. The night started with Colosseum (90,000) and bled through Amazon: The Lost World (83,000) and a repeat of Hemingway (41,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (4.3%) and network (8.1%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: The Block (154,000) led Nine News Sunday, The Voice Australia, Seven News Sunday, and 60 Minutes.
18-49: The Block (270,000) beat Seven News Sunday, Nine News Sunday, The Voice Australia, and 60 Minutes.
25-54: The Block (340,000) delivered the triple-demo win for Nine, followed by Seven News Sunday, Nine News Sunday, The Voice Australia, and 60 Minutes.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Peter Rabbit – AM (135,000) offers the multi-channel win to ABC Kids/TV Plus.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 562,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 155,000 | 192,000 6:30pm 118,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 1,001,000 | |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 830,000 | |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 214,000 5pm 170,000 6pm |
SBS World News averaged ((6:30pm+7pm)/2) to obtain total program figure.
BREKKY BATTLE
Weekend Sunrise 257,000
Weekend Today 152,000
Weekend ABC Breakfast 154,000 (101,000 ABC; 53,000 ABC NEWS)
Insiders 356,000 (259,000 ABC; 97,000 ABC NEWS)
Offsiders 295,000 (243,000 ABC; 52,000 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 Block (Nine) lifted 40% to 1,412,000;
The Voice Australia (Seven) lifted 24% to 1,338,000; and
Hunted Australia (10) lifted 37% to 671,000.
The BVOD best were The Block (271,000), The Voice Australia (192,000), and Bay of Fires (167,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Bay of Fires | ABC | 805,000 | 83 |
| Thank God You’re Here rpt | 10 | 325,000 | 44 |
| The Block | Nine | 1,412,000 | 40 |
| Hunted Australia | 10 | 671,000 | 37 |
| The Voice Australia | Seven | 1,338,000 | 24 |
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.
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Top 20 Multi-Channel Shows
Overnight Network Share
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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.
