Women’s sport rightly shines under the spotlight while THE BLOCK stands up and delivers its consistently strong audience in return.
Channel 7
In what has been a programming masterstroke (thanks to a super competitive Matildas) Seven rounded out the tournament with incredible numbers for the final…especially considering there was no Aussie team involved. The three main segments played out thus:
FIFA Women’s World Cup FINAL: Pre-Game (780,000)
FIFA Women’s World Cup FINAL: ESP v ENG (2,000,000)
FIFA Women’s World Cup FINAL: Post-Game (1,397,000)
Huge numbers to finish out a very successful pick-up for the network. The late evening closed out with a repeat of RFDS (143,000) holding fast to a smaller segment of the night’s audience.
Seven first in both primary (45.5%) and network (51.7%) rankings.
Channel 9
The Block (778,000) does very well for its first proper room reveal of the season on Nine though obviously couldn’t compete with the the big game. 60 Minutes (360,000) certainly suffered afterwards, though likely will see a pick-up in Total TV over the next week. A repeat of Australian Crime Stories (198,000) and Killer At The Crime Scene (83,000) held some viewers into the late night.
Nine second in both primary (18.5%) and network (24.1%) rankings.
ABC
Restoration Australia (337,000) led for the ABC as its best, with Bay of Fires (245,000) slipping on its usual average though staying strong in Total TV numbers. The Beast Must Die (77,000) almost vanished as repeats of The Newsreader (37,000) and Talking Heads (DNR) completed the quieter night.
ABC third in both primary (7.3%) and network (10%) rankings.
Channel 10
10’s option to program away from the WWC final proved to be right as the audiences also went away. The Sunday Project (189,000 6:30pm; 212,000 7pm) down; a repeat of The Dog House Australia (161,000) half what The Traitors Australia had been getting, and US dramas FBI (92,000) and a repeat of NCIS: Hawaii (73,000) kept only a small audience to the end.
10 fourth in both primary (4.9%) and network (8.7%) rankings.
SBS
SBS hit the hardest by the WWC final as its audience largely flips over to watch it. Colosseum (64,000 (double ep average as coded)) and Amazon: The Lost World (41,000) filled the void otherwise.
SBS fifth in both primary (2.2%) and network (5.5%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: FIFA Women’s World Cup FINAL: ESP v ENG (476,000) led FIFA Women’s World Cup FINAL: Post/Pre-Game, The Block, and Seven News Sunday.
18-49: FIFA Women’s World Cup FINAL: ESP v ENG (743,000) beat FIFA Women’s World Cup FINAL: Post/Pre-Game, The Block, and Seven News Sunday.
25-54: FIFA Women’s World Cup FINAL: ESP v ENG (831,000) delivers the triple-demo crown, followed by FIFA Women’s World Cup FINAL: Post-Game, The Block, FIFA Women’s World Cup FINAL: Pre-Game, and Seven News Sunday.
MULTI-CHANNELS
Border Security – PM (119,000) lands the multi-channel win for 7mate.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 483,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 114,000 | 143,000 6:30pm 85,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 960,000 | |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 840,000 | |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 177,000 5pm 157,000 6pm |
SBS World News averaged ((6:30pm+7pm)/2) to obtain total program figure.
BREKKY BATTLE
Weekend Sunrise 214,000
Weekend Today 150,000
Weekend ABC Breakfast 137,000 (79,000 ABC; 58,000 ABC NEWS)
Insiders 333,000 (241,000 ABC; 92,000 ABC NEWS)
Offsiders 205,000 (150,000 ABC; 55,000 ABC NEWS)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
One change to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: The Block (Nine) lifted 37% to 1,519,000; The Voice Australia (Seven) lifted 20% to 1,433,000; and The Traitors Australia (10) lifted 46% to 448,000.
The BVOD best were The Block (291,000), The Voice Australia (188,000), and Bay of Fires (166,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Bay of Fires | ABC | 838,000 | 73 |
| The Traitors Australia | 10 | 448,000 | 46 |
| The Block | Nine | 1,519,000 | 37 |
| The Voice Australia | Seven | 1,433,000 | 20 |
| 60 Minutes | Nine | 768,000 | 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
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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.
