AFL’s night of nights delivered glamour and an interstate winner.
Channel 7
It was always going to be Seven’s night. Home & Away (354,000 BNE/SYD/MEL only) drew a reasonable crowd, and the states that didn’t take the medal count on the main channel saw a small audience show up for MKR (190,000 BNE/SYD) and a repeat of MOVIE: The Mummy (78,000 BNE/SYD/PER). Really the night was all about the 2023 AFL Brownlow Medal Red Carpet (584,000 (499,000 Seven MEL/ADL; 85,000 7mate BNE/SYD/PER)) and the event itself, the 2023 AFL Brownlow Medal (904,000 (792,000 Seven MEL/ADL/PER; 112,000 7mate BNE/SYD))
which brought home a massive audience for the network and lifted them to a massive win.
Seven first in both primary (31.6%) and network (41.2%) rankings.
Channel 9
Nine was never in the hunt after A Current Affair (763,000), as The Block (628,000) performed well – however 200k down on Sunday’s reveal ep – and couldn’t compete with the Brownlow. Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (188,000) was token filler at best, before 100% Footy (52,000 BNE/SYD) and Accused of Murdering Our Son: The Steven Clark Story (49,000 MEL/ADL/PER) split the run, coming back with another episode of Chicago Med (41,000).
Nine second in both primary (17.5%) and network (23.6%) rankings.
ABC
7:30 (461,000) and Australian Story (505,000) opened the ABC’s night well, however it couldn’t hold the interest through to Four Corners (390,000) and Media Watch (382,000). Especially Q+A (183,000) suffered – again – now struggling to draw a crowd bigger than 250k. A repeat of The Newsreader (27,000) finished the night off nicely.
ABC third in primary (12%) and fourth in network (14.8%) rankings.
Channel 10
After The Project (190,000 6:30pm; 298,000 7pm) struggled to fire, 10 was again relegated to fourth place in primetime as The Masked Singer Australia (414,000 avg (371,000 show; 458,000 reveal)) pushed hard however continued to be down week-on-week (though it did have some sizeable competition in AFL states). Have You Been Paying Attention? (472,000) also suffered at the hands of the medal count. Repeats of Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers (125,000) and FBI: Most Wanted (65,000) closed out the schedule.
10 fourth in primary (10.7%) and third in network (15.4%) rankings.
SBS
SBS had a quiet night that started with Finding Your Roots (91,000), and followed through to Britain’s Most Expensive Houses (53,000) and a repeat of World’s Most Luxurious Holidays (35,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (2.5%) and network (5.1%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: 2023 AFL Brownlow Medal (207,000) beat 2023 AFL Brownlow Medal – Red Carpet, Have You Been Paying Attention?, The Block, and Seven News 6:30pm.
18-49: 2023 AFL Brownlow Medal (320,000) led 2023 AFL Brownlow Medal – Red Carpet, The Block, Seven News 6:30pm, and Have You Been Paying Attention?.
25-54: 2023 AFL Brownlow Medal (358,000) lands the triple-demo win, followed by The Block, Seven News 6:30pm, Have You Been Paying Attention?, and Seven News 6pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
2023 AFL Brownlow Medal (112,000) on 7mate easily won the night for the multi-channels.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 591,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 110,000 | 127,000 6:30pm 92,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 940,000 | 936,000 6pm 943,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 778,000 | 763,000 6pm 792,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 208,000 5pm 156,000 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 204,000
The Today Show 175,000
ABC Breakfast 123,000 (83,000 ABC; 50,000 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 43% to 1,255,000; MKR (Seven) lifted 30% to 1,020,000; and The Masked Singer Australia show/reveal (10) lifted 30%/28% to 683,000/925,000.
The BVOD best were The Block (256,000), MKR (138,000), Home and Away (123,000), and The Masked Singer Australia – Reveal (103,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| The Rookie | Seven | 491,000 | 52 |
| The Block | Nine | 1,255,000 | 43 |
| MKR | Seven | 1,020,000 | 30 |
| Have You Been Paying Attention? | 10 | 965,000 | 30 |
| The Masked Singer Australia | 10 | 683,000 | 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.
