The ICC World Cup Cricket even managed to win most of its timeslots for Nine too.
Channel 9
A Current Affair (642,000) and The Block (667,000) both took first place in their respective timeslots for Nine, establishing a solid start (noting The Block dropped week-on-week with last week’s ep being a shifted Sunday room reveal). Simultaneously, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Australia v Sri Lanka (144,000 9Gem S1) kicked off until The Block was done and then it shifted over its small audience ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Australia v Sri Lanka (234,000 Nine S1; 164,000 Innings break; 95,000 S2) to run into the late evening.
Nine first in both primary (22.1%) and network (30.5%) rankings.
Channel 7
Seven pushed hard with Home & Away (476,000) and SAS Australia (430,000) both performing consistently week-on-week (second in both slots and both down week-on-week). Following, US dramas The Rookie (186,000), The Rookie: Feds (105,000), and Chicago Fire (36,000) closed out the evening’s viewing.
Seven second in both primary (18.3%) and network (26.8%) rankings.
ABC
Another solid Monday night for the ABC’s current affairs line-up, starting with the 7:30 (466,000)/Australian Story (554,000) double which jumped up into second in a competitive field and timeslot. Four Corners (341,000) and Media Watch (348,000) both dropped on last week’s audiences, before Q+A (207,000) also dropped again and a repeat of The Newsreader (DNR) closed out the night.
ABC third in primary (13%) and tied third in network (17.8%) rankings.
Channel 10
Thankfully for 10 The Project (218,000 6:30pm; 315,000 7pm) Monday’s ep sprang back up to its regular best before The Masked Singer Australia (384,000 avg (315,000 show; 452,000 reveal) continued to be competitive in primetime though found itself back in fourth. Have You Been Paying Attention? (555,000) landed the win in the later slot – again – before the linear broadcast premiere of Paramount+ title The Betoota Advocate Presents (153,000). A double repeat of FBI: Most Wanted (48,000; DNR) closed it all out.
10 fourth in primary (12.9%) and tied third in network (17.8%) rankings.
SBS
Opening with ancestry programming Finding Your Roots (90,000), SBS then pushed into Scotland’s Extreme Medics (83,000) and a repeat of Michael Mosley’s 21 Day Body Challenge (56,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (3.2%) and network (7.2%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: The Block (124,000) beat Have You Been Paying Attention?, Nine News 6pm/6:30pm, and Seven News 6:30pm.
18-49: Have You Been Paying Attention? (222,000) led The Block, Seven News 6:30pm, The Masked Singer Australia – reveal, and Seven News 6pm.
25-54: The Block (281,000) was followed by Have You Been Paying Attention?, Seven News 6:30pm/6pm, and Nine News 6:30pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Australia v Sri Lanka – S1 (144,000) leads the multi-channel race on 9Gem.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 530,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 113,000 | 119,000 6:30pm 107,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 848,000 | 841,000 6pm 855,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 754,000 | 767,000 6pm 740,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 210,000 5pm 167,000 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 225,000
The Today Show 197,000
ABC Breakfast ,000 (95,000 ABC; 49,000 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 35% to 1,447,000;
SAS Australia (Seven) lifted 38% to 894,000; and
The Masked Singer Australia – show/reveal (10) lifted 30%/29% to 633,000/864,000.
The BVOD best were The Block (288,000), SAS Australia (153,000), and Home and Away (135,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| The Rookie | Seven | 503,000 | 68 |
| The Rookie: Feds | Seven | 299,000 | 53 |
| SAS Australia | Seven | 894,000 | 38 |
| The Block | Nine | 1,447,000 | 35 |
| The Masked Singer Australia | 10 | 633,000 | 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.
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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.
