Maintaining consistency at 7:30pm is proving elusive for every Network (Seven pulled it’s lowest weeknight primary share in months).
Channel 9
Nine scored wins with both A Current Affair (563,000) and the final Wednesday edition of The Block (611,000). After, the ICC Cricket World Cup: Australia v Netherlands (165,000 9Gem S1/331,000 Nine S1; 300,000 Nine Innings break; 110,000 Nine S2) collected a reasonable audience as it ran into the late night with the Aussies delivering a big win.
Nine first in both primary (25.7%) and network (35.9%) rankings.
Channel 7
Home & Away (398,000) led Seven’s night as their best, in no small part because Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (283,000) was way off the pace. As entertaining as A Year on Planet Earth (178,000) is the poor lead-in means on linear broadcast it isn’t collecting a big audience. Amazing Race US (72,000) soldiers on before a late-night repeat of SAS Australia (24,000).
Seven second in both primary (14.9%) and network (23.5%) rankings.
ABC
7:30 (421,000) and the season eight finale of Hard Quiz (421,000) set a strong base for the rest of the ABC’s comedy Wednesday. Question Everything (319,000) lifted week-on-week and dropped into a repeat of Would I Lie To You? (213,000), before a new season of Planet America (163,000)kicked off. After, repeats of QI (118,000) and Death in Paradise (29,000) maintained smaller audiences.
ABC third in both primary (12.2%) and network (18.2%) rankings.
Channel 10
The Project (172,000 6:30pm; 252,000 7pm) sees a slight bump on the previous night and previous week for 10, however its The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition (325,000) that continues to prove its value for the network as it landed second in the primetime slot. Heat (117,000) underwhelmed, offering very little to US comedy So Help Me Todd (53,000).
10 fourth in both primary (9.2%) and network (15%) rankings.
SBS
Sri Lanka with Alexander Armstrong (79,000) led SBS’s night, followed by Putin’s Crisis (123,000) and Significant Other (51,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (3.9%) and network (7.4%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: The Block (104,000) beat Nine News 6pm/6:30pm, ICC Cricket World Cup: Australia v Netherlands – S1, and The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition.
18-49: The Block (174,000) led Nine News 6pm/6:30pm, The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Australia, and Seven News 6:30pm.
25-54: The Block (240,000) secured another triple-demo win, followed by Nine News 6:30pm/6pm, and Seven News 6:30pm/6pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
ICC Cricket World Cup: Australia v Netherlands – S1 (165,000) on 9Gem led the multichannel race.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 538,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 115,000 | 128,000 6:30pm 101,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 734,000 | 744,000 6pm 724,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 698,000 | 702,000 6pm 694,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 189,000 5pm 143,000 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 215,000
The Today Show 168,000
ABC Breakfast 142,000 (85,000 ABC; 57,000 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 42% to 1,288,000; The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition (10) lifted 49% to 702,000; and Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (Seven) lifted 9% to 501,000.
The BVOD best were The Block (283,000), Home and Away (140,000), and The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition (114,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition | 10 | 702,000 | 49 |
| The Block | Nine | 1,288,000 | 42 |
| Home and Away | Seven | 914,000 | 26 |
| WTFAQ | ABC | 448,000 | 18 |
| Hard Quiz | ABC | 737,000 | 17 |
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
Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2024. The data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of OzTAM.
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.
