MASTERCHEF: DESSERT MASTERS proves to be a huge success for 10.
Channel 9
After A Current Affair (618,000) Nine’s night managed to stay ahead of the pack. My Mum, Your Dad (316,000) is pushed into fourth in the slot, with Million Dollar Murders (185,000) managing to keep a chunk of that audience after. Reported Missing (93,000) pulled only a small group of viewers in the late night.
Nine first in primary (17.8%) and second in network (25.5%) rankings.
Channel 7
The extending of Home & Away (443,000 7pm; 353,000 7:30pm-8:30pm Late) paid off for Seven as it delivered a much bigger audience than Big Brother Australia (156,000) did in the slot last week (and the audience didn’t hang in with the hastily rescheduled later timeslot either). US dramas S.W.A.T. (87,000) and Chicago Fire (33,000) offered solid fan service to run out the schedule.
Seven second in primary (17.2%) and first in network (26.7%) rankings.
ABC
A mixed result for the ABC with 7:30 (514,000) and Australian Story (504,000) landing a little softer though still managed the win in primetime. The premiere of Evacuation (300,000) doesn’t pull as big an audience as Four Corners normally would which affected Media Watch (347,000) similarly.Q+A (209,000) drew some lesser attention ahead of a night-ending repeat of The Trouble with Maggie Cole (DNR).
ABC third in both primary (14.6%) and network (20.2%) rankings.
Channel 10
The Project (168,000 6:30pm; 262,000 7pm) and Dessert Masters (477,000) again offered 10 a solid start to the night, with the latter managing a strong second place, and the best of the commercials in the slot. Few were interested in the season two FTA premiere of The Secret She Keeps (165,000), and even less in the double repeat of FBI: Most Wanted (74,000; 57,000).
10 fourth in both primary (11.1%) and network (17.8%) rankings.
SBS
Ooh! The Secrets of Coca-Cola (163,000) are revealed (though I think we already knew them – it was a repeat) on SBS, which paved the way for JFK: The Making of a President (144,000) and more repeated revelations on Secrets of the Tower of London (84,000).
SBS fifth in both primary (5.5%) and network (9.8%) rankings.
KEY DEMOS
16-39: Dessert Masters (88,000) led Nine News 6:30pm, Seven News 6:30pm, Nine News 6pm, and Seven News 6pm.
18-49: Seven News 6:30pm (166,000) beat Dessert Masters, Seven News 6pm, and Nine News 6:30pm/6pm.
25-54: Seven News 6:30pm (229,000) was followed by Seven News 6pm, Nine News 6:30pm, Dessert Masters, and Nine News 6pm.
MULTI-CHANNELS
NCIS rpt (105,000) on 10 Bold lands the multi-channel win.
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (cume/avg) | Note |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 552,000 | |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | 130,000 | 137,000 6:30pm 123,000 7pm |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 906,000 | 901,000 6pm 911,000 6:30pm |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 730,000 | 720,000 6pm 740,000 6:30pm |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6:30pm | 183,000 5pm 134,000 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 206,000
The Today Show 191,000
ABC Breakfast 150,000 (90,000 ABC; 60,000 ABC News)
DAILY CONSOLIDATED 7 TOTAL TV
Everything changed compared to the previous week’s primetime line-up after the Total TV figures were added: Big Brother Australia (Seven) lifted 41% to 620,000; The Masked Singer Australia: Greatest Hits (10) lifted 15% to 614,000; and My Mum, Your Dad (Nine) lifted 38% to 585,000.
The BVOD best were Love Island Australia (240,000), Home and Away (140,000), Big Brother Australia (134,000), and My Mum, Your Dad (130,000).
Here’s the five shows that lifted the most from their overnight figures:
| Program | Network | Total TV | % lift |
| Love Island Australia | Nine | 328,000 | 556 |
| Big Brother Australia | Seven | 620,000 | 41 |
| My Mum, Your Dad | Nine | 585,000 | 38 |
| S.W.A.T. | Seven | 306,000 | 30 |
| Have You Been Paying Attention? | 10 | 996,000 | 27 |
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.
