It’s not even a competition. (MAFS more than double Idol’s national average.)
*** NOTE: NEW METRICS AND REPORTS ***
- Total TV Overnight Top 30 and Consolidated 7 Top 30 reach is calculated using cumulative unique audiences watching 1 min of broadcast TV and 15 sec of BVOD.
- Total TV National audience is calculated using the audience average for the program as time-coded by the Network across 5CM and all regional markets nationally watching on broadcast TV.
- BVOD national audience is calculated using the total number of minutes watched (multiplied by co-viewing factor) divided by the length of the program.
PRIMETIME ANALYSIS
Another big night for the three big reality shows ended exactly as we all predicted:
Married At First Sight (2,519,000 reach | 1,496,000 avg) on Nine
Australian Idol (1,562,000 reach | 733,000 avg) on Seven
Australian Survivor (1,055,000 reach | 590,000 avg) on Channel 10.
The commercial 7pm battle was just as tense (for some):
A Current Affair (1,795,000 reach | 1,105,000 avg) on Nine
Home and Away (1,265,000 reach | 848,000 avg) on Seven
The Project (908,000 reach | 335,000 avg) on 10.
On the ABC, the second very excellent ep of Nemesis (1,495,000 reach | 947,000 avg) lifted significantly on last week’s figures, and the 2024 return of Media Watch (879,000 reach | 667,000 avg) drew an audience following that set its new standard for the new ratings year.
Nine’s Big Miracles (1,648,000 reach | 535,000 avg) easily beat out Seven’s repeat airing of 64th Annual Grammy Awards (1,267,000 reach | 274,000 avg), thanks in no small part to the MAFS reach bubble (and the latter having already been broadcast earlier in the day by the network).
NATIONAL PRIMETIME SHARES
| Network | Total TV | Broadcast | BVOD |
| Nine | 29.66 | 28.27 | 40.31 |
| Seven | 27.27 | 28.3 | 19.41 |
| ABC | 21.08 | 21.24 | 19.88 |
| 10 | 14.41 | 14.83 | 11.21 |
| SBS | 6.42 | 6.06 | 9.2 |
BREKKY BATTLE
Sunrise 932,000 reach | 391,000 avg
The Today Show 834,000 reach | 332,000 avg
ABC Breakfast 715,000 reach | 246,000 avg
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (reach) | O’nights (avg) |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 1,168,000 | 878,000 |
| SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | ? | ? |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 2,268,000 | 1,375,000 |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 1,934,000 | 1,152,000 |
| 10 News First | 5pm-6pm | 655,000 | 300,000 |
REPORTS
Total TV Overnight Top 30 Programs
Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs
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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.
