The audience welcomes back the ABC’s current affairs line-up…mostly…
*** 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
You can almost set your clock by the ratings at 7:30pm now:
Married At First Sight (1,360,000 avg) (lw 1.429m) on Nine
Australian Idol (836,000 avg) (lw 834k) on Seven
Australian Survivor (560,000 avg) (lw 569k) on Channel 10.
The commercial 7pm race was easily won again by Nine’s public affairs ambulance-chasing:
A Current Affair (1,186,000 avg) on Nine
Home and Away (804,000 avg) on Seven
The Project (323,000 avg) (6:30pm-7:30pm) on 10.
The ABC’s Monday returned to full strength as the current affairs schedule to watch, starting with 7:30 (770,000 avg) (lw 749k), returns for Australian Story (750,000 avg) and Four Corners (916,000 avg). Media Watch (840,000 avg) (lw 732k) powered on, ahead of the season seventeen return for Q+A (366,000 avg), now permanently hosted by Patricia Karvelas.
The later timeslot played out with Big Miracles (482,000 avg) (lw 460k) taking the commercial win (*WAY* behind the ABC) on Nine ahead of Seven’s The Irrational (329,000 avg) (lw 389k) and 10’s first repeat of three FBI: Most Wanted (173,000 avg) (lw DNR) episodes.
NATIONAL PRIMETIME SHARES
Network | Total TV | Broadcast | BVOD |
Nine | 29.93 | 28.53 | 40.22 |
Seven | 28.15 | 29.08 | 21.29 |
ABC | 20.55 | 20.75 | 19.04 |
10 | 13.64 | 14.02 | 10.85 |
SBS | 6.57 | 6.29 | 8.60 |
BREKKY BATTLE
Sunrise 413,000 avg
The Today Show 331,000 avg
ABC Breakfast 257,000 avg
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
Service | Time | O’nights (avg) |
ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 885,000 |
SBS World News | 6:30pm-7:30pm | ? |
Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 1,396,000 |
Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 1,159,000 |
10 News First | 5pm-6pm | 328,000 |
REPORTS
Total TV Overnight Top 30 Programs
Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs
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Ratings for game shows would be good, starting pointless at 2pm, include uk versions, all channels.