TV ratings wrap: Seven wins Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Seven finished last week with a strong run in the ratings, winning Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
The ratings have been delayed by a ransomware attack on Nielsen. The data has now been recovered, with data collector Nielsen and measurement body OzTAM drip-feeding the numbers over the coming days.
Seven CEO James Warburton spruiking Seven at last year’s Upfronts
Each night, Seven’s success was helped by Seven News topping the ratings ladder. On Thursday, it had 1.126m overnight metro viewers, Friday 1.063m, and Saturday 1.031m. Nine News placed second across all three nights with 1.032m, 948,000, and 896,000.
In sport across the few days, Seven’s Saturday night AFL had 536,000 metro viewers – 306,000 of whom came from Melbourne. On Friday night, 552,000 watched the AFL across Seven and its multi-channels – 337,000 of whom were from Melbourne.
Friday night’s AFL topped the youngest key advertising demographic of those aged 16 to 39, however in the 18 to 49s and 25 to 54s, Nine News was the winner. It was a similar story in the demographics on Saturday, with the AFL topping the 16 to 39s, and Nine News taking out the other demos.
Earlier in the week in sport, Nine’s NRL on Thursday had 301,000 metro viewers. 185,000 watched in Sydney and 116,000 in Brisbane. The match didn’t screen in Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth.
On this night, Nine News topped the 16 to 39s, while Seven News took out the 18 to 49s and 25 to 54s.
Without Bachelor in Paradise or Masterchef, Ten’s share slid behind the ABC’s. On Thursday it had 9.5% to ABC’s 10.5%, and on Saturday it slid to just 6.8%, behind the ABC’s 8.7%. The primary channels tied on 9.9% on Friday night.
With the addition of multi-channels, however, Network Ten snuck ahead on Thursday (16.5% to 16.3%) and Friday (15.9% to 15.2%). On Saturday, however, even the multi-channels weren’t enough, with ABC Network securing 14.9%, and Network Ten on 13.3%.
Seven’s primary channel, as well as the network, had a winning share on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Seven also won Wednesday evening thanks to Seven News and the conclusion of Big Brother, as well as Tuesday evening.
Prior to the pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics would currently be taking place, broadcast on Seven.
A full breakdown of the top programs, as well as daily shares, is below.
SATURDAY 25 JULY
1 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven Network 1,031,000
2 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 896,000
3 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 676,000
4 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine 536,000
5 SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven Network 536,000
6 SHAKESPEARE AND HATHAWAY-EV ABC 428,000
7 GETAWAY Nine 389,000
8 BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) Seven Network 361,000
9 SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – POST MATCH Seven Network 315,000
10 10 NEWS FIRST SAT Network 10 304,000
11 THE MUMMY Nine 291,000
12 BORDER PATROL Seven Network 282,000
13 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT Seven Network 269,000
14 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT – LATE Seven Network 263,000
15 SEVEN NEWS AT 5 Seven Network 260,000
16 SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME Seven Network 252,000
17 EXTREME RAILWAY JOURNEYS SBS Network 231,000
18 NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE Nine 222,000
19 SBS WORLD NEWS SBS Network 222,000
20 AMBULANCE UK RPT Network 10 212,000
Seven 22.6%
7TWO 3.8%
7mate 4.5%
7flix 3.6%
SEVEN NETWORK 34.6%
Nine 17.0%
9GO! 5.4%
9Gem 2.4%
9Life 2.3%
9Rush 1.7%
NINE NETWORK 28.7%
ABC 8.7%
ABC KIDS/COMEDY 3.2%
ABC ME 0.6%
ABC NEWS 2.4%
ABC NETWORK 14.9%
10 6.8%
10 Bold 4.1%
10 Peach 2.4%
NETWORK TEN 13.3%
SBS 5.2%
SBS VICELAND 1.0%
SBS Food 1.0%
NITV 0.2%
SBS World Movies 1.0%
SBS NETWORK 8.5%
FRIDAY 24 JULY
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven Network 1,063,000
2 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven Network 1,000,000
3 NINE NEWS Nine 948,000
4 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine 890,000
5 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 719,000
6 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven Network 582,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 582,000
8 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven Network 581,000
9 HOT SEAT Nine 571,000
10 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven Network 552,000
11 THE PROJECT 7PM Network 10 452,000
12 THE LIVING ROOM Network 10 430,000
13 10 NEWS FIRST Network 10 368,000
14 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM Seven Network 366,000
15 MONTY DON’S FRENCH GARDENS-EV ABC 339,000
16 HOT SEAT -5PM Nine 332,000
17 MOTHERFATHERSON-EV ABC 299,000
18 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 296,000
19 SUNRISE Seven Network 286,000
20 THE PROJECT 6.30PM Network 10 270,000
Seven 23.8%
7TWO 4.2%
7mate 4.8%
7flix 2.3%
SEVEN NETWORK 35.1%
Nine 17.0%
9GO! 2.5%
9Gem 2.4%
9Life 2.2%
9Rush 1.3%
NINE NETWORK 25.5%
10 9.9%
10 Bold 3.5%
10 Peach 2.4%
NETWORK TEN 15.9%
ABC 9.9%
ABC KIDS/COMEDY 2.7%
ABC ME 0.5%
ABC NEWS 2.0%
ABC NETWORK 15.2%
SBS 4.7%
SBS VICELAND 1.9%
SBS Food 0.9%
NITV 0.2%
SBS World Movies 0.7%
SBS NETWORK 8.4%
THURSDAY 23 JULY
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven Network 1,126,000
2 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven Network 1,100,000
3 NINE NEWS Nine 1,032,000
4 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine 981,000
5 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 820,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 751,000
7 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven Network 623,000
8 HOME AND AWAY Seven Network 579,000
9 HOT SEAT Nine 573,000
10 7.30-EV ABC 555,000
11 THE PROJECT 7PM Network 10 499,000
12 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM Seven Network 399,000
13 10 NEWS FIRST Network 10 395,000
14 HOT SEAT -5PM Nine 361,000
15 THE FRONT BAR Seven Network 355,000
16 CELEBRITY GOGGLEBOX USA Network 10 332,000
17 THE LATEST: SEVEN NEWS Seven Network 318,000
18 ESCAPE FROM THE CITY-EV ABC 304,000
19 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 301,000
20 THE PROJECT 6.30PM Network 10 299,000
Seven 20.4%
7TWO 4.5%
7mate 3.6%
7flix 1.8%
SEVEN NETWORK 30.2%
Nine 20.0%
9GO! 1.6%
9Gem 1.9%
9Life 2.7%
9Rush 1.0%
NINE NETWORK 27.3%
10 9.5%
10 Bold 4.5%
10 Peach 2.5%
NETWORK TEN 16.5%
ABC 10.5%
ABC KIDS/COMEDY 3.2%
ABC ME 0.5%
ABC NEWS 2.0%
ABC NETWORK 16.3%
SBS 6.3%
SBS VICELAND 1.4%
SBS Food 1.1%
NITV 0.3%
SBS World Movies 0.5%
SBS NETWORK 9.7%
