Tough competition, with three premieres and all could rate. LBS debut was 1.7m last year, it’ll be down, but with multi-channels Seven might win.
Monday
Nine will notch second win in row, bigger.
The Block: 1m
Dance Boss debut: 800k, giving it benefit of doubt for first episode, but could flop.
Survivor: 650k
Monday August 5
Dance Boss will have an average debut. Nine will dominate with Doctor Doctor posing a serious challenge to HYBPA (both in terms of total audience and demographics).
The Block 1.04m
Doctor Doctor season premiere 0.72m
Dance Boss series premiere 0.71m
Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back 0.39m
Australian Survivor 0.66m
Have You Been Paying Attention? 0.72m
Tuesday August 6
The Block 1.11m
True Story with Hamish and Andy season premiere 0.83m
Australian Survivor 0.60m
Shark Tank season finale 0.42m
Dance Boss 0.55m
Interview season finale 0.38m
Wednesday August 7
The Block 0.91m
Britain’s Got Talent grand final 0.45m
Highway Patrol 0.54m / 0.65m
9-1-1 0.51m
Australian Survivor 0.61m
Instinct season finale 0.39m
Thursday August 8
Nine will easily win tonight with live NRL and AFL Footy Show’s My Room Telethon.
Thursday night NRL: Cowboys v Broncos 0.37m (Sydney and Brisbane)
The Footy Show 0.45m
Driving Test 0.16m (Adelaide and Perth)
RBT 0.14m (Adelaide and Perth)
Australian Survivor 0.61m
The Single Wives 0.32m
The Front Bar 0.36m (Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth)
Sunday August 12
The first room reveal of The Block will get a decent audience.
The Block 1.25m
60 Minutes 0.75m
Big Little Shots 0.84m
Sunday Night 0.58m
Russell Coight’s All Aussie Adventures 0.84m
Movie: Daddy’s Home rpt 0.32m
Monday August 13
The Block 1.13m
Doctor Doctor 0.72m
Dance Boss 0.56m
Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back 0.38m
The Single Wives 0.19m
Australian Survivor 0.62m
Have You Been Paying Attention? 0.64m
Street Smart 0.25m
Nine will get their biggest win (margin) of the week tonight and Seven’s main channel won’t get much more than 16%.
Tuesday August 14
800 Words will drop to a new series low.
Dance Boss 0.49m
800 Words season return 0.41m
The Block 0.94m
True Story with Hamish and Andy 0.69m
Australian Survivor 0.65m
Bull 0.37m
Wednesday August 15
The Bachelor season premiere 0.74m
Movie: Mean Girls rpt 0.25m
The Block 0.89m
Bite Club series premiere 0.65m
Highway Patrol 0.59m
9-1-1 0.54m
Thursday August 16
The Bachelor 0.84m
Thursday night NRL: Broncos v Rabbitohs 0.42m (Sydney and Brisbane)
The Footy Show 0.45m
Home and Away 0.63m - includes triple episodes in Melbourne and Adelaide
The Front Bar 0.34m (Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth)
17 Aug 2018
AFL will kick Channel 7 with a win.
AFL - 545k (including 7mate
NRL - 423k (including 9Gem)
The Living Room - 354k
Saturday August 18
Bledisloe Cup: Australia v New Zealand game 1 0.46m
Saturday night NRL: Sharks v Cowboys 0.33m (Sydney and Brisbane)
18 Aug 2018
Super Saturday of Sport on Free to air.
AFL - 588k (including 7mate)
NRL - 380k (including 9gem)
Bledisloe Cup Rugby Union: Australia v NZ - 466k
Premier League - 109k
Sunday August 19
Ten’s inaugural Pilot Week should get some viewer interest.
Russell Coight’s All Aussie Adventures 0.67m
Pilot Week: Skit Happens 0.54m
Pilot Week: Disgrace 0.48m
The Block 1.11m
60 Minutes 0.75m
Little Big Shots 0.85m
Sunday Night 0.64m
Monday August 20
Australian Survivor 0.63m
Have You Been Paying Attention? 0.74m
Pilot Week: Drunk History 0.36m
The Block 0.93m
Doctor Doctor 0.68m
Dance Boss 0.48m
Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back 0.36m
The Single Wives season finale 0.17m
Tuesday August 21
Australian Survivor 0.66m
Pilot Week: Taboo 0.38m
The Block 0.97m
True Story with Hamish and Andy 0.65m
Dance Boss 0.47m
800 Words 0.49m
Wednesday August 22
The Bachelor 0.85m
Pilot Week: Kinne Tonight 0.35m
The Block 0.92m
Bite Club 0.48m
Highway Patrol 0.61m
Motorbike Cops series premiere 0.59m
9-1-1 0.49m
Thursday August 23
The Bachelor 0.83m
Pilot Week: Trial by Kyle 0.43m
Home and Away triple episodes 0.62m
The Front Bar 0.31m (Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth)
Thursday night NRL: Tigers v Sea Eagles 0.42m (Sydney and Brisbane)
The Footy Show 0.45m