Both football codes saw audiences rise this week with the AFL number the highest since the first week of the return of the competition giving Seven an easy win.
Viewers and network shares followed the football codes with Nine above 30% in Sydney (31.7%) and Brisbane (31.5%) while in Melbourne Seven had 41.1% and was just short of 40% in Perth where the main channel with 16.4% was outrated by 7Mate on 16.8%.
10 got a boost for its Thursday share with the main channel in double figures for the first Thursday in five weeks. Seven and Nine were steady as 10’s gain was at the expense of public broadcasters ABC and SBS.
In the 25-54 age bracket Seven had 32.8%, Nine 24.8%, 10 24.0%, ABC 11.4% and SBS 7.0%.
In the 16-39 age bracket Seven had 35.0%, 10 26.2%, Nine 23.0%, ABC 9.6% and SBS 6.2%.
News and current affairs continued to deliver big audiences with Seven News in Melbourne averaging 414,000 across the hour, its highest rating in more than 12 months.
SBS’s War of the Worlds failed to maintain its premiere week audience with last night’s episode sinking to 41st place with 190,000 after the premiere made the top 20 last week. Celebrity Gogglebox at 9pm this week ranked 24th with 274,000.
Week-to-date sees Seven on 28.4% and Nine with 27.3%.
Other programs outside the top 20
| Program | Ntwk | 5-cities |
|---|---|---|
| THE PROJECT 6.30PM | 10 | 308,000 |
| ESCAPE FROM THE CITY-EV | ABC | 295,000 |
| CELEBRITY GOGGLEBOX USA | 10 | 274,000 |
| TERRITORY COPS | Nine | 269,000 |
| 10 NEWS FIRST 6PM | 10 | 263,000 |
| INSIDE THE ORIENT EXPRESS RPT | SBS | 239,000 |
| TERRITORY COPS -TX1 | Nine | 237,000 |
| DRAIN ALCATRAZ RPT | SBS | 203,000 |
| WAR OF THE WORLDS (DRAMA) | SBS | 190,000 |
| SBS WORLD NEWS | SBS | 190,000 |
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 281,000
Today 216,000
News Breakfast 216,000
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