Seven had a one-point win on Sunday. SBS got a boost thanks to the Tour that saw ABC record its second lowest Sunday share of the year.
The Travel Guides were in the US this week, ranking third overall and up 80k on the previous week to easily be the top entertainment show of the day. The closest competition came from Dancing With The Stars where Group B was back rating slightly higher than the previous week on 939k.
MasterChef on 567k was down 50k to a four-week low on a Sunday. However, the elimination episode stayed ahead of ABC’s Spicks And Specks that dropped 80k viewers week-on-week.
Later, 60 Minutes was down slightly to 680k but well ahead of 7News Spotlight that lost +100k to 476k. As Fake nears its end it was down slightly to 216k while Bay Of Fires continued with episode 4 drawing a season low 240k. The special The Philpotts: A Very British Horror also made the top 30 for Seven with 229k.
Over on SBS, Stage 2 of the Tour De France managed 190k on a big night of sport.
Day 7 at Wimbledon’s best number came from the Night session on 347k while the Late session had 187k.
Earlier Nine’s afternoon Test Rugby saw Wallabies win a close game against Fiji averaging 286k.
In NRL Sunday Footy the Sea Eagles defeated the Rabbitohs to 47ik. While the afternoon round 17 AFL included Adelaide’s win over Melbourne rating 467k.
The first Sunday edition of 10 News+ aired with a rating of 186k. That compares to The Sunday Project that averaged 253k across the year.
Seven News had a narrow 40k win at 6pm. At breakfast Weekend Sunrise was again well below 400k but still 90k ahead of Weekend Today.
Yeah that 10 News+ figure isn’t going to rebound any better than the extent it’s dropped.
10 would’ve been better off beefing up The Project with these hard news stuff and reporters for the normal bulletins than waste their time with this.
The low figures of 10 News+ are starting to affect MasterChef.
Surely the ABC should reconsider having all episodes of a drama series on iView on the same day as the season premiere. The ABC is doing the same for The Family Next Door which will follow Bay of Fires. For some programs, it is better to have it available on iView AFTER it has been shown on TV.
10 News + not good, around 6% of the audience of 7 and 9. Repeats of anything would probably rate higher. It had the potential to be a fantastic news program but it’s just not appealing enough to a mass audience.
Seven #1 nationally in total TV National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 42.3% National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 42.2% 7plus: up 27.9% year-on-year 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.38 million Dancing With The Stars: reaches 2.04 million AFL: Sunday Afternoon Football: reaches 1.38 million Weekend Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 33% more viewers than Today
Seven Network reaches 5.8 million Australians nationally. 7plus: reach up 27.9% year-on-year.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 42.3% share (6.00am to midnight).
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 42.2% share (6.00pm to midnight).
Seven Network: #1 nationally in grocery shoppers with a 42.3% share (6.00am to midnight).
Seven Network: #1 nationally in grocery shoppers with a 42.2% share (6.00pm to midnight). 7NEWS Sunday: #1 program in total people and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.38 million, national audience 1.48 million. Dancing With The Stars: National reach 2.04 million, national audience 939,000. Up 26% on the same episode last year. Seven’s AFL: Sunday Afternoon Football**:** National reach 1.38 million, national audience 467,000. 7NEWS Spotlight: National reach 1.18 million, national audience 476,000. Weekend Sunrise Sunday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 904,000, national audience 372,000. 33% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%): 6.00am to midnight
Network
All people
25 to 54s
Grocery shoppers
Seven Network
42.3
38.5
42.3
Nine Network
41.6
43.2
41.8
Network Ten
16.1
18.3
15.9
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%): 6.00pm to midnight
Travel Guides was the No.1 entertainment program across Australia. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 2.152 million and a BVOD audience of 115,000 - up a huge 38.6% year-on-year.
9News Sunday was the No. 1 program across the 5 City Metro with Total People and all key demos. It was also the No. 1 program with Total People in Sydney and Brisbane. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 2.285 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.446 million (up 9.2% compared to the same bulletin last year). It recorded a BVOD audience of 135,000 up a huge 51.7% year-on-year.
60 Minutes won its timeslot with Total People across Australia and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 1.564 million and a Total TV National Audience of 680,000. On 9Now, it secured a BVOD Audience of 69,000 - up 35.3% year-on-year.
Sunday Afternoon NRL dominated across Australia with Total People and People 25-54. It dominated its timeslot in Sydney and Brisbane with Total People and all key demographics. It recorded a National Total TV Reach of 1.142 million and a Total TV National Audience of 471,000. On 9Now, it recorded a BVOD audience of 60,000 up a whopping 42.9% year-on-year).
Weekend Today won its timeslot with Total People in Melbourne and Brisbane. It registered a Total TV Reach Audience of 745,000, a Total TV National Audience of 280,000 and a BVOD audience of 35,000 (up 29.6% year-on-year).
The 9Network was the No.1 network on Sunday across the 5 City Metro with People 25-54, 16-39 and Shoppers 18+.
Have we all collectively forgotten that the ABC is a public service broadcaster and ratings aren’t the be all and end all? The ABC’s job is to make its content accessible for all Australians, not prop up dying linear broadcast platforms.
Anyway, Bay of Fires is a great example of the ABC’s recently overly safe, dull and boomer focused commissioning. There’s no real interest or excitement for the series.
Yeah that’s going to become a problem. Not just low ratings as a lead in but also The Project served as a good vehicle for 10 to promote their own shows and talent. With that replaced with heavy news content, they’ve lossed that. 7 and 9 have Sunrise/Today and their morning shows to push network related things. 10 don’t have many opportunities to do this anymore.
Sydney
SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE NINE 135,000
SYDNEY WEEKENDER SEVEN 114,000
TEST RUGBY: 2025 WALLABIES V FIJI -MATCH 74,000
SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL SEVEN 37,000
Melbourne
POSTCARDS NINE 136,000
SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL SEVEN 123,000
TEST RUGBY: 2025 WALLABIES V FIJI -MATCH 18,000
Brisbane
SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE NINE 117,000
WEEKENDER SEVEN 92,000
TEST RUGBY: 2025 WALLABIES V FIJI -MATCH 54,000
Adelaide
SOUTH AUSSIE WITH COSI SEVEN 109,000
SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL SEVEN 98,000
HELLO SA NINE 40,000
Perth
SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL SEVEN 82,000
BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE SEVEN 69,000
DESTINATION WA NINE 46,000
Yeah they do. The Project had crap ratings and just because its replacement is a disaster flop doesn’t suddenly elevate The Project into acceptable territory.
Besides it was the cost that did The Project in, it was far too expensive with such poor ratings. 10 probably would have persisted with it if not for the exorbitant cost to produce and the Skydance merger global cost cutting.
They should’ve ditched the Sunday Project and tested 10News+ on Sundays first, because there really is no fall back. 10 have no choice but to see out the winter with this show
Project was a loss leader though. As others have said, gave the network cross promotion opportunities, easy ad sales to target demos and its general vibe was a halo effect for the whole network. It was never a hated show beyond a few reactionary Neanderthals on these boards, Facebook comments and in Murdoch rags.
The question needs to be asked why did Ten and Roving do nothing to evolve the show to something that’s either better value for money or innovative to build its audience.
