Seven’s Home And Away triple episodes were again the top performers on Thursday with the top rated slipping just below 800k dropping to 719k for the third episode. However, Nine managed an narrow prime time win.
Nine’s RBT was up 45k to 630k which was good enough for a top 10 spot. Grand Designs Australia on ABC was down slightly to 543k while The Celebrity Traitors UK episode 6 was down 20k to 239k on 10. Eva Longoria: Searching For Spain improved for SBS but still only averaged 94k.
RPA on Nine then had 393k to be ahead of the Jim Jefferies And Friends Season 1 final that dropped 65k to a season low of 264k. Long Lost Family on ABC was steady with 308k while a Gogglebox encore of Sunday’s episode had 210k. Meanwhile, From That Small Island: The Irish Story on SBS had 127k.
Over on 9Go! Love Island Australia had 277k with 226k from BVOD.
Later, A+E After Dark with 152k was just ahead of First Dates UK that managed 140k while a Portrait Artist Of The Year encore had 137k.
Nine’s Oaks Day coverage had 318k and 186k. That was up on last year that had had 254k and 166k.
The racing coverage, however, did not provide a good lead in to the rest of Nine’s schedule with Seven News posting a big win at 6pm while The Chase was on a five-week high. Sunrise had a near 100k win at breakfast while Deal or No Deal had 238k at 7pm on 10 after 10 News+ had 145k.
Seven #1 nationally in total TV National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 42.2% National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 40.4% 7plus: #1 in BVOD, up 62% year-on-year 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 1.96 million The Chase Australia: reaches 1.36 million Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 30% more viewers than Today
Seven Network reaches 5.33 million Australians nationally. 7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 44.82% share, reach up 62% year-on-year.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 42.2% share (6.00am to midnight).
Seven Network: #1 nationally in grocery shoppers with a 42.7% share (6.00am to midnight).
Seven Network: #1 nationally in grocery shoppers with a 40.9% share (6.00pm to midnight).
7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National 1.96 million, national audience 1.25 million. Up on previous week.
The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.36 million, national audience 660,000. Up on previous week.
Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 1.13 million, national audience 799,000.
Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 942,000, national audience 417,000. 30% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%): 6.00am to midnight
Network
All people
25 to 54s
Grocery shoppers
Seven Network
42.2
40.3
42.7
Nine Network
40.4
40.7
40.1
Network Ten
17.4
19.0
17.2
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%): 6.00pm to midnight
LOVE ISLAND AUSTRALIA, MELBOURNE CUP CARNIVAL - OAKS DAY, 9NEWS AND ACA COMBINE TO DELIVER A THRILLING THURSDAY
9News was the No. 1 program across Australia with People 25-54. It was also the No. 1 news bulletin across the 5 City Metro in Sydney and Brisbane with Total People. The combined national bulletins secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.741 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.075 million - up 5.0% year-on-year. On 9Now, it claimed a BVOD Audience of 126,000 - up a huge 56.5% on the same night last year.
A Current Affair dominated the 7.00pm timeslot across Australia with Total People. It recorded a National Total TV Reach of 1.367 million and a Total TV National Audience of 899,000 - up 3.0% year-on-year. On 9Now, it registered a BVOD Audience of 95,000 - up 41.8% year-on-year.
Melbourne Cup Carnival - Oaks Day registered a National Total TV Reach of 1.128 million, a Total TV National Audience of 318,000, up 20.5% year-on-year and a BVOD audience of 42,000, up 75.0% year-on-year
Love Island Australia was the No. 1 program across Australia with People 16-39. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 401,000, a Total TV National Audience of 277,000 - up 92.4% year-on-year, and a BVOD audience of 226,000 - up a massive 107.3% year-on-year.
RBT secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.310 million, a Total TV National Audience of 630,000, and registered a BVOD Audience of 56,000.
Today was the breakfast program of choice in Sydney and Brisbane with Total People. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 802,000, a Total TV National Audience of 321,000. On 9Now it recorded a BVOD audience of 51,000 - up 15.9% year-on-year.
The 9Network was the No.1network on Thursday across the 5 City Metro with Total People and all key demographics.
9Now was the No.1 CFTA BVOD Platform on Thursday across Australia with People 16-39.
Nine won the east coast including Sydney where Sevn was third behind ABC. Seven won Adelaide and Perth.
The Oaks Day coverage was a poor lead-in to 6pm for Sydney and Melbourne. Nine just won the metro market with Seven winning Melbourne after yesterday’s third place. The Chae won Adelaide and Perth.
