• The Cheap Seats continues to impress on 10
• New Leash on Life popular on the ABC
Total TV Ratings, July 11
941,000 watched Seven’s Home and Away as Justin found a way to let Andrew go and Bree confronted Remi over his lies, up 23%.
869,000 viewed 10’s MasterChef Australia and possibly the most stressful Pressure Test the MasterChef Australia kitchen had ever seen! Lifting 21%.
557,000 tuned in for Seven’s Million Dollar Island as one player held all the power, before striking a deal that could come back to haunt them! Up 32%.
510,000 also saw Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald’s The Cheap Seats, up 17%.
484,000 sat down for Nine’s Rush as the teams were dropped into Bangkok’s chaotic Khaosan Rd at night and one traveller made a shock decision that changed the competition, up 32%.
Overnight TV Ratings, July 18
Primetime News
Seven News 941,000 (6:00pm) / 868,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 787,000 (6:00pm) / 776,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 589,000
10 News First 200,000 (5:00pm)/ 155,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 156,000 (6:30pm)/ 116,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 618,000
7.30 475,000
The Project 164,000 6:30pm / 272,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 222,000
Today 195,000
News Breakfast 136,000
Seven won Monday night with a primary share of 17.1% and a network share of 27.1%. 7Two has won multi channels with a 4.0% share.
448,000 began their evening in Summer Bay with Seven’s Home and Away as Felicity accumulated more lies and Justin questioned Kirby’s motives. Then, it was the Semi-Final of Million Dollar Island. One player faced making the ultimate sacrifice to save a friend from elimination. 240,000 watched on. 172,000 then stayed on for US cop drama, The Rookie.
Nine’s A Current Affair (618,000) looked at how the Australian sporting community has called Premier Daniel Andrews’ decision to cancel the Commonwealth Games “embarrassing” and “disappointing” while also putting the spotlight on Dr Peter Spencer, who has been suspended from practising medicine and is also under suspicion over his wife’s death. Then, 242,000 tuned in for Rush. The teams were dropped into the snowy French Alps in the middle of the chaotic Tomorrowland music festival before a race to the Escape Zone in Paris. 204,000 saw a repeat of Travel Guides which saw our avid explorers embark on a luxury river cruise down the Mekong River from Cambodia to southern Vietnam.
On 10, The Project (164,000 6:30pm / 272,000 7pm) welcomed PNAU’s Nick Littlemore to the desk plus looked at the new experimental drug that could delay the progression of Alzheimer’s. The program also took a look at the Commonwealth Games officials who have slammed Victoria after the State Government pulled the pin on hosting the 2026 event. Hunted Australia then followed as brother-sister duo, Byron and Tanase, managed to slip away from the Hunters after a daring Instagram live taunt and just as Megan and Gracie thought they had found a safe haven, the ultimate cat and mouse chase began where Gracie was captured. 472,000 tuned in. Then, taking a fun look at the week that was, The Cheap Seats hosts Bracewell and McDonald were joined by Mel Tracina, Adam Rozenbachs and chief Hunter Dr. David Craig for 352,000.
475,000 watched ABC’s 7.30. The program looked at the lawyers who have spoken out over the closure of the special investigative office to probe the Lawyer X scandal and Sarah Ferguson spoke to Treasurer Jim Chalmers after his meeting with China’s Finance Minister. 309,000 then watched Joel Creasey’s New Leash on Life. After a terrible accident, Tracy was looking for a canine to restore purpose in her life. Then, 285,000 stayed on for The Dark Emu Story, a thought-provoking and inspiring documentary that looked at the impact of Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Great Coastal Railway Journeys with 185,000 tuning in to see Michael Portillo continue his railway adventure on England’s east coast.
