• 1 million watch Utopia in Total TV
Total TV Ratings, June 28
1,279,000 watched Nine’s Session One, Day One of Test Two, The Ashes, lifting 15%. 801,000 watched the Pre-Match, up 10% while 774,000 Lunch, up 17% with 575,000 watching Session Two, up 22%.
1,087,000 tuned into ABC’s Utopia where Jim upped security measures while trying to sway the outcome of tenders for an international partnership, lifting 41%. 947,000 also watched ABC’s Gruen, up 36%.
929,000 watched Seven’s Home and Away, where the fictitious band Lyrik went into the recording studio, lifting 23%.
786,000 10’s MasterChef Australia as the top six were divided into three teams of two for a Service Challenge, up 21%.
Overnight TV Ratings, July 5
Primetime News
Seven News 951,000 (6:00pm) / 898,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 780,000 (6:00pm) / 770,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 534,000
10 News First 224,000 (5:00pm)/ 123,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 147,000 (6:30pm)/ 119,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 629,000
7.30 458,000
The Project 171,000 6:30pm / 265,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 216,000
Today 187,000
News Breakfast 149,000
Nine won Wednesday night with a primary share of 19.2%; however, Seven took out the top network share with 27.1%. 10Peach has won multi channels with a 3.4% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair (629,000) caught up with Alana, a small business owner who left her job of 20 years to set up her own café following advice that interest rates wouldn’t go up until 2024 to see her problems firsthand. Then, 508,000 watched a repeat of Travel Guides. Our avid explorers discovered the tropical island paradise of Mauritius off the east coast of Africa. It was a resort holiday with a cultural twist as they embraced local life. Then, Day three of Wimbledon followed. 186,000 tuned in for matches that included Aussies Alexei Popyrin, Daria Saville, Alex De Minaur and Jordan Thompson.
422,000 began their evening in Summer Bay with Seven’s Home and Away as Tane and Felicity didn’t see eye to eye, Cash vowed to find out what was bugging Felicity and Marilyn suffered as a result of Irene’s prank, before 268,000 stayed on for Animals Aboard with Dr Harry. The episode detailed cancer-stricken Labrador Lily as she faced a 24-hour flight. Seven street cats also flew from Vienna to Perth and Polly the birthday surprise puppy made her big arrival! Then, 298,000 tuned in for The Front Bar – 188,000 of those in Melbourne, making it the top non-news show in the market.
458,000 watched ABC’s 7.30 explore doctors who are worried about the rise in young people with bowel cancer and detailed the death in custody that sparked violent riots and unrest in France. Laura Tingle also examined the new National Anti-Corruption Commission. 521,000 then watched Utopia where Tony was frozen out by the Minister when he was reluctant to announce a new project and Scott started an NBA TikTok account. 484,000 then watched Gruen, before 260,000 tuned in for the premiere of the new outrageous Aussie comedy, Gold Diggers.
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On 10, The Project (171,000 6:30pm / 265,000 7pm) spoke with Aussie competitive eater James Webb who has scored third place in New York’s infamous hot dog eating contest, and the panel chatted with Leigh-Anne, who is embarking on a solo career away from Little Mix. MasterChef Australia then followed for day two of the road trip, where the contestants found themselves in Cactus Country. While Rhiannon was off sick, Brent, Cath, Declan and Theo took part in the Mexican-themed cook-off, with Brent scoring an advantage for tonight’s Immunity Challenge. 401,000 tuned in.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Tour de France. 127,000 watched stage five of the race.
