Matt and Alex 1m milestone

It was only May when comedy duo Matt Okine and Alex Dyson served up Australia’s first on-demand breakfast show, Matt & Alex – All Day Breakfast, on PodcastOne Australia. Fast forward to August and the duet are already celebrating with a champagne breakfast after notching up an impressive 1 million downloads!

Matt and Alex reckon there is no higher art form than podcasting and feel the need to gift their very own Podcasting Masterclass to the country to mark their epic milestone. Watch their MasterClass video here.

Listen to All Day Breakfast here.

Award-winning Trace returns with series two: The Informer

ABC’s Trace podcast returned this week to probe the story of Nicola Gobbo – one of Australia’s most controversial and high profile barristers.

The full story behind what made Nicola Gobbo, the barrister and gangland lawyer, turn police informer has never been told…and the implications are real and enormous.

Trace: The Informer investigates a complex world of covert policing and underworld operations that spans decades.

Host Rachael Brown and co-reporter Josie Taylor examine what makes a lawyer representing some of Australia’s most dangerous criminals risk her career, and even her life, to feed information to the police.

Trace: The Informer launches as the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants, which was sparked by Gobbo, nears its conclusion.

Nicola Gobbo remains in hiding but Brown and Taylor have secured the only media interview with her since the exposure of her secret identity as Lawyer X.

Bringing never-before broadcast information and recordings to light, they investigate how Gobbo was permitted, and even encouraged, to turn informer. And they ask whether the very organisation entrusted to uphold the law – the police force – has in fact undermined it.

Trace won the Innovation award at the 2017 Walkley Awards recognising excellence in journalism, Melbourne Press Club’s 2017 Quill awards for Podcasting and for Innovation in Journalism, and the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards in the Documentary category.

Listen to Trace here.

Ralph Horowitz on his podcast journey

Broadcaster, podcaster and thoroughbred racing analysist Ralph Horowitz, aka Racetrack Ralphy, has a colourful background in media

He worked as a producer on Nine’s successful The Footy Show during its glory days before getting headhunted to 3AW in 2006. Working on the broadcaster’s AFL coverage, Horowitz managed to sign Craig Hutchison to spearhead the radio calls. “We won the ratings and I got a big bonus for beating Triple M, because nobody thought they could beat Triple M,” Horowitz told Mediaweek. 3AW subsequently lost Garry Lyon to Triple M and after one bad survey, parted company with Horowitz.

Changing sporting codes, Horowitz started an app and a website branded RaceTrack Ralphy giving assistance to punters. He did some media work with Victorian sports radio station RSN, commenting on horse racing for five years. He met a successful punter called Vince Accardi. Horowitz said: “Vince revolutionised the way horseracing is timed. After RSN let me go I also bumped into a Grey Advertising chairman Paul Gardner who suggested podcasting. I had been a fan of podcasting for 10 years but had never worked out how to get it right here. Now every Monday for the past four years Vince and I review the racing via his timing platforms. We have monetised it by promoting the fact we are independent from corporate bookmakers and we have supporters who pay either $5 a month or $20 a month. The majority of people who fund us just like what we do.”

The podcast lives on the PG Podcast Network and can be found on all major platforms.

Horowitz has also been involved in a number of football podcasts, some more infamous than others. He has podcasted with Shane Crawford and James Hird on a twice-a-week podcast Crawf & Hirdy during 2018. “It didn’t keep going because we didn’t monetise it. It was a great show and the loyalty to the show from Essendon supporters was amazing. That was my toe back in the water after a decade out of footy media.”

A more infamous podcast was one with former footballers Scott Cummings and Dane Swan. “Hump Day with Scotty and Swanny was supposed to be a bit of weekly silliness across 2019. The podcast got very popular but was out of control with some of the content. There were supposed to be no rules in podcasting, until we broke them!” Horowitz disputes most of the claims made about the podcast, noting cancel culture went after them, targeting Cummings in particular.

Swan was defiant and wanted to keep podcasting, and 12 months ago launched Hump Day with Swanny & Friends with Horowitz and Samantha Riches (pictured above).

Cummings meanwhile just recently has returned to the airwaves on SEN football commentary.

During his time at The Footy Show, Horowitz was Sam Newman’s producer. After previously recording podcasts at Crocmedia, Horowitz now uses Sam Newman’s studio he set up for Newman’s own podcasts. When asked if he produces Sam’s controversial podcast, Horowitz replied: “No. I get blamed for a lot of things, but not that one!”

Listen to Year Round Carnival with Vince Accardi and Racetrack Ralphy here.
Listen to Swanny and Friends here.

Turn to Kochie to get your tax completed

What should you be claiming tax deductions on? Finance guru David Koch shares his guide to paying just the right amount of tax…not too much and not too little in a special episode of Kochie’s Easy Steps to Financial Success podcast. Kochie listeners you through the expenses they can legitimately offset against income to reduce tax and gives a handy shortcut for calculating working from home tax deductions during Covid-19.

Listen to Kochie’s Easy Steps to Financial Success Podcast here.

JMo tracks down Grey’s Anatomy star in Perth lockdown

Busy Daily Telegraph entertainment reporter Jonathon Moran has caught up with Kate Walsh aka Dr. Addison Montgomery in Grey’s Anatomy. Speaking on Moran’s podcast JMo Confidential, the Hollywood star reveals she’s been in Perth since COVID-19 hit and is living the Aussie dream!

Listen to JMO Confidential here.

Lee Rogers paints on The Blank Canvas

A new podcast from director and producer Lee Rogers features him chatting with trail blazers, artists, thought leaders, athletes, entrepreneurs and creators – stellar individuals who inspire many to live large.

Acclaimed artist David Bromley is the first guest on The Blank Canvas which launched this week. New episodes will then roll out every Monday, with Rogers wife, legendary Kate Ceberano, up next. Still to come are serial entrepreneur and powerhouse business advisor Anne McKevitt, Tony award nominated composer Eddie Perfect, “the world’s greatest impressionist” Jim Meskimen and New York Times best-selling author of We First, brand futurist and leading global keynote speaker Simon Mainwaring.

Tradie turned film director and producer, Rogers has directed Emmy, Golden Globe, Grammy, AFI, ACCTA & Logie winners, Prime Ministers, Miss Universe, Olympic Gold medallists, captain’s of the All Blacks, Wallabies, Indian cricket royalty Virat Kohli and Academy Award nominated superstar Margot Robbie…winning dozens of awards along the way. After several music videos which topped the ARIA charts (Ratcat’s history making hit That Aint Bad), Lee’s first foray into long-form content was writing, directing, producing, and starring in the acclaimed movie Dust Off The Wings, literally busting down the door of the digital movie revolution (“Rogers is incredibly clever” Margaret Pomeranz on The Movie Show). As a TV commercial director Lee’s directed over 300 high-end commercials around the globe. In TV drama, his work has been seen in over 130 territories with such hits as The Doctor Blake Mysteries (Netflix USA/BBC1 UK), Home and Away and Neighbours.

Lee has also been a mainstay in Kate Ceberano’s management team for nearly three decades. As partner in Kate Ceberano Productions, Lee has been instrumental in delivering Kate’s extraordinary creative output.

Listen to The Blank Canvas here.

See: TV ad market worth $3.4b in 2019-20, -13.7% YOY, Last six months -22%

Gone are the days where the networks would take public pot-shots at each other putting their spin on the numbers. Instead the commentary is left to the marketing body to quietly talk up the overall results. In a tough market the number that was focussed on was the growing BVOD business for Seven, Nine and 10.

Over the full financial year Nine and 10 are believed to have slightly improved their figures. Seven slipped, but it was ranked #1 for the December 2019 half.

Seven’s chief revenue officer Kurt Burnette told Mediaweek the network is seeing a marked improvement for July and August in terms of spend. “It looks like being an improved quarter compared to April to June which has been one of the worst we’ve seen. We need to see the full impact of what is happening in Victoria. The good news is television is continuing to grow audience across the board.

“For Seven we are very happy with where Big Brother was and now Farmer Wants a Wife is delivering and we have a big strong slate of content coming. With the AFL finals moving deeper into the year and the start of the cricket it creates an incredibly powerful marketing platform for brands. The back quarter of [calendar] 2020 will be one of the biggest we have ever seen because of the critical nature of the messaging that will need to take place as a result of this year. It will be one of the most important Christmas ad markets we have ever seen.”

Seven’s Kurt Burnette at Seven’s Tokyo 2020 launch

Burnette noted Seven was ahead of the overall growth in the BVOD market, and he pointed to increased revenue from 7News.com.au too. “Recent performance has been helped by our leadership across the last eight weeks in the demographics in broadcast and BVOD. We have great momentum with the increased AFL activity helping us kick on through the year.”

Network 10 & ViacomCBS chief sales officer Rod Prosser told Mediaweek: “We’ve had some really great momentum in market over the last 12 months. Our shows have been performing well and our audiences have been strong. This has been reflected in our revenue performance which has grown consistently year-on-year since October 2019.

“What I’ve been most encouraged about is how, in the last few months under challenging circumstances, the team has worked exceptionally hard with agencies and marketers to extend important brand messages at scale on 10 and our digital platforms. Their hard work has been recognised with a continued increase in revenue share.

“In these uncertain times, the overall TV industry has remained resilient and held up well, cementing itself as a critical part of the marketing mix.”

The metro revenue shares for the 2019/20 financial year are believed to see 10 up to above 22%, Seven around 38% and Nine over 39%.

The total TV market, which includes metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air, subscription TV and broadcast video on demand (BVOD) and excludes SBS, recorded combined revenue of $3.4 billion for the year to June 2020, which was down 13.7% compared to the same period to June 2019.

In the June half, TV advertising revenues were $1.49 billion, a decrease of 22.1% when compared to the same period ending June 2019.

The total revenue for the metropolitan free-to-air networks was $1.01 billion for the six months to June 2020, down 21.9% compared to the same period last year. For the 12-months, metropolitan free-to-air advertising revenue was $2.33 billion, down 14.1%.

The record-breaking performance of BVOD platforms 7Plus, 9Now, 10 Play and Foxtel Now continues with BVOD revenue up 23.4% to $83 million for the six months to June 30, 2020. BVOD revenue for the total financial year was $170 million, up 32.7% year-on-year.

ThinkTV CEO Kim Portrate said: “The past 12 months have been tough for the media sector with COVID-19 making the last six months more challenging than any of us could have imagined. This is reflected in the latest SMI data which suggests the total advertising market was down 14.7% for the financial year. However, demand for TV advertising is strengthening as we move into the new financial year.”

The latest slate includes Toni Collette’s directorial debut with feature film The Best Of, and ambitious anthology of Shakespeare’s works re-imagined by teams of creators including Leah Purcell, Elise McCredie and Anchuli Felicia King called Shakespeare Now.

Screen Australia’s head of development Nerida Moore said, “While this has been a turbulent, challenging time for many in the industry, it hasn’t stopped the drive, passion and imagination of Australian creative teams. In fact we have continued to see applications coming through with really strong and distinctive content, with the application numbers across March-June this year up 76% on the same period last year.

“It’s exciting to see re-imaginings of well-loved stories such as Shakespeare Now and an animated series inspired by The Sapphires. We continue to support storytelling on all platforms, with two online series from comedians Gabriel Willie (better known as Bush Tucker Bunjie) and Chloe Black who are each creating their first scripted narrative comedies.”

This slate is the final funding awarded in the 2019/20 financial year. During this period Screen Australia received 534 Story Development applications across the Premium and Generate Funds, up 41% from the 378 applications received in 2018/19. In the last 12 months, Screen Australia has provided funds to a total of 110 projects out of a pool of 508 projects that were creatively assessed. This included 50 through the Generate Fund for lower budget projects and 60 through the Premium Fund for higher budget projects from established creators.

Moore continued, “We are really pleased to see more ambitious television projects in the pipeline, with 32 television projects funded through the Premium stream in the past 12 months, up from 12 projects last year.”

In April 2020 Screen Australia launched the Premium Plus Fund to provide late-stage development funding to high-budget projects with firm market interest that were impacted by COVID-19. In this time, the agency funded 17 projects. Recipients include ABC drama The Newsreader and feature film You Won’t Be Alone. The fund closed on 31 July 2020.

The TV projects include development funding going to Bunya Entertainment, Northern Pictures, Princess Pictures, East Tiger, Lingo Pictures, Goalpost Television, Hoodlum Entertainment, Endemol Shine Banks, Beyond Entertainment, Porchlight Films, Every Cloud Productions, See-Saw Productions, Bazmark (Baz Luhrmann), Hopscotch Features and December Media.

Television projects include:

• Six-part dramedy New Animal, from writer Marieke Hardy (Laid), based on the upcoming debut novel by Ella Baxter. The television series follows 28-year-old oddball Amelia who works as a cosmetician at a family funeral parlour. After the sudden death of her mother, she is drawn into the local BDSM community in an attempt to deal with her grief. New Animal will be produced by Jason Stephens and Helen Bowden of Lingo Pictures (Lambs of God).

• Shakespeare Now, an anthology of adaptations of Shakespeare’s works for television, including Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Macbeth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night. The works are led by teams of all-female creatives including Anya Beyersdorf (It’s Me), Corrie Chen (Five Bedrooms), Lucy Coleman (Hot Mess), Elissa Down (Feel the Beat), Anchuli Felicia King (play White Pearl), Michelle Law (Homecoming Queens), Claire McCarthy (The Luminaries), Elise McCredie (Stateless), Leah Purcell (The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson), Amelia Roper (The Great), Sarah Scheller (The Let Down), Nadine von Cohen, Vivienne Walshe (Everything’s Gonna Be Ok), and Rachel Ward (Palm Beach). This project is executive produced by ABC’s Sally Riley; Lucky Chap Entertainment’s Margot Robbie, Brett Hedblom, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara (Maid); and Tracey Robertson, Nathan Mayfield and Kerrin McNeil of Hoodlum Entertainment (Harrow). It will be developed with the support of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

• Toni Collette’s directorial debut with The Best Of, a feature film based on the novel by Graeme Simsion (The Rosie Project) and written for the screen by comedian and writer Mark Watson. This romantic comedy follows amateur musician turned IT specialist Adam Sharp who has a stable, unexceptional life with his matter-of-fact wife Claire. But when his first love, Angelina, gets in touch with an offer of reuniting, Adam must choose between the fantasy of a life unlived and the reality of his marriage in its quiet beauty. This project will be produced by Collette and Christopher Simon (Miss You Already), and co-produced by Jen Turner.

• The Sapphires Animation, a television series inspired by hit Australian film The Sapphires. This series re-imagines Gail, Julie, Cynthia and Kay growing up in today’s world, as they follow their musical dreams and learn about life, love, and who they are in the process. A celebration of sisterhood, sass and sweet grooves, this project will be written by Kodie Bedford (Mystery Road) and produced by Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne with Tony Briggs, who worked on the original film.

• A Top End Wedding Story, a one-hour comedy drama series based on the Australian movie Top End Wedding. From Goalpost Television with writers Miranda Tapsell and Joshua Tyler, producers Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne and co-producers Miranda Tapsell and Joshua Tyler.

• The Sisters Antipodes, from Endemol Shine Banks. A drama set in 1965, two families collide. Affairs ignite, couples switch and the scandal pushes the realigned families to opposite sides of the world. Reeling, two little girls are given each other’s fathers. The Sisters Antipodes is the ensuing story of the lifelong competition between them and the tragedy that ends it. Writers Fiona Seres and Rebecca Rigg, producers Imogen Banks and Asher Keddie.

Asher Keddie

• Full list of the latest funding approvals for television development here.
• Full list of the latest funding approvals for feature film development here.
• Full list of the latest funding approvals for online development here.

One in three are thinking about investing in furthering their education, with half of 30 to 34-year-olds saying they are actively looking at. More than one in four (28%) are contemplating changing their career path completely, with a quarter considering finding a new job in the same field. When it comes to returning to the office only 38 percent said they felt comfortable returning to their workplace and more than half (53%) want to maintain the flexibility of working from home.

Bauer’s fifth HerPulse survey of 672 women carried out in July also found six in ten were doing the majority of the work around the house including cooking meals. For mums, seven in ten said they were doing most of the childcare and 62 percent said they were doing the majority of homeschooling. Almost half (46%) said they felt overwhelmed by working from home in addition to homeschooling their children.

As the majority of Victorians continue life under a new lockdown, the mood of women in the state is understandably less positive than the rest of the country. Half (51%) said they were ‘concerned’ compared to 40 percent in all other states. Nearly four in ten (38%) said they felt ‘stressed’ compared to 29 percent nationally.

Despite ongoing concerns about issues and events at home, women are also looking outward when it comes to issues such as racism and the environment. Nearly eight in ten (78%) of all women said they were ‘worried’ about racism around the world. This rose to 88 percent amongst 25 to 29-year-olds. On the environment, 79 percent said they were worried about the planet when it came to the worldwide context, rising to 85 percent in the 25 to 29 cohort.

Health and wellness remains a key focus during the pandemic. Almost three in ten (28%) said they were taking more vitamins and 27 percent were trying to lose weight, up from 21 percent in May.

Dora Papas, editor of Better Homes and Gardens, Bauer’s multi-platform brand which reaches 384,000 women with kids under 16 every month said: “Women in general and mums in particular were taking on double duties during the lockdown. Working at home as well as schooling their children has understandably overwhelmed many.

“They continue to actively seek out content which offers escapism and inspiration and that trend has remained consistent from the beginning of the Covid crisis. Across food, lifestyle and homes, we at Better Homes and Gardens will continue to support their content needs, as all Bauer brands continue to do in print, digital and social.”

Nat Bettini, research director at Bauer Media added: “While many parts of the country, with the exception of Victoria, slowly return to some semblance of normality, there continues to be ongoing concern by Australian women about what the future holds for them. This is leading them to look at their options moving forward, with many thinking about gaining new skills or changing their career paths completely, which offer opportunities to providers of these services.”

The Screenrights Cultural Fund was established in 2018 to support innovative projects that foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand. With support usually available up to $250K total, in its third year Screenrights has been able to offer additional funding from the balance of previous funding rounds.

Five recipients will each receive $45,000: Bus Stop Films, to support the expansion of their award-winning Accessible Film Studies Program to Queensland, Victoria and South Australia; Tai Huri Films, for a training and skill development workshop for rangatahi Māori aged 15-25 to explore cultural narratives using the art of cinematic storytelling; Northern Rivers Screenworks, who will partner with Princess Pictures and Hoodlum Entertainment to run a program to train undiscovered, diverse and talented screenwriters living in regional Australia with specific skills to meet industry requirements; Southland Creative Inc, for My Home My Culture – a short film program that will mentor ten aspiring 16-24 year-old regional South Coast NSW filmmakers to share their stories with audiences and communities; and Script to Screen, who will run a 3-stage Paerangi program that finds new voices in remote regions of New Zealand, and gives isolated and inexperienced aspiring filmmakers the tools to develop a captivating story for screen.

Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation will receive $38,720 for Our Ganalili Heroes, a youth digital media project that will give 12 young people in the Pilbara region the digital media skills to contribute their voices to the deep cultural and community-held knowledge of the Yindjibarndi people; and Cinespace will receive $31,280 to roll out an online educational program that gives culturally diverse creatives the tools to be able to access industry, building capacity towards greater representation on Australian screens.

“The third year of the Screenrights Cultural Fund has seen our strongest field of applicants yet, and we are delighted to be able to support so many initiatives, especially in such a challenging year for the screen industry,” said Screenrights Board Director and Cultural Fund Working Group Chair Geoffrey Atherden. “These projects engage meaningfully with our New Voices focus, intended to advance those who, for whatever reason, have found doors not readily open to them. We look forward to seeing the positive impact of these initiatives across the Australian and New Zealand screen landscape well into the future.”

Applications were assessed by a panel of professionals with both local and international expertise in screen, media and education.

More details of all projects here.

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Top Photo:  Photo caption (L-R, Top to Bottom): Jonnie Leahy from Southland Creative Inc.; Daniel Schultheis from Cinespace Inc; Eloise Veber from Script to Screen; James Dickinson from Screenrights; Jason Taylor from Tai Huri Films Limited; John Kassab from Cinespace Inc; Jonnie Leahy from Southland Creative Inc.; Lisa O’Meara from Northern Rivers Screenworks Inc; Maha Ismail from Screenrights; Ryan Drechsler and Eagle Felix from Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation; Tracey Corbin-Matchett from Bus Stop Films; Wimiya Woodley from Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation

More people are tuning into Hit and Triple M than ever before, with live radio streaming increasing by 20% year on year to 1.1 million listeners* and catch up radio jumping 80% year on year to 3.5 million* downloads.

Smart speakers too are an increasingly popular choice for listeners, reporting 2.1 million listening hours in July, up 69% year on year, and an average session duration of 2 hours and 20 minutes^.

PodcastOne Australia’s original podcasts have also reported record listening growth – rising 155% from March 1 to July 31**.

Listening on demand, including live radio streaming across mobile, tablet and smart speakers, as well as catch up radio podcasts, has soared again in July:

• 8.5 million active live radio streams, up 36% year on year, with 10.1 million total listening hours, up 30% year on year*

• Total listening hours on mobiles and tablets is up 12% year on year, desktops up 10% and smart speakers are up 69%*

• There were 316,000 downloads of SCA Smart News in July, up 95%^ month on month

• Triple M’s annual No Talk Day on 1 July saw live streams increase by 53% year on year and a 42% jump in listeners

• SCA’s PodcastOne Australia listening was up 155% from March to July**

“Live radio streaming and catch up radio podcasts have continued to grow, despite COVID-19 restrictions easing, and are now firmly a part of people’s daily routine. Smart speaker listening is also showing remarkable growth, with almost a quarter of SCA’s audience owning a smart speaker and showing enviable time spent listening. Digital audio growth in radio and podcasting is set for a big year as more listeners tune into Hit and Triple M, more often and for longer than ever before,” SCA Chief Sales Officer, Brian Gallagher, said.

Sources: 
* Adswizz Audiometrix July 2019 v July 2020 
^ Omny Studio July 2019 vs July 2020 
** Omny Studio March to July 2020

Instagram Reels launches in Australia today – the new Instagram format that gives anyone the ability to create and discover short form, edited videos with audio and music.

This announcement from Instagram today

Available now to the Australian community, Reels is a big part of the future of entertainment on Instagram – with Reels, Stories, Live & IGTV, Instagram is giving people more ways to create and enjoy video the way they want.

At Instagram we’re always taking inspiration from our creators and community, and they’ve told us they want more fun and easy ways to edit and create videos in the app. In the past month, 45% of all videos posted to Instagram Feed were short form (under 15 seconds). With the launch of Reels you can access a range of new video features including editing tools, timer, speed controls, AR effects, countdown and a new align tool. You can create a Reels video using multiple clips, and then add original audio or music from our massive library.

With Reels it’s never been easier for your content to reach new audiences and be discovered on a global stage. From today, your Explore page has a whole new look which puts Reels front and centre. This creates a new space where public accounts can share, watch, and discover Reels with Instagram’s community of over 1 billion people. Additionally, there will be a dedicated tab for Reels on users’ profiles. Reels can also be shared in Feed, through Stories, Close Friends, or just with friends over DMs.

“Instagram is where millions of Australians come everyday to express themselves and be entertained. Our community is telling us they want to make and watch short-form, edited videos, which is exactly how we’ve developed the Reels experience. Whether you are a creator with a passion to share or a business with a story to tell, our new Reels format empowers your creativity and helps you reach new audiences on a global stage.” said Will Easton, managing director of Facebook Australia & New Zealand.

Seven News 1,194,000/1,123,000
Nine News 1,097,000/998,000
ABC News 835,000
A Current Affair 725,000
7.30 693,000
The Project 376,000/567,000
10 News 446,000/308,000
Sunrise 281,000
The Latest 269,000
News Breakfast 235,000
Today 214,000
SBS World News 200,000
The Drum 199,000

Tuesday TV

Seven: Home and Away dipped from 650,000 Monday to 600,000 Tuesday and then lifted to 626,000 last night.
A Highway Patrol special on Seven then did 407,000.
The Front Bar as on 300,000 as it went up against live AFL on Fox Footy as Melbourne finally found some form in the last quarter to win the second of a mid-week double header. 

Nine: A Current Affair started the week on 813,000 and then did 728,000 Tuesday with 717,000 last night.
Nine’s factual programming then helped it secure a midweek win with RBT on 472,000 followed by Emergency with 507,000.

10: Bachelor in Paradise is getting close to the end with 490,000, just below its Tuesday number.
The Project was on 567,000 as the program discussed Jonathan Swans’ already legendary Trump interview and then Marty Sheargold talked about life after radio, sort of. When asked about “turds” he had met in his radio career he called Shane Warne “one of the great turds”.

ABC: Shaun Micallef has helped boost share for a second successive night with the return of Mad as Hell on 691,000 and in the top 10.
The biggest audiences early tuned in for ABC News on 835,000 and then 693,000 for 7.30 with Leigh Sales still at home despite her negative Covid-19 result.
Hard Quiz performed spectacularly again with 746,000 up from 701,000 a week ago. The guest’s epical subjects last night ranged from Barbara Streisand, to Wolverine, video game Halo and The Handmaid’s Tale.
ABC share has been surfing a wave this week with every night so far over 14%, something that it hasn’t achieved so far this year. 

SBS: World News was one of three programs that cracked 200,000. The others were The Other Pompeii repeat on 225,000 and then Building the Channel Tunnel on 216,000.