Forget Morning Wars, the fierce (non-fiction) fight for supremacy at 6pm has been raging, and over the past two years the flagship news bulletins at billionaire Kerry Stokes’ Seven Network have been losing ground.

For the second consecutive year, the Seven Network is on track to lose the total audience across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. The Nine Network won the battle in the 2024 calendar year by a wafer-thin margin – 807,100 viewers to Seven’s 803,400. This year, that lead has grown.