In 2025, Channel Seven’s focus is on sport, news and entertainment content, including more than 20 local series, the leading news and current affairs content, the country’s most loved sports and new, exclusive content across 7plus.
Seven’s TV and digital audiences have grown this year, driven by the #1 news service, the best line-up of sport in Australia, hit 7.30 pm entertainment shows, the country’s #1 drama series, and the ever-growing library of exclusive content on 7plus.
Seven is home to the most-watched 6.00 pm news, breakfast and morning shows, winter sport, summer sport, local drama series, and lifestyle show, and more of the most popular entertainment shows than any other network – and 2025 will bring more of the content that Australians love to watch.
“At Seven, we are passionately focused on creating and delivering valuable connections. We’re proudly a content business. Every day, our content connects with an audience that is growing. We understand that audience through our data platforms, delivering deep insights for our partners,” said Seven West Media managing director and chief executive officer, Jeff Howard.
“Millions of Australians connect with one of our publishing, broadcast, and digital platforms daily, every week, every month. To make that happen, every year we create, collate and curate thousands of hours of local content”.
“Our streaming audience continues to grow at a rapid rate. 7plus is set to soar from late November with cricket and again in March with AFL, both available on a free streamer for the first time,” he said.
“Our ambition is to be ahead of the curve. That is why we’ve led the way with AI company Databricks to accurately predict audiences. That’s why we have stepped up personalisation, targeting and UX on 7plus. And that’s why we have created Phoenix, the world’s most advanced total TV trading system”.
ENTERTAINMENT
Next year, the screens of Seven will be home to 25 local entertainment shows, including hit tentpole shows that won more audiences this year on TV, digital or both – Farmer Wants A Wife, Australian Idol, My Kitchen Rules, The Voice, Dancing With The Stars and the most successful new entertainment show in recent years, The 1% Club.
As it heads into its 37th season in 2025, Home and Away reigns as Australia’s most-watched drama series and the biggest show on 7plus. Seven’s drama slate next year also includes the highly anticipated third season of the award-winning and high-rating drama RFDS.
Newcomers to Seven’s local line-up in 2025 will include Stranded On Honeymoon Island, Once In A Lifetime, Jim Jefferies And Friends, all-new First Dates and the special events Working Class Man (the story of Jimmy Barnes), Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story and Cold Chisel Live: 50th Anniversary Tour.
A unique social experiment, Stranded on Honeymoon Island puts adventure, survival and, above all, isolation at the heart of this quest for love. But will the experience lead to love or loathing? The couples are matched by experts following a speed dating event, but they don’t know which partner has been chosen for them until they see them at the intimate commitment ceremony. Immediately after committing themselves to each other, they are dramatically abandoned on their own deserted tropical islands for the adventure of a lifetime.
In Once In A Lifetime, beloved vet Dr Chris Brown embarks on global wildlife journeys, joined by entertaining Australian personalities (including Mick Molloy, Amanda Keller, Kate Ritchie and Matt Preston) as his untrained and unqualified veterinary assistants. Together, they help iconic animals while navigating unpredictable and often humorous situations. From saving endangered species to facing wild dangers, these duos experience the raw beauty of nature.
In 2025, the host of Seven’s smash hit The 1% Club steps into his own stand-up show, Jim Jefferies And Friends. Featuring comedy legends Dave Hughes, Jimeoin, Arj Barker, Tommy Little, Nikki Osborne, Mel Buttle, Felicity Ward and many more, this strictly adults-only affair will see Jim in rip-snorting form as master of ceremonies.
Aussie music will take centre stage on Seven next year with the legendary Cold Chisel’s 50th anniversary tour; Working Class Man, a documentary based on Jimmy Barnes’ best-selling book and featuring the legendary singer telling his story with his trademark honesty and insight; and Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story, a hilarious and moving documentary about one of Australia’s most-loved bands that travels from the sticky carpets of Sydney pubs to the shiny stage of Top of the Pops.
After celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Australia’s #1 lifestyle show – Better Homes and Gardens – returns, while TV WEEK Gold Logie winner Larry Emdur and the Chasers are back for a new season of The Chase Australia.
Also coming in 2025 are new seasons of the iconic Border Security: Australia’s Front Line and Highway Patrol, plus The Hunters, The Rise And Fall Of Kings Cross, The Great Outdoors and Off The Grid with Manu Feildel and Colin Fassnidge.
The biggest night in Australian TV – the TV WEEK Logie Awards – will sparkle on Seven and 7plus again in 2025, along with other special events including Melbourne’s Good Friday Appeal, Sydney’s Carols In The Domain and the Channel 7 Telethon in Perth, which raised a record $83.3 million last month.
SPORT
Seven’s 2024-25 summer of cricket will be its strongest in years, including the Australia vs India Test showdown, the Women’s Ashes, BBL, and WBBL.
And cricket is just the start: next year will bring a wealth of sport on Seven and 7plus Sport with AFL, AFLW, the Brownlow Medal, Supercars Championship including the Bathurst 1000, NFL and Superbowl LIX, horse racing 52 weeks of the year, LIV Golf, surfing, cycling, athletics, netball, hockey, extreme sports, and much more.
AFL fans are in for a treat, with Seven presenting AFL content every day of the week during the 2025 season, including games on 22 Friday nights, 15 Thursday nights, 23 Sundays, eight Saturday nights, six marquee games, three roving marquee games, every game in the Finals Series and – exclusive to Seven and 7plus – the Brownlow Medal and the AFL Grand Final.
The Front Bar’s regular AFL shows and cricket and year-in-review specials return in 2025, along with a series of brand new AFL offerings for Seven and 7plus Sport, giving footy fans access to fresh AFL content every single day. The AFL programs include The Agenda Setters, Unfiltered, Extra Time, Sunday Footy Feast, The Wash Up, Kane’s Call, podcasts and more.
Seven is also commissioning a pre-season documentary inside an AFL club, in the lead-up to the season, to run after The Front Bar titled Full Sweat.
The 7plus Sport and Seven AFL team are also working on an alternative kids’ commentary for selected Sunday afternoon matches.
Seven Network director of sport, Chris Jones, said: “The 2024 AFL season was extraordinary. A year for the ages, but we’re even more excited about what’s to come in 2025″.
“We felt it was time to change it up, to prepare for our new and younger audiences, and we’ve welcomed some fresh faces to help us reset the AFL media landscape for good”.
“New recruits including Kane Cornes, Nick Riewoldt and others will be joining our established commentary team. They make us more dynamic and drive our strategy to have a seven-days-a-week football offering,” he said.
“One of the first things we identified was that if we wanted to be the home of footy, we needed to fill out the offering and create the best footy programs in the land”.
“From Monday to Friday every night, there will be AFL content to watch or stream on Seven and 7plus Sport. So, with more nights of footy programming throughout the 2025 AFL Premiership Season, as well as live match broadcasts streamed on 7plus Sport for the first time, there has never been a more exciting time for AFL fans,” Jones said.
“The seven-day-a-week AFL offering will be amplified on 7plus Sport, with replays, minis, highlights, video on demand, and unique exclusive content from the nightly magazine programs, which will be streamed live as well. 7plus Sport will again feature Club Hubs, encouraging AFL clubs to present their bespoke content specific to their fans. We will work to amplify that content, giving it national reach”.
“From this summer, Australians can at last watch cricket live and free on any device, anytime, anywhere,” said Seven’s head of sport digital, Kirsty Bradmore.
“But on 7plus, the offering is much, much more than your traditional broadcast coverage. We’re introducing two distinct alternative commentaries this summer: the first is Hindi commentary for all Australia vs India Test matches, tapping into an audience with an unparalleled passion for the game”.
“The second alternative commentary will be from the comedic duo The Grade Cricketer. Covering a selection of BBL matches, they will bring a light-hearted take on the games aimed at younger fans and die-hard supporters alike,” she said.
“Providing alternate streams on 7plus creates new opportunities to partner with Seven, including our short-form offering of bite-sized, consumable products, such as minis, highlights, and full match replays.
NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS
Seven’s commitment to bringing all Australians the best and most up-to-date news and current affairs will increase in 2025, with a new hour-long 12-noon bulletin.
It comes on the back of Seven, adding an extra half hour to The Morning Show, which will now run from 9 am to noon.
They will join Seven’s other leading news and current affairs programs, from Australia’s #1 nightly news program 7NEWS and the #1 breakfast show Sunrise to 7NEWS Spotlight, Weekend Sunrise and The Latest from 7NEWS.
Seven Network director of news and current affairs and Seven West Media editor-in-chief, Anthony De Ceglie, said: “In an increasingly dystopian world of conspiracy theorists and deepfakes and misinformation, our journalism has never been more important.
“On any given day, 10 of the 24 hours on Seven are proudly produced by the 7NEWS team, from Sunrise and The Morning Show to our morning, afternoon, prime-time 6.00 pm and late-night bulletins, plus 7NEWS Spotlight on Sunday nights. 7NEWS.com.au is one of the most popular news sites in the country and there is also Australia’s only digital evening newspaper, The Nightly”.
De Ceglie said Australian audiences had never been more engaged with news and current affairs, as shown by The Morning Show co-host Larry Emdur winning the TV WEEK Logie Awards Gold Logie this year.
He said the new hour-long 12 noon bulletin would be a game-changer that would not only look at breaking news headlines but also have room for in-depth discussion and debate.
7PLUS
After growing more than 30% this year, 7plus is set for a massive 2025. Already the market leader in free video on demand and FAST channels, 7plus will step into next year with a powerful line-up of new content.
The arrival of AFL and cricket on 7plus means that, for the first time, the two most popular sports in Australia will be available to stream, for free.
The new “7plus first” strategy for new overseas programming will see a premium new series launch on 7plus every single month from now – starting with Murder In A Small Town next week – and across all of 2025.
Seven Group managing director, digital, Gereurd Roberts, said: “The launch of 7plus Sport in September represented the most significant change in Australian sport in decades. For the very first time, all Australians will be able to watch AFL and cricket anywhere, at any time and on any device – live and free. To say it is a game changer for fans, sporting organisations and advertisers is a massive understatement”.
“AFL and cricket will bring new, high value audiences to 7plus. And we already know from the AFL Grand Final and other sports that these audiences do not cannibalise the broadcast audience. They are new, younger and often hard to reach”.
The growth of 7plus is underpinned by its premium content library and first-run exclusives, as well as Seven hits such as Farmer Wants A Wife, The Voice, Australian Idol and My Kitchen Rules; overseas drama series; exclusive content; and the most streamed drama in Australia – Home and Away.
Seven pioneered FAST channels in Australia and 7plus now has more than 50 channels, the viewing of which has jumped more than 30% this year.
“At 7plus, we talk about a bonfires and fireworks strategy. The bonfires are the library content, the show people watch every day, and they are growing. The first-run exclusives are the fireworks, the shows that deliver audience spikes and bring new people to 7plus,” Roberts said.
“It’s a strategy that is working. More than 40% of 7plus’ active daily users only watch 7plus exclusives – premium library or first-run content, on demand. They treat 7plus in exactly the same way they treat a paid streaming service. And now with one new ‘firework’ a month, that number will grow”.
“7plus is not just a BVOD service. It’s moved way beyond that. It is premium digital video, with premium content across entertainment, sport and news. It’s a premium user experience and ad experience, with less than six minutes of ads per hour on exclusive VOD. It’s a true streaming service, but with daily audience scale,” he said.
Half of the content on 7plus is exclusive to the platform, including the best of overseas content from key partners such as NBCUniversal, Disney, ITV Studios and Sony.
New exclusive content on 7plus in 2025 includes Suits: LA, Grosse Pointe Garden Society, The Hunting Party, The Americas, St Denis Medical, Doc, Ludwig and The Crow Girl. Returning overseas favourites include The Rookie, 9-1-1, 9-1-1 Lonestar, The Irrational and Alert: Missing Persons Unit, plus 7Bravo shows including Below Deck Down Under, Below Deck, Below Deck Mediterranean, Deadly Waters with Captain Lee, Paris & Nicole: The Encore and Real Housewives of New York City.
SEVEN IN 2025
Key content on Seven and 7plus next year includes:
AUSTRALIAN:
- 7NEWS
- 7NEWS Spotlight
- Armchair Experts
- Aussie Truck Rehab
- Australian Football League
- AFLW
- Australian Idol
- Better Homes and Gardens
- Border Security: Australia’s Front Line
- Carols In The Domain
- Channel 7 Telethon
- Cold Chisel Live: 50th Anniversary Tour
- Cricket (various)
- Dancing With The Stars
- Farmer Wants A Wife
- First Dates
- Flashpoint
- Gem Hunters Down Under
- Good Friday Appeal
- Highway Patrol
- Horse racing (various)
- Home and Away
- Jim Jefferies and Friends
- Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story
- My Kitchen Rules
- Off The Grid
- Once In A Lifetime
- Outback Crystal Hunters
- Outback Truckers
- RFDS
- South Aussie with Cosi
- Stranded On Honeymoon Island
- Sunrise
- Supercars Championship, including the Bathurst 1000
- The 1% Club
- The Agenda Setters
- The Chase Australia
- The Front Bar
- The Great Outdoors
- The Hunters
- The Morning Show
- The Latest from 7NEWS
- The Rise And Fall Of Kings Cross
- The TV WEEK Logie Awards
- The Voice
- Weekend Sunrise
- Working Class Man
OVERSEAS:
- 9-1-1
- 9-1-1 Lonestar
- Accused
- Air Crash Investigations
- Alert: Missing Persons Unit
- Britain’s Got Talent
- Doc
- Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
- Grosse Pointe Garden Society
- Happy’s Place
- Ludwig
- St Denis Medical
- Suits: LA
- The 1% Club UK
- The 97th Academy Awards
- The Amazing Race
- The Americas
- The Hunting Party
- The Irrational
- The Rookie
