Monday 16 January 2023

TV Ratings Television Ratings
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Five City Metro, 6pm-12am, Total People

Network
ABC
12.0%
12.1%
12.0%
ABC K/P
2.6%
2.8%
3.1%
ABC Me
0.5%
0.5%
0.6%
ABC News
1.9%
1.9%
1.9%
ABC TTL

17.0%

17.2%
17.6%
Seven
18.7%
18.2%
18.0%
7Two
4.7%
4.8%
4.8%
7Mate
3.3%
3.3%
3.2%
7Flix
1.9%
1.9%
2.0%
7Bravo
1.3%
1.4%
1.4%
Seven TTL

30.0%

29.6%
29.3%
Nine
17.8%
17.2%
17.0%
9GO!
3.0%
3.0%
2.9%
9GEM
3.9%
3.8%
3.7%
9Life
1.7%
1.8%
1.8%
9Rush
2.1%
2.1%
2.1%
Nine TTL

28.5%

27.8%
27.5%
10
9.1%
10.0%
10.1%
10 Bold
3.4%
3.3%
3.3%
10 Peach
2.9%
2.9%
2.8%
10 Shake
1.2%
1.2%
1.2%
Ten TTL

16.6%

17.3%
17.4%
SBS
3.4%
3.5%
3.5%
Viceland
1.9%
1.9%
1.9%
Food
1.3%
1.3%
1.3%
NITV
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
World Movies
1.1%
1.2%
1.2%
WorldWatch
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
SBS TTL

7.9%

8.1%
8.1%

Top 20 Programs - Free-to-Air - Overnight Figures - Total People

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven
894,000
211,000
248,000
177,000
136,000
122,000
2 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
893,000
220,000
253,000
174,000
128,000
119,000
3 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine
642,000
192,000
213,000
130,000
60,000
48,000
4 NINE NEWS Nine
606,000
190,000
184,000
130,000
62,000
40,000
5 ABC NEWS-EV ABC TV
560,000
152,000
180,000
85,000
56,000
87,000
6 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven
477,000
132,000
128,000
90,000
66,000
62,000
7 HOME AND AWAY Seven
463,000
122,000
128,000
100,000
56,000
56,000
8 7.30 SUMMER-EV ABC TV
447,000
153,000
137,000
68,000
32,000
57,000
9 BACK ROADS S9-EV ABC TV
377,000
118,000
108,000
51,000
39,000
61,000
10 2023 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT Nine
357,000
105,000
132,000
58,000
45,000
18,000
11 THE BACHELORS AUSTRALIA MON 10
312,000
82,000
112,000
58,000
29,000
31,000
12 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM Seven
291,000
83,000
82,000
53,000
39,000
33,000
13 UNDER COVER-EV ABC TV
286,000
83,000
92,000
46,000
27,000
38,000
14 THE PROJECT 7PM 10
283,000
68,000
98,000
55,000
31,000
31,000
15 SEVEN'S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE - MELB STARS V BRIS H Seven
267,000
66,000
77,000
56,000
34,000
33,000
16 10 NEWS FIRST 10
266,000
52,000
78,000
61,000
29,000
46,000
17 2023 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine
263,000
64,000
111,000
36,000
24,000
28,000
18 2023 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT PRE MATCH Nine
231,000
104,000
127,000
0
0
0
19 SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30 Seven
226,000
66,000
62,000
37,000
32,000
29,000
20 SUNRISE Seven
204,000
56,000
45,000
42,000
26,000
36,000

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Top 5 Programs - Free-to-Air - Overnight Figures - 25-54

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
204,000
59,000
48,000
44,000
29,000
25,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven
183,000
51,000
38,000
40,000
30,000
24,000
3 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine
180,000
56,000
60,000
30,000
21,000
13,000
4 THE BACHELORS AUSTRALIA MON 10
166,000
46,000
65,000
24,000
16,000
15,000
5 NINE NEWS Nine
162,000
51,000
48,000
30,000
24,000
8,000

Top 5 Programs - Free-to-Air - Overnight Figures - 18-49

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
153,000
53,000
30,000
32,000
23,000
15,000
2 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine
134,000
40,000
46,000
23,000
15,000
9,000
3 THE BACHELORS AUSTRALIA MON 10
134,000
30,000
54,000
24,000
14,000
13,000
4 SEVEN NEWS Seven
132,000
45,000
21,000
28,000
24,000
14,000
5 2023 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT Nine
117,000
44,000
39,000
18,000
11,000
6,000

Top 5 Programs - Free-to-Air - Overnight Figures - 16-39

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
75,000
32,000
12,000
15,000
8,000
7,000
2 THE BACHELORS AUSTRALIA MON 10
74,000
16,000
34,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
3 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine
72,000
14,000
30,000
15,000
7,000
5,000
4 2023 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT Nine
71,000
27,000
26,000
8,000
6,000
3,000
5 HOME AND AWAY Seven
67,000
20,000
10,000
20,000
6,000
11,000

Top 20 Programs - Free-to-Air Multichannels - Overnight Figures - Total People

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 DOC MARTIN-PM 7TWO
155,000
30,000
47,000
26,000
22,000
30,000
2 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
122,000
36,000
29,000
14,000
25,000
18,000
3 NCIS RPT 10 Bold
108,000
26,000
32,000
26,000
12,000
12,000
4 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
103,000
28,000
33,000
6,000
23,000
13,000
5 NCIS EP 2 RPT 10 Bold
94,000
28,000
30,000
19,000
9,000
8,000
6 M- INSPECTOR MORSE: GHOST IN THE MACHINE-PM 7TWO
91,000
22,000
29,000
16,000
16,000
9,000
7 MECHA BUILDERS-AM ABC K/P
89,000
17,000
23,000
13,000
21,000
15,000
8 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S RISE OF ANIMALS-EV ABC K/P
88,000
22,000
28,000
17,000
11,000
9,000
9 BULL RPT 10 Bold
83,000
20,000
22,000
19,000
10,000
12,000
10 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 2 RPT 10 Peach
82,000
19,000
26,000
24,000
5,000
8,000
11 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 3 RPT 10 Peach
80,000
15,000
23,000
29,000
7,000
6,000
12 BARGAIN HUNT-PM 7TWO
80,000
23,000
18,000
13,000
12,000
14,000
13 REEF SCHOOL-AM ABC K/P
76,000
19,000
19,000
11,000
12,000
15,000
14 2023 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -DAY -GEM 9Gem
76,000
12,000
27,000
14,000
10,000
12,000
15 2023 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT -GEM 9Gem
74,000
18,000
27,000
11,000
7,000
11,000
16 KIRI AND LOU-PM ABC K/P
73,000
25,000
18,000
12,000
15,000
3,000
17 REEF SCHOOL-PM ABC K/P
72,000
28,000
12,000
13,000
18,000
1,000
18 READY, STEADY, WIGGLE!-AM ABC K/P
72,000
35,000
9,000
9,000
9,000
10,000
19 KIRI AND LOU-AM ABC K/P
72,000
16,000
19,000
6,000
19,000
12,000
20 THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON-EV ABC K/P
72,000
26,000
7,000
17,000
14,000
7,000

Top 5 Programs - Free-to-Air Multichannels - Overnight Figures - 25-54

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 3 RPT 10 Peach
45,000
9,000
13,000
16,000
3,000
4,000
2 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 2 RPT 10 Peach
39,000
8,000
12,000
12,000
2,000
5,000
3 PULP FICTION -EV 9GO!
35,000
8,000
12,000
9,000
2,000
5,000
4 TASKMASTER SBS VICELAND
35,000
15,000
6,000
8,000
1,000
5,000
5 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
34,000
11,000
7,000
4,000
5,000
8,000

Top 5 Programs - Free-to-Air Multichannels - Overnight Figures - 18-49

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 3 RPT 10 Peach
37,000
6,000
12,000
16,000
2,000
1,000
2 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
34,000
11,000
7,000
4,000
5,000
8,000
3 READY, STEADY, WIGGLE!-AM ABC K/P
32,000
19,000
2,000
2,000
3,000
5,000
4 MECHA BUILDERS-AM ABC K/P
30,000
5,000
9,000
5,000
4,000
7,000
5 PLAY SCHOOL-AM ABC K/P
30,000
19,000
3,000
0
2,000
5,000

Top 5 Programs - Free-to-Air Multichannels - Overnight Figures - 16-39

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 3 RPT 10 Peach
25,000
2,000
7,000
15,000
0
1,000
2 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
22,000
7,000
3,000
3,000
2,000
6,000
3 READY, STEADY, WIGGLE!-AM ABC K/P
21,000
12,000
2,000
0
2,000
5,000
4 PLAY SCHOOL-AM ABC K/P
21,000
15,000
0
0
1,000
5,000
5 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
19,000
4,000
7,000
1,000
2,000
4,000

Top 20 Programs - Subscription - Overnight Figures - Total People

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: BBL: STARS V HEAT FOX CRICKET
172,000
2 LIVE: BBL: STARS V HEAT FOX CRICKET
167,000
3 LIVE: BBL POST GAME FOX CRICKET
154,000
4 LIVE: THE BIG BREAK FOX CRICKET
148,000
5 THE LAST OF US FOX SHOWCASE
61,000
6 LIVE: B4 THE BASH FOX CRICKET
61,000
7 BBL MINI: SIX V SCO FOX CRICKET
49,000
8 LIVE: WOMEN'S ODI: AUS V PAK GAME 1 FOX CRICKET
44,000
9 ALLAN BORDER MY STORY FOX CRICKET
39,000
10 CREDLIN Sky News Live
37,000
11 PAUL MURRAY LIVE Sky News Live
36,000
12 LIVE: INNINGS BREAK: AUS V PAK GAME 1 FOX CRICKET
32,000
13 THE BOLT REPORT Sky News Live
32,000
14 LIVE: NFL: VIKINGS V GIANTS ESPN
31,000
15 LIVE: NFL: BENGALS V RAVENS ESPN
31,000
16 WOMEN'S ODI MINI AUS V PAK FOX CRICKET
31,000
17 HAPPY VALLEY BBC First
30,000
18 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES FOX Classics
28,000
19 CHRIS KENNY TONIGHT Sky News Live
27,000
20 EASTENDERS UKTV
27,000

Top 20 Programs - Subscription - Overnight Figures - 25-54

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: BBL: STARS V HEAT FOX CRICKET
70,000
2 LIVE: BBL: STARS V HEAT FOX CRICKET
65,000
3 LIVE: THE BIG BREAK FOX CRICKET
65,000
4 LIVE: BBL POST GAME FOX CRICKET
55,000
5 THE LAST OF US FOX SHOWCASE
33,000

Top 20 Programs - Subscription - Overnight Figures - 18-49

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: BBL: STARS V HEAT FOX CRICKET
53,000
2 LIVE: BBL: STARS V HEAT FOX CRICKET
50,000
3 LIVE: THE BIG BREAK FOX CRICKET
43,000
4 LIVE: BBL POST GAME FOX CRICKET
41,000
5 THE LAST OF US FOX SHOWCASE
33,000

Top 20 Programs - Subscription - Overnight Figures - 16-39

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: BBL: STARS V HEAT FOX CRICKET
28,000
2 THE LAST OF US FOX SHOWCASE
24,000
3 LIVE: BBL POST GAME FOX CRICKET
22,000
4 LIVE: THE BIG BREAK FOX CRICKET
22,000
5 LIVE: BBL: STARS V HEAT FOX CRICKET
21,000

Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2023. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of OzTAM. “Overnight” figures include “Live” (programs broadcast during the 2am-2am broadcast day) and “As Live” (programs recorded and then watched within the same broadcast day). “Consolidated” figures include Live, As Live and “Time Shift” (programs recorded and then watched within seven days of the initial broadcast).

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A very interesting Monday ratings result with a lot of information to unpack. The headline is that on the first night of the Australian Open Seven won the night – main channel and network shares. That was despite a below average result for the BBL as the tennis got off to a poor start for Nine.

Seven News took out a massive +200,000 victory at 6pm as Nine News continues to underperform, perhaps impacted by the afternoon’s tennis as a lead in. Home and Away, that followed was down 60k from the previous week’s season premiere. BBL landed 15th for the night, lower than the results for recent weeks while 7Bravo with its first night of reality programming saw the channel on 1.3%.

The Night session of the tennis just made the top 10 with a preliminary number of 357,000 with the second coding of Night Session 2 on 263,000. That compares to the 2022 tournament that had 635,000 for night one and is the lowest first day for the AO on Nine; the previous low being 2021 with 486,000. The AO’s last year on Seven in 2018 had 589,000 on day one. Note that Nine have again strategically split the Night session into 2 codings – there is also a Late coding that missed the top 20.

As usual individual matches will have higher audiences than the sessions and the 9Now audience is unknown at the moment. Nine will be hoping for much better results across the rest of the tournament. Meanwhile 9Gem’s coverage gained 3.9% and the tennis rated better than the cricket in the demos.

ABC had a good night with ABC News winning at 7pm and the combo of 7.30 and Back Roads also a timeslot winner. Later, Undercover also did well.

Over on 10, The Bachelors was up slightly from the season launch of the previous Monday to a season high. The result was notable for outperforming the competition in all key demos where it ranked in the top five. Also making the top 20 were The Project and 10 News.

Without news on Nine, Seven’s afternoon bulletin had a rare top 20 entry. Sunrise also ranked in the top programs and was 40,000 ahead of Today that featured Sarah Abo’s first morning.

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The withdrawal of several big names took an early toll on Nine’s Australian Open ratings. It will be interesting to see the live streaming numbers later on.

The first women’s ODI between Australia and Pakistan rated quite well on pay TV, but missed the FTA multichannel top 20.

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Kyrgios withdrawal from the Australian Open have taken a massive hit on Nine.
Big Bash League between the Stars and Heat performed well thanks to a thrilling game.

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He wasn’t scheduled to play last night so I’m not sure how that corresponds.

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I think Kyrgios was expected to play tonight, not last night.

The numbers for the first day pf the Australian Open is lower than i expected. Hoping it picks up as the tournament progresses.

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I would think 7 would be pretty happy with this result.

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Was a great end to the game!

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7 would be thrilled to have Sunrise make the top 20 for the return of its hosts and on a day that Today has most of the attention of media-pundits. Not a huge figure - but making the top 20 sends a good message.

9 would be disappointed, no doubt, at the Australian Open. It’s a marathon, not a sprint and even as a tennis fan, I thought the matches last night were not super engaging.

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surely january is where ten should be experimenting with bringing forward their sunday programming to 7pm. For bachie, with its rustted on viewers, to jump from 250K on Sunday to over 310K last night shows that the 7/7.30pm time on sunday hurts them. I know they dont want to be a follower but thats getting harder and harder with them being such a distant third/fourth network. I think they just need to bite the bullet and have 5pm news, 6pm project on sundays and start their scheduling at 7pm like seven and nine do.

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From 10:

The Bachelors Australia:

  • Biggest overnight audience of the year.
  • Biggest live stream audience of the year.
  • #1 commercial series on BVOD with 37.6 million minutes viewed.
  • #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
  • #1 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
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Not the best start for Nine and the Australian Open. The Tennis has never been a great lead into news. Seven also had this problem many years ago.

I expect numbers to improve as the week goes on.

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The numbers for 9 Adelaide News are shocking, 12mths ago, it was neck and neck with Seven. Since the start of December the numbers have crashed and aren’t recovering. 60k difference is major issue, when last year they were at worse 15k difference. Ouch!

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I remember Seven also had the same problem when they had the tennis rights. The oldies tend to want their game show fix.

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isn’t the AO always a bit of a slow start in the ratings?

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Hard to believe the numbers are even lower than the 2021 covid-shifted event held in February, where Night 1 was critiqued with a low (but higher than last night) result, but up against Holey Moley’s 900k+ launch on Seven and outside school holidays. Wonder if the retirement of Barty had an impact? Also last year had wall-to-wall coverage in the lead-up with Djokovic deportation saga.

I would say though, the total audience (including 9Now and even regional and Stan Sport) would be interesting, considering TV only keeps going down and once not all that long ago all the Aus Open had was one broadcast channel.

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Tennis is lacking serious star power with Federer, Serena and Barty all gone. I know he ended up pulling out injured but either Kyrgios or Djokovic should have been on night one to set the tournament up.
Heck even today’s Murray/Berretini would have been better.
It was an underwhelming first night session.

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Always. And I know it will build. Just seems to be lower than usual.

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Yes, the tennis can start slow but last night the average audience for the 2 night sessions (not including late night) was just 310,000. Last year it was 572,000; so this would be the lowest start to the tournament so far.

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