Saturday 12 March 2022

TV Ratings Archive Ratings Archive - 2022
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Five City Metro, 6pm-12am, Total People

Network
ABC
16.1%
17.3%
18.0%
ABC K/P
2.9%
3.2%
3.7%
ABC Me
0.4%
0.4%
0.5%
ABC News
2.7%
2.6%
2.6%
ABC TTL

22.0%

23.5%
24.8%
Seven
17.0%
16.6%
16.2%
7Two
4.0%
4.0%
4.0%
7Mate
3.4%
3.3%
3.2%
7Flix
4.2%
4.2%
4.1%
Seven TTL

28.6%

28.0%
27.5%
Nine
17.5%
16.9%
16.4%
9GO!
2.2%
2.1%
2.1%
9GEM
2.9%
2.9%
2.8%
9Life
2.8%
2.7%
2.7%
9Rush
1.7%
1.6%
1.6%
Nine TTL

27.1%

26.2%
25.5%
10
6.5%
6.4%
6.2%
10 Bold
1.3%
1.3%
1.3%
10 Peach
2.8%
2.6%
2.7%
10 Shake
1.3%
1.3%
1.2%
Ten TTL

11.9%

11.6%
11.5%
SBS
5.7%
6.0%
6.0%
Viceland
1.4%
1.4%
1.5%
Food
1.4%
1.4%
1.4%
NITV
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
World Movies
1.6%
1.7%
1.7%
SBS TTL

10.4%

10.6%
10.7%

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

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven
715,000
154,000
203,000
146,000
80,000
132,000
2 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine
671,000
190,000
236,000
118,000
76,000
51,000
3 DEATH IN PARADISE-EV ABC TV
544,000
136,000
162,000
112,000
59,000
76,000
4 ABC NEWS-SA ABC TV
531,000
128,000
142,000
101,000
61,000
100,000
5 ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL-EV ABC TV
421,000
111,000
142,000
66,000
55,000
47,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine
275,000
107,000
168,000
0
0
0
7 BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA'S FRONT LINE Seven
254,000
79,000
99,000
0
0
75,000
8 GETAWAY Nine
246,000
69,000
95,000
44,000
32,000
6,000
9 WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT Seven
245,000
75,000
85,000
35,000
23,000
28,000
10 AUSTRALIA UNITES: RED CROSS FLOOD APPEAL Nine
233,000
85,000
62,000
55,000
21,000
9,000
11 WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - LATE Seven
217,000
67,000
69,000
34,000
24,000
23,000
12 10 NEWS FIRST SAT 10
208,000
56,000
53,000
35,000
26,000
38,000
13 WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY - LATE Nine
195,000
77,000
62,000
34,000
15,000
8,000
14 WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY Nine
191,000
62,000
63,000
38,000
16,000
11,000
15 AUSTRALIA UNITES: RED CROSS FLOOD APPEAL Seven
189,000
48,000
66,000
41,000
26,000
8,000
16 SBS WORLD NEWS SBS
175,000
44,000
49,000
55,000
16,000
10,000
17 BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA'S FRONT LINE (R) Seven
170,000
49,000
70,000
0
28,000
23,000
18 WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - EARLY Seven
164,000
46,000
45,000
27,000
16,000
30,000
19 SEVEN NEWS AT 5 Seven
159,000
33,000
46,000
26,000
18,000
35,000
20 NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE Nine
153,000
43,000
61,000
31,000
18,000
0

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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 - SAT Seven
183,000
37,000
51,000
45,000
18,000
32,000
2 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine
181,000
50,000
67,000
21,000
23,000
19,000
3 ABC NEWS-SA ABC TV
94,000
28,000
25,000
16,000
4,000
21,000
4 AUSTRALIA UNITES: RED CROSS FLOOD APPEAL Nine
73,000
21,000
18,000
24,000
8,000
3,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine
73,000
31,000
42,000
0
0
0

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

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine
138,000
37,000
47,000
22,000
15,000
17,000
2 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven
137,000
26,000
41,000
33,000
16,000
21,000
3 ABC NEWS-SA ABC TV
72,000
20,000
16,000
15,000
3,000
18,000
4 AUSTRALIA UNITES: RED CROSS FLOOD APPEAL Nine
62,000
16,000
14,000
23,000
6,000
2,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine
59,000
26,000
33,000
0
0
0

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

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine
72,000
23,000
23,000
17,000
4,000
4,000
2 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven
70,000
6,000
29,000
22,000
7,000
6,000
3 ABC NEWS-SA ABC TV
36,000
5,000
14,000
4,000
3,000
10,000
4 AUSTRALIA UNITES: RED CROSS FLOOD APPEAL Nine
36,000
9,000
8,000
15,000
4,000
0
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine
35,000
16,000
18,000
0
0
0

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
111,000
39,000
46,000
7,000
15,000
4,000
2 M- TURNER & HOOCH-PM 7flix
107,000
28,000
38,000
12,000
17,000
12,000
3 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
107,000
38,000
46,000
4,000
15,000
4,000
4 SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC 2022 9Gem
91,000
28,000
8,000
45,000
7,000
3,000
5 ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY-EP.2 PM 7TWO
91,000
19,000
37,000
14,000
10,000
10,000
6 ABC NEWS-AM ABC NEWS
91,000
25,000
26,000
20,000
13,000
7,000
7 ODO-AM ABC K/P
90,000
29,000
37,000
8,000
15,000
2,000
8 THE HIGHWAY RAT-EV ABC K/P
90,000
31,000
13,000
30,000
8,000
7,000
9 NELLA THE PRINCESS KNIGHT-AM ABC K/P
90,000
28,000
39,000
5,000
15,000
4,000
10 BRAVE BUNNIES-AM ABC K/P
89,000
25,000
39,000
8,000
15,000
2,000
11 BLUEY-EV ABC K/P
87,000
29,000
17,000
26,000
4,000
12,000
12 SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC 2022 -POST MATCH 9Gem
84,000
27,000
7,000
40,000
5,000
5,000
13 PIP AND POSY-AM ABC K/P
82,000
34,000
28,000
7,000
9,000
3,000
14 ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY-PM 7TWO
81,000
16,000
28,000
18,000
9,000
10,000
15 CIRCLE SQUARE-PM ABC K/P
81,000
27,000
22,000
24,000
5,000
3,000
16 ABC NEWS AT NOON-PM ABC NEWS
80,000
20,000
25,000
20,000
7,000
7,000
17 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC NEWS
80,000
19,000
27,000
18,000
9,000
7,000
18 KIRI AND LOU-AM ABC K/P
79,000
32,000
26,000
8,000
11,000
2,000
19 PEPPA PIG-PM ABC K/P
77,000
24,000
23,000
22,000
5,000
3,000
20 OCTONAUTS-EV ABC K/P
75,000
22,000
23,000
24,000
1,000
5,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 M- TURNER & HOOCH-PM 7flix
38,000
8,000
18,000
3,000
7,000
2,000
2 M- AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME-PM 7mate
38,000
9,000
13,000
7,000
7,000
2,000
3 SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC 2022 -POST MATCH 9Gem
34,000
11,000
6,000
13,000
3,000
2,000
4 SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC 2022 9Gem
33,000
10,000
5,000
13,000
5,000
1,000
5 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 7 RPT 10 Peach
31,000
6,000
10,000
7,000
6,000
2,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 M- TURNER & HOOCH-PM 7flix
35,000
9,000
16,000
2,000
6,000
1,000
2 SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC 2022 9Gem
31,000
6,000
5,000
16,000
3,000
1,000
3 SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC 2022 -POST MATCH 9Gem
30,000
6,000
6,000
14,000
3,000
2,000
4 M- AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME-PM 7mate
29,000
7,000
10,000
4,000
6,000
2,000
5 PEPPA PIG-PM ABC K/P
27,000
8,000
13,000
5,000
2,000
0

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC 2022 -POST MATCH 9Gem
19,000
5,000
6,000
5,000
1,000
2,000
2 SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC 2022 9Gem
19,000
4,000
5,000
8,000
1,000
1,000
3 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
18,000
4,000
11,000
0
2,000
0
4 M- TURNER & HOOCH-PM 7flix
17,000
6,000
7,000
2,000
2,000
0
5 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
17,000
3,000
12,000
0
2,000
0

Top 20 Programs - Subscription - Overnight Figures - Total People

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: NRL: WESTS TIGERS V STORM FOX LEAGUE
309,000
2 LIVE: NRL: WARRIORS V DRAGONS FOX LEAGUE
228,000
3 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
216,000
4 LIVE: NRL: ROOSTERS V KNIGHTS FOX LEAGUE
196,000
5 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
170,000
6 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
139,000
7 LIVE: PAK V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 1 FOX CRICKET
111,000
8 LIVE: PAK V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 1 FOX CRICKET
102,000
9 WARNIE'S LAST MCG TEST FOX CRICKET
93,000
10 LIVE: PAK V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 1 FOX CRICKET
92,000
11 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
84,000
12 WI V ENG 1ST TEST DAY 4 FOX CRICKET
64,000
13 LIVE: INNINGS BREAK FOX CRICKET
41,000
14 THE FAN FOX LEAGUE
37,000
15 LIVE: NRLW: ROOSTERS V KNIGHTS FOX LEAGUE
36,000
16 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
33,000
17 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
32,000
18 LIVE: TEST PRE SHOW FOX CRICKET
30,000
19 THE GLENN MILLER STORY FOX Classics
29,000
20 TEST MINI WI V ENG FOX CRICKET
26,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: NRL: WESTS TIGERS V STORM FOX LEAGUE
128,000
2 LIVE: NRL: WARRIORS V DRAGONS FOX LEAGUE
93,000
3 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
84,000
4 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
71,000
5 LIVE: NRL: ROOSTERS V KNIGHTS FOX LEAGUE
70,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: NRL: WESTS TIGERS V STORM FOX LEAGUE
107,000
2 LIVE: NRL: WARRIORS V DRAGONS FOX LEAGUE
76,000
3 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
66,000
4 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
59,000
5 LIVE: NRL: ROOSTERS V KNIGHTS FOX LEAGUE
56,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: NRL: WESTS TIGERS V STORM FOX LEAGUE
64,000
2 LIVE: NRL: WARRIORS V DRAGONS FOX LEAGUE
40,000
3 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
35,000
4 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
31,000
5 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
30,000

Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2022. 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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The Australia Unites telethon last night failed to make much of an impact on commercial FTA viewing. Nine’s coverage up just made the top 10 with 233,000; Seven’s landed in 15th place with just 189k while 10’s missed the top 20 with just on half the audience of Nine’s coverage.

Nine’s coverage won in Sydney and Brisbane. Seven won in Melbourne and Adelaide. It was close in Perth with Nine’s coverage that switched to 9Go at 6pm just edging out Seven’s that was seen on 7Two.

Overall a disappointing performance with the 3-channel combined audience less than that for ABC’s Death in Paradise.

Seven had its first win of the week thanks to a better multichannel performance than second-placed Nine. 10’s network share was little changed though the main channel had its highest Saturday share of the year while the A League’s switch to 10Bold dragged that channel’s share down to less than half of the previous week’s.

ABC got a boost, with its best main channel share for any day of 2022 with two dramas in the top 5 shows of the night.

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I definitely did not expect that.

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The telethon was not the huge ratings success that many predicted.

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All three networks will be disappointed with the ratings of Australia Unites.

NRL and the second cricket test between Pakistan and Australia dominated pay TV viewing.

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Isn’t this 10s best Saturday performance for the year? :rofl:

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Nine News won in Sydney and Melbourne, with Seven News winning the other cities.

Interesting to see that “Death in Paradise” came third in the top 20 shows after the news bulletins.

Nine’s coverage of the telethon rated the best out of all three networks, but only won in Sydney and Brisbane where Seven won the others. I wonder if the coverage of the telethon on 7TWO outrated the ones on Nine and Ten’s main channel. Speaking of Ten, they didn’t make the top 20 at all in coverage.

Turner and Hooch did very well on 7flix, beating Bluey and many other ABC Kids shows. It was only outrated by Peppa Pig on ABC Kids in the multichannel top 20.

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This really underscores Ten’s troubles - with the same thing on the three commercials, hardly anybody wanted to watch it on Ten, they’re clearly not in front of anyone’s mind for channel selection.

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Why is this a surprise to anyone? Who wants to watch tv personalities answer phones and straight men kiss each other for money?

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A lot of us - myself included - predicted very wrong for the Australia Unites. 233k for Nine, and 189k for Seven are low. Ten’s numbers did crack triple digits.

This will probably be the last time in a while that all three commercial networks will team up together.

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Wowee. I thought that there will be many Aussies tuning into watch the coverage, but the Australia Unites Flood appeal failed to fire ratings. How could this happen? :hushed:

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Obviously the money being raised is the main point - but this should really be a wake up call to all three networks.
Their personalities and networks don’t have the pulling power they once did to “unite” a nation.

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This can’t be such a big surprise to everyone can it? This is what happens when the networks take their audiences for granted, they simply evaporate. It’s certainly not helped by the fact that we are exiting the most difficult period (across the board) in modern history

I’d rather watch paint dry then watch one of these telethons - the fact that it was then on three networks at the same time made the decision to watch literally anything else easy.

By the sound of it, it was an opportunity for Corporate Australia to pat themselves of the back at a job well done more then anything.

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The numbers are also preliminary. The numbers we see are for the 7.30-10.30pm slot, isn’t it?

When consolidated numbers are in, will be interesting to see if it will be coded as one (7.30pm-12.30am), or it will come with two numbers - the ones we see above, and one for “late”?

The stars of Australian TV these days don’t have the people power they once did. Television habits have changed.

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Long weekend across a lot of Australia and after being locked up for a large portion of the last 2 years people are not going to stay home to watch this (or anything for that matter) on a Saturday night. Should have been next Sunday night…or a week night maybe this week.

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I hope not in that it means we don’t see another natural disaster like this one.

But I loved how all 3 networks came together for the broadcast

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Yep… and this is largely the result of not having premium news or sports programming on the main channel. It will always be an up hill battle for 10.

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It was a charity event to raise money for flood victims which was the main success for the night… not ratings or profit.

I swear some people have no idea what this is all about.

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I didn’t say it will be the last time forever. I didn’t say the networks did it for profits. I said last time in a while. We don’t know when a big natural disaster will happen. It could be a while the networks join forces again, as the last time was 10 years ago (from memory?)

Yes, the night was to raise money and awareness, which they did a great job of. Raising over $25 million is awesome. But also, at the same time like what every other person said in here - that the ratings were on the low side.

Some people have no idea what this is about? I aint one of them. Nice dig though.

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Agree - reckon there’s going to be a fair bit of soul searching and retrospecting being done not just at commercial networks but across the wider Australian TV industry about the state of it.

For a variety of reasons (some self-inflicted, some not), networks are now viewed by many viewers as vessels for content in that they’ll watch a given network for a particular show/s they like or because they have the rights to a particular sport/competition rather than out of a sense of loyalty to said network. Since viewers don’t have an attachment to network personalities like they used to, them being the drawcard of a telethon (as they were promoted for Australia Unites) isn’t the drawcard they used to be.

While big corporate donations are obviously important for any fundraising initiative, last night’s telethon focused too heavily on promoting those donations.

Perhaps the telethon would have benefited from the networks having more time to organise and promote it. However, I doubt after seeing the number it pulled that it would have done much better if it aired on another day.

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