Saturday 24 September 2022

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

Network
ABC
9.1%
9.9%
11.0%
ABC K/P
2.0%
2.1%
2.5%
ABC Me
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
ABC News
1.6%
1.6%
1.6%
ABC TTL

13.1%

14.1%
15.6%
Seven
22.0%
21.3%
20.8%
7Two
2.8%
2.9%
2.8%
7Mate
3.0%
3.1%
3.0%
7Flix
2.3%
2.2%
2.2%
Seven TTL

30.1%

29.5%
28.8%
Nine
25.5%
24.6%
23.7%
9GO!
2.8%
2.7%
2.6%
9GEM
4.2%
4.0%
3.9%
9Life
2.3%
2.3%
2.3%
9Rush
1.3%
1.3%
1.3%
Nine TTL

36.1%

34.9%
33.8%
10
6.3%
6.5%
6.5%
10 Bold
1.8%
1.9%
1.9%
10 Peach
2.7%
2.6%
2.6%
10 Shake
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
Ten TTL

11.3%

11.5%
11.5%
SBS
5.1%
5.5%
5.4%
Viceland
0.8%
1.1%
1.4%
Food
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
NITV
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
World Movies
2.3%
2.3%
2.4%
WorldWatch
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
SBS TTL

9.4%

9.9%
10.2%

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

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: GEELONG V SYDNEY Seven
2,179,000
375,000
1,066,000
232,000
207,000
300,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven
1,771,000
219,000
940,000
178,000
189,000
246,000
3 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven
1,686,000
284,000
830,000
185,000
153,000
234,000
4 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven
1,156,000
206,000
544,000
148,000
118,000
140,000
5 RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES PF2 Nine
748,000
414,000
91,000
194,000
26,000
22,000
6 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven
729,000
111,000
397,000
62,000
72,000
87,000
7 BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA'S FRONT LINE Seven
661,000
121,000
320,000
87,000
65,000
69,000
8 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine
629,000
230,000
155,000
141,000
60,000
44,000
9 ABC NEWS-SA ABC TV
499,000
134,000
165,000
70,000
54,000
76,000
10 RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES PF2 -PRE MATCH Nine
443,000
211,000
61,000
136,000
15,000
20,000
11 RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES PF2 -POST MATCH Nine
404,000
217,000
52,000
106,000
17,000
13,000
12 DEATH IN PARADISE RPT ABC TV
312,000
77,000
118,000
42,000
32,000
43,000
13 M- JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL Seven
279,000
43,000
131,000
40,000
29,000
35,000
14 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH Seven
251,000
2,000
74,000
15,000
21,000
139,000
15 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: COUNTDOWN Seven
222,000
35,000
119,000
13,000
26,000
29,000
16 GETAWAY Nine
199,000
82,000
34,000
41,000
18,000
24,000
17 WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT Seven
199,000
63,000
64,000
36,000
21,000
14,000
18 BLEDISLOE CUP 2022 -GAME 2 Nine
197,000
75,000
36,000
42,000
13,000
31,000
19 THE DOG HOUSE RPT 10
196,000
53,000
70,000
31,000
18,000
24,000
20 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: BRUNCH Seven
193,000
39,000
98,000
13,000
22,000
20,000

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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'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: GEELONG V SYDNEY Seven
827,000
164,000
424,000
77,000
79,000
83,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven
660,000
95,000
360,000
56,000
73,000
76,000
3 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven
604,000
115,000
301,000
61,000
58,000
69,000
4 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven
365,000
67,000
188,000
41,000
31,000
37,000
5 RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES PF2 Nine
329,000
176,000
46,000
81,000
12,000
13,000

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

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: GEELONG V SYDNEY Seven
782,000
147,000
405,000
77,000
70,000
83,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven
643,000
90,000
354,000
55,000
67,000
77,000
3 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven
553,000
108,000
267,000
57,000
52,000
69,000
4 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven
329,000
60,000
180,000
32,000
24,000
33,000
5 RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES PF2 Nine
293,000
166,000
41,000
65,000
10,000
11,000

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

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: GEELONG V SYDNEY Seven
503,000
81,000
283,000
54,000
35,000
49,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven
420,000
56,000
250,000
40,000
35,000
40,000
3 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven
347,000
57,000
189,000
37,000
27,000
38,000
4 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven
200,000
33,000
123,000
18,000
10,000
15,000
5 RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES PF2 Nine
189,000
102,000
29,000
46,000
6,000
7,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BLEDISLOE CUP 2022 -GAME 2 9Gem
197,000
75,000
36,000
42,000
13,000
31,000
2 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
122,000
38,000
48,000
11,000
13,000
12,000
3 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH 7mate
112,000
2,000
74,000
15,000
21,000
4 ODO-AM ABC K/P
101,000
32,000
38,000
10,000
9,000
13,000
5 FIREMAN SAM-AM ABC K/P
101,000
32,000
36,000
10,000
9,000
14,000
6 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
100,000
29,000
38,000
13,000
11,000
9,000
7 BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-AM ABC K/P
96,000
27,000
35,000
8,000
16,000
11,000
8 GINGER AND THE VEGESAURS-AM ABC K/P
92,000
32,000
29,000
9,000
12,000
11,000
9 PETER RABBIT-AM ABC K/P
78,000
23,000
27,000
10,000
12,000
6,000
10 PLAY SCHOOL-AM ABC K/P
77,000
20,000
28,000
9,000
11,000
9,000
11 ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY-PM (R) 7TWO
76,000
13,000
31,000
9,000
17,000
6,000
12 BLEDISLOE CUP 2022 -GAME 2 -POST MATCH 9Gem
74,000
33,000
21,000
20,000
13 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC NEWS
74,000
19,000
28,000
14,000
6,000
7,000
14 NOW YOU SEE ME 9GO!
71,000
17,000
18,000
7,000
9,000
20,000
15 ABC NEWS-AM ABC NEWS
69,000
12,000
23,000
19,000
7,000
8,000
16 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 2 RPT 10 Peach
69,000
17,000
5,000
14,000
9,000
23,000
17 HEY DUGGEE-AM ABC K/P
68,000
21,000
24,000
5,000
11,000
6,000
18 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 4 RPT 10 Peach
65,000
14,000
12,000
12,000
7,000
19,000
19 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 3 RPT 10 Peach
65,000
15,000
11,000
12,000
8,000
20,000
20 THE YORKSHIRE VET-PM 7TWO
64,000
8,000
17,000
9,000
21,000
9,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BLEDISLOE CUP 2022 -GAME 2 9Gem
77,000
23,000
18,000
18,000
7,000
10,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH 7mate
38,000
1,000
21,000
6,000
10,000
3 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 2 RPT 10 Peach
37,000
8,000
2,000
11,000
4,000
12,000
4 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 6 RPT 10 Peach
35,000
10,000
12,000
7,000
0
6,000
5 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 4 RPT 10 Peach
34,000
7,000
5,000
8,000
4,000
11,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BLEDISLOE CUP 2022 -GAME 2 9Gem
67,000
21,000
17,000
14,000
6,000
9,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH 7mate
40,000
1,000
22,000
8,000
9,000
3 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
35,000
7,000
17,000
1,000
7,000
2,000
4 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 2 RPT 10 Peach
33,000
7,000
3,000
9,000
3,000
11,000
5 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 4 RPT 10 Peach
32,000
7,000
4,000
7,000
4,000
10,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BLEDISLOE CUP 2022 -GAME 2 9Gem
31,000
9,000
6,000
7,000
2,000
7,000
2 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 2 RPT 10 Peach
23,000
3,000
3,000
8,000
1,000
7,000
3 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH 7mate
22,000
12,000
6,000
4,000
0
4 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 4 RPT 10 Peach
20,000
4,000
3,000
6,000
1,000
7,000
5 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
20,000
6,000
7,000
1,000
5,000
0

Top 20 Programs - Subscription - Overnight Figures - Total People

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: NRL: PF PANTHERS V RABBITOHS FOX LEAGUE
393,000
2 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
208,000
3 LIVE: AFL: LONGEST KICK FOX FOOTY
145,000
4 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
129,000
5 LIVE: AFL: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
100,000
6 LIVE: AFL: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
81,000
7 THE FAN FOX LEAGUE
80,000
8 LIVE: AFL: GRAND FINAL BREAKFAST FOX FOOTY
47,000
9 LIVE: FINALS FOOTY WITH MATTY JOHNS FOX LEAGUE
45,000
10 LIVE: QLD CUP FOX LEAGUE
34,000
11 NRL MINI 2021: GF PEN V SOU FOX LEAGUE
28,000
12 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
23,000
13 MOTOGP: GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN PRACTICE 2 FOX SPORTS 506
23,000
14 NRL MINI: PF NQL V PAR FOX LEAGUE
22,000
15 OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS Discovery Channel
21,000
16 BLUE BLOODS FOX One
21,000
17 NRL: PF PANTHERS V RABBITOHS FOX LEAGUE
21,000
18 OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS Discovery Channel
20,000
19 LIVE: RACEDAY SATURDAY Sky Racing
20,000
20 AUSSIE GOLD HUNTERS Discovery Channel
20,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: NRL: PF PANTHERS V RABBITOHS FOX LEAGUE
162,000
2 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
91,000
3 LIVE: AFL: LONGEST KICK FOX FOOTY
54,000
4 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
53,000
5 LIVE: AFL: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
36,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: NRL: PF PANTHERS V RABBITOHS FOX LEAGUE
123,000
2 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
71,000
3 LIVE: AFL: LONGEST KICK FOX FOOTY
44,000
4 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
36,000
5 LIVE: AFL: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
26,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: NRL: PF PANTHERS V RABBITOHS FOX LEAGUE
65,000
2 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
39,000
3 LIVE: NRL SUPER SATURDAY FOX LEAGUE
24,000
4 LIVE: AFL: LONGEST KICK FOX FOOTY
22,000
5 LIVE: AFL: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
18,000

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The promise of a potential record-breaking AFL Grand Final audience wasn’t realised yesterday as the one-sided nature of the result was obvious from early on. The five-city metro audience of 2,179,000 compared to the 2021 final that drew 3,006,000 and the 2020 final with 2,979,000. The result was just below with the 2019 final on 2,197,000 when Richmond beat GWS 114-25. It is the smallest metro audience for a grand final since 1993 in preliminary numbers.

Melbourne had the biggest audience of just over 1 million down from 1.6m last year while the Sydney, Adelaide and Perth numbers were also down. Brisbane posted a small increase year-on-year.

The post-match program was notably low at 251,000 while the pre-match entertainment was well down on the last two prime-time finals.

Seven still managed to hold onto 544,000 for Seven News in Melbourne a record high for a 2022 bulletin.

Otherwise, with the game outside of prime time, Nine had a 6-point win. The NRL Second Preliminary Final delivered 748,000 with over 400k in Sydney and almost 200k in Brisbane. That compared to 810,000 in 2021. The Bledisloe Cup game on 9Gem also made the top 20 for the night.

ABC was third up slightly from the previous week as Death in Paradise was the top entertainment show of the day. 10 and SBS were both up 1 point week-on-week.

2021 GF numbers (held in prime-time):
SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: MELBOURNE V WESTERN BULLD 3,006,000
SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS 2,667,000
SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND 2,266,000
SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE MATCH ENTERTAINMENT 1,464,000
SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH 1,186,000

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The AFL Grand Final was about 27% down from last year’s Grand Final. I was astonished that The AFL Grand Final (which involved the Sydney Swans) was beaten by the NRL Preliminary Final in the Sydney market. How could this happen? Had Sydney Swans been more competitive, then the Sydney ratings would have been much higher.

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The lopsided result and the four day long weekend in Victoria meant the ratings were well down. Could this be the last time the AFL grand final is held entirely in the afternoon? We will have to wait and see.

The post-match audience was so low as most of it was shown on 7mate, against the 6pm news in most states.

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Think you’ve just answered your own question.

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No surprises that the AFL Grand Final would win the day. The numbers aren’t as good as previous years, due to the one-sided score-line in the game. The numbers for the post-match segment are low because it only aired on 7Mate in 4 cities (only aired on the main channel in Perth).

No shock that Nine News won in Sydney over Seven News.

The various pre-match segments did well enough in their timeslots (Brunch, Countdown, Pre-match Entertainment and On the Bounce) all make the top 20.

NRL on Nine did well overall. While 10’s News failed to make the top 20.

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Can’t really compare last year and this year since the time slots were different.

This years was slightly below 2019’s 2.2mill and that was also a blow out. I think 2018 drew 2.6mill in a close game.

So well down on 2018 but only slightly down on 2019 (the last day grand final)

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Comparing 2022 vs 2020 and 2021 isn’t really valid since 20 and 21 were lockdown affected, so with more people forced to watch from home then, naturally those numbers would have been higher.

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They were also different time slots too

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You don’t say.

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Here are the numbers for the Grand Finals in the last 11 years on Seven.
2012 2,962,000
2013 2,718,000
2014 2,828,000
2015 2,645,000
2016 3,070,000
2017 2,680,000
2018 2,601,000
2019 2,197,000
2020 2,979,000
2021 3,006,000
2022 2,179,000
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I know this forum is heavily bias to Melbourne / AFL - and you guys think everyone in the universe loves AFL - which is soooo not the case…

could it just be the fact the NSW don’t like ball fumbles to begin with??
who cares if the swans are in the final… they don’t like it - period…

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‪So when does Seven start suing the AFL, like they are doing with Cricket Australia? :joy:‬

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They’ll move the grand final back to a night game next year given the low ratings this year

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Yes and no, even though I prefer watching the NRL too, I can appreciate the occasion and the skills shown by the Geelong players even though it was a one sided contest.

And that there was only one NSW team, if you don’t like the Swans, you had to cheer for a team you didn’t know much about. Had it been Sydney vs GWS, it would have rated higher in Sydney. 375k is still not bad though.

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That’s the AFL’s decision to make, not Channel Seven.

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That’s AFL decision, but I think twilight would be the compromise

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Last night’s ratings demonstrate the importance of a primetime final. From blasting the competition to losing primetime, I’m sure Seven would be fuming that the biggest event of the year couldn’t event win them the night/week.

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The AFL Grand Final did worse this year, with the Geelong Cats smashing the competition from Sydney and the timeslot moved to 2:30pm. The AFL only had 2.1 million metro viewers compared to 3 million from last year, making it a 11 year low.

Unlike 2021 and 2020, Seven’s shares were way down, and even Nine won main channel/network. However, a good result for the AFL in all markets, outrating the NRL in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and even Brisbane. Ironically Sydney was the only market the AFL lost to NRL even know the Sydney Swans played. However they got a good 375k in Sydney, so pretty good in all markets.

During Seven News most markets shed a lot of viewers, with others (mainly Sydney/Brisbane) switching to Nine. Melbourne sticked with Seven most of the night with Border Security getting 320k, very high from its usual result. This could be mainly due to the NRL on the main channel in Melbourne, which is not helping Nine’s woes in Melbourne.

I agree. Getting a 60% share last year to losing to Nine this year should be worrying for Seven. If they could move the game I reckon that they would want another night time game like 2021 and 2020.

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Wow, is this the first time 7 has lost to 9 on a grand final day?