Saturday 28 September 2024

Total TV Network Share

National, incl FTA + BVOD

Total 25-54 16-39
Seven 31.54% 34.45% 37.37%
Nine 31.05% 36.70% 38.20%
10 10.47% 11.88% 9.49%
SBS 9.00% 6.11% 4.38%
ABC 17.77% 10.70% 10.50%

FTA Network Share

Total 25-54 16-39
Seven 31.86% 35.33% 39.42%
Nine 30.50% 35.94% 36.60%
10 11.08% 13.29% 10.79%
SBS 8.62% 5.64% 3.87%
ABC 17.74% 9.61% 9.25%

FTA 5-city metro Total TV Share

Total 25-54 16-39
Seven 31.98% 34.79% 38.52%
Nine 31.04% 36.77% 37.03%
10 10.31% 11.44% 9.25%
SBS 9.25% 6.18% 4.27%
ABC 17.41% 10.83% 10.93%

FTA 5-city metro Share

Total 25-54 16-39
Seven 32.60% 36.08% 41.39%
Nine 30.52% 36.14% 35.18%
10 11.01% 12.85% 10.49%
SBS 8.62% 5.41% 3.39%
ABC 17.25% 9.52% 9.55%

Total TV Overnight Top 30 Programs

Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - Total People - Total TV

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: SYDNEY V BRISBANE Seven 6,087,000 4,024,000 655,000
2 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven 5,107,000 3,392,000 507,000
3 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven 3,771,000 2,982,000 418,000
4 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven 3,542,000 1,370,000 159,000
5 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 3,314,000 1,881,000 185,000
6 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 Nine 2,164,000 1,156,000 187,000
7 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 2,086,000 930,000 69,000
8 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -PRE MATCH Nine 1,699,000 769,000 95,000
9 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,555,000 832,000 64,000
10 M- THE MARTIAN Seven 1,545,000 361,000 21,000
11 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: COUNTDOWN Seven 1,127,000 504,000 55,000
12 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -POST MATCH Nine 1,088,000 435,000 75,000
13 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 1,016,000 699,000 21,000
14 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: BRUNCH Seven 974,000 386,000 36,000
15 GRANTCHESTER-EV ABC 842,000 522,000 16,000
16 VERA RPT ABC 787,000 461,000 7,000
17 GETAWAY Nine 775,000 326,000 23,000
18 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH Seven 727,000 384,000 45,000
19 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND Nine 722,000 359,000 30,000
20 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 672,000 238,000 11,000
21 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT Seven 616,000 328,000 26,000
22 10 NEWS FIRST SAT 10 586,000 186,000 6,000
23 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY Nine 560,000 284,000 29,000
24 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT – EARLY Seven 555,000 269,000 19,000
25 BACK ROADS S10-ENCORE ABC 551,000 211,000 5,000
26 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY – LATE Nine 514,000 252,000 27,000
27 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SATURDAY Nine 504,000 219,000 22,000
28 TODAY EXTRA – SATURDAY Nine 499,000 159,000 15,000
29 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND -POST MATCH Nine 472,000 213,000 19,000
30 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 471,000 81,000 1,000

Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - 25-54 - Total TV

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: SYDNEY V BRISBANE Seven 2,343,000 1,593,000 394,000
2 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven 1,917,000 1,320,000 305,000
3 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven 1,399,000 1,097,000 251,000
4 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven 1,330,000 525,000 95,000
5 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,104,000 631,000 108,000
6 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 Nine 805,000 456,000 116,000
7 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 665,000 283,000 40,000
8 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -PRE MATCH Nine 608,000 289,000 57,000
9 M- THE MARTIAN Seven 530,000 142,000 12,000
10 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: COUNTDOWN Seven 426,000 207,000 33,000
11 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -POST MATCH Nine 418,000 170,000 47,000
12 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 416,000 209,000 33,000
13 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: BRUNCH Seven 322,000 141,000 22,000
14 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH Seven 302,000 160,000 28,000
15 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND Nine 246,000 130,000 18,000
16 GETAWAY Nine 190,000 75,000 11,000
17 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 175,000 31,000 1,000
18 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT Seven 173,000 97,000 15,000
19 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY Nine 173,000 85,000 16,000
20 BATMAN BEGINS -EV Nine 171,000 31,000 1,000
21 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND -POST MATCH Nine 170,000 87,000 12,000
22 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT – EARLY Seven 168,000 83,000 10,000
23 TODAY EXTRA – SATURDAY Nine 166,000 46,000 9,000
24 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY – LATE Nine 160,000 82,000 16,000
25 THE EXPENDABLES 3 Nine 159,000 39,000 10,000
26 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 157,000 52,000 5,000
27 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SATURDAY Nine 148,000 69,000 12,000
28 10 NEWS FIRST SAT 10 147,000 42,000 3,000
29 THANK GOD YOU’RE HERE ENCORE 10 147,000 61,000 2,000
30 MY KITCHEN RULES (R) Seven 144,000 46,000 4,000

Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - 16-39 - Total TV

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: SYDNEY V BRISBANE Seven 1,383,000 927,000 261,000
2 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven 1,106,000 765,000 199,000
3 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven 801,000 601,000 160,000
4 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven 695,000 261,000 58,000
5 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 629,000 350,000 66,000
6 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 Nine 405,000 222,000 76,000
7 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 346,000 161,000 25,000
8 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -PRE MATCH Nine 300,000 124,000 33,000
9 M- THE MARTIAN Seven 233,000 59,000 7,000
10 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -POST MATCH Nine 202,000 81,000 29,000
11 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: COUNTDOWN Seven 183,000 84,000 19,000
12 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 165,000 76,000 16,000
13 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH Seven 157,000 90,000 18,000
14 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: BRUNCH Seven 132,000 57,000 12,000
15 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND Nine 113,000 65,000 10,000
16 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND -POST MATCH Nine 88,000 48,000 7,000
17 THE EXPENDABLES 3 Nine 67,000 20,000 6,000
18 GETAWAY Nine 66,000 22,000 6,000
19 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 66,000 8,000 0
20 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT Seven 65,000 33,000 7,000
21 TODAY EXTRA – SATURDAY Nine 65,000 18,000 4,000
22 THANK GOD YOU’RE HERE ENCORE 10 64,000 24,000 1,000
23 BATMAN BEGINS -EV Nine 63,000 12,000 0
24 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT – EARLY Seven 60,000 31,000 5,000
25 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY – LATE Nine 58,000 26,000 7,000
26 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY Nine 57,000 28,000 8,000
27 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND -PRE MATCH Nine 52,000 15,000 2,000
28 THE DOG HOUSE RPT 10 50,000 22,000 1,000
29 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 50,000 15,000 2,000
30 10 NEWS FIRST SAT 10 49,000 16,000 1,000

Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - Grocery Shoppers - Total TV

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: SYDNEY V BRISBANE Seven 4,325,000 2,871,000 503,000
2 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven 3,672,000 2,419,000 390,000
3 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven 2,659,000 2,111,000 322,000
4 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven 2,543,000 996,000 124,000
5 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 2,434,000 1,410,000 144,000
6 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 Nine 1,610,000 854,000 144,000
7 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 1,537,000 683,000 54,000
8 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -PRE MATCH Nine 1,242,000 561,000 74,000
9 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,211,000 652,000 51,000
10 M- THE MARTIAN Seven 1,171,000 276,000 16,000
11 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 842,000 585,000 18,000
12 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: COUNTDOWN Seven 824,000 370,000 43,000
13 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -POST MATCH Nine 805,000 313,000 58,000
14 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: BRUNCH Seven 741,000 294,000 29,000
15 GRANTCHESTER-EV ABC 711,000 445,000 14,000
16 VERA RPT ABC 668,000 396,000 6,000
17 GETAWAY Nine 606,000 263,000 18,000
18 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND Nine 543,000 269,000 23,000
19 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 540,000 197,000 10,000
20 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH Seven 529,000 268,000 35,000
21 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT Seven 476,000 262,000 21,000
22 10 NEWS FIRST SAT 10 471,000 149,000 5,000
23 BACK ROADS S10-ENCORE ABC 459,000 176,000 5,000
24 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY Nine 453,000 233,000 24,000
25 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT – EARLY Seven 440,000 219,000 15,000
26 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY – LATE Nine 420,000 209,000 22,000
27 TODAY EXTRA – SATURDAY Nine 406,000 131,000 12,000
28 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SATURDAY Nine 404,000 182,000 18,000
29 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 367,000 63,000 1,000
30 THE DOG HOUSE RPT 10 364,000 138,000 3,000

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A quick post to get the numbers out there.

The headline figure is 4.024 million average national.

Presentations were down on last year. Pre-match was up.

In brief, that is the highest rating since 2016. Seven will be pleased with the BVOD rating of 655k.

Good result for NRL over 1.1 million.

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Reach table reordered by average audience

Top 30 Programs

By Average By Reach Description Network Average BVOD Reach
1 1 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: SYDNEY V BRISBANE Seven 4,024,000 655,000 6,087,000
2 2 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven 3,392,000 507,000 5,107,000
3 3 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven 2,982,000 418,000 3,771,000
4 5 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,881,000 185,000 3,314,000
5 4 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven 1,370,000 159,000 3,542,000
6 6 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 Nine 1,156,000 187,000 2,164,000
7 7 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 930,000 69,000 2,086,000
8 9 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 832,000 64,000 1,555,000
9 8 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -PRE MATCH Nine 769,000 95,000 1,699,000
10 13 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 699,000 21,000 1,016,000
11 15 GRANTCHESTER-EV ABC 522,000 16,000 842,000
12 11 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: COUNTDOWN Seven 504,000 55,000 1,127,000
13 16 VERA RPT ABC 461,000 7,000 787,000
14 12 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -POST MATCH Nine 435,000 75,000 1,088,000
15 14 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: BRUNCH Seven 386,000 36,000 974,000
16 18 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH Seven 384,000 45,000 727,000
17 10 M- THE MARTIAN Seven 361,000 21,000 1,545,000
18 19 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND Nine 359,000 30,000 722,000
19 21 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT Seven 328,000 26,000 616,000
20 17 GETAWAY Nine 326,000 23,000 775,000
21 23 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY Nine 284,000 29,000 560,000
22 24 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT – EARLY Seven 269,000 19,000 555,000
23 26 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY – LATE Nine 252,000 27,000 514,000
24 20 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 238,000 11,000 672,000
25 27 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SATURDAY Nine 219,000 22,000 504,000
26 29 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND -POST MATCH Nine 213,000 19,000 472,000
27 25 BACK ROADS S10-ENCORE ABC 211,000 5,000 551,000
28 22 10 NEWS FIRST SAT 10 186,000 6,000 586,000
29 28 TODAY EXTRA – SATURDAY Nine 159,000 15,000 499,000
30 30 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 81,000 1,000 471,000

Top 30 Programs 25-54

By Average By Reach Description Network Average BVOD Reach
1 1 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: SYDNEY V BRISBANE Seven 1,593,000 394,000 2,343,000
2 2 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven 1,320,000 305,000 1,917,000
3 3 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven 1,097,000 251,000 1,399,000
4 5 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 631,000 108,000 1,104,000
5 4 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven 525,000 95,000 1,330,000
6 6 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 Nine 456,000 116,000 805,000
7 8 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -PRE MATCH Nine 289,000 57,000 608,000
8 7 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 283,000 40,000 665,000
9 12 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 209,000 33,000 416,000
10 10 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: COUNTDOWN Seven 207,000 33,000 426,000
11 11 NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES PF2 -POST MATCH Nine 170,000 47,000 418,000
12 14 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH Seven 160,000 28,000 302,000
13 9 M- THE MARTIAN Seven 142,000 12,000 530,000
14 13 SEVEN’S AFL: GRAND FINAL: BRUNCH Seven 141,000 22,000 322,000
15 15 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND Nine 130,000 18,000 246,000
16 18 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT Seven 97,000 15,000 173,000
17 21 TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND -POST MATCH Nine 87,000 12,000 170,000
18 19 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY Nine 85,000 16,000 173,000
19 22 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT – EARLY Seven 83,000 10,000 168,000
20 24 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY – LATE Nine 82,000 16,000 160,000
21 16 GETAWAY Nine 75,000 11,000 190,000
22 27 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SATURDAY Nine 69,000 12,000 148,000
23 29 THANK GOD YOU’RE HERE ENCORE 10 61,000 2,000 147,000
24 26 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 52,000 5,000 157,000
25 23 TODAY EXTRA – SATURDAY Nine 46,000 9,000 166,000
26 30 MY KITCHEN RULES (R) Seven 46,000 4,000 144,000
27 28 10 NEWS FIRST SAT 10 42,000 3,000 147,000
28 25 THE EXPENDABLES 3 Nine 39,000 10,000 159,000
29 17 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 31,000 1,000 175,000
30 20 BATMAN BEGINS -EV Nine 31,000 1,000 171,000

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Wow, was not expecting that after the blow-out, looks to be saved by bvod and a new AFL streaming record.

AFL and Seven will be very happy with the magic 6m+ reach and 4m+ average numbers. Imagine if the game had been close!

(2016 AFL GF reach was 6.5m).

It seems the Brisbane Lions winning and stories around that was the real winner, luckily.

A shame this came out so late, hopefully some reporting tomorrow. I see TVT and Sportsindustry (on X) have already posted it. Can’t see any media or mastheads yet.

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Massive figure for the AFL Grand Final.
Shown exactly why BVOD was needed. Huge result.

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These were the numbers for the cities according to TVT

In Melbourne there were 980,000 on linear viewing followed by Sydney (464,000), Brisbane (456,000), Perth (344,000) and Adelaide (300,000).

If this is accurate, @TV.Cynic how does Brisbane compared to last year given they lost a close match then

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Metro linear numbers last year were just 16k less than this year.

2024
2,544,000 464,000 980,000 456,000 300,000 344,000
2023
2,528,000 324,000 1,150,000 414,000 265,000 312,000
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Interesting Adelaide and Perth enjoyed this year’s thrashing much more than last year’s thriller. Liked seeing Sydney and Brisbane/non-Victorian club like Collingwood? Great figures there.

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Outstanding result for the AFL Grand Final, particularly considering it was a one sided match.

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Not sure what the weather was like last year, but yesterday when the Grand Final was on, it was cold, windy, and rainy here in Adelaide, so that may have been an influence.

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Phil Rothfield in The Daily Telegraph today:

“NRL TV ratings skyrocket by 425 percent:”

“NRL’s TV ratings off the charts in Melbourne”.

“Television numbers for the NRL finals have been smashing ratings records, with Melbourne numbers off the charts on the back of the Storm’s success”.

“From a classy Storm act to the shocking Swans, Phil Rothfield reveals his highlights and lowlights from the week in sport”.

:eyes:

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Big ratings for the footy despite the one-sided result. The game in Queensland is alive and well

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AFL aside, how was Weekend Today beat in ratings by Weekend Breakfast on the ABC by a clear 100k?

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That Seven News result is ridiculous, over 1 million more than Nine News!

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900k for 1% club repeat is also a good result for 7

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@TV.Cynic, if you get a chance, could you maybe add 5 city data for the post-match, and maybe 6pm news?

Would be interesting to see how many in Sydney stayed for both. However, appreciate it does take time to create the tables, so understand if you would rather not.

The movie re-run (from 8pm) also did well, AFAIK Seven’s most watched of 2024 and possibly all of FTA?

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Weekend Today beat Weekend Breakfast based on average audience of the show. Weekend Sunrise was lower than usual.

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His columns are full of nonsense. He just makes shit up. He has the most bizarre takes in the industry.

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First time in five years that the Melbourne audience for the AFL Grand Final dropped below the one million mark (thanks TVCynic and Sully). Maybe some viewers chose to live stream the match instead, or watched it in clubs and pubs.

Big live streaming figures still.

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