Saturday 30 September 2023

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

Network
ABC
13.6%
14.6%
15.4%
ABC K/P
2.5%
2.5%
2.6%
ABC Me
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
ABC News
2.0%
1.9%
2.0%
ABC TTL

18.3%

19.2%
20.3%
Seven
26.9%
25.9%
25.2%
7Two
3.5%
3.5%
3.5%
7Mate
3.1%
3.0%
3.0%
7Flix
2.5%
2.4%
2.3%
7Bravo
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Seven TTL

37.0%

35.7%
35.0%
Nine
15.0%
14.7%
14.4%
9GO!
2.4%
2.4%
2.3%
9GEM
3.8%
3.8%
3.7%
9Life
1.9%
1.8%
1.9%
9Rush
1.3%
1.3%
1.3%
Nine TTL

24.4%

24.0%
23.5%
10
6.5%
7.0%
7.3%
10 Bold
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
10 Peach
3.1%
2.9%
2.9%
Nickelodeon
0.6%
0.6%
0.5%
Ten TTL

12.8%

13.2%
13.4%
SBS
3.4%
3.6%
3.5%
Viceland
1.0%
1.1%
1.1%
Food
0.9%
0.9%
0.9%
NITV
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
World Movies
1.7%
1.8%
1.8%
WorldWatch
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
SBS TTL

7.5%

7.9%
7.8%

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: COLLINGWOOD V BRISBANE Seven
2,465,000
324,000
1,150,000
414,000
265,000
312,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven
2,425,000
361,000
1,166,000
364,000
238,000
296,000
3 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven
1,855,000
199,000
945,000
283,000
198,000
230,000
4 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven
1,284,000
254,000
568,000
214,000
132,000
116,000
5 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven
808,000
74,000
465,000
117,000
80,000
72,000
6 BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA'S FRONT LINE (R) Seven
634,000
117,000
304,000
99,000
59,000
54,000
7 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine
556,000
162,000
171,000
129,000
40,000
53,000
8 ABC NEWS-SA ABC TV
459,000
115,000
171,000
51,000
71,000
52,000
9 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine
375,000
118,000
108,000
93,000
28,000
29,000
10 VERA RPT ABC TV
364,000
100,000
110,000
59,000
49,000
47,000
11 SHAKESPEARE AND HATHAWAY-EV ABC TV
361,000
98,000
115,000
43,000
49,000
56,000
12 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: COUNTDOWN Seven
307,000
32,000
152,000
49,000
34,000
41,000
13 M- FREE GUY Seven
275,000
64,000
119,000
47,000
23,000
22,000
14 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: BRUNCH Seven
238,000
36,000
92,000
46,000
29,000
34,000
15 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH Seven
224,000
12,000
83,000
8,000
15,000
107,000
16 GETAWAY Nine
217,000
61,000
34,000
74,000
17,000
30,000
17 WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT Seven
192,000
52,000
55,000
48,000
25,000
12,000
18 JURASSIC WORLD Nine
184,000
59,000
48,000
40,000
19,000
18,000
19 THE DOG HOUSE AUSTRALIA RPT 10
180,000
49,000
70,000
16,000
19,000
26,000
20 WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY Nine
169,000
48,000
57,000
44,000
12,000
8,000

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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: PRESENTATIONS Seven
934,000
144,000
466,000
142,000
88,000
94,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: COLLINGWOOD V BRISBANE Seven
927,000
131,000
451,000
157,000
93,000
96,000
3 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven
671,000
78,000
358,000
102,000
67,000
66,000
4 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven
451,000
76,000
235,000
77,000
29,000
33,000
5 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven
305,000
27,000
180,000
45,000
25,000
29,000

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: PRESENTATIONS Seven
822,000
116,000
429,000
123,000
71,000
83,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: COLLINGWOOD V BRISBANE Seven
820,000
109,000
414,000
136,000
80,000
81,000
3 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven
579,000
61,000
324,000
86,000
57,000
52,000
4 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven
388,000
67,000
212,000
60,000
20,000
29,000
5 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven
247,000
22,000
152,000
37,000
19,000
19,000

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: COLLINGWOOD V BRISBANE Seven
521,000
64,000
276,000
76,000
52,000
53,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven
503,000
72,000
275,000
60,000
44,000
51,000
3 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven
349,000
28,000
211,000
44,000
38,000
28,000
4 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven
218,000
32,000
130,000
29,000
9,000
18,000
5 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE-MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven
143,000
10,000
100,000
16,000
11,000
6,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH 7mate
118,000
12,000
83,000
8,000
15,000
2 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
98,000
32,000
39,000
6,000
15,000
6,000
3 KIRI AND LOU-AM ABC K/P
89,000
35,000
27,000
6,000
18,000
3,000
4 TISH TASH-AM ABC K/P
86,000
36,000
23,000
6,000
19,000
2,000
5 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
85,000
30,000
28,000
6,000
15,000
6,000
6 THE YORKSHIRE VET-PM 7TWO
83,000
19,000
29,000
13,000
14,000
9,000
7 GO JETTERS-AM ABC K/P
82,000
32,000
28,000
5,000
13,000
4,000
8 ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY-PM 7TWO
81,000
9,000
39,000
9,000
12,000
12,000
9 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN -EV 9Gem
74,000
24,000
10,000
18,000
12,000
10,000
10 THOMAS AND FRIENDS: BIG WORLD! BIG ADVENTURES!-AM ABC K/P
73,000
28,000
24,000
8,000
12,000
2,000
11 NCIS EP 2 RPT 10 Bold
71,000
24,000
20,000
13,000
10,000
6,000
12 PETER RABBIT-AM ABC K/P
71,000
29,000
17,000
5,000
18,000
2,000
13 HEY DUGGEE-AM ABC K/P
69,000
21,000
19,000
7,000
18,000
4,000
14 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 3 RPT 10 Peach
68,000
25,000
15,000
17,000
3,000
9,000
15 ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY-EP.2 PM 7TWO
67,000
11,000
34,000
6,000
9,000
6,000
16 BRAVE BUNNIES-AM ABC K/P
67,000
22,000
20,000
7,000
13,000
4,000
17 BING-AM ABC K/P
65,000
23,000
17,000
10,000
11,000
3,000
18 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV ABC K/P
64,000
18,000
15,000
12,000
13,000
7,000
19 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 4 RPT 10 Peach
61,000
19,000
12,000
15,000
5,000
10,000
20 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 10 RPT 10 Peach
60,000
15,000
24,000
16,000
4,000
2,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH 7mate
52,000
5,000
34,000
8,000
5,000
2 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 4 RPT 10 Peach
39,000
12,000
6,000
9,000
3,000
8,000
3 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 10 RPT 10 Peach
38,000
11,000
14,000
10,000
2,000
1,000
4 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 3 RPT 10 Peach
36,000
14,000
6,000
9,000
1,000
5,000
5 M- THE WIZARD OF OZ-PM (R) 7flix
32,000
11,000
10,000
6,000
1,000
3,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH 7mate
49,000
4,000
33,000
8,000
4,000
2 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 10 RPT 10 Peach
29,000
9,000
12,000
7,000
0
1,000
3 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 4 RPT 10 Peach
27,000
8,000
5,000
6,000
1,000
7,000
4 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 3 RPT 10 Peach
27,000
10,000
5,000
8,000
1,000
4,000
5 FRIENDS LATE RPT 10 Peach
25,000
7,000
10,000
5,000
1,000
1,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH 7mate
24,000
2,000
20,000
0
2,000
2 THOMAS AND FRIENDS: BIG WORLD! BIG ADVENTURES!-A ABC K/P
16,000
6,000
8,000
1,000
1,000
0
3 GO JETTERS-AM ABC K/P
16,000
7,000
7,000
1,000
1,000
0
4 BING-AM ABC K/P
15,000
8,000
5,000
2,000
0
0
5 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
15,000
4,000
9,000
1,000
1,000
0

Top 20 Programs - Subscription - Overnight Figures - Total People

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: LONGEST KICK FOX FOOTY
138,000
2 LIVE: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
81,000
3 LIVE: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
62,000
4 LIVE: RYDER CUP: DAY 2 FOX SPORTS 503
44,000
5 LIVE: GRAND FINAL BREAKFAST FOX FOOTY
36,000
6 LIVE: MOTOGP: JAPAN QUALIFYING FOX SPORTS 506
27,000
7 LIVE: RYDER CUP: DAY 2 FOX SPORTS 503
26,000
8 LIVE: NBL HAWKS V KINGS ESPN
22,000
9 ENDEAVOUR FOX Sleuth
22,000
10 LOVE IT OR LIST IT AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
20,000
11 WEEKEND EDITION Sky News Live
20,000
12 LIVE: MOTOGP: JAPAN SPRINT RACE FOX SPORTS 506
19,000
13 JUDGE JUDY Real Life
19,000
14 LIVE: RACEDAY SATURDAY Sky Racing
18,000
15 BLUE BLOODS FOX One
18,000
16 JUDGE JUDY Real Life
17,000
17 MIDSOMER MURDERS UKTV
17,000
18 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
17,000
19 AS TIME GOES BY FOX Classics
17,000
20 LIVE: G1 TAB EPSOM HANDICAP Sky Thoroughbred Central
16,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: LONGEST KICK FOX FOOTY
38,000
2 LIVE: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
24,000
3 LIVE: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
17,000
4 LIVE: GRAND FINAL BREAKFAST FOX FOOTY
14,000
5 LIVE: MOTOGP: JAPAN QUALIFYING FOX SPORTS 506
12,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: LONGEST KICK FOX FOOTY
32,000
2 LIVE: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
17,000
3 LIVE: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
14,000
4 LIVE: GRAND FINAL BREAKFAST FOX FOOTY
11,000
5 LIVE: MOTOGP: JAPAN QUALIFYING FOX SPORTS 506
9,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: LONGEST KICK FOX FOOTY
19,000
2 LIVE: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
11,000
3 LIVE: GRAND FINAL DAY ON FOX FOX FOOTY
7,000
4 EMBARRASSING BODIES Real Life
7,000
5 LIVE: MOTOGP: JAPAN QUALIFYING FOX SPORTS 506
7,000

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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One of the closest AFL Grand Finals in recent years delivered in the ratings department as well with 2,465,000 5-city linear audience in preliminary numbers. That included a huge 1.15 million in Melbourne alone as well as 414,000 in Brisbane tuning in for the home team, one of the biggest grand final audiences seen in that market. By contrast the Sydney audience was one of the lowest.

The presentations that followed had almost as many watching and subject to adjustment is one of the highest numbers for the post game viewing.

The result compares to the 2022 final that had 2.179 million metro viewers. It was however lower than the “COVID finals" of 2021 (3,006,000) and 2020 (2,979,000).

The prematch entertainment with 808,000 compared to 729,000 in 2022, 1.46m in 2021 and 1.48m in 2020.

Despite the AFL final scheduled outside of prime time the follow through effect of viewing helped Seven to another big Saturday win. Seven News with +500,000 in Melbourne had its biggest audience of the year while the premiere movie Free Guy did comparatively well.

Meanwhile ABC"s two UK dramas performed and were up on recent weeks.

Earlier Weekend Sunrise was lower than unusual for a Saturday but still ahead of Weekend Today.

We will have to wait to later in the day for regional and 7Plus viewing numbers.

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Overall big result for AFL but thought it might have done a bit more considering how close it was. Will be interesting to see once streaming/regional are factored in. I think it will be a big result.

No surprise that number increased from the main match in Melbourne but dropped off a fair bit in Brisbane.

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Is there a chance this might get recoded because the presentations were supposed to be 5-6pm but the matched only finished at 5:25pm?

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Massive audience for the AFL Grand Final thanks to a close result, but warmer weather in the east coast might have kept the numbers down.

7mate only had a 3.1% share with the continuation of GF post-match coverage topping the multichannels. The GF replay crashed out of the top 20.

Mary Gearin’s final ABC News bulletin was a distant second in the 7pm timeslot, behind Border Security repeat.

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No surprises with the big number for the AFL Grand Final.

The Presentations that followed also got big numbers in prelim figures (as mentioned, it was intended to air for the 5-6pm hour, but started at 5.25pm instead). Seven News got big numbers, and did Border Security at 7pm.

The Post Match on 7mate at 6pm (aest) did well too.

ABC did very well from 7pm until 9.50pm. Nine’s Jurassic World did nothing exciting.

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Naturally, big numbers.

However yes surprised the GF wasn’t a lot higher given the contest all day, although the presentations being almost identical to the match suggest viewers did not leave, probably the most surprising thing is Seven’s massive prime time shares even though the game was over, that lead-in especially in Melbourne to news > Border (impressive) > first run movie works well and saw the other networks struggle to get attention, looks like I was a bit wrong with thinking they were bad choices.

I think if there’ll be a big lift in numbers, it’ll have to come from 7Plus streaming. And given it’s been 41min, looks like Seven’s research team trying to really crunch the numbers, they’ll be disappointed not to walk away with some chocolates after ‘one of the greatest ever Grand Finals’.

Huge audience as expected in Brisbane, IIRC on par with their ones 20 years ago. Actually surprised Sydney managed over 300k, Adelaide by comparison (even if smaller) a bit weak though. Thought Melbourne might push 1.25 or 1.3m for Collingwood, neutrals and considering the contest, think it has before such as 2009, 2010 and 2011. With 2016, 2020 and 2021 being even higher.

Could Seven perhaps really push to the AFL now, especially when the new deal kicks in, for prime time Grand Finals (or at least twilight), the evidence is there from 2020 and 2021 (albeit yes COVID lockdowns in some areas)?

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Twilight 4:15-4:30pm start could be something that satisfies both traditionalists and people who wants a night grand final as it would only be 1.5-2 hours after the normal start time

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Sportsindustry online saying it is still the lowest GF ever (broadcast metro) outside of 2022 and 2019, apart from Brisbane being one of the highest. I know we’re waiting for regional/7Plus/VOZ… But looking like this headline won’t be amazing to match yesterday’s amazing match.

Ignoring the timeslot, perhaps Johnson’s point about the unseasonably hot weather (especially Victoria and NSW) was also a factor, added to that a lot hate Collingwood and might’ve been envious and headed down the beach if not the biggest footy fan or not interested in the Brisbane Lions? Again, something a prime time match (whatever start time) could’ve aided with.

I feel just gives Warburton/Seven/Eddie McGuire’s crusade on this too more ammunition now.

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We rarely see the rankings of shows against the AFL Grand Final (outside of the primetime one due to covid). Am sure that the share during the day is always massive.

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Looking forward to this afternoon when 7+ and regional numbers are added. Are we expecting over 3m?

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They’re in (unofficially) from Seven, sportsindustry just posted them online and yep 7Plus went huge, a record for AFL.

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I just saw… wow.
If correct, that would be the highest rating GFs of all time?

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Tonight’s NRL GF is still a shot at giving the AFL GF a run for its money, presuming it’ll do bigger regional and 9Now numbers, however they’ll need metro to be at a bare minimum 2m I reckon (even then probably need more like 2.1 or even 2.2m to be a chance) and given nearly all SOOs / NRL GFs for a number of years have been below 2m (some as low as 1.6m) it looks unlikely.

I don’t believe so, but should put it up there, might overtake some other GFs from the 2000s now

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According to Seven

• AFL Grand Final: 3.75 million total viewers nationally. Reached 4.98 million on broadcast, 756,000 on 7plus.
• AFL Grand Final: Presentations: 3.66 million total viewers nationally. Reached 4.87 million on broadcast.
• AFL Grand Final: On The Ground: 2.74 million total viewers nationally.
• AFL Grand Final: Pre-Match entertainment: 1.2 million total viewers nationally.
• AFL Grand Final: Post Match: 323,000 total viewers nationally.

The “national” audience including 7Plus compares to

2022 Geelong (133) v Sydney (52) Seven Network 2,960,000
2021 Melbourne (140) v Western Bulldogs (66) Seven Network 3,910,000
2020 Richmond (81) v Geelong (50) Seven Network 3,810,000

Will also check the “VOZ” ratings later today.

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Almost 5 million in total numbers.

How does this compare with previous GFs? (Is this a record)

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I’m not reading it as 5 million.

The total average audience looks to be 3,750,000

Made up of
2,470,000 metro
830,000 regional (for a total of 3.3 million)
441,000 7Plus

The showdown between Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions … scoring an average total television audience of 3.75 million viewers, including 3.3 million viewers nationally and 2.47 million in the capital cities. An additional 441,000 viewers watched live on 7plus – the biggest ever audience for an AFL match on a streaming platform.

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Close to 2020! Which was full prime time, as well as COVID and no Victorians could attend (held at Gabba in Brisbane), makes yesterday’s look impressive now. You could argue that potential/lost ~300-500k from metro broadcast was almost made up by 7Plus.

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Good ratings for a daytime slot

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VOZ is out and officially the AFL GF is even higher.

“Regional” is more than 100k above Seven’s reported figure (going off national and subtracting metro), while BVOD is a slim smidge higher. I’m guessing this is “Rest of Australia” metric which specifically VOZ includes, which is for non-peoplemeter areas such as Darwin/Alice Springs/Nt, Broken Hill/regional Sa, Mt Isa/remote western Qld, Mildura, Griffith and remote Wa.

It’s now higher IIRC than the 2020 night COVID GF.

What a difference BVOD and VOZ makes, I’m now sold!

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