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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 CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S2 Seven 2,652,000 1,417,000 222,000
2 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S1 Seven 2,234,000 1,106,000 167,000
3 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – MELBOURNE RENEGADES V HOBART Seven 2,152,000 595,000 65,000
4 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S3 Seven 1,966,000 515,000 59,000
5 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,929,000 1,177,000 115,000
6 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 LUNCH Seven 1,841,000 1,359,000 218,000
7 CHRISTMAS WITH DELTA Nine 1,826,000 603,000 70,000
8 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,755,000 1,074,000 128,000
9 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 TEA Seven 1,349,000 1,040,000 143,000
10 VACATION Nine 1,205,000 267,000 30,000
11 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 836,000 463,000 27,000
12 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN Seven 834,000 399,000 53,000
13 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 PRE GAME Seven 822,000 362,000 48,000
14 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV ABC 811,000 252,000 22,000
15 WEEKEND TODAY – SUNDAY Nine 752,000 273,000 37,000
16 PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR-EV ABC 709,000 340,000 35,000
17 THE IMPOSTER 10 640,000 143,000 6,000
18 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN – EARLY Seven 615,000 282,000 38,000
19 RETURN TO PARADISE RPT ABC 615,000 235,000 8,000
20 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT 10 593,000 243,000 10,000
21 GREAT GETAWAYS -RPT Nine 582,000 235,000 23,000
22 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 576,000 215,000 20,000
23 9NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE Nine 567,000 378,000 42,000
24 10 NEWS SUN 10 565,000 276,000 18,000
25 GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA-ENCORE ABC 539,000 154,000 7,000
26 DESTINATION CHRISTMAS Nine 533,000 172,000 12,000
27 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT Seven 504,000 200,000 21,000
28 KEN BURNS’ THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION SBS 494,000 110,000 3,000
29 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SUNDAY Nine 479,000 235,000 28,000
30 RBT Nine 461,000 226,000 35,000

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

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S2 Seven 903,000 492,000 121,000
2 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S1 Seven 762,000 373,000 90,000
3 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – MELBOURNE RENEGADES V HOBART Seven 680,000 204,000 35,000
4 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S3 Seven 614,000 185,000 32,000
5 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 LUNCH Seven 609,000 443,000 120,000
6 CHRISTMAS WITH DELTA Nine 552,000 178,000 36,000
7 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 542,000 309,000 56,000
8 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 499,000 294,000 63,000
9 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 TEA Seven 447,000 365,000 77,000
10 VACATION Nine 377,000 102,000 17,000
11 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 PRE GAME Seven 274,000 129,000 26,000
12 WEEKEND TODAY – SUNDAY Nine 251,000 100,000 19,000
13 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN Seven 247,000 114,000 27,000
14 GREAT GETAWAYS -RPT Nine 185,000 75,000 11,000
15 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT 10 179,000 67,000 5,000
16 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 171,000 62,000 9,000
17 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN – EARLY Seven 171,000 78,000 19,000
18 THE IMPOSTER 10 169,000 40,000 3,000
19 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV ABC 162,000 53,000 8,000
20 9NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE Nine 159,000 111,000 21,000
21 UNFILTERED: CRICKET Seven 154,000 71,000 13,000
22 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 153,000 76,000 10,000
23 DESTINATION CHRISTMAS Nine 146,000 50,000 6,000
24 PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR-EV ABC 146,000 72,000 12,000
25 10 NEWS SUN 10 146,000 75,000 9,000
26 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT Seven 143,000 64,000 11,000
27 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 141,000 27,000 2,000
28 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SUNDAY Nine 134,000 67,000 14,000
29 POLAR EXPRESS -EV Nine 132,000 38,000 2,000
30 RBT Nine 129,000 61,000 18,000

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

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S2 Seven 463,000 245,000 77,000
2 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S1 Seven 371,000 172,000 56,000
3 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 LUNCH Seven 294,000 204,000 76,000
4 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – MELBOURNE RENEGADES V HOBART Seven 283,000 82,000 20,000
5 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S3 Seven 265,000 83,000 18,000
6 CHRISTMAS WITH DELTA Nine 222,000 73,000 19,000
7 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 TEA Seven 213,000 175,000 46,000
8 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 211,000 120,000 28,000
9 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 206,000 108,000 30,000
10 VACATION Nine 124,000 34,000 8,000
11 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 PRE GAME Seven 124,000 46,000 14,000
12 WEEKEND TODAY – SUNDAY Nine 85,000 35,000 9,000
13 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN Seven 76,000 27,000 12,000
14 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 67,000 32,000 5,000
15 DESTINATION CHRISTMAS Nine 65,000 20,000 3,000
16 POLAR EXPRESS -EV Nine 64,000 19,000 1,000
17 NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE 10 61,000 8,000 0
18 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 59,000 22,000 4,000
19 GREAT GETAWAYS -RPT Nine 59,000 18,000 6,000
20 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV ABC 58,000 21,000 4,000
21 UNFILTERED: CRICKET Seven 57,000 31,000 7,000
22 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SUNDAY Nine 56,000 27,000 6,000
23 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 54,000 11,000 1,000
24 THE IMPOSTER 10 54,000 14,000 1,000
25 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT 10 53,000 17,000 2,000
26 RBT Nine 51,000 24,000 9,000
27 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN – EARLY Seven 50,000 20,000 8,000
28 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT Seven 49,000 28,000 6,000
29 PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR-EV ABC 48,000 25,000 6,000
30 10 NEWS SUN 10 47,000 21,000 4,000

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

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S2 Seven 2,017,000 1,075,000 172,000
2 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S1 Seven 1,683,000 849,000 130,000
3 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – MELBOURNE RENEGADES V HOBART Seven 1,629,000 450,000 51,000
4 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,548,000 947,000 91,000
5 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S3 Seven 1,534,000 393,000 46,000
6 CHRISTMAS WITH DELTA Nine 1,438,000 467,000 57,000
7 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,405,000 870,000 104,000
8 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 LUNCH Seven 1,400,000 1,025,000 169,000
9 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 TEA Seven 1,035,000 794,000 112,000
10 VACATION Nine 949,000 209,000 24,000
11 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 704,000 393,000 24,000
12 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV ABC 678,000 209,000 19,000
13 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN Seven 673,000 328,000 44,000
14 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 PRE GAME Seven 647,000 285,000 38,000
15 WEEKEND TODAY – SUNDAY Nine 625,000 230,000 31,000
16 PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR-EV ABC 586,000 283,000 31,000
17 THE IMPOSTER 10 523,000 120,000 5,000
18 RETURN TO PARADISE RPT ABC 511,000 194,000 7,000
19 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN – EARLY Seven 499,000 233,000 31,000
20 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 490,000 187,000 17,000
21 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT 10 486,000 202,000 8,000
22 GREAT GETAWAYS -RPT Nine 482,000 200,000 18,000
23 9NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE Nine 478,000 321,000 34,000
24 10 NEWS SUN 10 463,000 229,000 15,000
25 GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA-ENCORE ABC 454,000 131,000 6,000
26 DESTINATION CHRISTMAS Nine 447,000 148,000 10,000
27 KEN BURNS’ THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION SBS 403,000 93,000 2,000
28 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT Seven 398,000 156,000 17,000
29 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SUNDAY Nine 388,000 195,000 23,000
30 RBT Nine 375,000 183,000 29,000

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Average audience from reordered Reach Table

Top 30 Programs

By Average By Reach Description Network Average BVOD Reach
1 1 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S2 Seven 1,417,000 222,000 2,652,000
2 2 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 LUNCH Seven 1,359,000 218,000 1,841,000
3 3 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,177,000 115,000 1,929,000
4 4 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S1 Seven 1,106,000 167,000 2,234,000
5 5 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,074,000 128,000 1,755,000
6 6 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 TEA Seven 1,040,000 143,000 1,349,000
7 7 CHRISTMAS WITH DELTA Nine 603,000 70,000 1,826,000
8 8 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – MELBOURNE RENEGADES V HOBART Seven 595,000 65,000 2,152,000
9 9 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S3 Seven 515,000 59,000 1,966,000
10 10 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 463,000 27,000 836,000
11 11 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN Seven 399,000 53,000 834,000
12 12 9NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE Nine 378,000 42,000 567,000
13 13 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 PRE GAME Seven 362,000 48,000 822,000
14 14 PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR-EV ABC 340,000 35,000 709,000
15 15 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN – EARLY Seven 282,000 38,000 615,000
16 16 10 NEWS SUN 10 276,000 18,000 565,000
17 17 WEEKEND TODAY – SUNDAY Nine 273,000 37,000 752,000
18 18 VACATION Nine 267,000 30,000 1,205,000
19 19 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV ABC 252,000 22,000 811,000
20 20 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT 10 243,000 10,000 593,000
21 21 RETURN TO PARADISE RPT ABC 235,000 8,000 615,000
22 22 GREAT GETAWAYS -RPT Nine 235,000 23,000 582,000
23 23 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SUNDAY Nine 235,000 28,000 479,000
24 24 RBT Nine 226,000 35,000 461,000
25 25 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 215,000 20,000 576,000
26 26 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT Seven 200,000 21,000 504,000
27 27 DESTINATION CHRISTMAS Nine 172,000 12,000 533,000
28 28 GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA-ENCORE ABC 154,000 7,000 539,000
29 29 THE IMPOSTER 10 143,000 6,000 640,000
30 30 KEN BURNS’ THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION SBS 110,000 3,000 494,000

Top 30 Programs 25-54

By Average By Reach Description Network Average BVOD Reach
1 1 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S2 Seven 492,000 121,000 903,000
2 5 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 LUNCH Seven 443,000 120,000 609,000
3 2 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S1 Seven 373,000 90,000 762,000
4 9 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 TEA Seven 365,000 77,000 447,000
5 7 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 309,000 56,000 542,000
6 8 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 294,000 63,000 499,000
7 3 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – MELBOURNE RENEGADES V HOBART Seven 204,000 35,000 680,000
8 4 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 S3 Seven 185,000 32,000 614,000
9 6 CHRISTMAS WITH DELTA Nine 178,000 36,000 552,000
10 11 SEVEN’S CRICKET: THIRD TEST – THE ASHES D5 PRE GAME Seven 129,000 26,000 274,000
11 13 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN Seven 114,000 27,000 247,000
12 20 9NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE Nine 111,000 21,000 159,000
13 10 VACATION Nine 102,000 17,000 377,000
14 12 WEEKEND TODAY – SUNDAY Nine 100,000 19,000 251,000
15 17 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN – EARLY Seven 78,000 19,000 171,000
16 22 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 76,000 10,000 153,000
17 14 GREAT GETAWAYS -RPT Nine 75,000 11,000 185,000
18 25 10 NEWS SUN 10 75,000 9,000 146,000
19 24 PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR-EV ABC 72,000 12,000 146,000
20 21 UNFILTERED: CRICKET Seven 71,000 13,000 154,000
21 15 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT 10 67,000 5,000 179,000
22 28 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SUNDAY Nine 67,000 14,000 134,000
23 26 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT Seven 64,000 11,000 143,000
24 16 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 62,000 9,000 171,000
25 30 RBT Nine 61,000 18,000 129,000
26 19 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV ABC 53,000 8,000 162,000
27 23 DESTINATION CHRISTMAS Nine 50,000 6,000 146,000
28 18 THE IMPOSTER 10 40,000 3,000 169,000
29 29 POLAR EXPRESS -EV Nine 38,000 2,000 132,000
30 27 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 27,000 2,000 141,000

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With the premature end to the third test (at least it made the 5th day) an average of over 1.4 million watched Session 2 after 1.1 million watched Session 1. The rating for Session 3 will be adjusted to reflect the actual broadcast programs.

In prime time the Big Bash League that saw a convincing 7 wicket win by the Hobart Hurricanes over the Melbourne Renegades had just under 600k well down on recent results.

It was narrowly beaten by Christmas With Delta on Nine with 603k, well up on last year’s disappointing 474k while 2023 had 662k.

ABC pre-empted programming for live Bondi Day of Reflection coverage from 6.30pm AEDT. ABC News was the network’s top entry with just 463k. A national bulletin aired at 6pm and local bulletins in NT and WA at 7pm.
The coverage did not attract any top 30 entries while the rest of the network’s night suffered big audience drops. The Spicks And Specks Season Final had just 252k and the Portrait Artist Of The Year Season Final 340k.

Over on 10, made Selling Houses Australia was the network’s top prime time entry with 243k while the premiere of the new drama Imposter managed just 143k. SBS’s Ken Burns’ The American Revolution made it into the rankings as well.

Seven News had a 100k win at 6pm. Weekend Sunrise was just under 400k with Weekend Today managing 273k.

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The third Ashes test rated brilliantly despite the early finish on the final day.

I am not sure if the ABC made a wise decision to air the Bondi Beach Day of Reflection live on the main channel, based on last night’s ratings. A live broadcast on News Channel would have been sufficient.

Christmas with Delta’s BVOD ratings were also higher than last year’s 37,000.

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Curiously, did ABC’s coverage of the Bondi Service make it outside the top 30, or was ABC in prelim numbers?

The Delta Christmas Show on Nine did well. As did Seven’s Ashes during the day, even with the early finish.

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This was the final part of the test match with the post match presentation & the wrap up

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I don’t think that’s the case as the special may not have been reflected. Even if it is, it blew past the 8.30pm endtime by an hour.

We’ll need to wait for adjustment on this as well no matter what.

Also keep in mind the Ashes and the morning shows shutting off seven entries. With the lack of outside top 30 information, it’s frankly abhorrent.

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It’s 6 entries for the cricket. Pre game, sessions 1, 2 & 3, lunch, and tea. Not one network will have one average for a program that is 8.5hours in length. As annoying as it is.

At least for the Big Bash, its two codings now - the Match, and the post match segment. Years ago, they coded it into 4 (i think) - Pre game, Innings 1, Innings 2 and post game. So there is some progess.

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5 because session 3 didn’t exist yesterday.

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Either way though, its nothing new. That many entries for morning shows and sport is most of the year, if not more depending on day matches from NRL and AFL

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I know, that’s why I always caution against saying “so-and-so isn’t in the top 30” under those circumstances. It might have made it there but simply got dragged down.

I’m surprised this practice has gone on this many years without anyone calling it out.

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Well we have and it sucks, and since it changed to reach, we’ve had to adapt. So if something appears in the top 30 one week and drops out the following week, its still a fair comparison based on a previous week though.

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I think for Test Cricket it is important to have everything coded separately. Especially the later sessions to see how the viewership increases.

Other sports like AFL, NRL, Soccer etc doesn’t need it because it’s shorter and people who watch the first half will most likely watch the 2nd half too.

With Test cricket people might watch the morning session then do other stuff and return towards the end of the day etc so it’s important to have that distinction instead of an overall average for the entire day from 9:30am until 6pm

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True. With that said, at least its coded as is in the online and printed guide (lunch, tea, and the 3 sessions). I do get why they seperate the raitings for the cricket Test Matches.

Wait until the Australian Open (tennis) starts. Guides willl have a day and night session listed, but the ratings will be something like: Morning, afternoon, Session 1, Session 2, and late.

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I fully understand where you are coming from. But I’d much rather broadcasters keep those sessions to themselves and then put out a separate press release detailing them.

The codings in the top 30 simply roadblock programs that may deserve a spot in there.

But that’s gonna require broadcasters to be mindful of the competition and give each other a chance. Ain’t ever gonna happen.

No, it’s coded too. There’s pre-show, day, afternoon, night and late.

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Disappointing figures for The imposter.

10 only deserve that, but the drama itself doesnt

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Is it really though? It’s one game. Sure, each day of course. Maybe a “day” and then “late” would suffice. Feel networks just like to bump numbers up where they can, think the “lunch”, “tea”, “pre”, “post”, “multi” is proof of this. Especially Olympics.

Seven’s AFL used to be ridiculous, a “post match” and “post game” as well as “pre match” and “pre game” and on GF day there was like 3 codings in the space of half an hour alone before the first bounce LOL.

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You only get that feeling now? We’ve been saying it for years

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I guess Ten botched the screening of another new drama.

Lack of publicity. Delayed screening. Odd timeslot. They just can’t get anything right with Aussie drama.

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I think the sessions of play should have its own coding so they should keep 3 for that. Maybe they can combine and average the lunch & tea breaks as 1 ‘break’ coding. I don’t think pre match is important so maybe that gets added to the combined average of the ‘breaks’.

This way it’s 4 seperate ratings info over 8.5 hours