Sunday 5 February 2023

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

Network
ABC
14.0%
13.5%
13.6%
ABC K/P
1.9%
1.9%
1.9%
ABC Me
0.6%
0.7%
0.7%
ABC News
1.8%
1.8%
1.8%
ABC TTL

18.2%

17.9%
18.1%
Seven
17.3%
17.1%
16.9%
7Two
2.3%
2.2%
2.2%
7Mate
2.3%
2.2%
2.1%
7Flix
0.9%
1.0%
1.0%
7Bravo
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
Seven TTL

23.3%

22.9%
22.7%
Nine
27.1%
27.8%
27.7%
9GO!
1.5%
1.5%
1.6%
9GEM
1.8%
1.7%
1.7%
9Life
1.7%
1.6%
1.7%
9Rush
1.1%
1.0%
1.0%
Nine TTL

33.2%

33.8%
33.7%
10
10.4%
10.9%
11.1%
10 Bold
2.7%
2.6%
2.6%
10 Peach
2.7%
2.6%
2.5%
10 Shake
0.6%
0.6%
0.6%
Ten TTL

16.5%

16.7%
16.8%
SBS
4.7%
4.6%
4.5%
Viceland
1.2%
1.2%
1.3%
Food
1.2%
1.2%
1.2%
NITV
0.4%
0.4%
0.4%
World Movies
1.2%
1.3%
1.3%
WorldWatch
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
SBS TTL

8.7%

8.7%
8.8%

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

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven
859,000
205,000
266,000
159,000
113,000
116,000
2 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN Nine
834,000
217,000
274,000
161,000
101,000
81,000
3 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine
754,000
198,000
263,000
146,000
101,000
47,000
4 60 MINUTES Nine
623,000
184,000
185,000
138,000
64,000
52,000
5 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC TV
614,000
151,000
193,000
107,000
63,000
100,000
6 JOANNA LUMLEY'S UNSEEN ADVENTURES RPT ABC TV
468,000
117,000
147,000
87,000
56,000
62,000
7 VERA RPT ABC TV
453,000
106,000
146,000
82,000
58,000
61,000
8 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR SUN 10
438,000
109,000
139,000
79,000
60,000
51,000
9 AUSTRALIAN IDOL - SUN Seven
434,000
110,000
135,000
67,000
62,000
60,000
10 NINE NEWS LATE -SUN Nine
373,000
102,000
143,000
65,000
36,000
27,000
11 THE SUNDAY PROJECT 7PM 10
265,000
44,000
91,000
67,000
38,000
25,000
12 INSIDERS-AM ABC TV
241,000
65,000
88,000
45,000
18,000
25,000
13 WEEKEND SUNRISE - SUN Seven
217,000
63,000
56,000
37,000
25,000
36,000
14 10 NEWS FIRST SUN 10
204,000
54,000
48,000
47,000
19,000
35,000
15 SEVEN NEWS AT 5 Seven
194,000
61,000
41,000
38,000
30,000
23,000
16 MATERNAL Seven
186,000
62,000
57,000
20,000
21,000
26,000
17 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-EV ABC TV
178,000
45,000
53,000
29,000
22,000
30,000
18 10 NEWS FIRST SUN 6PM 10
173,000
42,000
45,000
45,000
17,000
23,000
19 THE SUNDAY PROJECT 6.30PM 10
166,000
31,000
52,000
40,000
19,000
24,000
20 NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE Nine
164,000
38,000
67,000
21,000
22,000
16,000

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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 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN Nine
374,000
104,000
116,000
74,000
40,000
40,000
2 60 MINUTES Nine
261,000
88,000
82,000
54,000
17,000
21,000
3 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven
223,000
55,000
70,000
40,000
27,000
30,000
4 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine
210,000
56,000
58,000
43,000
39,000
14,000
5 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR SUN 10
198,000
47,000
66,000
35,000
22,000
27,000

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

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN Nine
311,000
89,000
90,000
61,000
35,000
36,000
2 60 MINUTES Nine
196,000
61,000
56,000
46,000
16,000
17,000
3 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven
186,000
45,000
63,000
34,000
21,000
24,000
4 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR SUN 10
172,000
38,000
62,000
30,000
17,000
24,000
5 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine
154,000
43,000
39,000
33,000
31,000
9,000

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

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN Nine
175,000
48,000
53,000
44,000
15,000
15,000
2 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR SUN 10
100,000
24,000
40,000
18,000
13,000
5,000
3 60 MINUTES Nine
98,000
30,000
28,000
24,000
8,000
7,000
4 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven
86,000
18,000
30,000
18,000
9,000
11,000
5 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine
73,000
20,000
23,000
16,000
13,000
1,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON-AM ABC K/P
97,000
33,000
29,000
13,000
8,000
15,000
2 NCIS EP 2 RPT 10 Bold
94,000
21,000
25,000
29,000
7,000
12,000
3 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
88,000
25,000
26,000
16,000
7,000
14,000
4 BLUEY-EV ABC K/P
88,000
34,000
8,000
18,000
11,000
17,000
5 INSIDERS-AM ABC NEWS
87,000
22,000
33,000
16,000
9,000
8,000
6 THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON-EV ABC K/P
83,000
33,000
9,000
21,000
7,000
15,000
7 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
83,000
23,000
24,000
15,000
7,000
13,000
8 BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA'S FRONT LINE-EP.2 PM 7TWO
79,000
19,000
29,000
13,000
7,000
10,000
9 OCTONAUTS-AM ABC K/P
79,000
20,000
14,000
18,000
13,000
14,000
10 BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA'S FRONT LINE-EP.3 PM 7TWO
78,000
25,000
28,000
17,000
5,000
4,000
11 BATHURST 12HR 7mate
75,000
20,000
35,000
0
20,000
0
12 PLAY SCHOOL-AM ABC K/P
74,000
20,000
23,000
17,000
8,000
7,000
13 HAPPY THE HOGLET-AM ABC K/P
73,000
12,000
16,000
12,000
13,000
20,000
14 NCIS EP 3 RPT 10 Bold
72,000
16,000
19,000
24,000
6,000
7,000
15 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 5 RPT 10 Peach
71,000
31,000
18,000
7,000
5,000
11,000
16 INTERSTELLAR ELLA-AM ABC K/P
71,000
21,000
27,000
3,000
7,000
12,000
17 NCIS RPT 10 Bold
70,000
13,000
17,000
24,000
6,000
9,000
18 LANDLINE SUMMER-PM ABC NEWS
69,000
9,000
33,000
12,000
5,000
9,000
19 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 4 RPT 10 Peach
69,000
25,000
20,000
12,000
4,000
8,000
20 BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA'S FRONT LINE-PM 7TWO
69,000
13,000
25,000
18,000
6,000
6,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 FRIENDS RPT 10 Peach
36,000
11,000
12,000
10,000
2,000
1,000
2 FRIENDS EP 2 RPT 10 Peach
34,000
9,000
11,000
9,000
2,000
2,000
3 THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON-AM ABC K/P
30,000
8,000
9,000
3,000
3,000
7,000
4 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 7 RPT 10 Peach
29,000
13,000
10,000
5,000
1,000
1,000
5 BLUEY-EV ABC K/P
29,000
12,000
1,000
6,000
4,000
5,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON-AM ABC K/P
30,000
9,000
9,000
3,000
3,000
6,000
2 BLUEY-EV ABC K/P
30,000
13,000
1,000
6,000
4,000
5,000
3 FRIENDS RPT 10 Peach
28,000
8,000
9,000
7,000
1,000
1,000
4 THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON-EV ABC K/P
27,000
12,000
1,000
6,000
3,000
5,000
5 FRIENDS EP 2 RPT 10 Peach
27,000
8,000
10,000
5,000
1,000
2,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON-AM ABC K/P
20,000
5,000
7,000
3,000
0
5,000
2 FRIENDS EP 2 RPT 10 Peach
17,000
6,000
9,000
2,000
0
0
3 FRIENDS RPT 10 Peach
17,000
7,000
5,000
5,000
0
0
4 PLAY SCHOOL-AM ABC K/P
16,000
4,000
7,000
2,000
0
4,000
5 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 7 RPT 10 Peach
16,000
7,000
4,000
5,000
0
0

Top 20 Programs - Subscription - Overnight Figures - Total People

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: BATHURST 12 HOUR FOX SPORTS 506
95,000
2 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: BATHURST 12 HOUR FOX SPORTS 506
94,000
3 OUTSIDERS Sky News Live
59,000
4 OUTSIDERS Sky News Live
54,000
5 LIVE: NBL WILDCATS V KINGS ESPN
47,000
6 PAUL MURRAY LIVE Sky News Live
41,000
7 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: BATHURST 12 HOUR FOX SPORTS 506
40,000
8 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
34,000
9 LIVE: THE CROSSOVER ESPN
32,000
10 THE GAUNTLET FOX Classics
31,000
11 NCIS FOX Crime
24,000
12 THE LAST OF US FOX SHOWCASE
24,000
13 NCIS FOX Crime
23,000
14 MIDSOMER MURDERS UKTV
23,000
15 LOVE YOUR GARDEN Lifestyle Channel
23,000
16 LIVE: NBL UNITED V 36ERS ESPN
22,000
17 BEST OF 24 HOURS IN EMERGENCY Lifestyle Channel
22,000
18 ARE YOU BEING SERVED? FOX Classics
22,000
19 AUSTRALIAN CRIME STORIES crime + investigation
22,000
20 LIVE: TPS MURRAY RIVER: FINAL ROUND FOX SPORTS 503
22,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: BATHURST 12 HOUR FOX SPORTS 506
43,000
2 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: BATHURST 12 HOUR FOX SPORTS 506
37,000
3 LIVE: NBL WILDCATS V KINGS ESPN
23,000
4 LIVE: THE CROSSOVER ESPN
17,000
5 OUTSIDERS Sky News Live
17,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: BATHURST 12 HOUR FOX SPORTS 506
31,000
2 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: BATHURST 12 HOUR FOX SPORTS 506
27,000
3 LIVE: NBL WILDCATS V KINGS ESPN
23,000
4 LIVE: THE CROSSOVER ESPN
14,000
5 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: BATHURST 12 HOUR FOX SPORTS 506
13,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 LIVE: NBL WILDCATS V KINGS ESPN
16,000
2 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: BATHURST 12 HOUR FOX SPORTS 506
12,000
3 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: BATHURST 12 HOUR FOX SPORTS 506
12,000
4 LIVE: THE CROSSOVER ESPN
9,000
5 LIVE: NBL UNITED V 36ERS ESPN
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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Week five got off to great start for Nine with another big win, 10 points clear of second-placed Seven with Nine’s main channel alone outrating all networks. ABC landed third with its best Sunday for three weeks while 10 had its best Sunday result since the debut of The Masked Singer last August.

Nine’s success featured the first Sunday episode of this season’s Married At First Sight on 834,000, its highest result since last weeks launch. The return of 60 Minutes also did well to top 600k viewers for an easy timeslot win while Late News delivered good late night numbers.

Lucky for Seven its news brand continues to attract the biggest audiences, with the number one show of the Sunday night. Australian Idol’s first Sunday, drew the equal highest audience of the season but was pushed into third place in the reality formats. The debut of UK medical drama Maternal failed to impress on just 186,000.

For ABC, News was second at 7pm. Two repeats followed with Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures and Vera delivering good results.

Australian Survivor was 10’s best performer, just ahead of Idol to be second of the reality formats with top 5 rankings in the key demo groups. A couple of rare entries for 10 in the top 20 included 10 News at 6pm and The Project at 6.30pm.

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A force to be reckoned with.
Nine’s lineup smashed everything.

Seven’s just lucky their news is still a top performer.

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Maternal made it into the top 20 but came a distant third to 60 Minutes and Vera.

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Idol slipped back to third. Not great.

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Seven’s promos proclaiming “watch it live” when it was pre-recorded months ago was insulting.
Viewers aren’t stupid.

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From Nine

  • Married At First Sight is Australia’s dominant No.1 program across the 5 City Metro and with all key demos
  • Married At First Sight grew audience year on year across Total TV (+1.9%)
  • Married At First Sight dominates timeslot with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide
  • Married At First Sight Episode 5 recorded the highest overnight VOD BVOD Audience season to date of 114,000 (+43% YoY)
  • Married At First Sight Episode 5 recorded its highest Live + VOD BVOD Audience season to date of 209,000 (+34% YoY)
  • 60 Minutes return dominated its timeslot with all key demographics across the 5 City Metro
  • Nine takes out the top 4 programs live streamed yesterday against all broadcasters with MAFS at #1 recording a Live BVOD Audience of 96,000 (+24% YoY)
  • 9News won its timeslot with People 25-54 and GS + Child in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide
  • Weekend Today was breakfast show of choice with Total People and all key demos in Brisbane
  • 9Network and Channel 9 wins Sunday with Total People and all key demos
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They’re not claiming it’s live. They are saying “watch it live” as in live at 7:30pm and not recorded later or on 7plus.

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It’s still a ridiculous statement for them to be making.
You don’t see MAFS or Survivor going “Watch it live at 7/7.30”.

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It’s just a different advertising strategy. There’s nothing wrong with it.

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I see what they are getting at (drive real time/linear watching and social conversation) but I think the terminology is wrong.

Maybe something like “Watch it with Australia at 7:30 or anytime on 7+” (ignoring timezones and the fact it’s also 3rd in its slot).

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A crush by Nine and as Married builds towards its usual Sunday 1m metro, things will only get worse for others, save for ABC’s dramas and 10 doing pretty good with Survivor.

Looking like Idol is DOA and outside Sundays with that big 7pm Seven News lead-in (we already saw it drop that low last week) could see it collapse to 300k consistently or lower. Seven abruptly bumped Ultimate Tag which got down to high-200k IIRC. It’ll be a bit of pain before the AFL, which probably won’t be a complete saviour either, until one of Seven’s more proven raters returns.

Meanwhile, 7Bravo (still early days yes) not looking good at all, also possibly to blame for taking away simialrly targetted 7flix also struggling more than usual. Sundays against big reality are always tough for m/c though, as seen by Nine’s also and across the board (but 9Life and even 9Rush comparatively look solid at least).

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And to totally confuse the situation the promos that say watch it live now also instruct viewers to stream from the start - ie watch the shows that they missed when they didn’t follow the instruction to watch live.

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You gotta hand it to Channel Nine - to be able to attract over 800,000 viewers every night for a non sports show four nights a week is outstanding.

Meanwhile the 6.30 Project can only attract 31,000 viewers in Sydney? Ouch!!

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maybe the “stream from the start” is in response to 9Now’s “start over”. Just pointing out the functionality 7plus does not have

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Nine had a rare win in all markets last night doing best in Brisbane - 16 points ahead.

Outside the top 20 included
21 Seven BATHURST 12HR-DAY
22 Nine WEEKEND TODAY - SUNDAY
26 SBS SBS WORLD NEWS
31 10 NCIS: HAWAII RPT
34 SBS STONEHENGE: THE NEW REVELATIONS RPT
39 SBS MYSTERIES FROM THE GRAVE: TITANIC RPT
43 Seven WHAT THE KILLER DID NEXT

Lead ins

Sydney
11 Seven SYDNEY WEEKENDER
17 Nine TERRITORY COPS
Melbourne
11 Nine POSTCARDS
12 Seven BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R)
Brisbane
12 Seven WEEKENDER
14 Nine MY WAY
Adelaide
8 Seven SOUTH AUSSIE WITH COSI
11 Nine HELLO SA
Perth
10 Seven CARAVAN & CAMPING WA
30 Nine TERRITORY COPS

Weekend Sunrise was 60k ahead of second-placed Weekend Breakfast with Weekend Today 10k further back.

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Sunday was Idol’s big chance to boost its ratings. 7pm start with a 860k lead in and up against just one reality show at that time. Peak audience shows that +800k were watching the start of the show but clearly there was a major switch off or channel change. It was possibly the weakest episode so far last night as well, with a very slow start - stuffing around with a koala.

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Except that’s a lie. They didn’t. They were only over 800,000 for the debut episode last week on Monday and now this week on Sunday. Every other day was below that mark.

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Are you suggesting that people are switching off Idol because the auditions are not live? I really don’t think so. A lot has been written about Australian Idol in the past week and most critics suggest it’s because it just looks like an outdated concept.

Maybe reboots work in America or Britain but they don’t often work in Australia. It has a lot to do with Australian television networks being greedy and producing bloated reality shows with extra long episodes and extra long series. The audience gets sick of them and then can’t be bothered investing huge amounts of time in them again.

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7 would be happy to see a small increase for Idol and the direct News lead-in would have helped. I reckon it would be peak higher if the episodes weren’t so long. Last night’s episode went for almost 2 hours. You can only sit through auditions for so long - I find in the last 30 minutes my attention drifts off.

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