Wednesday 1 February 2023

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

Network
ABC
11.5%
11.1%
10.8%
ABC K/P
1.7%
1.7%
1.8%
ABC Me
0.4%
0.4%
0.4%
ABC News
1.7%
1.6%
1.6%
ABC TTL

15.3%

14.8%
14.6%
Seven
19.2%
19.1%
18.9%
7Two
2.7%
2.9%
2.8%
7Mate
2.6%
2.4%
2.4%
7Flix
1.1%
1.1%
1.1%
7Bravo
0.7%
0.7%
0.9%
Seven TTL

26.3%

26.2%
26.0%
Nine
25.4%
25.5%
25.5%
9GO!
1.9%
1.8%
1.8%
9GEM
2.6%
2.6%
2.7%
9Life
1.4%
1.4%
1.5%
9Rush
1.2%
1.1%
1.1%
Nine TTL

32.5%

32.5%
32.6%
10
9.8%
10.4%
10.8%
10 Bold
3.2%
3.1%
3.0%
10 Peach
2.7%
2.6%
2.5%
10 Shake
0.6%
0.6%
0.6%
Ten TTL

16.3%

16.6%
16.8%
SBS
5.2%
5.5%
5.7%
Viceland
1.6%
1.5%
1.5%
Food
1.2%
1.2%
1.2%
NITV
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
World Movies
1.4%
1.5%
1.5%
WorldWatch
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
SBS TTL

9.6%

9.9%
10.0%

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

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
872,000
196,000
301,000
142,000
111,000
123,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven
836,000
190,000
277,000
139,000
115,000
116,000
3 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine
790,000
226,000
252,000
143,000
84,000
85,000
4 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine
695,000
196,000
240,000
137,000
62,000
60,000
5 NINE NEWS Nine
682,000
183,000
239,000
135,000
66,000
59,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine
610,000
171,000
196,000
129,000
54,000
59,000
7 ABC NEWS-EV ABC TV
581,000
167,000
194,000
67,000
54,000
100,000
8 HOME AND AWAY Seven
476,000
116,000
162,000
88,000
55,000
55,000
9 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven
444,000
105,000
118,000
78,000
73,000
70,000
10 7.30-EV ABC TV
432,000
123,000
152,000
53,000
45,000
59,000
11 HARD QUIZ S7 RPT ABC TV
388,000
113,000
134,000
42,000
40,000
59,000
12 AUSTRALIAN IDOL - WED Seven
370,000
110,000
111,000
51,000
58,000
40,000
13 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10
369,000
105,000
122,000
61,000
44,000
38,000
14 HOT SEAT Nine
318,000
93,000
115,000
69,000
27,000
13,000
15 THE FRONT BAR Seven
315,000
59,000
151,000
27,000
36,000
42,000
16 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM Seven
309,000
76,000
78,000
56,000
47,000
52,000
17 SPICKS AND SPECKS RPT ABC TV
269,000
75,000
102,000
33,000
27,000
31,000
18 ROCKETMAN Nine
268,000
71,000
92,000
51,000
26,000
28,000
19 THE PROJECT 7PM 10
238,000
54,000
86,000
48,000
31,000
18,000
20 SUNRISE Seven
235,000
60,000
75,000
39,000
26,000
35,000

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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 -WED Nine
330,000
101,000
107,000
50,000
31,000
40,000
2 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
211,000
45,000
83,000
28,000
24,000
31,000
3 SEVEN NEWS Seven
196,000
43,000
68,000
25,000
28,000
31,000
4 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10
187,000
56,000
60,000
34,000
21,000
16,000
5 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine
175,000
53,000
52,000
30,000
20,000
20,000

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 -WED Nine
285,000
83,000
92,000
47,000
29,000
34,000
2 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
166,000
34,000
68,000
21,000
20,000
24,000
3 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10
157,000
47,000
51,000
26,000
18,000
15,000
4 SEVEN NEWS Seven
150,000
31,000
58,000
16,000
23,000
22,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine
118,000
35,000
30,000
19,000
15,000
19,000

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 -WED Nine
160,000
56,000
53,000
28,000
12,000
11,000
2 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10
83,000
29,000
27,000
16,000
6,000
5,000
3 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
81,000
10,000
38,000
15,000
7,000
11,000
4 SEVEN NEWS Seven
67,000
6,000
33,000
10,000
7,000
11,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine
56,000
17,000
19,000
10,000
5,000
6,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 NCIS RPT 10 Bold
97,000
16,000
41,000
21,000
10,000
9,000
2 BLUEY-EV ABC K/P
92,000
33,000
30,000
10,000
7,000
12,000
3 THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON-EV ABC K/P
90,000
34,000
28,000
9,000
6,000
13,000
4 GINGER AND THE VEGESAURS-PM ABC K/P
88,000
31,000
28,000
11,000
9,000
8,000
5 HAWAII FIVE-O RPT 10 Bold
86,000
15,000
25,000
22,000
15,000
8,000
6 BULL RPT 10 Bold
86,000
16,000
33,000
25,000
7,000
5,000
7 DEATH IN PARADISE-EV ABC K/P
84,000
20,000
27,000
12,000
11,000
14,000
8 KANGAROO BEACH-AM ABC K/P
83,000
16,000
31,000
11,000
14,000
11,000
9 KANGAROO BEACH-PM ABC K/P
81,000
36,000
21,000
5,000
7,000
12,000
10 HEY DUGGEE-PM ABC K/P
80,000
16,000
37,000
13,000
5,000
9,000
11 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
80,000
24,000
28,000
11,000
12,000
5,000
12 KIRI AND LOU-PM ABC K/P
79,000
37,000
24,000
0
7,000
11,000
13 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
79,000
17,000
30,000
16,000
9,000
7,000
14 OCTONAUTS-PM ABC K/P
77,000
19,000
26,000
8,000
12,000
11,000
15 REEF SCHOOL-AM ABC K/P
76,000
15,000
29,000
12,000
10,000
10,000
16 DO, RE & MI-PM ABC K/P
76,000
32,000
27,000
3,000
5,000
9,000
17 MIDSOMER MURDERS -EV 9Gem
75,000
18,000
25,000
13,000
11,000
9,000
18 HIGHWAY PATROL-PM 7mate
74,000
14,000
24,000
23,000
5,000
9,000
19 HIGHWAY PATROL-EP.2 PM 7mate
73,000
14,000
18,000
25,000
8,000
8,000
20 HIGHWAY COPS-PM 7mate
69,000
15,000
26,000
14,000
6,000
8,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 4 RPT 10 Peach
39,000
12,000
14,000
8,000
2,000
3,000
2 TWO AND A HALF MEN EP 2 RPT 10 Peach
36,000
8,000
16,000
9,000
3,000
0
3 THE BIG BANG THEORY LATE RPT 10 Peach
35,000
14,000
13,000
4,000
1,000
3,000
4 TWO AND A HALF MEN RPT 10 Peach
32,000
6,000
10,000
10,000
4,000
2,000
5 HIGHWAY PATROL-PM 7mate
31,000
10,000
6,000
8,000
2,000
5,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BLUEY-EV ABC K/P
29,000
11,000
6,000
5,000
3,000
3,000
2 THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON-EV ABC K/P
29,000
13,000
6,000
4,000
3,000
3,000
3 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 4 RPT 10 Peach
27,000
8,000
9,000
7,000
1,000
3,000
4 TELETUBBIES-PM ABC K/P
27,000
3,000
17,000
0
2,000
5,000
5 TWO AND A HALF MEN EP 2 RPT 10 Peach
26,000
5,000
9,000
8,000
3,000
0

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 TELETUBBIES-PM ABC K/P
19,000
2,000
13,000
0
1,000
4,000
2 BING-AM ABC K/P
19,000
4,000
9,000
0
2,000
4,000
3 PLAY SCHOOL: MIDDAY-PM ABC K/P
19,000
2,000
11,000
0
2,000
4,000
4 DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBOURHOOD-AM ABC K/P
18,000
2,000
10,000
0
2,000
4,000
5 GINGER AND THE VEGESAURS-PM ABC K/P
18,000
3,000
7,000
4,000
1,000
2,000

Top 20 Programs - Subscription - Overnight Figures - Total People

Rank Program Network National
1 PAUL MURRAY LIVE Sky News Live
39,000
2 GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
37,000
3 CREDLIN Sky News Live
36,000
4 CHRIS KENNY TONIGHT Sky News Live
35,000
5 THE BOLT REPORT Sky News Live
34,000
6 THE BIG BANG THEORY FOX Comedy
33,000
7 JEOPARDY! FOX Classics
33,000
8 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
28,000
9 THE BIG BANG THEORY FOX Comedy
28,000
10 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES FOX Classics
24,000
11 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION FOX Crime
23,000
12 GRAND DESIGNS: THE STREET Lifestyle Channel
22,000
13 NCIS: LOS ANGELES FOX Crime
21,000
14 BARGAIN HUNT Lifestyle Channel
21,000
15 ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY Lifestyle Channel
21,000
16 INSIDE THE NEWS Sky News Live
20,000
17 EASTENDERS UKTV
20,000
18 MIDSOMER MURDERS UKTV
19,000
19 TO THE MANOR BORN FOX Classics
19,000
20 THE FRONT PAGE Sky News Live
19,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 THE BIG BANG THEORY FOX Comedy
14,000
2 THE BIG BANG THEORY FOX Comedy
13,000
3 JEOPARDY! FOX Classics
10,000
4 MASTERCHEF UK: CELEBRITY Lifestyle FOOD
9,000
5 FRIENDS FOX Comedy
9,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 THE BIG BANG THEORY FOX Comedy
11,000
2 THE BIG BANG THEORY FOX Comedy
10,000
3 JEOPARDY! FOX Classics
8,000
4 JAMIE'S QUICK & EASY FOOD Lifestyle FOOD
8,000
5 THE LAST OF US FOX SHOWCASE
7,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 THE BIG BANG THEORY FOX Comedy
8,000
2 THE BIG BANG THEORY FOX Comedy
7,000
3 GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA Lifestyle HOME
6,000
4 PROPERTY BROTHERS: FOREVER HOME Lifestyle HOME
5,000
5 LIVE: WWE NXT FOX8
5,000

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Married At First Sight continued its dominance on Wednesday, last night outrating the combined audience of its reality competition on Seven and 10 with Idol And Survivor both under 400k for the first time.

On the comparable night last year MAFS had 807,000, Survivor 486,000 and Voice Generations (final ep) 505,000.

Nine News was less competitive last night but ACA was again over 600k and a timeslot winner by 30k. Later another broadcast of Rocketman made the top 20 for some late night shares.

At 6pm Seven News was back to winning all markets again after The Chase was more dominant over Hot Seat than Tuesday. Home and Away was up week-on-week and continues to do well in catch up viewing. After Idol, it was a tough job for The Front Bar’s new All Sports season premiere that managed 315,000 with more than half the audience in Melbourne. At breakfast Sunrise had its biggest (weekday) audience of the year. Idol was 8th in 25-54

Only two top 20 entries for 10 with Survivor and The Project 7pm with Survivor still managing top 5 entries in the key demos.

ABC News again did well while 7.30 and Hard Quiz (repeat) were nominally second in their timeslot while a Spicks and Specks repeat also made the top 20.

Over of Foxtel, Sky News’s evening line up continues to be near the top of the STV rankings but with less than 40,000 viewers nationally they are struggling. On this night last year Paul Murray had 58k and Credlin 47k.

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From Nine:

  • Married At First Sight dominates timeslot with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro and in all metro capitals
  • Married At First Sight was up YOY (+3%) across Total TV (Metro/Regional/BVOD)
  • Married At First Sight is Australia’s No. 1 program with People 25-54, People 16-39 and GS + Child
  • Nine takes out the top 4 programs live streamed against all broadcasters yesterday, with MAFS at #1 recording a Live BVOD Audience of 95,000 (+15% YoY)
  • MAFS takes out the top 3 programs streamed yesterday on catch-up
  • MAFS Episode 3 recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 194,000 (+29% YoY)
  • ACA continued its amazing run and easily won the 7pm timeslot with Total People across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
  • Rocketman won its timeslot with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
  • 9News wins its timeslot with People 25-54 in Sydney and Brisbane
  • Today wins breakfast slot with Total People in Brisbane and with People 25-54 in Sydney and Brisbane
  • Today Extra wins its timeslot with Total People and People 16-39 across the combined East Coast capitals and in Brisbane
  • 9Network and Channel 9 dominates Wednesday with all key demos and Total People

From 10:

Australian Survivor:

  • #2 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
  • #2 in its timeslot.
  • Live stream audience up 3% compared with the same episode in 2022.
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That is questionable as The Front Bar had more viewers than the movie when they went head to head.

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Nine again won the three east coast markets with Seven ahead in Adelaide and Perth by 1 point.

In Melbourne The Front Bar ranked 10th.

Outside the top 20 included
21 10 10 NEWS FIRST
22 Nine TIPPING POINT
23 Seven SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30
24 Nine NINE’S AFTERNOON NEWS
25 ABC UTOPIA RPT
26 Nine HOT SEAT -5PM
27 Nine TODAY
28 Seven SEVEN NEWS AT 4
29 10 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
30 SBS INCREDIBLE CANALS
31 SBS MY GRANDPARENTS’ WAR
45 Nine NINE NEWS LATE -WED
47 10 FIRE COUNTRY
47 10 FIRE COUNTRY
48 Seven KITCHEN NIGHTMARES AUSTRALIA (R)
50 Seven SEVEN MORNING NEWS
58 Nine NINE’S MORNING NEWS
168 10 10 NEWS FIRST: MIDDAY

The ranking of the three commercial bulletins morning/midday included. Seven News is about 20k ahead of Nine while the ranking of Midday is very low, it is rating at about half of Nine’s bulletin. It has remained fairly constant - the two reality encores that are now in the schedule at noon haven’t impacted the numbers.

Sunrise had its biggest audience of the year and was 55k ahead of an inconsistent Today that was 25k ahead of News Breakfast.

Syd S > T > N
Mel S > T > N
Bri T > N > S
Ade S > T > N
Per S > T > N

Some trends noted in Perth this year - Today is consistently beating News Breakfast.

The trend of Today winning in Melbourne was shattered yesterday with a massive audience for Sunrise - the biggest for any show in any market this year.

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Not really as Rocket Man’s timeslot also included going up against Kitchen Nightmares that had one third of The Front Bar’s audience.

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Certainly concerning territory for Idol.

Build it and they will comes to mind, I think a few on here have said that, but it’s not going to double its audience as it goes on? That’s the territory that they would have wanted.

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It’s in flop territory now. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yep - The Front Bar (as much as it’s a great and well-honed program) shouldn’t be in striking distance of Idol. Additionally, it doesn’t have the saving grace Australian Survivor has of at least doing okay-ish in the demos.

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Fair to say Idol’s ratings are a… touch down.

I’ll get my coat

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Idol isn’t doing well with Survivor also popular on 10. 7 should’ve postponed it until after MAFS

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If people wanted to watch it they would be. Dead concept.

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That’s a shame… (written with sarcasm font)

And what did they have in the basket to show instead? Re-runs of Hey Hey?

Remember on this forum during the cricket rights, “people don’t watch ten” well the people that are watching ten are the money makers. Who is watching Seven? The 55+ who most likely watched the news, HAA, and then fell asleep on the sofa with the box on to only wake up halfway through the Frontbar, and then head off to bed!

Right now, I would rather be ten over seven, and nine over all of them.

Ten still have HYBPA to come, which will also boost the 25-45 yrs bracket, what’s seven got?

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Well if Idol doesn’t work and SAS didn’t work what else can Seven try (serious question)? The Voice? MKR again? The testcard?

You can’t really blame Seven for trying different things when nothing’s landed against MAFS and Survivor. Yes most of their shows are awful (although Idol is probably the best out of the lot they’ve tried) but then again so is MAFS and look at it.

Trouble is there is no other watercooler format around the world at the moment that can do the same. Either that or they poach another show from another network and give that a go.

Seven could’ve tried giving Idol auditions a go during Summer and move BBL to 7Mate (they did return Home and Away early so anything is possible). It would’ve at least been competitive with the tennis and The Bachelors and then get into the live shows just as MAFS starts for full momentum. Alas they’re not brave enough to even think about that.

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Holey Moley was tried two years ago and failed in the 7:30pm timeslot L. Axed after one season

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Footy.

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Something other than reality competition would be a good start for Seven. Maybe a different show each night? Why do we need all three commercials doing so called tent pole 7.30pm programming 3-4 nights a week all the time?

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I think the answer is obvious: It reliably rates 90% of the time.

10 have tried this approach before and failed miserably, for better or for worse.

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Perhaps if they are going to relaunch Australian Idol, stay true to the title of the show and don’t have half the judging panel not recognise iconic Australian songs when used in auditions or not know who Shannon Noll is.

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The reason Australian Idol is a flop is because we all know how the show is going to play out and then the final winner will go on to do absolutley nothing.

In contrast, the audience doesn’t quite know where MAFS will go this year although I do wonder if reports in the Daily Mail about couples already breaking up (eg. the guy with the indian lady) will cause people to lose interest.

Either way, its a cracking start to the year for Nine again.

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