Wednesday 15 February 2023

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

Network
ABC
13.4%
13.3%
13.3%
ABC K/P
2.4%
2.5%
2.8%
ABC Me
0.3%
0.3%
0.4%
ABC News
2.2%
2.1%
2.0%
ABC TTL

18.4%

18.3%
18.5%
Seven
15.3%
14.9%
14.6%
7Two
3.4%
3.5%
3.6%
7Mate
2.9%
2.8%
2.8%
7Flix
1.3%
1.3%
1.3%
7Bravo
0.8%
0.9%
1.0%
Seven TTL

23.8%

23.4%
23.3%
Nine
27.7%
28.1%
28.0%
9GO!
1.8%
1.7%
1.7%
9GEM
2.8%
2.9%
2.9%
9Life
1.7%
1.7%
1.8%
9Rush
1.2%
1.2%
1.2%
Nine TTL

35.3%

35.7%
35.6%
10
8.4%
8.4%
8.2%
10 Bold
3.1%
3.0%
2.9%
10 Peach
2.9%
2.7%
2.7%
10 Shake
0.7%
0.6%
0.7%
Ten TTL

15.0%

14.7%
14.4%
SBS
3.1%
3.6%
3.9%
Viceland
1.4%
1.4%
1.4%
Food
1.4%
1.4%
1.4%
NITV
0.4%
0.4%
0.4%
World Movies
1.1%
1.2%
1.2%
WorldWatch
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
SBS TTL

7.5%

7.9%
8.2%

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

Rank Program Network 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine
849,000
235,000
247,000
168,000
104,000
95,000
2 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
791,000
180,000
234,000
151,000
108,000
118,000
3 SEVEN NEWS Seven
788,000
175,000
227,000
147,000
126,000
114,000
4 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine
741,000
213,000
229,000
151,000
80,000
67,000
5 NINE NEWS Nine
685,000
200,000
213,000
138,000
69,000
65,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine
643,000
174,000
197,000
140,000
70,000
63,000
7 ABC NEWS-EV ABC TV
550,000
155,000
182,000
80,000
55,000
79,000
8 HARD QUIZ S8-EV ABC TV
476,000
142,000
179,000
58,000
50,000
47,000
9 HOME AND AWAY Seven
441,000
101,000
139,000
90,000
51,000
59,000
10 7.30-EV ABC TV
438,000
128,000
162,000
71,000
40,000
37,000
11 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven
420,000
88,000
117,000
88,000
73,000
54,000
12 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING-EV ABC TV
397,000
122,000
135,000
57,000
38,000
46,000
13 UNDER INVESTIGATION Nine
382,000
107,000
129,000
75,000
41,000
30,000
14 THE DOG HOUSE AUSTRALIA 10
324,000
93,000
108,000
59,000
34,000
31,000
15 HOT SEAT Nine
305,000
99,000
99,000
67,000
29,000
12,000
16 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM Seven
263,000
50,000
72,000
58,000
45,000
37,000
17 UTOPIA RPT ABC TV
254,000
70,000
87,000
41,000
25,000
31,000
18 10 NEWS FIRST 10
234,000
51,000
74,000
50,000
21,000
39,000
19 TIPPING POINT Nine
223,000
54,000
62,000
51,000
24,000
33,000
20 THE PROJECT 7PM 10
223,000
45,000
85,000
46,000
22,000
25,000

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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
372,000
110,000
105,000
70,000
41,000
46,000
2 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine
204,000
59,000
59,000
40,000
26,000
20,000
3 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine
181,000
57,000
46,000
36,000
18,000
23,000
4 NINE NEWS Nine
173,000
50,000
52,000
34,000
21,000
17,000
5 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
172,000
37,000
53,000
33,000
20,000
28,000

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
306,000
101,000
74,000
54,000
35,000
42,000
2 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine
146,000
43,000
37,000
30,000
21,000
17,000
3 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine
138,000
44,000
34,000
27,000
15,000
20,000
4 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
123,000
31,000
38,000
23,000
11,000
20,000
5 NINE NEWS Nine
119,000
33,000
32,000
26,000
16,000
13,000

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
164,000
61,000
43,000
29,000
13,000
18,000
2 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine
65,000
19,000
19,000
9,000
7,000
10,000
3 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven
59,000
12,000
19,000
10,000
4,000
13,000
4 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine
59,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
9,000
5 UNDER INVESTIGATION Nine
55,000
23,000
19,000
3,000
5,000
5,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
143,000
41,000
65,000
12,000
20,000
5,000
2 BLUEY-AM ABC K/P
108,000
32,000
39,000
11,000
18,000
7,000
3 NCIS RPT 10 Bold
104,000
16,000
42,000
25,000
12,000
10,000
4 KANGAROO BEACH-AM ABC K/P
99,000
30,000
36,000
9,000
15,000
8,000
5 REEF SCHOOL-AM ABC K/P
97,000
34,000
33,000
11,000
11,000
10,000
6 KIRI AND LOU-AM ABC K/P
95,000
32,000
39,000
5,000
18,000
1,000
7 PETER RABBIT-EV ABC K/P
94,000
41,000
27,000
10,000
6,000
10,000
8 THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON-EV ABC K/P
90,000
38,000
18,000
15,000
9,000
10,000
9 THOMAS AND FRIENDS: ALL ENGINES GO!-AM ABC K/P
90,000
33,000
34,000
5,000
15,000
3,000
10 BEN AND HOLLY'S LITTLE KINGDOM-EV ABC K/P
88,000
42,000
19,000
12,000
5,000
10,000
11 KIRI AND LOU-PM ABC K/P
88,000
36,000
19,000
16,000
13,000
4,000
12 OCTONAUTS-PM ABC K/P
87,000
19,000
27,000
17,000
13,000
11,000
13 DO, RE & MI-PM ABC K/P
86,000
38,000
19,000
11,000
13,000
4,000
14 KANGAROO BEACH-PM ABC K/P
85,000
37,000
18,000
15,000
9,000
7,000
15 HIGHWAY COPS-EP.2 PM 7mate
82,000
30,000
16,000
17,000
10,000
9,000
16 GINGER AND THE VEGESAURS-PM ABC K/P
81,000
34,000
20,000
11,000
13,000
3,000
17 HAWAII FIVE-O RPT 10 Bold
79,000
19,000
23,000
16,000
14,000
6,000
18 HAPPY THE HOGLET-AM ABC K/P
79,000
29,000
27,000
10,000
12,000
0
19 BLUEY-EV ABC K/P
77,000
36,000
13,000
13,000
5,000
10,000
20 BARGAIN HUNT-PM 7TWO
76,000
7,000
24,000
16,000
16,000
14,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 HIGHWAY COPS-EP.2 PM 7mate
38,000
16,000
4,000
6,000
5,000
7,000
2 THE BIG BANG THEORY EP 3 RPT 10 Peach
37,000
7,000
11,000
6,000
4,000
8,000
3 PETER RABBIT-EV ABC K/P
35,000
16,000
9,000
5,000
1,000
4,000
4 FRIENDS EP 4 RPT 10 Peach
35,000
7,000
12,000
9,000
0
7,000
5 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
33,000
11,000
16,000
2,000
5,000
0

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 PETER RABBIT-EV ABC K/P
35,000
17,000
8,000
5,000
1,000
4,000
2 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
35,000
11,000
16,000
2,000
5,000
1,000
3 BEN AND HOLLY'S LITTLE KINGDOM-EV ABC K/P
33,000
17,000
6,000
5,000
1,000
4,000
4 OCTONAUTS-PM ABC K/P
32,000
12,000
6,000
7,000
3,000
4,000
5 NCIS RPT 10 Bold
30,000
4,000
12,000
8,000
3,000
3,000

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

Rank Program Channel 5 city Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 PEPPA PIG-AM ABC K/P
21,000
3,000
13,000
0
3,000
1,000
2 OCTONAUTS-PM ABC K/P
19,000
8,000
2,000
4,000
1,000
4,000
3 BEN AND HOLLY'S LITTLE KINGDOM-EV ABC K/P
18,000
8,000
3,000
4,000
1,000
1,000
4 PETER RABBIT-EV ABC K/P
18,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
1,000
1,000
5 GINGER AND THE VEGESAURS-PM ABC K/P
17,000
10,000
2,000
4,000
1,000
0

Top 20 Programs - Subscription - Overnight Figures - Total People

Rank Program Network National
1 PAUL MURRAY LIVE Sky News Live
45,000
2 GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
42,000
3 ARE WE READY FOR WAR? Sky News Live
40,000
4 CREDLIN Sky News Live
37,000
5 CHRIS KENNY TONIGHT Sky News Live
36,000
6 THE BOLT REPORT Sky News Live
33,000
7 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
29,000
8 JEOPARDY! FOX Classics
28,000
9 LIVE: NBL KINGS V TAIPANS G1 ESPN
27,000
10 ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY Lifestyle Channel
24,000
11 BELOW DECK FOX Arena
23,000
12 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES FOX Classics
23,000
13 EASTENDERS UKTV
23,000
14 THE BIG BANG THEORY FOX Comedy
23,000
15 LIVE: THE JUMP ESPN
23,000
16 THE LATE DEBATE Sky News Live
22,000
17 GRAND DESIGNS: THE STREET Lifestyle Channel
22,000
18 INSIDE THE NEWS Sky News Live
22,000
19 THE BIG BANG THEORY FOX Comedy
21,000
20 NCIS FOX Crime
20,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 BELOW DECK FOX Arena
14,000
2 LIVE: NBL KINGS V TAIPANS G1 ESPN
14,000
3 GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
13,000
4 LIVE: THE JUMP ESPN
12,000
5 THE BIG BANG THEORY FOX Comedy
11,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 BELOW DECK FOX Arena
14,000
2 LIVE: NBL KINGS V TAIPANS G1 ESPN
12,000
3 LIVE: THE JUMP ESPN
11,000
4 GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel
11,000
5 NEW JERSEY: REAL HOUSEWIVES OF... FOX Arena
9,000

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

Rank Program Network National
1 BELOW DECK FOX Arena
11,000
2 MY DREAM HOME Lifestyle HOME
7,000
3 LIVE: NBL KINGS V TAIPANS G1 ESPN
7,000
4 A PLACE IN THE SUN: SUMMER SUN Lifestyle HOME
5,000
5 BUYING AND SELLING Lifestyle HOME
5,000

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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Nine recorded its highest Wednesday share since the third State of Origin game of last year with over one third of the audience watching the network. Nine’s main channel outrated all its competitors’ network shares. Second-placed Seven dropped to its lowest Wednesday share since July 2022 while ABC and 10 shares were steady and SBS down 0.5

Nine’s success featured the second dinner party of Married At First Sight that was the number one show of the night with its best Wednesday result of this season and up 10k on last week. Under Investigation that followed managed 382,000 on par with last week. Earlier Nine News was a bit more competitive and A Current Affair was a 100k winner at 7pm.

Seven’s only prime time entries in the top 20 were Seven News that dropped below 800k for the first time this year on a Wednesday and Home and Away. Code One at 7.30 was down 30k from last week and Front Bar edged down to just miss the top 20 for the first time this year.

Not a lot of change for ABC and 10 with both line-ups on par with recent results. Hard Quiz’s new season seems to be underperforming up against MAFS which is bringing down The Weekly. The Dog House was equal with the previous week’s season premiere.

The Sky News Special Are We REady for War managed 40k.

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MAFS bounced back after two nights in the 770k range.

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From Nine

  • Married at First Sight dominates timeslot across the 5 City and in all metro capitals with all key demographics and Total People
  • Married at First Sight recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 257,000 (+25% YoY)
  • Under Investigation wins timeslot in all markets with People 25-54 and Total People
  • Under Investigation recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 43,000 (+36% on last season)
  • 9News wins the timeslot across the East Coast and Sydney with Total People
  • ACA wins 7pm timeslot across 5 City and East Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide with Total People
  • Today wins breakfast slot across the East Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with Total People
  • 9Network and Channel 9 win Wednesday with all key demographics and Total People

From 10

The Dog House Australia:
• #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.

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The ratings for the Weekly with Charlie Pickering are way down.

There has also been a massive drop for Q and A on Mondays.

Of course we all know the numbers for The Project are down and it was another shocker last night.

The audience is definitely turning away from these woke type of programs.

Lets see if any of them can pick up over the next few weeks.

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Mate, seriously, you don’t even know the true meaning of woke, but use it like you’re throwing it around being smart!

Compared to Sky after dark, these shows are smashing it! Even sky after dark has dropped by miles!

It might be, people are actually outside enjoying the summer weather and not watching TV?

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Your argument is not logical because they seem to be watching MAFS in big numbers?

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Nine won every market last night Sydney by 14, Melbourne by 10 and Brisbane by 19, Adelaide 9 and Perth by just 1.

First week of ratings and Seven’s post 7.30 schedule is outside the top 20 - but only just - those missing the top 20 included.
21 Seven THE FRONT BAR
22 Seven SUNRISE
24 Seven CODE 1: MINUTE BY MINUTE
26 Nine TODAY
27 Nine NINE NEWS LATE -WED
28 ABC SPICKS AND SPECKS RPT
46 SBS SBS WORLD NEWS
47 10 FIRE COUNTRY
53 Seven KITCHEN NIGHTMARES AUSTRALIA (R)
78 10 BULL RPT
81 10 Peach FRASIER LATE RPT
82 ABC ABC LATE NEWS-LE
91 Seven THE LATEST: SEVEN NEWS

Sunrise had another win though only by 20k ahead of Today with News Breakfast +40k further back. Today had a rare win in all east coast markets. NB was third in all markets.

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

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Yes it seems they like to use it as a pejorative rather than the actual meaning of the word.

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Agreed that numbers for Sky News are way this year and I have been saying it all year

It would appear that politcially charged programs to either the right or extreme left are way down this year

However it is hard to compare pay TV with free to air

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Mate, do yourself a favour and take your own advice on that one.

1; there is no growth on viewer numbers watching FTA MAFS, it has been stable for the last few years, so therefore, those that aren’t interested in the show are either watching something else, or have turned off the TV all together.

If they were watching something else it would show scattered numbers across the rest of the shows, but instead people have turned off FTA.

None of this means it has gone “woke”, cause if that was the case even Paul Murray:Chris Kenny on Sky wouldn’t have had a fall from grace like they have this year, unless they are too Woke for you too!!

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Nothing from Seven in the Top 20 (ie. above 223k) from 7:30pm onwards on the first week of ratings is very concerning

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So you are saying that the huge audience for MAFS is unchanged but the reason the audience for Charlie Pickering’s show and Q & A have dropped this year is due to the fact thier audience is out enjoying the summer weather and not watching TV.

So once it starts to get cold, Charlie’s audience and the Q&A audience will come back inside and the numbers will go up again.

Got it.

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Well to understand the question, one must look back at last years ratings; Q&A on 3 random Thursday’s in 2022, (range September - November), didn’t make the top 20.

With the lowest rating show average on that day 244k

On Monday night, Q&A didn’t make the top 20, with the lowest top 20 show having an audience of 297k.

So for you to say, that it has dropped off, people arent watching it, how do you know this, cause that data of the show is outside the top 20!

Provide the facts on Q&A audience dropping this year?

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Q and A came in at number 30 on Monday night.

I guess their audience was out enjoying the heat at 9.30pm.

Do you need evidence to see how much Charlie’s audience has dropped from last year?

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The show screened in the middle of winter last year and the time of year it screens does have an effect on ratings. For example, Shaun Micaleff’s Mad As Hell in February rated a lot lower than The Weekly in June last year.

How is the show more “woke” than last year? He takes the piss out of pollies every year.

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It depends exactly what you want to compare but Q +A isn’t rating lower than last year. when it dropped below 170,000. This week’s episode on Monday rated the same as the one that was shown this week on a Thursday in 2022.
Almost the entire schedule for yesterday was down on the equivalent day of last year including the top rated MAFS by 70k and Seven News by 170k and Nine News by 80k. While The Weekly is down, so is its lead in Hard Quiz - by 70k as well. It is harder to compare with last year however because it aired at a different time of the year (late April) when audience numbers are higher.

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Nicely explained TV.Cynic.

Its fair to say it is a disappointing result for the ABC when Q&A is rating the same numbers on a Monday that it used to rate on a Thursday. Its numbers have been in decline for a couple of years - certainly not the powerhouse it used to be

Charlie might recover but not until MAFS is over.

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What happened with Highway Patrol on 7mate last night? One of the most consistent m/c high raters for years, looks like it totally bombed out. I will note though both were episodes heavily repeated, even I’ve seen both at least 2-3 times previously and seems to occur regularly, perhaps a reason why, need better rotation or sort out their rights to air some other seasons not shown for a while.

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There could be a couple of factors in that, but one would be the host.

Maybe opinions on the host might truly be bi-partisan, and isn’t that great to see people coming together

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