Wednesday 18 June 2025

NATIONAL
TOTAL PEOPLE
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 19.6% 21.1% 12.6%
NINE 50.8% 47.8% 64.9%
10 10.4% 11.3% 6.4%
SBS 5.4% 5.3% 5.4%
ABC 13.8% 14.5% 10.7%
5 CITIES
TOTAL PEOPLE
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 18.1% 19.6% 11.9%
NINE 51.5% 48.4% 64.0%
10 10.9% 12.0% 6.6%
SBS 5.4% 5.3% 6.2%
ABC 14.0% 14.7% 11.3%
PEOPLE 25-54
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 13.2% 14.2% 10.6%
NINE 62.4% 59.3% 69.9%
10 10.4% 12.1% 6.3%
SBS 4.0% 3.9% 4.2%
ABC 10.0% 10.4% 9.0%
PEOPLE 16-39
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 9.8% 10.5% 8.6%
NINE 70.3% 67.2% 75.9%
10 8.9% 10.9% 5.2%
SBS 2.6% 2.4% 2.8%
ABC 8.4% 8.9% 7.5%

Total TV Overnight Top 30 Programs

Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - Total People - Total TV

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MATCH Nine 5,467,000 3,751,000 957,000
2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE MATCH Nine 4,243,000 1,942,000 430,000
3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POST MATCH Nine 4,229,000 1,470,000 360,000
4 9NEWS Nine 2,422,000 1,465,000 176,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 2,321,000 1,447,000 104,000
6 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,541,000 858,000 87,000
7 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 1,425,000 751,000 55,000
8 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 1,297,000 697,000 42,000
9 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,267,000 880,000 126,000
10 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,252,000 928,000 36,000
11 7.30-EV ABC 1,235,000 716,000 36,000
12 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 1,043,000 529,000 52,000
13 SUNRISE Seven 969,000 409,000 45,000
14 GRUEN-EV ABC 966,000 605,000 33,000
15 THE FRONT BAR Seven 938,000 441,000 30,000
16 THE PROJECT 10 935,000 370,000 22,000
17 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 899,000 442,000 40,000
18 TODAY Nine 813,000 309,000 45,000
19 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 781,000 375,000 15,000
20 10 NEWS FIRST 10 765,000 381,000 22,000
21 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 710,000 340,000 25,000
22 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 708,000 253,000 19,000
23 CLAIRE HOOPER’S HOUSE OF GAMES-EV ABC 615,000 281,000 11,000
24 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 614,000 119,000 11,000
25 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 601,000 255,000 28,000
26 9NEWS LATE Nine 559,000 331,000 92,000
27 ELSBETH 10 550,000 229,000 11,000
28 TIPPING POINT UK -RPT Nine 534,000 288,000 21,000
29 PLANET AMERICA-EV ABC 532,000 318,000 20,000
30 TODAY EXTRA Nine 500,000 192,000 27,000

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

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MATCH Nine 2,399,000 1,762,000 604,000
2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POST MATCH Nine 1,901,000 712,000 230,000
3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE MATCH Nine 1,831,000 872,000 270,000
4 9NEWS Nine 826,000 451,000 96,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 591,000 329,000 53,000
6 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 417,000 213,000 43,000
7 HOME AND AWAY Seven 386,000 267,000 68,000
8 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 371,000 169,000 21,000
9 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 366,000 183,000 28,000
10 THE PROJECT 10 335,000 142,000 12,000
11 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 321,000 160,000 27,000
12 SUNRISE Seven 310,000 128,000 25,000
13 TODAY Nine 287,000 120,000 26,000
14 THE FRONT BAR Seven 287,000 133,000 16,000
15 9NEWS LATE Nine 272,000 165,000 59,000
16 7.30-EV ABC 250,000 124,000 14,000
17 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 240,000 90,000 9,000
18 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 235,000 158,000 13,000
19 10 NEWS FIRST 10 228,000 113,000 11,000
20 GRUEN-EV ABC 220,000 133,000 14,000
21 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 204,000 110,000 6,000
22 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 199,000 98,000 19,000
23 ELSBETH 10 185,000 56,000 5,000
24 SUNRISE -EARLY Seven 171,000 83,000 16,000
25 DEAL OR NO DEAL 10 165,000 89,000 11,000
26 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 162,000 79,000 12,000
27 TODAY EXTRA Nine 159,000 69,000 15,000
28 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 150,000 25,000 5,000
29 TODAY -EARLY Nine 149,000 69,000 16,000
30 UNFILTERED Seven 147,000 66,000 8,000

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

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MATCH Nine 1,444,000 1,084,000 431,000
2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POST MATCH Nine 1,146,000 412,000 158,000
3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE MATCH Nine 1,091,000 504,000 179,000
4 9NEWS Nine 363,000 189,000 52,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 243,000 123,000 27,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 178,000 123,000 39,000
7 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 166,000 90,000 15,000
8 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 156,000 75,000 23,000
9 THE PROJECT 10 152,000 66,000 6,000
10 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 136,000 64,000 14,000
11 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 131,000 60,000 11,000
12 9NEWS LATE Nine 126,000 75,000 38,000
13 SUNRISE Seven 112,000 45,000 12,000
14 THE FRONT BAR Seven 111,000 46,000 7,000
15 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 109,000 42,000 4,000
16 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 103,000 66,000 6,000
17 TODAY Nine 100,000 43,000 12,000
18 7.30-EV ABC 95,000 54,000 6,000
19 ELSBETH 10 90,000 33,000 3,000
20 GRUEN-EV ABC 85,000 51,000 6,000
21 10 NEWS FIRST 10 78,000 34,000 5,000
22 DEAL OR NO DEAL 10 70,000 38,000 6,000
23 THE EQUALIZER Nine 70,000 32,000 19,000
24 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 69,000 36,000 10,000
25 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 67,000 28,000 6,000
26 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 67,000 35,000 3,000
27 TODAY EXTRA Nine 62,000 33,000 8,000
28 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 60,000 8,000 2,000
29 LEGO MASTERS GRAND MASTERS OF THE GALAXY -TUE -ENCORE Nine 58,000 33,000 3,000
30 NEWS BREAKFAST: EARLY-AM ABC 55,000 22,000 2,000

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

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MATCH Nine 3,938,000 2,690,000 737,000
2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POST MATCH Nine 3,060,000 1,074,000 279,000
3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE MATCH Nine 3,058,000 1,392,000 336,000
4 9NEWS Nine 1,861,000 1,164,000 141,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,826,000 1,151,000 83,000
6 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,241,000 693,000 71,000
7 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 1,146,000 606,000 44,000
8 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 1,029,000 555,000 34,000
9 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,025,000 763,000 32,000
10 7.30-EV ABC 1,023,000 600,000 32,000
11 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,001,000 691,000 101,000
12 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 831,000 425,000 43,000
13 GRUEN-EV ABC 802,000 510,000 29,000
14 SUNRISE Seven 778,000 329,000 36,000
15 THE PROJECT 10 734,000 291,000 18,000
16 THE FRONT BAR Seven 730,000 346,000 23,000
17 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 724,000 358,000 32,000
18 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 651,000 313,000 13,000
19 TODAY Nine 637,000 252,000 37,000
20 10 NEWS FIRST 10 605,000 300,000 18,000
21 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 593,000 216,000 17,000
22 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 568,000 274,000 20,000
23 CLAIRE HOOPER’S HOUSE OF GAMES-EV ABC 516,000 239,000 10,000
24 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 511,000 101,000 10,000
25 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 485,000 203,000 23,000
26 PLANET AMERICA-EV ABC 450,000 272,000 18,000
27 ELSBETH 10 449,000 185,000 9,000
28 9NEWS LATE Nine 440,000 258,000 71,000
29 TIPPING POINT UK -RPT Nine 439,000 240,000 17,000
30 TODAY EXTRA Nine 411,000 153,000 22,000

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Reach table reordered by average audience

Top 30 Programs

By Average By Reach Description Network Average BVOD Reach
1 1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MATCH Nine 3,751,000 957,000 5,467,000
2 2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE MATCH Nine 1,942,000 430,000 4,243,000
3 3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POST MATCH Nine 1,470,000 360,000 4,229,000
4 4 9NEWS Nine 1,465,000 176,000 2,422,000
5 5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,447,000 104,000 2,321,000
6 10 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 928,000 36,000 1,252,000
7 9 HOME AND AWAY Seven 880,000 126,000 1,267,000
8 6 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 858,000 87,000 1,541,000
9 7 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 751,000 55,000 1,425,000
10 11 7.30-EV ABC 716,000 36,000 1,235,000
11 8 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 697,000 42,000 1,297,000
12 14 GRUEN-EV ABC 605,000 33,000 966,000
13 12 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 529,000 52,000 1,043,000
14 17 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 442,000 40,000 899,000
15 15 THE FRONT BAR Seven 441,000 30,000 938,000
16 13 SUNRISE Seven 409,000 45,000 969,000
17 20 10 NEWS FIRST 10 381,000 22,000 765,000
18 19 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 375,000 15,000 781,000
19 16 THE PROJECT 10 370,000 22,000 935,000
20 21 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 340,000 25,000 710,000
21 26 9NEWS LATE Nine 331,000 92,000 559,000
22 29 PLANET AMERICA-EV ABC 318,000 20,000 532,000
23 18 TODAY Nine 309,000 45,000 813,000
24 28 TIPPING POINT UK -RPT Nine 288,000 21,000 534,000
25 23 CLAIRE HOOPER’S HOUSE OF GAMES-EV ABC 281,000 11,000 615,000
26 25 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 255,000 28,000 601,000
27 22 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 253,000 19,000 708,000
28 27 ELSBETH 10 229,000 11,000 550,000
29 30 TODAY EXTRA Nine 192,000 27,000 500,000
30 24 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 119,000 11,000 614,000

Top 30 Programs 25-54

By Average By Reach Description Network Average BVOD Reach
1 1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MATCH Nine 1,762,000 604,000 2,399,000
2 3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE MATCH Nine 872,000 270,000 1,831,000
3 2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POST MATCH Nine 712,000 230,000 1,901,000
4 4 9NEWS Nine 451,000 96,000 826,000
5 5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 329,000 53,000 591,000
6 7 HOME AND AWAY Seven 267,000 68,000 386,000
7 6 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 213,000 43,000 417,000
8 9 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 183,000 28,000 366,000
9 8 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 169,000 21,000 371,000
10 15 9NEWS LATE Nine 165,000 59,000 272,000
11 11 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 160,000 27,000 321,000
12 18 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 158,000 13,000 235,000
13 10 THE PROJECT 10 142,000 12,000 335,000
14 14 THE FRONT BAR Seven 133,000 16,000 287,000
15 20 GRUEN-EV ABC 133,000 14,000 220,000
16 12 SUNRISE Seven 128,000 25,000 310,000
17 16 7.30-EV ABC 124,000 14,000 250,000
18 13 TODAY Nine 120,000 26,000 287,000
19 19 10 NEWS FIRST 10 113,000 11,000 228,000
20 21 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 110,000 6,000 204,000
21 22 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 98,000 19,000 199,000
22 17 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 90,000 9,000 240,000
23 25 DEAL OR NO DEAL 10 89,000 11,000 165,000
24 24 SUNRISE -EARLY Seven 83,000 16,000 171,000
25 26 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 79,000 12,000 162,000
26 27 TODAY EXTRA Nine 69,000 15,000 159,000
27 29 TODAY -EARLY Nine 69,000 16,000 149,000
28 30 UNFILTERED Seven 66,000 8,000 147,000
29 23 ELSBETH 10 56,000 5,000 185,000
30 28 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 25,000 5,000 150,000

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Queensland’s narrow win in Game 2 of the State Of Origin series topped Wednesday with an average audience across the broadcast of 3.751 million. That was on par with Game One that had 3.755 million three weeks ago. It also compares to the second game of 2024 that had 3.263 million national viewers.

The pre-game coverage had 1.942 million, down slightly from Game One while the post game session on 1.47 million was up 250k.

Seven had the most popular non-sports line up starting with Home and Away that was again the night’s top entertainment program on 880k. The 1% Club had a UK repeat at 7.30 with just under 700k while The Front Bar managed 441k that was a season low.

MasterChef had another immunity challenge that attracted 529k, down 80k week-on-week but 50k higher than the episode against Game One. Elsbeth that followed slipped to 229k.

ABC’s regular Wednesday line up started with Gruen at just over 600k. Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee’s third episode of the season suffered a 130k drop against the increase competition. Planet America then had just 318k.

Nine News scored a narrow national win at 6pm despite a 5pm start in Perth. That was after The Chase closed the gap on Tipping Point that was broadcast at 3pm in Perth. Sunrise beat Today by 100k and News Breakfast was on a four-week high.

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Massive BVOD ratings for State of Origin game two as well, but last night’s preliminary number of 957,000 was slightly down on game one’s revised ratings of 978,000.

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State of Origin Game 2 was Australia’s No. 1 program with Total People and all key demos. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 5.467 million and a Total TV Audience of 3.751 million - up 17.5% year-on-year.

State of Origin Game 2 was the highest rating Game 2 since 2015*.

State of Origin Game 2 recorded the highest ever Total TV Audience for a State of Origin game in Perth.

State of Origin Game 2 recorded a BVOD audience of 957,000 on 9Now - up 29.5% year-on-year.

State of Origin Game 2 was the No. 1 program of the night in:

  • Sydney - Total TV Audience of 1.042 million
  • Melbourne - Total TV Audience of 308,000
  • Brisbane - Total TV Audience of 888,000
  • Perth - Total TV Audience of 190,000

State of Origin Game 2 was the No. 2 program of the night in:

Adelaide - Total TV Audience of 96,000

*based on TAM 2016-2021 & VOX 2022-2025

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Seven reaches 5.51 million on Wednesday, 7plus grows
7plus: up 22.4% year-on-year
7NEWS: reaches 2.32 million
The Chase Australia: reaches 1.43 million
The 1% Club UK: reaches 1.3 million
Home and Away: #1 in drama, reaches 1.27 million
Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 32% more viewers than Today

Seven Network reaches 5.51 million Australians nationally.
7plus: up 22.4% year-on-year.
7NEWS Wednesday: National reach 2.32 million, national audience 1.45 million.
The Chase Australia Wednesday: National reach 1.43 million, national audience 751,000.
The 1% Club UK: National reach 1.3 million, national audience 697,000.
Home and Away Wednesday: #1 drama. National reach 1.27 million, national audience 880,000.
Sunrise Wednesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 969,000, national audience 409,000. 32% more viewers than Today.
The Front Bar : National reach 938,000, national audience 441,000.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 29.9 22.9 31.0
Nine Network 55.8 63.7 54.4
Network Ten 14.3 13.4 14.6

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 24.2 16.7 25.5
Nine Network 62.9 71.3 60.9
Network Ten 12.9 12.0 13.6


MasterChef Australia Serves Up 8.2 Million Viewers This Season.

MasterChef ‘s BVOD Audience Rises 7% In Sweet Week.

MasterChef Australia: Back To Win:

  • Reached 1.04 million total viewers.
  • Sweet Week: BVOD audience (60,000) rises 7% week-on-week.
  • Season-to-date: Reaching 8.2 million viewers.

7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Wed, 11 June):

  • MasterChef Australia: Back To Win reached 1.33 million total viewers. #1 entertainment show in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.

Network 10 Last Night:

  • Yesterday, 10 reached 3.78 million Australians across Network 10 and 10 Play

Ranking by average audience

Top 30 Programs

Rank Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
Average
Broadcast
Average
BVOD
1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MAT… NINE 3,751,000 2,794,000 957,000
2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE … NINE 1,942,000 1,512,000 430,000
3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POS… NINE 1,470,000 1,110,000 360,000
4 9NEWS NINE 1,465,000 1,289,000 176,000
5 SEVEN NEWS SEVEN 1,447,000 1,343,000 104,000
6 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 928,000 892,000 36,000
7 HOME AND AWAY SEVEN 880,000 754,000 126,000
8 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA NINE 858,000 771,000 87,000
9 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA SEVEN 751,000 696,000 55,000
10 7.30-EV ABC 716,000 680,000 36,000
11 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) SEVEN 697,000 654,000 42,000
12 GRUEN-EV ABC 605,000 572,000 33,000
13 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED TEN 529,000 477,000 52,000
14 9NEWS AFTERNOON NINE 442,000 403,000 40,000
15 THE FRONT BAR SEVEN 441,000 411,000 30,000
16 SUNRISE SEVEN 409,000 364,000 45,000
17 10 NEWS FIRST TEN 381,000 359,000 22,000
18 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 375,000 360,000 15,000
19 THE PROJECT TEN 370,000 348,000 22,000
20 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 SEVEN 340,000 315,000 25,000
21 9NEWS LATE NINE 331,000 239,000 92,000
22 PLANET AMERICA-EV ABC 318,000 298,000 20,000
23 TODAY NINE 309,000 263,000 45,000
24 TIPPING POINT UK -RPT NINE 288,000 267,000 21,000
25 CLAIRE HOOPER’S HOUSE OF GAMES-EV ABC 281,000 270,000 11,000
26 DEAL OR NO DEAL TEN 268,000 246,000 21,000
27 THE MORNING SHOW SEVEN 255,000 227,000 28,000
28 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 253,000 234,000 19,000
29 SBS WORLD NEWS SBS 243,000 229,000 14,000
30 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-PM ABC 238,000 231,000 7,000

Top 30 Programs 25-54

Rank Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
Average
Broadcast
Average
BVOD
1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MAT… NINE 1,762,000 1,159,000 604,000
2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE … NINE 872,000 602,000 270,000
3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POS… NINE 712,000 482,000 230,000
4 9NEWS NINE 451,000 356,000 96,000
5 SEVEN NEWS SEVEN 329,000 276,000 53,000
6 HOME AND AWAY SEVEN 267,000 200,000 68,000
7 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA NINE 213,000 170,000 43,000
8 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED TEN 183,000 155,000 28,000
9 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) SEVEN 169,000 147,000 21,000
10 9NEWS LATE NINE 165,000 107,000 59,000
11 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA SEVEN 160,000 133,000 27,000
12 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 158,000 145,000 13,000
13 THE PROJECT TEN 142,000 130,000 12,000
14 THE FRONT BAR SEVEN 133,000 118,000 16,000
15 GRUEN-EV ABC 133,000 119,000 14,000
16 SUNRISE SEVEN 128,000 103,000 25,000
17 7.30-EV ABC 124,000 110,000 14,000
18 TODAY NINE 120,000 93,000 26,000
19 10 NEWS FIRST TEN 113,000 102,000 11,000
20 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 110,000 103,000 6,000
21 9NEWS AFTERNOON NINE 98,000 78,000 19,000
22 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 90,000 81,000 9,000
23 DEAL OR NO DEAL TEN 89,000 78,000 11,000
24 SUNRISE -EARLY SEVEN 83,000 67,000 16,000
25 PLANET AMERICA-EV ABC 80,000 71,000 8,000
26 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 SEVEN 79,000 67,000 12,000
27 THE EQUALIZER NINE 71,000 42,000 30,000
28 TODAY EXTRA NINE 69,000 53,000 15,000
29 TODAY -EARLY NINE 69,000 53,000 16,000
30 LEGO MASTERS GRAND MASTERS OF THE GALAXY -TUE… NINE 67,000 60,000 6,000

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Outside the real top 30 included

Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
SUNRISE -EARLY SEVEN 226,000
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL TEN 222,000
THE CHASE-UK SEVEN 209,000
UNFILTERED SEVEN 205,000
SEVEN’S NATIONAL NEWS AT NOON SEVEN 199,000
POINTLESS NINE 179,000
TODAY -EARLY NINE 166,000
SBS WORLD NEWS 7PM SBS 163,000
SPICKS AND SPECKS-ENCORE ABC 141,000
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB ADDRESS-PM ABC 141,000
FARMER WANTS A WIFE (R) SEVEN 137,000
LEGO MASTERS GRAND MASTERS OF THE GALAXY -TUE… NINE 135,000
FBI: INTERNATIONAL TEN 130,000
UNBELIEVABLE MOMENTS CAUGHT ON CAMERA (R) SEVEN 125,000
THE TITAN SUB DISASTER: MINUTE BY MINUTE RPT SBS 99,000
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This is a really good number and I’m happy it’ll be much to the chagrin of Kerry Stokes.

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5 cities

Note that the Perth schedule included 9News at 5pm and Tipping Point at 3pm.

Nine News Sydney’s rating is the second highest weekday result only less than the Wednesday of Game One.

Without Tipping Point at 5pm, 10 News Perth improves.

Nine won all markets except Adelaide that was won by Seven. That included a win in Perth by over 10 points.

Nine’s 16-39 share in Sydney was 79.1% while in Brisbane it was an amazing 84.1%

5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per
Seven News 932,000 236,000 268,000 173,000 125,000 129,000
Nine News 1,022,000 318,000 308,000 245,000 83,000 68,000
10 News 283,000 77,000 73,000 61,000 32,000 39,000
ABC News 600,000 163,000 222,000 85,000 59,000 71,000
5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per
Chase Aus 466,000 137,000 143,000 76,000 54,000 56,000
Tipping Aus 573,000 139,000 189,000 163,000 59,000 24,000
5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per
Sunrise 241,000 80,000 46,000 50,000 24,000 40,000
Today 203,000 60,000 52,000 61,000 15,000 15,000
News Breakf 146,000 39,000 47,000 28,000 13,000 20,000
SEVEN NINE 10 SBS ABC
Syd 11.8% 63.5% 7.1% 5.0% 12.6%
Mel 25.0% 33.7% 15.6% 6.8% 18.9%
Bri 11.2% 68.5% 8.5% 3.5% 8.3%
Ade 30.7% 28.7% 16.9% 6.7% 17.0%
Per 26.4% 37.3% 11.8% 7.0% 17.5%
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Why would Kerry Stokes care? These numbers never translate back to regular season NRL games, as the next NRL game will only rate around 8k on gem.

The Perth Bears will enter the NRL in 2027 and this Origin rating + 57k crowd at Optus Stadium indicates that there’s a large continent of rugby fans in Perth. Even though it’s good for WA, this hasn’t pleased Kerry Stokes and there’ve been a number of hit pieces against the Perth Bears and NRL in the West Australian and it refused to give any coverage in the lead up to the Origin game yesterday.

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I wouldn’t be so sure. When SOO came to Melbourne’s MCG the place was packed and the TV ratings were good. It was something of a novelty and they hype was high.

The halo effect on the regular NRL season didn’t happen.

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You have to understand that state of origin isn’t reflective of where the NRL actually is. It rates even more than their grand final. Origin is an amazing beast, and its by far NRL’s greatest asset, but audiences watch it because its an event. Not because they want to follow it all the time. That’s why state of origin audiences never translate to the regular season product. Look at the Melbourne ratings. Over 300k watched it, but storm would be lucky to get 50k on the main channel. The same with the perth ratings. Even with the bears, you will not be getting anywhere near these figures. NRL’s regular season games rates very poorly on gem, which is all the proof you need. And the same goes for the AFL. The grand final gets upwards of 400k in Brisbane and Sydney, but not even 1/4th of those numbers watch regular season games.

Also, Perth sells out every major sporting event. Even an AS Roma vs Milan friendly last year got 60k at Optus. I’m sure there’s a market in perth for NRL, but its niche, and if it wasn’t, they would be watching NRL games throughout the season. Which they don’t. Treat Origin like the AFL grand final. It gets mega ratings everywhere, but its not reflective of where the games are in the states.

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The AFL still make an effort to grow the game in QLD and NSW which is why every game the local teams play get FTA coverage unlike Victoria. Doesn’t mean AFL is going to be more popular than NRL nor is it expected to, but it doesn’t mean the AFL shouldn’t bother and there is a decent support base in those states.

My original point was more about Kerry Stokes and the coverage in the West Australian because the media in the eastern states don’t try to kill the minor code out of a small minded, personal interest of the owner.

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Total TV Consolidated 7 Days

Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs Total People

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MATCH Nine 5,542,000 3,776,000 970,000
2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE MATCH Nine 4,312,000 1,967,000 437,000
3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POST MATCH Nine 3,725,000 1,076,000 263,000
4 9NEWS Nine 2,431,000 1,467,000 177,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 2,337,000 1,452,000 105,000
6 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,563,000 874,000 91,000
7 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 1,437,000 760,000 58,000
8 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,416,000 1,014,000 211,000
9 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 1,336,000 716,000 43,000
10 7.30-EV ABC 1,278,000 714,000 38,000
11 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,254,000 930,000 36,000
12 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 1,155,000 682,000 137,000
13 THE FRONT BAR Seven 1,044,000 501,000 48,000
14 GRUEN-EV ABC 984,000 708,000 95,000
15 SUNRISE Seven 975,000 409,000 45,000
16 THE PROJECT 10 956,000 376,000 23,000
17 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 901,000 443,000 40,000
18 TODAY Nine 813,000 309,000 45,000
19 10 NEWS FIRST 10 765,000 384,000 22,000
20 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 710,000 340,000 25,000
21 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 710,000 253,000 19,000
22 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 635,000 404,000 34,000
23 CLAIRE HOOPER’S HOUSE OF GAMES-EV ABC 629,000 293,000 13,000
24 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 614,000 119,000 11,000
25 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 601,000 255,000 28,000
26 ELSBETH 10 578,000 310,000 22,000
27 TIPPING POINT UK -RPT Nine 543,000 294,000 21,000
28 PLANET AMERICA-EV ABC 507,000 348,000 51,000
29 TODAY EXTRA Nine 500,000 192,000 27,000
30 DEAL OR NO DEAL 10 500,000 275,000 25,000

Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs 25-54

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MATCH Nine 2,428,000 1,772,000 612,000
2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE MATCH Nine 1,851,000 883,000 274,000
3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POST MATCH Nine 1,693,000 529,000 168,000
4 9NEWS Nine 827,000 452,000 96,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 601,000 332,000 53,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 454,000 331,000 116,000
7 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 424,000 254,000 76,000
8 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 419,000 215,000 44,000
9 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 375,000 170,000 22,000
10 THE PROJECT 10 345,000 144,000 13,000
11 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 326,000 163,000 28,000
12 THE FRONT BAR Seven 315,000 152,000 24,000
13 SUNRISE Seven 315,000 128,000 25,000
14 TODAY Nine 287,000 120,000 26,000
15 GRUEN-EV ABC 269,000 189,000 45,000
16 7.30-EV ABC 264,000 127,000 15,000
17 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 240,000 90,000 9,000
18 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 237,000 160,000 13,000
19 10 NEWS FIRST 10 228,000 113,000 11,000
20 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 199,000 98,000 19,000
21 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 187,000 129,000 18,000
22 9NEWS LATE Nine 178,000 118,000 44,000
23 SUNRISE -EARLY Seven 171,000 83,000 16,000
24 ELSBETH 10 170,000 73,000 10,000
25 DEAL OR NO DEAL 10 167,000 91,000 13,000
26 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 162,000 79,000 13,000
27 TODAY EXTRA Nine 159,000 69,000 15,000
28 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 150,000 25,000 5,000
29 TODAY -EARLY Nine 149,000 69,000 16,000
30 LEGO MASTERS GRAND MASTERS OF THE GALAXY -TUE -ENCORE Nine 140,000 69,000 6,000

Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs 16-39

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MATCH Nine 1,469,000 1,092,000 437,000
2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE MATCH Nine 1,107,000 512,000 182,000
3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POST MATCH Nine 1,002,000 299,000 114,000
4 9NEWS Nine 363,000 189,000 53,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 245,000 124,000 27,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 222,000 162,000 69,000
7 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 195,000 122,000 43,000
8 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 157,000 76,000 24,000
9 THE PROJECT 10 156,000 67,000 6,000
10 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 137,000 65,000 14,000
11 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 131,000 61,000 11,000
12 THE FRONT BAR Seven 120,000 51,000 11,000
13 SUNRISE Seven 115,000 45,000 12,000
14 GRUEN-EV ABC 112,000 79,000 21,000
15 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 109,000 42,000 4,000
16 7.30-EV ABC 104,000 55,000 7,000
17 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 103,000 66,000 6,000
18 TODAY Nine 100,000 43,000 12,000
19 ELSBETH 10 84,000 40,000 4,000
20 10 NEWS FIRST 10 78,000 34,000 5,000
21 9NEWS LATE Nine 76,000 54,000 29,000
22 DEAL OR NO DEAL 10 71,000 38,000 7,000
23 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 69,000 36,000 10,000
24 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 67,000 28,000 6,000
25 LEGO MASTERS GRAND MASTERS OF THE GALAXY -TUE -ENCORE Nine 67,000 35,000 3,000
26 TODAY EXTRA Nine 62,000 33,000 8,000
27 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 61,000 43,000 9,000
28 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 60,000 8,000 2,000
29 NEWS BREAKFAST: EARLY-AM ABC 55,000 22,000 2,000
30 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 55,000 25,000 8,000

Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs Grocery Shoppers

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MATCH Nine 3,995,000 2,708,000 747,000
2 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -PRE MATCH Nine 3,108,000 1,410,000 341,000
3 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -POST MATCH Nine 2,699,000 793,000 205,000
4 9NEWS Nine 1,867,000 1,165,000 142,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,838,000 1,155,000 84,000
6 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,260,000 706,000 73,000
7 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 1,156,000 613,000 46,000
8 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,120,000 799,000 170,000
9 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 1,061,000 572,000 34,000
10 7.30-EV ABC 1,057,000 598,000 34,000
11 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,028,000 764,000 32,000
12 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 926,000 551,000 113,000
13 GRUEN-EV ABC 821,000 600,000 82,000
14 THE FRONT BAR Seven 814,000 393,000 37,000
15 SUNRISE Seven 782,000 329,000 36,000
16 THE PROJECT 10 749,000 295,000 19,000
17 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 725,000 359,000 32,000
18 TODAY Nine 637,000 252,000 37,000
19 10 NEWS FIRST 10 604,000 301,000 18,000
20 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 594,000 216,000 17,000
21 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 568,000 274,000 20,000
22 GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT SPELLING BEE-EV ABC 530,000 339,000 30,000
23 CLAIRE HOOPER’S HOUSE OF GAMES-EV ABC 525,000 247,000 12,000
24 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 511,000 101,000 10,000
25 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 485,000 203,000 23,000
26 ELSBETH 10 474,000 254,000 18,000
27 TIPPING POINT UK -RPT Nine 445,000 245,000 17,000
28 PLANET AMERICA-EV ABC 434,000 299,000 45,000
29 TODAY EXTRA Nine 411,000 153,000 22,000
30 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-PM ABC 407,000 208,000 7,000

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