Nine won its first Wednesday since the Paris Olympics with a less than one-point margin. Seven’s share slipped by two as Nine improved by the same. 10 picked up some extra viewers with Gogglebox in Wednesday’s line up as ABC and SBS lost share.
The Block continued its good run this week again with an improved rating, up 60k on the previous week. Seven’s 1% Club dropped by 70k though still managed a healthy 785k. Thank God You’re Here was steady for 10 and ABC’s Shaun Micallef’s Eve of Destruction was up slightly.
Later it was close between The Front Bar (543k) and Gogglebox (540k) but both were easily beaten by Nine’s Paralympics that had 589k. Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee continued to lose ground, down 50k.
Even later, Paralympics had 384 for the Night 2 session while Planet America averaged 383k. Then the late session of the Paralympic made the top 30 with 229k.
At breakfast Sunrise was down from its recent highs but still 80k ahead of Today. In the afternoon The Chase had its first win of the week.
Wednesday’s broadcast of the 9Network’s exclusive coverage of the Paralympic Games Paris 2024 secured a National Total TV Reach of 2.682 million across Channel 9, 9Gem and 9Now. 2.352 million were reached on Broadcast TV while BVOD 369,000 were reached on 9Now.
Paralympic Games Paris 2024 Day 7 Night recorded a National Total TV Reach of 1.006 million and a Total TV National Audience of 589,000.
Paralympic Games Paris 2024 Day 7 Night Session 2 recorded a National Total TV Reach of 1.108 million and a Total TV National Audience of 384,000.
Paralympic Games Paris 2024 Day 7 Late recorded a National Total TV Reach of 696,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 229,000.
Paralympic Games Paris 2024 Day 7 Afternoon recorded a National Total TV Reach of 343,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 81,000.
The Block was the No. 1 program on Wednesday night with People 25-54 and People 16-39 across Australia. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 1.745 million, a Total TV National Audience of 970,000, up 6.7% on the same night last year, and a BVOD audience of 153,000 - up 35.6% year-on-year.
9News was the No. 1 program with Total People across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The combined bulletins recorded a National Total TV Reach of 1.913 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.142 million - up 5.7% when compared to the same night last year. On 9Now, its BVOD audience of 96,000 was up 70.5% year-on-year.
Tipping Point was Australia’s No.1 afternoon game show with Total People across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney and Brisbane. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 1.238 million and a Total TV National Audience of 618,000, lifting the timeslot by 36.1% when compared to the same day last year.
A Current Affair won the 7.00pm timeslot with Total People, People 25-54 and People 16-39 across Australia and in Sydney and Brisbane. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.556 million and a Total TV National Audience of 972,000. It secured a BVOD audience of 85,000 - up 51.3% on the same night last year.
Today was the No.1 breakfast program with People 25-54 and People 16-39 across the 5 City Metro and Total People in Melbourne and Brisbane It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 780,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 306,000. Its BVOD audience was 34,000 - up 29.4% year-on-year.
The 9Network was the No. 1 network across the 5 City Metro and with Total People and all key demos.
9Now was the No. 1 CFTA BVOD platform across Australia with Total People and all key demos.
Nine wins Sydney by 9, Melbourne 4 by and Brisbane by 11.
Seven wins Adelaide 8 by and Perth 7.
Seven News win the broadcast metro numbers but Nine News wins in total TV.
5 City
Syd
Mel
Bri
Ade
Per
Seven News
766,000
164,000
230,000
161,000
88,000
124,000
Nine News
749,000
196,000
229,000
186,000
59,000
79,000
10 News
203,000
56,000
55,000
39,000
25,000
29,000
Total TV
Seven News
815,000
Nine News
825,000
10 News
214,000
5 City
Syd
Mel
Bri
Ade
Per
Chase Aus
377,000
78,000
135,000
75,000
38,000
49,000
Tipping Aus
382,000
91,000
119,000
90,000
37,000
44,000
5 City
Syd
Mel
Bri
Ade
Per
Sunrise
202,000
59,000
42,000
42,000
21,000
37,000
Today
171,000
45,000
45,000
60,000
10,000
11,000
News Break
129,000
30,000
41,000
27,000
22,000
9,000
Note that these are broadcast TV numbers. That may sometimes lead to PR releases seeming to differ as to which program won a market if the network is using Total TV numbers that included live BVOD.