Friday Ratings – A repeat of Vera tops non news primetime in overnights, whilst Seven’s cricket coverage is king in Total TV

Analysis for Total TV (2 December, 2022) and Overnight (9 December, 2022) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven News was #1 with 1,022 000, rising 3%. Seven News at 6:30 was #2 with 993 000, an upswing of 2%. Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v West Indies Day 3 Session 3 was #9 with 651 000. As Seven do not have BVOD rights to the cricket for 7plus, there was no rise in Total TV. Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v West Indies Day 3 Session 2 was # 12 with 479 000. Sunrise was #14 with 386 000, a lift of 4%. Seven’s movie, The Fugitive was #17 with 345 000, an increase of 3%. Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v West Indies Day 3 Lunch was #21 with 313 000. Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v West Indies Day 3 Session 1 was #22 with 310 000. Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v West Indies Day 3 Tea was #25 with 278 000.Sunrise – Early was #29 with 242 000, a boost of 5%. Better Homes and Gardens was #30 with 238 000, growth of 3%.

Nine News was #3 with 896 000, strengthening its overnights by 4%. Nine News 6:30 was #4 with 875 000, bolstering its audience by 4%. A Current Affair was #7 with 721 000, an upsurge of 4%. Taronga: Who’s Who in the Zoo was #10 with 509 000, an improvement of 9%. Hot Seat was running solo with no competition from The Chase Australia and moved to #13 with 459 000, expanding its audience by 3%. Nine’s Afternoon News was #15 with 356 000, an enhancement of 3%. Tipping Point was #16 with 354 000, an uplift of 6%. Today was #18 with 338 000, up 7%. Hot Seat – 5pm was #20 with 322 000, up 3%. The movie, Bridget Jones’s Baby was #28 with 261 000, a rise of 5%.

10 News First was #19 with 333 000, an upswing of 2%. The Bold and the Beautiful was #24 with 280 000, a rise of 5%. The Graham Norton Show was #26 with 274 000, a lift of 10%. The Project 7pm was #27 with 261 000, an increase of 5%.

A repeat of Vera was #5 overall but #1 non news in primetime with 834 000, boosting its audience by 20%. ABC News was #6 with 753 000, #1 in its slot and an upsurge of 3%. Gardening Australia was #8, but #1 in its slot with 709 000, an improvement of 16%. An encore of the season final of Fisk was #11 with 485 000, expanding its audience by 100%.

SBS continued with the 2022 FIFA World Cup with its match between Japan and Spain at #23 with 293 000, an uplift of 77%.

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Despite no BVOD numbers, Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v West Indies Day 3 Session 3 was #3 overall, but #1 non news. The Japan v Spain match on SBS, part of the 2022 FIFA World Cup was #6. The Project rates a lot higher in 25-54 compared to Total People, coming in at #16. The Fisk encore on ABC was #8 and rose 317%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Multi-Channels

Winner: 7mate / 9Gem (3.4%)

Second: 10 Peach (3.3%)

Analysis

Seven News was #1 with wins in Adelaide and Perth. Seven News at 6:30 was #4 with wins again in Adelaide and Perth. Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v West Indies Day 2 Session 3 was #5 with 459 000, Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v West Indies Day 2 Session 2 was #8 with 389 000. Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v West Indies Day 2 Tea was #11 with 277 000. Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v West Indies Day 2 Dinner was #14 with 274 000.

Nine News was #3 with 568 000 and wins in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Nine News 6:30 was #3 with wins in the same markets. A Current Affair was #7 with 406 000 and was particularly strong in Brisbane. Taronga Who’s Who in the Zoo was #12 with 289 000. The movie, Fred Claus had 131 000 watching.

The Project 6:30pm had 115 000 watching. The Project 7pm was on 154 000. Christmas with the Australian Women’s Weekly had 142 000. An encore of last Sunday’s The Graham Norton Show had an audience of 96 000.

ABC News was #6 with 454 000 and won its slot. Gardening Australia was #10 with 344 000 watching. A repeat of Vera was #9 with 355 000.

16-39

1. Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v West Indies Day 2 Session 3
2. Nine News
3. Seven News
4. Nine News 6:30
5. Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v West Indies Day 2 Session 2

25-54

1. Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v West Indies Day 2 Session 3
2. Seven News
3. Nine News
4. Nine News 6:30
5. Seven News at 6:30

Multi Channels

Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v West Indies session whilst Seven News was on, was #3 in the multi channel rankings.

How the Networks Analysed their Own Performance

NINE

N/A

SEVEN

N/A

TEN

N/A

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