Friday Ratings – Seven’s Better Homes and Gardens is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst ABC’s Gardening Australia wins in Total TV

Analysis for Total TV (10 February, 2023) and Overnight (17 February, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Seven News and Better Homes and Gardens set up a winning formula for Seven

#1 Seven News – 1,131 000 (+3%)

#2 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,060 000 (+3%)

#8 Better Homes and Gardens – 630 000 (+6%)

#9 The Chase Australia – 602 000 (+3%)

#12 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 384 000 (+4%)

#14 Sunrise – 375 000 (+5%)

#21 Seven News at 4:30 – 289 000 (+2%)

#22 M – The Martian – 268 000 (+6%)

#23 Seven News at 4 – 255 000 (+2%)

#29 Sunrise – Early – 224 000 (+5%)

#30 The Morning Show – 224 000 (+4%)

Nine

Nine has success with the premiere movie, Penguin Bloom.

#3 Nine News 6:30 – 862 000 (+4%)

#4 Nine News – 816 000 (+4%)

#7 A Current Affair – 681 000 (+6%)

#11 For the Love of Pets – 385 000 (+6%)

#13 Tipping Point – 382 000 (+7%)

#15 Hot Seat – 370 000 (+4%)

#16 Penguin Bloom – 333 000 (+5%)

#18 Nine’s Afternoon News – 305 000 (+3%)

#19 Today – 298 000 (+8%)

#24 Hot Seat – 5pm – 254 000 (+4%)

10

The Graham Norton Show is struggling in its time slot as it approaches its season end.

#17 10 News First – 317 000 (+2%)

#20 The Graham Norton Show – 298 000 (+12%)

#25 The Bold and the Beautiful – 252 000 (+5%)

#26 Taskmaster Australia Encore – 243 000 (+45%)

#27 The Project 7pm – 242 000 (+3%)

ABC

ABC is strong with Gardening Australia and a repeat of Van Der Valk.

#5 ABC News – 784 000 (+3%)

#6 Gardening Australia – 690 000 (+19%)

#10 Van Der Valk (R) – 415 000 (+17%)

#28 News Breakfast – 232 000 (+5%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Better Homes and Gardens was #1 non news in prime time with 164 000 viewers, a rise of 6% and sat at #5. Gardening Australia was #6 with 160 000, an upswing of 47%. For the Love of Pets was #14 with 92 000, a lift of 11%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #1 with wins in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Seven News at 6:30 was #2 with wins in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Better Homes and Gardens was #8 overall, but the #1 non news show in primetime with 347 000. It officially tied with Gardening Australia but with rounding, Better Homes was the winner. A repeat of the movie, Kingsman: The Secret Service was #13 overall, but #1 after 8:30 with 248 000 viewers. A late night encore of Australia Idol was watched by 52 000.

Nine

Nine News was #4 with a win in Sydney. Nine News 6:30 was #3 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. A Current Affair was #6 with 461 000 and sat behind ABC News in the slot. For the Love of Pets was #12 with 255 000 viewers. The classic Australian movie, Muriel’s Wedding ran at 8:30 to an audience of just 120 000. The late movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 had 73 000.

10

The Project 6:30 had 143 000. The Project 7pm was was on 157 000. The Graham Norton Show was #18 with 192 000. An encore of Taskmaster Australia was watched by 93 000. An encore of Would I Lie to You Australia was watched by 63 000. A repeat of Just for Laughs Australia was on 49 000, followed by a repeat of Just for Laughs Uncut on 44 000.

ABC

ABC News was #5 overall, but #1 in its slot. Gardening Australia was #9 for the night and tied Better Homes with 347 000. With rounding, the show came off second. A repeat of Van Der Valk was on 240 000. This was the season final of the show. ABC’s Friday night will be strengthened next week with the premiere of the final season of Endeavour. ABC continued with repeating the first season of The Larkins with 97 000 watching episode 5. ABC Late News cut in for 58 000, then the season final (episode 6) of The Larkins aired to 46 000.

16-39

1. Seven News
2. Seven News at 6:30
3. Nine News 6:30
4. Nine News
5. Better Homes and Gardens

13. Gardening Australia
14. The Graham Norton Show
43. For the Love of Pets

25-54

1. Seven News
2. Seven News at 6:30
3. Nine News 6:30
4. Nine News
5. A Current Affair

6. Better Homes and Gardens
10. Gardening Australia
13. The Graham Norton Show
20 For the Love of Pets

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (3.8%)

Second: 10 Bold (3.0%)

7two was the #1 multi channel last night thanks to Border Security USA (51 000), Border Patrol (61 000), Escape to the Country (85 000), Escape to the Country (R) (72 000) and World’s Most Secret Homes (36 000).

10 Bold was the #2 multi channel with Bull (66 000), NCIS (78 000) and NCIS: Los Angeles (53 000).

How the Networks Analysed their Own Performance
Note: N/A means the network has not sent out a report today

NINE

N/A

SEVEN

N/A

TEN

N/A

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