Monday Ratings – Married at First Sight on Nine is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and in Total TV

Analysis for Total TV (27 February, 2023) and Overnight (6 March, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Home and Away / Australian Idol / Starstruck combo keeps Seven competitive against MAFS.

#2 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,439 000 (+3%)

#3 Seven News – 1,427 000 (+3%)

#7 Home and Away – 973 000 (+24%)

#10 Australian Idol – Monday – 828 000 (+24%)

#13 The Chase Australia – 759 000 (+3%)

#18 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 474 000 (+3%)

#21 Sunrise – 364 000 (+5%)

#27 Starstruck – 321 000 (+7%)

#29 Seven News at 4:30 – 291 000 (+3%)

Nine

MAFS sits just below the 2 million mark with another dominant performance.

#1 Married at First Sight – Monday – 1,910 000 (+59%)

#4 A Current Affair – 1,104 000 (+7%)

#5 Nine News 6:30 – 1,104 000 (+5%)

#6 Nine News – 1,044 000 (+5%)

#15 Big Miracles – 710 000 (+32%)

#17 Hot Seat – 507 000 (+4%)

#20 Tipping Point – 371 000 (+5%)

#22 Nine’s Afternoon News – 354 000 (+3%)

#25 Hot Seat – 5pm – 335 000 (+4%)

#28 Today – 315 000 (+8%)

#30 Nine News Late – Monday – 286 000 (+8%)

10

Australian Survivor nudges closer to 900k.

#8 Australian Survivor – Monday – 888 000 (+45%)

#19 The Project 7pm – 387 000 (+7%)

#23 10 News First – 349 000 (+2%)

#28 Would I Lie to You? Australia – 329 000 (+18%)

ABC

ABC has a strong and consistent night with its news and current affairs programming.

#9 ABC News – 888 000 (+3%)

#11 730 – 816 000 (+6%)

#12 Australian Story – 799 000 (+15%)

#14 Media Watch – 736 000 (+24%)

#16 Four Corners – 601 000 (+15%)

#24 Q+A – 348 000 (+11%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Married at First Sight was #1 with 991 000 viewers, a rise of 83%. Australian Survivor – Monday was #2 with 492 000, an upswing of 59%. Big Miracles was #4 with 341 000, a lift of 41%. Home and Away was #6 with 312 000, an increase of 48%. Australian Idol – Monday was #9 with 288 000, a boost of 45%. Would I Lie to You? Australia was #12 with 177 000, growth of 15%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #2 with wins in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Seven News at 6:30 was #1 with wins in the same markets. Home and Away was #10 with 497 000. Australian Idol – Monday was #11 with 455 000. Starstruck had 236 000. A repeat of Australia: Now and Then was watched by 125 000. The Latest: Seven News was on 100 000 and a repeat of Busted in Bangkok (season final) was on 41 000.

Nine

Nine News was #5 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. Nine News 6:30 was #4 with wins in the same markets. A Current Affair was #6 overall, but won its slot on 688 000. Married at First Sight was #3 with 854 000 and demolished everything in its path. Big Miracles was #16 with 361 000. Nine News Late was on 185 000. There was a split schedule at 10:30 with Sydney and Brisbane viewers getting 100% Footy at 36 000 total viewers. New Amsterdam was shown in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth to a total audience of 34 000. A repeat of The Equalizer followed with 29 000.

10

The Project 6:30pm started the evening with 174 000. The Project 7pm rose to #19 with 305 000 viewers. Australian Survivor – Monday was #8 with 540 000. Another hilarious episode of Would I Lie To You? Australia was #20 with 256 000 viewers. A new episode of Ghosts was on 111 000. A repeat of the special, The Montreal Comedy Festival: Gala All Stars was on 56 000. A repeat episode of FBI: Most Wanted was on 38 000.

ABC

ABC News was #7 for the night. 730 was #12 with 449 000. Media Watch was #13 with 448 000. Four Corners was #14 with 432 000 and Australian Story was #15 with 405 000. Q+A had an audience of 226 000.

16-39

1. Married at First Sight
2. Australian Survivor
3. A Current Affair
4. Seven News at 6:30
5. Seven News

7. Big Miracles
10. Would I Lie to You? Australia
11. Home and Away
12. Australian Idol

25-54

1. Married at First Sight
2. Australian Survivor
3. Seven News at 6:30
4. Seven News
5. Nine News 6:30

9. Big Miracles
10. Home and Away
11. Australian Idol
12. Would I Lie to You? Australia

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (3.4%)

Second: 10 Bold (2.8%)

7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (73 000), Doc Martin (#1 at 114 000) and Inspector Morse (72 000).

10 Bold was the #2 multi channel thanks to NCIS (92 000), another NCIS (86 000) and Bull (80 000).

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

NINE

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Married at First Sight dominates timeslot across the 5 City and in all metro capitals with all key demographics and Total People
• Nine takes out the top 5 live streamed programs yesterday against all broadcasters, with MAFS leading the way at #1
• Married at First Sight takes out to top 2 programs streamed on catch up yesterday against all broadcasters
• Big Miracles wins timeslot in all markets with People 25-54 and GS + Child
• 9News wins timeslot in Sydney and Brisbane with Total People
• ACA wins 7pm timeslot in all key markets with People 25-54 
• Today wins breakfast slot across the East Coast and in Melbourne and Brisbane with Total People

9Network and Channel 9 win Monday with all key demographics and Total People

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight ratings Monday, 6 March 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Australian Survivor: #2 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Australian Survivor: 740,000 national viewers. Peaked at 868,000 viewers.
• Australian Survivor: Biggest overnight audience of the season.
• Would I Lie To You? Australia : Biggest live stream audience of the season.
• Network 10 & 10: #2 network and channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.

Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):

• #2 network in under 50s, 25s to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 31.4% commercial share in under 50s, 30.6% in 16 to 39s and 30.5% in 25 to 54s.
• 10: #2 channel in under 50s, 25s to 54s and 16 to 39s.

• 10 Bold: #2 multi-channel in its key demo of over 40s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: Up 7% week-on-week.  
• 10 Shake: Up 14% week-on-week.
• 10 Shake: Up 13% week-on-week in its key demo of under 40s.

Australian Survivor:

• 740,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 868,000 viewers.
• #2 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Biggest overnight audience of the season.
• Biggest live stream audience of the season.
• Up 14% week-on-week.
• Up 20% in 25 to 54s week-on-week, 12% in under 50s and 12% in 16 to 39s.
• 31.7% commercial share in under 50s and 30.3% in 16 to 39s.
• #2 in its timeslot.
• 19% bigger audience than closest competitor.
• 174% bigger audience than closest competitor in 25 to 54s, 122% in 16 to 39s and 108% in under 50s.
• Live stream viewers up 82% compared with the same episode in 2022.
• Series: Achieves biggest BVOD audience ever.
• Series: Live stream audience up 22% compared with 2022 series average.

Would I Lie To You? Australia:

• 338,000 national viewers. Peaked at 531,000.
• Biggest overnight audience of the season.
• Biggest live stream audience of the season.
• Up 19% week-on-week.
• Up 30% in 16 to 39s week-on-week, 9% in under 50s and 5% in 25 to 54s.
• Live stream viewers up 42% compared with the same episode in 2022.
• #2 in its timeslot.
• Series: Achieves biggest BVOD audience ever.
• Series: Live stream audience up 5% compared with 2022 series average.

The Project 7pm:

• 417,000 national viewers. Peaked at 698,000.
• #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Up 9% week-on-week.
• Full hour: Up 5% week-on-week.

10 News First:

• 342,000 viewers nationally. Peaked at 411,000.
• 6pm: Up 4% week-on-week.

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