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
Daily Shares
News
Breakfast Television
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
- Married at First Sight
- Australian Survivor
- A Current Affair
- Seven News at 6:30
- Seven News
7. Big Miracles
10. Would I Lie to You? Australia
11. Home and Away
12. Australian Idol
25-54
- Married at First Sight
- Australian Survivor
- Seven News at 6:30
- Seven News
- 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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