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

Analysis for Total TV (20 February, 2023) and Overnight (27 February, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Australian Idol drops below the 800k mark… but only just!

#2 Seven News – 1,441 000 (+3%)

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

#8 Home and Away – 927 000 (+24%)

#10 The Chase Australia – 834 000 (+3%)

#12 Australian Idol – Monday – 795 000 (+23%)

#18 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 512 000 (+3%)

#20 Sunrise – 381 000 (+5%)

#25 Seven News at 4:30 – 318 000 (+3%)

#28 Starstruck – 296 000 (+9%)

#30 Seven News at 4 – 294 000 (+2%)

Nine

MAFS remains strong for Nine – nudging 1.8 million.

#1 Married at First Sight – Monday – 1,792 000 (+60%)

#4 Nine News 6:30 – 1,137 000 (+5%)

#5 Nine News – 1,098 000 (+4%)

#6 A Current Affair – 993 000 (+9%)

#16 Big Miracles – 660 000 (+39%)

#17 Hot Seat – 515 000 (+4%)

#21 Tipping Point – 376 000 (+6%)

#26 Nine’s Afternoon News – 310 000 (+3%)

#27 Hot Seat – 5pm – 306 000 (+4%)

#29 Today – 295 000 (+8%)

10

Australian Survivor remains close to 900k.

#9 Australian Survivor – Monday – 885 000 (+43%)

#19 The Project 7pm – 398 000 (+6%)

#22 10 News First – 362 000 (+2%)

#23 Would I Lie to You? Australia – 332 000 (+15%)

ABC

ABC remains consistent with three programs in consecutive ranking spots.

#7 ABC News – 934 000 (+3%)

#11 730 – 803 000 (+5%)

#13 Back Roads – 781 000 (+12%)

#14 Media Watch – 702 000 (+20%)

#15 Four Corners – 700 000 (+14)

#24 Q+A – 326 000 (+16%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Married at First Sight was #1 with 918 000 viewers, a rise of 89%. Australian Survivor was #2 with 482 000, an upswing of 52%. Big Miracles was #5 with 318 000, a lift of 51%. Australian Idol was #7 with 297 000, an increase of 41%. Would I Lie to You? Australia was #15 with 151 000, a boost of 14%. Starstruck was #24 with 101 000, growth of 10%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #2 with wins in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Seven News 6:30 was #1 with wins again in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Home and Away was #8 with 496 000 viewers. Australian Idol was #13 with the first live eviction show attracting 422 000 viewers. Starstruck followed with 177 000. A repeat of Australia: Now and Then had 99 000 viewers. The Latest: Seven News was watched by 78 000. A repeat of Busted in Bangkok had 35 000 late night viewers.

Nine

Nine News was #5 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. Nine News 6:30 was #4 with wins also in Sydney and Brisbane. A Current Affair was #6 overall, but #1 in its slot with 712 000. Married at First Sight (MAFS) was #3 with 885 000 viewers and completely dominated the time slot. Big Miracles was #14 with a time slot winning 405 000. Nine News Late – Monday was watched by 218 000. New Amsterdam continued with the fourth episode in its final season to 81 000. 100% Footy returns to this slot next week, so the show will need to be rescheduled for these markets. A late night repeat of The Equalizer had 46 000. Almost Family aired just after midnight to 27 000 viewers.

10

The Project 6:30 had 169 000 viewers. The Project 7pm was #19 with 278 000. Australian Survivor – Monday was #10 with 474 000 and is now consistently winning against Australian Idol. Would I Lie to You? Australia was #25 with 217 000. An encore of The Montreal Comedy Festival: Pride Gala had 68 000 viewers. An 11pm repeat of FBI: Most Wanted was watched by 34 000.

ABC

ABC News was #7 overall and #2 in its slot. 730 was #9 with 486 000. Australian Story with new host Leigh Sales premiered a new season at #11 to 464 000. Four Corners was #17 with 339 000. Media Watch was #15 with 387 000. Q+A was watched by 212 000.

16-39

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

10. Home and Away
11. Australian Idol
13. Would I Lie to You? Australia
28. Starstruck

25-54

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

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

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (3.8%)

Second: 10 Bold (3.3%)

7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to Doc Martin (#1 with 129 000), Inspector Morse (#12 with 89 000) and Bargain Hunt (#17 with 79 000).

10 Bold was the #2 multi channel thanks to NCIS (#2 with 109 000), Bull (#4 with 101 000) and a second NCIS (#5 with 100 000).

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

NINE

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:

• The 9Network and Channel 9 wins Monday with Total People and all key demos
• Married At First Sight is Australia’s No. 1 program with all key demos across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth 
• Married At First Sight continues to dominate its timeslot with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth 
• Episode 18 of Married At First Sight recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 284,000 (+44% YoY)
• Nine takes out the top 5 live streamed programs yesterday against all broadcasters, with MAFS leading the way at #1
• Big Miracles hits its highest rating episode of the year winning its timeslot with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro and in all metro capitals 
• Big Miracles recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 60,000
• ACA soars to highest rating episode of the year winning the 7pm timeslot with Total People, People 16-39 and GS + Child across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane 
• ACA recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 58,000 (+13% YoY)
• 9News was the news bulletin of choice with Total People, People 25-54 and People 16-39 in Sydney and Brisbane 
• Today was the breakfast show of choice winning Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro 

Today Extra is timeslot winner with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro 

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight ratings Monday, 27 February 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Australian Survivor: #2 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Australian Survivor: Biggest live stream audience of the season.
• Would I Lie To You? Australia : Biggest 25 to 54s and under 50s 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.
• Up 7% week-on-week
• Up 15% in 16 to 39s week-on-week, 12% in under 50s and 6% in 25 to 54s.
• 31.6% commercial share in under 50s, 30.8 in 25 to 54s and 30.2% in 16 to 39s.

• 10: #2 channel in under 50s, 25s to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10: Up 4% week-on-week.
• 10: Up 13% in under 50s week-on-week, 12% in 16 to 39s and 9% in 25 to 54s.

• 10 Bold: #2 multi-channel in its key demo of over 40s.
• 10 Bold: Up 27% week-on-week and 21% in its key demo of over 40s.
• 10 Peach: #2 multi-channel in it skey demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: Up 25% week-on-week in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Shake: Up 12% week-on-week.

Australian Survivor:

• 649,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 784,000 viewers.
• #2 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Biggest live stream audience of the season.
• #2 in its timeslot.
• 12% bigger audience than closest competitor.
• 139% bigger audience than closest competitor in 25 to 54s, 103% in under 50s and 99% in 16 to 39s.
• Series: Achieves biggest BVOD audience ever.

Would I Lie To You? Australia:

• 290,000 national viewers. Peaked at 453,000.
• Biggest 25 to 54s and under 50s audience of the season.
• Up 12% in 25 to 54s week-on-week and 9% in under 50s.
• Live stream viewers up 52% compared with the same episode in 2022.
• #2 in its timeslot.
• Series: Achieves biggest BVOD audience ever.

The Project 7pm:

• 378,000 national viewers. Peaked at 562,000.

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