Monday TV Ratings Australia – Farmer Wants a Wife on Seven is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Lego Masters: Grand Masters on Nine wins in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (24 April, 2023) and Overnight (1 May, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

#1 Seven News – 1,578 000 (+3%)

#2 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,517 000 (+3%)

#7 The Chase Australia – 856 000 (+4%)

#10 Home and Away – 758 000 (+30%)

#14 Seven’s AFL: Monday Night Football – 699 000 (+0%)

#17 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 494 000 (+4%)

#19 Seven’s AFL – Monday Night Football – Pre Match – 445 000 (+0%)

#21 Sunrise – 404 000 (+5%)

#27 Seven News at 4:30 – 299 000 (+3%)

#28 Highway Patrol – 287 000 (+8%)

#29 Seven News at 4 – 277 000 (+3%)

Nine

#3 Nine News – 1,115 000 (+5%)

#4 Nine News 6:30 – 1,102 000 (+5%)

#5 Lego Masters: Grand Masters – Monday – 975 000 (+43%)

#6 A Current Affair – 925 000 (+6%)

#16 Hot Seat – 561 000 (+5%)

#18 RPA – 478 000 (+25%)

#20 Tipping Point – 411 000 (+10%)

#22 Hot Seat – 5pm – 372 000 (+4%)

#25 Nine’s Afternoon News – 346 000 (+4%)

#26 Today – 319 000 (+8%)

10

#11 I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here – Monday – 727 000 (+28%)

#23 The Project 7pm – 366 000 (+5%)

#24 10 News First – 350 000 (+3%)

ABC

#8 ABC News – 852 000 (+4%)

#9 Media Watch – 763 000 (+28%)

#12 Australian Story – 711 000 (+13%)

#13 730 – 702 000 (+6%)

#15 Four Corners – 680 000 (+13%)

#30 The Drum – 274 000 (+4%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

#1 Lego Masters: Grand Masters – Monday – 468 000 (+60%)

#4 I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! – Monday – 337 000 (+36%)

#7 Home and Away – 256 000 (+61%)

#8 Seven’s AFL: Monday Night Football – 255 000 (+1%)

#10 Media Watch – 190 000 (+64%)

#12 The Project 7pm – 157 000 (+8%)

#15 RPA – 148 000 (+25%)

#16 Four Corners – 145 000 (+29%)

#19 Australian Story – 121 000 (+29%)

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #1 with a clean sweep in all markets. Seven News at 6:30 was #2 with wins in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Home and Away was #10 with 495 000 viewers. Farmer Wants a Wife – Monday was #8 with 589 000, was #1 in its slot and #1 non news show in primetime. 911 returned for season 6 (episode 10) at #23 with 243 000. 911: Lone Star began a new season at #39 with 134 000. The Latest: Seven News was on 80 000. A repeat of 10 Years Younger in 10 Days aired late night to 38 000.

Nine

Nine News was #3 with no wins in any market. Nine News 6:30 was #4 with a win in Sydney. A Current Affair (ACA) was #5 overall, but was #1 in its slot. Lego Masters: Grand Masters was #9 with 521 000 viewers. RPA was #20 with 297 000. Nine News Late – Monday was #32 with 167 000. At 10:20pm there was a 1 hour network split with Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth going with Footy Classified to 71 000 and Sydney and Brisbane going to 100% Footy for 53 000, giving the network a total audience of 124 000 for the hour. The network came back together at 11:20pm for a repeat episode of The Equalizer on 63 000.

10

The Project 6:30pm was on #19 with 320 000. The Project 7pm was #13 with 447 000. Due to the sudden passing of MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo, 10 hit pause on premiering the new season of MasterChef Australia last night. Instead 10 had the Paramount+ series, The Bridge Australia, which aired at 7:30pm across the network and landed at #30 with 173 000. Ghosts went to air at 9pm and had 97 000 viewers. A new episode FBI: Most Wanted aired at 9:30pm for 82 000. A repeat episode of FBI: Most Wanted followed at 10:30pm with 60 000.

ABC

ABC News was #6 overall, but sat behind ACA. 730 was #12 with 459 000. Australian Story built on the 730 audience and landed at #11 with 464 000. Four Corners was #15 with 364 000. Media Watch was #14 with 426 000. Q+A was on 224 000.

16-39

1. Seven News
2. The Project 7pm
3. Seven News at 630
4. Lego Masters: Grand Masters
5. Nine News 6:30

8. Farmer Wants a Wife
11. Home and Away
14. RPA
17. The Bridge Australia
19. 911
20. Australian Story
26. Media Watch
38. Four Corners
45. Ghosts

25-54

1. Seven News
2. Lego Masters: Grand Masters
3. Seven News at 6:30
4. Nine News
5. Nine News 6:30

6. The Project 7pm
8. Farmer Wants a Wife
10. Home and Away
15. RPA
16. Media Watch
18. Australian Story
19. The Bridge Australia
21. Four Corners
22. 911
29. Ghosts

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (3.4%)

Second: 10 Peach (3.1%)

7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (86 000), Doc Martin (#5 with 109 000) and Inspector Morse (63 000).

10 Peach was the equal #2 multi channel thanks to The Big Bang Theory – episode 1 (64 000), The Big Bang Theory – episode 2 (#19 with 91 000), The Big Bang Theory – episode 3 (#7 with 101 000), Seinfeld – episode 1 (91 000), Seinfeld – episode 2 (74 000) and Seinfeld – episode 3 (44 000).

VOZ Ratings

Note: This post will be updated with VOZ ratings each afternoon

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

NINE

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Channel 9 took out the top 3 programs live streamed yesterday against all broadcasters with 9News, 9News 6:30, and A Current Affair
• 9News recorded an Average Live BVOD Audience of 54,000
• 9News was the preferred news bulletin with all key demos in Sydney
• A Current Affair recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 46,000 (+41% YoY)
• A Current Affair was a timeslot winner with GS + Child and Total People across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney
• LEGO Masters: Grand Masters recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 46,000 (+8% YoY)
• LEGO Masters: Grand Masters was a timeslot winner with all key demos across the 5 City Metro and in all metro capital cities
• RPA recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 16,000
• RPA secured the evening audience with People 25-54 across the 5 City Metro
• TODAY recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 23,000

TODAY was the breakfast program of choice with Total People and all key demos in Melbourne  

SEVEN

TEN

N/A

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