Saturday Ratings Australia – Border Patrol on Seven is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Call the Midwife on ABC wins in Total TV

Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (4 March, 2023) and Overnight (11 March, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Seven does surprisingly well with an encore of We Interrupt this Broadcast.

#1 Seven News – Saturday – 927 000 (+3%)

#7 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – 383 000 (+4%)

#9 We Interrupt this Broadcast (R) – 347 000 (+19%)

#10 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – Late – 318 000 (+4%)

#12 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – Early – 266 000 (+4%)

#14 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (R) – 244 000 (+3%)

#16 M – John Wick – Chapter 3: Parabellum (R) – 234 000 (+5%)

#22 Border Patrol – 207 000 (+4%)

#25 Seven News at 5 – 204 000 (+3%)

Nine

Nine is rewarded with airing original Australian content from 5pm to 8:30pm.

#2 Nine News Saturday – 777 000 (+4%)

#5 A Current Affair – Saturday – 666 000 (+5%)

#6 Space Invaders – 481 000 (+21%)

#8 Getaway – 347 000 (+5%)

#15 Nine News: First at Five – 237 000 (+3%)

#17 Weekend Today – Saturday – 232 000 (+7%)

#21 Weekend Today – Saturday – Late – 208 000 (+7%)

#24 The Notebook – 204 000 (+4%)

10

A quieter night for 10 but FBI: International does some heavy lifting and the last episode of NCIS: Los Angeles for a while airs, with 10 now pulling the show from the schedule.

#13 10 News First Saturday – 246 000 (+2%)

#19 FBI: International – 217 000 (+22%)

#20 FBI: International – episode 2 – 211 000 (+21%)

#26 NCIS: Los Angeles – 198 000 (+18%)

#30 The Dog House Australia – Encore – 167 000 (+15%)

ABC

ABC has a massive night with Call the Midwife #1 non news in primetime.

#3 ABC News – Saturday – 764 000 (+3%)

#4 Call the Midwife – 677 000 (+18%)

#11 The Larkins at Christmas (R) – 299 000 (+10%)

#28 Endeavour – 178 000 (+3%)

SBS

#18 SBS World News – 223 000 (+2%)

#23 The World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes – 205 000 (+7%)

#27 Britain’s Scenic Railways – 182 000 (+6%)

#29 SBS World News 7pm – 176 000 (+2%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Space Invaders was #4 with 148 000, a rise of 36%. We Interrupt this Broadcast – encore was #5 with 122 000, an upswing of 27%. Call the Midwife was #10 with 78 000, a lift of 73%. NCIS: Los Angeles was #22 with 57 000, an increase of 14%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News – Saturday was #1 with wins in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Border Patrol was #5 overall, but #1 non news in primetime with 329 000 viewers. The movie, Red was #9 with 231 000 viewers. The late movie, The Hangover had 97 000 viewers.

Nine

Nine News Saturday was #2 with a win in Sydney. A Current Affair – Saturday was #4 with 400 000. Space Invaders was #8 with 310 000. The movie, Sully was #16 with 154 000. The late movie, The Founder had an audience of 89 000.

10

A repeat of Bondi Rescue started the evening for 10 with 80 000 viewers. An encore of The Dog House Australia was on 101 000. Blue Bloods was on 87 000, which certainly does not justify 10’s decision to remove NCIS: Los Angeles from the line-up during its final season. CSI: Vegas rose to 96 000. A new episode of FBI: International was on 95 000. An encore of NCIS sat at 57 000.

ABC

ABC News Saturday was #3 overall, but #1 in its slot. The Larkins returned to ABC with a new season and there were 321 000 watching. The new series premiere of Under the Vines was watched by 310 000. A repeat of Grantchester was on 171 000 and a repeat of Traces was on 71 000.

16-39

1. Seven News – Saturday
2. Nine News Saturday
3. Space Invaders
4. A Current Affair – Saturday
5. Border Patrol

25-54

1. Seven News – Saturday
2. Nine News Saturday
3. Space Invaders
4. A Current Affair – Saturday
5. Border Patrol

Multi Channels

Winner: 9GO! (4.7%)

Second: 7two (3.6%)

9GO! was the #1 multi channel thanks to the movie Back to the Future III (92 000) and the movie, Law Abiding Citizen (62 000)

7two was the #2 multi channel thanks to Highland Vet (35 000), The Yorkshire Vet (71 000), Escape to the Country (77 000) and I Escaped to the Country (63 000).

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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