Analysis for Total TV (31 December, 2022) and Overnight (7 January, 2023) ratings.
TOTAL TV – Total People
Seven
Very quiet NYE on Seven with nothing attracting big numbers in primetime.
#4 Seven News – Saturday – 915 000 (+2%)
#11 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – 417 000 (+3%)
#12 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday Late – 392 000 (+3%)
#13 M – A Dog’s Purpose – 381 000 (+5%)
#15 Seven News at 5 – 313 000 (+2%)
#17 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (R) – 265 000 (+5%)
#20 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday Early – 257 000 (+4%)
#24 The Morning Show Summer Series – 221 000 (+3%)
#25 M – New Year’s Eve (R) – 216 000 (+4%)
#29 Better Homes and Gardens (R) – 195 000 (+2%)
Nine
Also a quiet night for Nine with movies attracting less than 300k.
#6 Nine News Saturday – 664 000 (+4%)
#10 A Current Affair – Saturday – 503 000 (+5%)
#19 Country House Hunters Australia – 261 000 (+5%)
#22 Weekend Today – Saturday – 233 000 (+6%)
#23 M – Mamma Mia! (R) – 224 000 (+4%)
#26 Nine News: First at Five – 205 000 (+4%)
#27 City of Melbourne: New Year’s Eve 2022 – 203 000 (+9%)
10
10 was only represented by 10 News First and Top Gun
#18 10 News First – 262 000 (+2%)
#30 Top Gun (R) – 195 000 (+3%)
ABC
As usual, coverage of NYE fireworks and celebrations gave the ABC a massive lead and share for the night.
#1 NYE2022: Midnight Fireworks – 1, 580 000 (+21%)
#2 NYE2022: Countdown to Midnight – 1,132 000 (+11%)
#3 NYE2022: 9pm Fireworks – 919 000 (+12%)
#5 NYE2022: Concert – 746 000 (+11%)
#7 ABC News – 587 000 – (+3%)
#8 The Yearly with Charlie Pickering 2022 Encore – 522 000 (+16%)
#9 NYE2022: The Early Night Show – 510 000 (+6%)
#14 NYE2022: Midnight Fireworks – LE – 321 000 (+7%)
#16 Rage Guest Programmer – 266 000 (+12%)
#21 Vera – 252 000 (+33%)
#28 ABC News at Noon – 200 000 (+5%)
TOTAL TV – 25-54
NYE2022 Fireworks coverage on the ABC also dominated the 25-54 demographic.
OVERNIGHT RATINGS
Analysis
Seven
Seven News was #1 with wins in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The movie, A Dog’s Journey was #8 with 300 000 viewers. The movie, The Sapphires was #17 with 151 000. Seven’s Cricket: Third Test – Australia v South Africa Day 4 had the following results:
#3 Session 3 – 531 000
#5 Tea – 488 000
#7 Session 2 – 330 000
#10 Session 1 – 254 000
Lunch – 162 000
Pre Game – 149 000
Nine
Nine News Saturday was #2 with a win in Sydney. Nine aired the 2023 United Cup – Day 9 tennis tournament and landed at #19 with just 148 000, which forced them into the #3 primary channel of the night, behind Seven and the ABC.
10
Hungry had just 52 000 viewers. A repeat of Bondi Rescue was on 96 000. NCIS: Los Angeles returned with new episodes and received 97 000. FBI International had 100 000 viewers and a second new episode had 87 000 viewers.
ABC
ABC News was #4 overall for the night. The new season premiere of Call the Midwife had 368 000 and landed at #6. A repeat of Midsomer Murders was on 257 000.
16-39
- Seven’s Cricket: Third Test – Australia v South Africa
- Seven’s Cricket: Third Test – Australia v South Africa
- Seven News – Saturday
- Seven’s Cricket: Third Test – Australia v South Africa
- Seven’s Cricket: Third Test – Australia v South Africa
25-54
- Seven News – Saturday
- Seven’s Cricket: Third Test – Australia v South Africa
- Seven’s Cricket: Third Test – Australia v South Africa
- Nine News Saturday
- Seven’s Cricket: Third Test – Australia v South Africa
Multi Channels
Winner: 10 Peach (4.3%)
Second: 9Gem (4.1%)
10 Peach pulled off a win thanks to reruns of The Big Bang Theory. The movie, Escape from Alcatraz helped 9Gem to second.
How the Networks Analysed their Own Performance
NINE
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SEVEN
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TEN
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