Saturday TV Ratings Australia – FIFA World Cup 2023 on Seven #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Grantchester on ABC wins in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (5 August, 2023) and Overnight (12 August, 2023) ratings.

Total TV Ratings

Seven

#1 Seven News – Saturday – 1,037 000 (+2%)

#6 Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football – 488 000 (+1%)

#8 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – 373 000 (+4%)

#10 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (R) – 362 000 (+2%)

#11 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line – 353 000 (+3%)

#12 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – Late – 346 000 (+4%)

#14 FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Japan v Norway – 281 000 (+11%)

#19 Seven News at 5 – 253 000 (+2%)

#20 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – Early – 243 000 (+5%)

#27 M – Independence Day – 198 000 (+4%)

Nine

#2 Nine News Saturday – 808 000 (+5%)

#7 Getaway – 396 000 (+6%)

#9 Bledisloe 2023 – Game 2 – 365 000 (+10%)

#13 Saturday Night NRL Live – 322 000 (+11%)

#15 Nine News: First at Five – 267 000 (+4%)

#16 A Current Affair – Saturday – 260 000 (+8%)

#18 Weekend Today – Saturday – 253 000 (+9%)

#21 Weekend Today – Saturday – Late – 234 000 (+8%)

#23 Saturday Night NRL Live – Pre Match – 229 000 (+9%)

#24 Bledisloe 2023 – Game 2 – Post Match – 223 000 (+9%)

10

#17 10 News First Saturday – 255 000 (+2%)

#25 Thank God You’re Here – Encore – 209 000 (+22%)

ABC

#3 Grantchester – 704 000 (+18%)

#4 ABC News – Saturday – 655 000 (+3%)

#5 Vera (R) – 635 000 (+12%)

#22 Bay of Fires – Encore – 231 000 (+99%)

#26 War on Waste – 202 000 (+33%)

#29 New Leash on Life – Encore – 190 000 (+9%)

#30 Weekend Breakfast – 189 000 (+6%)

SBS

#28 SBS World News – 198 000 (+3%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

#3 Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football – 156 000 (+1%)

#4 Bledisloe 2023 – Game 2 – 142 000 (+16%)

#5 FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Japan v Norway – 132 000 (+14%)

#9 Thank God You’re Here – Encore – 94 000 (+31%)

#16 Grantchester – 74 000 (+61%)

#18 M – Independence Day – 71 000 (+4%)

#21 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – 69 000 (+3%)

#30 M – Independence Day: Resurgence – 56 000 (+4%)

Overnight Ratings

Analysis

Seven

Seven News – Saturday figures are not adjusted for the FIFA World Cup 2023 overtime that went into penalty shootout. In fact, Seven News did not even air in Melbourne at all. Preliminary figures show Seven News as #1 with wins in all markets.

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia v v France was on 2, 507 000 but that figure will run even higher with adjusted figures. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia v v France Pre Game was on 610 000. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia v v France Post Game was on 471 000. Seven’s AFL – Saturday Night Football was on 778 000.

Nine

Nine News Saturday was #6 with no wins in any markets. Saturday Night NRL Live suffered at #20 with just 135 000.

10

An encore of Location, Location, Location Australia was on 39 000. The Dog House Australia repeat was on 79 000. An encore of Thank God You’re Here was on 106 000. The movie, The Wog Boy was on 81 000.

ABC

ABC News was #10. A new Grantchester was #9 with 248 000. A repeat of Vera was #8 with 307 000. An encore of Bay of Fires was on 73 000.

16-39

1. Seven News – Saturday
2. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia v v France
3. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football
4. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia v v France – Pre Game
5. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia v v France – Post Game

25-54

1. Seven News – Saturday
2. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia v v France
3. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football
4. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia v v France – Pre Game
5. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia v v France – Post Game

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (3.4%)

Second: 7mate (2.5%)

7two was the #2 multi channel thanks to preliminary figures showing The Yorkshire Vet with 208 000. However, 7two was showing Post Game FIFA coverage in this slot in some markets. Escape to the Country was #11 with 80 000 viewers.

7mate was the #1 multi channel thanks to Sydney, Brisbane and Perth airing Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football (#9 with 91 000).

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

N/A

SEVEN

N/A

TEN

N/A

OzTam Information

Ratings

You can find all the latest ratings HERE

A link to OzTam is HERE