Sunday Ratings Australia – Married at First Sight on Nine is #1 in overnights and in Total TV

Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (19 March, 2023) and Overnight (26 March, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Australian Idol remains behind both MAFS and Australian Survivor.

#1 Seven News – Sunday – 1,311 000 (+2%)

#7 Australian Idol – Sunday – 861 000 (+19%)

#9 Seven’s AFL: Sunday Afternoon Football – 502 000 (+1%)

#16 Weekend Sunrise – Sunday – 343 000 (+4%)

#18 An Audience with Adele – Encore – 291 000 (+6%)

#19 Seven News at 5 – 280 000 (+2%)

Nine

MAFS is above 1.9 million and helps 60 Minutes to over 900k.

#1 Married at First Sight – Sunday – 1,916 000 (+53%)

#3 Nine News Sunday – 1,150 000 (+6%)

#6 60 Minutes – 906 000 (+14%)

#11 Sunday Afternoon NRL Live – 450 000 (+7%)

#12 Nine News Late – Sunday – 418 000 (+7%)

#23 Weekend Today – Sunday – 252 000 (+7%)

#25 Australian Crime Stories – 240 000 (+13%)

#29 Nine News: First at Five – 227 000 (+4%)

10

Australian Survivor is #4 for the night, is strong in demos and has over 950k viewers.

#4 Australian Survivor – Sunday – 963 000 (+36%)

#13 The Sunday Project 7pm – 394 000 (+4%)

#17 NCIS: Hawaii – 292 000 (+19%)

#21 10 News First Sunday – 266 000 (+2%)

#24 The Sunday Project 6:30pm – 242 000 (+4%)

#27 FBI (R) – 237 000 (+19%)

ABC

Death in Paradise remains strong, despite stiff competition from the commercial networks.

#5 Death in Paradise – 941 000 (+25%)

#8 ABC News – Sunday – 835 000 (+3%)

#10 Insiders – 498 000 (+23%)

#14 In Our Blood – 374 000 (+31%)

#15 Landline – 366 000 (+8%)

#20 Compass – 272 000 (+13%)

#22 Offsiders – 255 000 (+9%)

#28 ABC News at Noon – 228 000 (+2%)

#30 Gardening Australia – 218 000 (+1%)

SBS

#26 SBS World News – 238 000 (+3%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Married at First Sight – Sunday was #1 with 957 000, a rise of 79%. Australian Survivor – Sunday was #2 with 527 000, an upswing of 44%. 60 Minutes was #4 with 348 000, a lift of 19%. Australian Idol – Sunday was #6 with 285 000, an increase of 33%. NCIS: Hawaii was #13 with 115 000, a boost of 14%. Death in Paradise was #14 with 108 000, growth of 64%. An encore of An Audience with Adele was #20 with 86 000, strengthening its viewership by 9%. In Our Blood was #24 with 72 000, bolstering its audience by 71%.


OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News – Sunday was #1 with wins in all metro markets. Australian Idol – Grand Finale was #5 with 573 000 viewers. Australian Idol – Winner Announced was #4 with 596 000. The season final of Starstruck was #12 with 258 000. A repeat of Manhunt was on 82 000. A fresh episode of Born to Kill aired late night to 52 000.

Nine

Nine News Sunday was #3 with no wins in any 5 city metro market. Married at First Sight – Sunday was #2 with 924 000 viewers and blitzed the competition. 60 Minutes was #6 with 569 000. Nine News Late – Sunday was #11 with 291 000. A repeat of Australian Crime Stories had 128 000. The First 48 aired late nigh to an audience of 70 000.

10

The Sunday Project 6:30pm was on 165 000. The Sunday Project 7pm was #14 with 229 000. Australian Survivor – Sunday was #8 with 522 000 for its second last episode. NCIS: Hawaii was on 155 000. A repeat of FBI had an audience of 106 000. A second late night repeat of FBI was on 81 000.

ABC

ABC News Sunday was #7. Death in Paradise was #9 with 469 000 and was unusually fourth in its slot. In Our Blood was #18 with 182 000. The new series premiere of Close to Me had an audience of 137 000.

16-39

1. Married at First Sight
2. Australian Survivor
3. Nine News Saturday
4. Seven News – Sunday
5. 60 Minutes
6. Australian Idol – Grand Finale
7. Australian Idol – Winner Announced

25-54

1. Married at First Sight
2. Australian Survivor
3. Seven News – Sunday
4. Nine News Saturday
5. 60 Minutes
6. Australian Idol – Grand Finale
7. Australian Idol – Winner Announced

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (2.6%)

Second: 7mate (2.5%)

7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (94 000), Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (91 000), Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (79 000), Heathrow (56 000) and Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways (43 000). It should be noted that the popular triple episode of Border Security: Australia’s Front Line will move next week from 7two, to its new home on 7mate.

7mate was the #2 multi channel thanks to the movie John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (76 000).

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

NINE

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Married at First Sight was the #1 program live streamed yesterday against all broadcasters, recording a Live BVOD Audience of 138,000 (+6% YoY)
• Episode 33 of Married at First Sight has recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 270,000, steady YoY.
• Married at First Sight won it’s timeslot across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in all major capital cities with Total People and all key demos
• 60 Minutes recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 65,000 (+24% YoY)
• 60 Minutes won it’s timeslot across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide with Total People and all key demos
• 60 Minutes won it’s timeslot in Sydney with People 25-54, GS + Child and Total People
• 9News Sunday recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 54,000
• 9News Sunday was the news bulletin of choice across the East Coast and in Sydney with People 25-54, People 16-39 and GS + Child
• Sunday Afternoon NRL recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 24,000 (+5% YoY)

Sunday Afternoon NRL won it’s timeslot across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in Sydney and Brisbane with Total People and all key demos

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight Audience Sunday, 26 March 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.
• Australian Survivor: Live stream audience up 56% compared with the same episode in 2022.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.

Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):

• 10 Bold: Up 24% week-on-week.
• 10 Bold: Up 27% in over 40s week-on-week.
• 10 Bold: #2 multi-channel in its key demo of over 40s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Shake: Up 31% week-on-week.
• 10 Shake: Up 80% in under 40s week-on-week.

Australian Survivor:  

• 730,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 865,000 viewers.
• #2 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Biggest live stream audience of the season.
• Up 12% compared with the same episode in 2022.
• Up 20% in 16 to 39s compared with the same episode in 2022, 15% in under 50s and 9% in 25 to 54s.
• 77% bigger audience than closest competitor in 16 to 39s, 64% in 25 to 54s and 47% in under 50s.
• 30.4% commercial share in 16 to 39s.
• Live stream audience up 56% compared with the same episode in 2022.
• Series: Achieving biggest BVOD audience ever.
• Series: Live stream audience up 24% compared with 2022 series average.

The Sunday Project 7pm:

• 349,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 571,000.

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