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

Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (12 March, 2023) and Overnight (19 March, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Australian Idol drops below the 800k mark… but only just!

#3 Seven News – Sunday – 1,185 000 (+3%)

#9 Australian Idol – Sunday – 794 000 (+24%)

#13 Supercars Championship: Newcatle 500 Sunday Race – 387 000 (+4%)

#16 Ed Sheeran v Adele – 319 000 (+9%)

#17 Weekend Sunrise – Sunday – 312 000 (+4%)

#20 Supercars Championship: Newcatle 500 Sunday Support / Qualifying – 267 000 (+3%)

#26 Border Security – Australia’s Front Line (R) – 225 000 (+2%)

Nine

Nine almost nudges 2 million for MAFS.

#1 Married at First Sight – Sunday – 1,920 000 (+60%)

#4 Nine News Sunday – 1,127 000 (+5%)

#8 60 Minutes – 846 000 (+18%)

#11 Sunday Afternoon NRL Lve – 409 000 (+8%)

#12 Nine News Late – Sunday – 392 000 (+8%)

#21 Nine News: First at Five – 253 000 (+4%)

#28 Weekend Today – Sunday – 221 000 (+8%)

#30 Australian Crime Stories – 211 000 (+19%)

10

Australian Survivor continues strong consistent ratings across its season and remains ahead of Australian Idol.

#6 Australian Survivor – Sunday – 923 000 (+42%)

#15 The Sunday Project 7pm – 336 000 (+5%)

#18 10 News First Sunday – 310 000 (+2%)

#23 NCIS: Hawaii – 239 000 (+24%)

#24 10 News First Sunday 6pm – 234 000 (+3%)

#27 The Sunday Project 6:30pm – 224 000 (+4%)

ABC

Vera ends its season with over 1.3 million viewers.

#2 Vera – 1,335 000 (+41%)

#5 Death in Paradise – 1,043 000 (+20%)

#7 ABC News – Sunday – 910 000 (+4%)

#10 Insiders – 484 000 (+20%)

#14 Landline – 386 000 (+8%)

#19 Antiques Roadshow – 279 000 (+8%)

#22 Offsiders – 252 000 (+7%)

#25 ABC News at Noon – 231 000 (+2%)

SBS

#29 SBS World News – 216 000 (+2%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Married at First Sigfht – Sunday was #1 with 954 000, a rise of 92%. Australian Survivor – Sunday was #2 with 506 000, an upswing of 53%. 60 Minutes was #4 with 296 000, a lift of 25%. Australian Idol – Sunday was #5 with 272 000, an increase of 39%. Vera was #7 with 165 000, a boost of 146%. Ed Sheeran v Adele was #14 with 109 000, growth of 11%. Death in Paradise was #15 with 104 000, strengthening its viewership by 63%. NCIS: Hawaii was #16 with 101 000, bolstering its audience by 12%.


OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News – Sunday was #2 with wins in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Australian Idol – Sunday was #8 for its semi final with 467 000 viewers. A repeat of An Audience with Adele was #14 with 200 000. A repeat of Manhunt had just 62 000 viewers. A new episode of Born to Kill aired late night to 42 000.

Nine

Nine News Sunday was #3 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. Married at First Sight (MAFS) had 927 000 and smashed everything in its path. 60 Minutes was #4 with 554 000 and won its slot. Nine News Late – Sunday was #11 with 278 000. A repeat of Australian Crime Stories was on 144 000. The First 48 aired late night to 75 000.

10

The Sunday Project 6:30pm was #20 at 178 000. The Sunday Project 7pm was #10 with 290 000. Australian Survivor – Sunday was #5 with 552 000. NCIS: Hawaii was on 170 000. A repeat of FBI was on 143 000. A late repeat of FBI then aired to 95 000.

ABC

ABC News Sunday was #6 for the night. Death in Paradise was #7 with 485 000. The new series premiere of In Our Blood was #15 with just 192 000. The special, Rampant: How a City Stopped a Plague aired to 111 000. An encore of the season final of Queerstralia was on 35 000.

16-39

1. Married at First Sight
2. Australian Survivor
3. Nine News Sunday
4. Seven News – Sunday
5. Seven’s AFL – Sunday Afternoon Football

6. 60 Minutes
8. Australian Idol

25-54

1. Married at First Sight
2. Australian Survivor
3. Nine News Sunday
4. Seven News – Sunday
5. 60 Minutes

6. Seven’s AFL – Sunday Afternoon Football
7. Australian Idol

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two / 9GO! (2.7%)

Second: 10 Peach (2.5%)

7two was the equal #1 multi channel thanks to Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (#3 with 106 000), another Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (#5 with 96 000), another Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (#8 with 92 000) and Heathrow (57 000).

9GO! was the equal #1 multi channel thanks to the movie, Johnny English: Reborn (61 000) and the movie, The Equalizer (60 000).

10 Peach was the #2 multi channel thanks to The Big Bang Theory (76 000), The Big Bang Theory (70 000), The Big Bang Theory (70 000), The Big Bang Theory (65 000), The Big Bang Theory (64 000), The Big Bang Theory (39 000), Friends (103 000) and Friends (46 000).

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 takes out the top 2 live streamed programs yesterday against all broadcasters, with MAFS leading the way at #1
• Married at First Sight Episode 29 recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 144,000 (+11% YoY)
• Married at First Sight Episode 29 recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 297,000 (+3% YoY)
• Married at First Sight won it’s timeslot across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth with Total People and all key demos
• Married at First Sight won it’s timeslot with People 25-54, GS + Child and Total People in Adelaide
• Sunday Afternoon NRL recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 28,000 (+18% 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
• 60 Minutes recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 61,000
• 60 Minutes won it’s timeslot across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide with Total People and all key demos
• 9News Sunday recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 54,000

9News was the news bulletin of choice in Sydney and Brisbane with Total People and all key demos

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight Audience Sunday, 19 March 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Australian Survivor: Biggest overnight audience of the season.
• Australian Survivor: Up 11% week-on-week.
• Australian Survivor: #2 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Australian Survivor: Biggest live stream audience of the season!
• The Sunday Project: Biggest Sunday Project audience of the year!
• Network 10 & 10:  #2 network and channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.

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

• #2 network in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Up 3% in under 50s week-on-week, 14% in 16 to 39s and in 25 to 54s.

• 10: #2 channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10: Up 14% in 16 to 39s week-on-week.
• 10 Peach: Up 22% week-on-week.
• 10 Peach: Up 23% in its key demo of 16 to 39s week-on-week.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Shake: Up 16% week-on-week in its key demo of under 40s.

Australian Survivor:  

• 746,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 889,000 viewers.
• Biggest overnight audience of the season.
• Up 11% week-on-week.
• Up 34% in 16 to 39s, 16% in under 50s and 12% in 25 to 54s week-on-week.
• #2 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 31.7% commercial share in under 50s, 33.9% in 16 to 39s and 29.7% in 25 to 54s.
• Biggest live stream audience of the season!
• Live stream audience up 55% 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:

• 391,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 609,000.
• Up 21% week-on-week.
• Biggest Sunday Project audience of the year!
• Full hour: Biggest audience of the year!
• Full hour: Up 11% week-on-week.
• 6.30pm Up 10% week-on-week.
• #2 in its timeslot in 16 to 39s.

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