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

Analysis for Total TV (12 February, 2023) and Overnight (19 February, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Seven News and Australian Idol over 800k kept Seven somewhat competitive.

#2 Seven News – Sunday – 1,230 000 (+3%)

#9 Australian Idol – Sunday – 857 000 (+23%)

#13 ABBA v Queen (R) – 354 000 (+8%)

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

#20 Seven News at 5 – 284 000 (+2%)

#21 Weekend Sunrise – Sunday – Early – 264 000 (+3%)

#30 Maternal – 208 000 (+39%)

Nine

Married at First Sight moves from a 1.8m+ audience to 1.9m+

#1 Married at First Sight – Sunday – 1,917 000 (+57%)

#4 Nine News Sunday – 1,020 000 (+5%)

#8 60 Minutes – 878 000 (+14%)

#11 Nine News Late – Sunday – 457 000 (+6%)

#24 Weekend Today – Sunday – 244 000 (+6%)

#29 Nine News: First at Five – 215 000 (+4%)

10

Australian Survivor hits 900k+ in a massive Tribal Council episode.

#5 Australian Survivor – Sunday – 917 000 (+43%)

#14 The Sunday Project 7pm – 346 000 (+6%)

#18 10 News First Sunday – 298 000 (+2%)

#23 NCIS: Hawaii (R) – 245 000 (+14%)

#25 The Sunday Project 6:30pm – 242 000 (+5%)

#28 10 News First Sunday 6pm – 227 000 (+3%)

ABC

ABC is strong with Death in Paradise

#3 Death in Paradise – 1,060 000 (+19%)

#6 ABC News Sunday – 912 000 (+3%)

#7 Vera (R) – 886 000 (+16%)

#10 Insiders – 519 000 (+18%)

#12 Landline – 408 000 (+7%)

#16 Farewell Doc Martin (R) – 333 000 (+11%)

#17 Antiques Roadshow – 323 000 (+5%)

#22 Offsiders – 258 000 (+8%)

#26 Gardening Australia – 239 000 (+2%)

#27 ABC News at Noon – 234 000 (+3%)

SBS

#19 Ancient Egypt by Train – 285 000 (+19%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Married at First Sight – Sunday was massive at #1 with 983 000 viewers, a rise of 82%. Australian Survivor – Sunday was #2 with 506 000, an upswing of 55%. 60 Minutes was #3 with 356 000, a lift of 15%. Australian Idol – Sunday was #4 with 340 000, an increase of 35%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News – Sunday was #2 with wins in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Australian Idol was #9 with 441 000 viewers. Seven completely sank after that with a repeat of Kylie vs Bee Gees at #17 with just 184 000 viewers. Maternal episode 4 had just 84 000. Episode 5 of Maternal was down to just 58 000.

Nine

Nine News Sunday was #3 with a win in Melbourne. Married at First Sight (MAFS) was #1 with 961 000 viewers. 60 Minutes was #8 with 479 000 and outrated Australian Idol, despite the later slot. Nine News Late – Sunday was #10 with 252 000. A repeat of Australian Crime Stories had 165 000. The First 48 was on 65 000.

10

The Sunday Project 6:30pm was on 179 000. The Sunday Project 7pm moved to #11 for 242 000. Australian Survivor – Sunday was #7 with 488 000. War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy was #18 with 184 000. A repeat of FBI was on 74 000.

ABC

ABC News Sunday was #5 for the night. Death in Paradise had another bumper night at #6 with 569 000 viewers and beat both Australian Idol and Australian Survivor. The new season premiere of Vera was #4 for the night and the #2 non news show in primetime (after MAFS) with a strong 643 000. This is very likely to top 1 million next week in Total TV. The new series premiere of Butterfly followed with 136 000, which was also #2 in its slot.

16-39

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

25-54

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

Multi Channels

Winner: 10 Bold (3.2%)

Second: 9GO! (2.6%)

10 Bold was the #1 multi channel thanks to the Matildas v Span football match #5 with 106 000 viewers. A repeat of NCIS had 64 000.

9GO was the #2 multi channel with the movie, Tomb Raider pulling 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:

• The 9Network and Channel 9 win Sunday viewing with Total People and all key demos
• Channel 9 took out the top 3 programs live streamed yesterday against all broadcasters with Married at First Sight leading the way at #1
• Married at First Sight Episode 13 recorded the highest Live BVOD Audience of the season to date at 132,000 (+39% YoY)
• Married at First Sight Episode 13 has recorded its highest ever overnight catch up audience with a VOD BVOD Audience of 185,000 (+55% YoY)
• Married at First Sight Episode 13 has recorded its highest ever overnight Live + VOD BVOD Audience recording 318,000 (+48% YoY)
• Married at First Sight won its timeslot with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro and East Coast as well as all major capital cities
• 60 Minutes recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 56,000 (+3% YoY)
• 60 Minutes won its timeslot with GS + Child across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in Sydney and Brisbane
• 9News was the news bulletin of choice with People 25-54, GS + Child and Total People in Melbourne
• 9News was the news bulletin of choice with People 25-54 and GS + Child across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in Sydney

Weekend TODAY won its timeslot with People 25-54 and GS + Child across the East Coast

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight Audience Sunday, 20 February 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Australian Survivor: #2 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Australian Survivor: Biggest livestream audience of the season up 45% on the same episode in 2022.
• Network 10: #2 network in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Network 10: 33.1% commercial share in 16 to 39s, 31.3% under 50s and 30% in 25 to 54s.
• 10: #2 channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s
• 10 Bold: #1 multi-channel.

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

• #2 network in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 33.1% commercial share in 16 to 39s,  31.3% under 50s and 30% in 25 to 54s.
• 10: #2 channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Up 5% week-on-week.
• Up 9% in 16 to 39s week-on-week, 9% in 25 to 54s and 3% in under 50s.
• 10 Bold: #1 multi-channel.
• 10 Bold: Up 74% week-on-week and up 44% in its key demo of over 40s

Australian Survivor:  

• 661,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 818,000 viewers.
• #2 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Biggest overnight audience of the season in 16 to 39s.
• Biggest livestream audience of the season up 45% on the same episode in 2022.

The Sunday Project 7pm:

• 329,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 533,000.
• The Sunday Project 6.30pm: Up 7% week-on-week.
• Full hour: Up 2% week-on-week.

10 News First:

• 305,000 national viewers. Peaked at 398,000.
• Up 15% week on week.

OzTam Information