Sunday Ratings – Nine’s 2023 Australian Open is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst a repeat of Vera on ABC wins in Total TV

Analysis for Total TV (15 January, 2023) and Overnight (22 January, 2023) ratings.

Note – There were errors picked up by OzTam some 48 hours after publication. The tables and charts below are correct but some of the analysis may not match the provided info

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Seven News – Sunday and the last BBL to air in ‘free space’ before the Australian Open led Seven to a strong result.

#1 Seven News – Sunday – 1,255 000 (+2%)

#7 Seven’s Cricket: Big Bash League – Sydney Sixers v Perth – 589 000 (+0%)

#9 Seven News at 5 – 384 000 (+1%)

#10 Weekend Sunrise – Sunday – 364 000 (+3%)

#16 Seven’s Cricket: Big Bash League – Hobart v Sydney Thunder – 280 000 (+0%)

#18 Weekend Sunrise – Sunday – Early – 256 000 (+3%)

#19 Seven’s Cricket: Big Bash League – Sydney Sixers v Perth Post Game – 251 000 (+0%)

#28 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (R) – 196 000 (+1%)

Nine

Nine had its final ‘regular’ Sunday before the 2023 Australian Open and before the unofficial start of the ratings race on 29 January.

#2 Nine News Sunday – 923 000 (+4%)

#6 60 Minutes Summer – 654 000 (+6%)

#11 Territory Cops – 352 000 (+3%)

#12 McEnroe – 350 000 (+9%)

#5 Nine News: First at Five – 293 000 (+3%)

#21 Weekend Today – Sunday – 228 000 (+6%)

#25 Bondi Vet – 214 000 (+5%)

10

10 had the #8 show of the night in The Bachelors Australia.

#8 The Bachelors Australia Sunday – 563 000 (+62%)

#13 The Sunday Project 7pm – 316 000 (+5%)

#14 10 News First Sunday – 297 000 (+2%)

#23 The Sunday Project 6:30pm – 219 000 (+4%)

#24 10 News First Sunday 6pm – 218 000 (+3%)

#27 All 4 Adventure – 201 000 (+14%)

#30 NCIS: Hawaii (R) – 194 000 (+17%)

ABC

ABC was riding high with the #3, #4 and #5 programs of the day.

#3 ABC News Sunday – 911 000 (+3%)

#4 Vera (R) – 864 000 (+15%)

#5 Death in Paradise (R) – 840 000 (+7%)

#17 Antiques Roadshow (R) – 270 000 (+8%)

#20 Landline Summer – 245 000 (2%)

#26 ABC News at Noon – 208 000 (+2%)

#29 Weekend Breakfast – 196 000 (+5%)

SBS

#22 NASCA Desert Mystery – 220 000 (+12%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

The Bachelors Australia was #1 overall with 313 000, a rise of 82%. McEnroe was #8 for Nine with 119 000, an uplift of 9%,


OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News – Sunday was #1 overall and had wins in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Seven’s Cricket: Big Bash League – Perth v Melbourne Renegades was #10 with 275 000 fans tuning in. Post Game coverage drew 155 000 viewers.

Nine

Nine News Sunday was #2 with wins in Sydney and Melbourne and just 1000 off the pace in Brisbane. The 2023 Australian Open Day 7 – Night Session 2 was #4 overall, but #1 non news with 452 000 fans. Other sessions included:

#5 2023 Australian Open Day 7 – Night – 447 000

#8 2023 Australian Open Day 7 – Night Pre Match – 309 000

#9 2023 Australian Open Day 7 – Late – 283 000

#13 2023 Australian Open Day 7 – Day – 237 000

#20 2023 Australian Open Day 7 – Pre Match – 151 000

10

The Sunday Project 6:30pm had 145 000 viewers. The Sunday Project 7pm rose to 239 000. The Bachelors Australia was #11 with 249 000. A repeat of NCIS: Hawaii had 95 000 viewers.

ABC

ABC News Sunday was #3 for the nigh. A repeat of Vera beat out all non news and Tennis programming at #6 with 374 000. A repeat of Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures was #7 with 336 000 viewers.

16-39

1. 2023 Australian Open Day 7 – Night
2. 2023 Australian Open Day 7 – Night Session 2
3. Nine News Sunday
4. Seven News – Sunday
5. The Bachelors Australia

25-54

1. Nine News Sunday
2. Seven News – Sunday
3. 2023 Australian Open Day 7 – Night
4. 2023 Australian Open Day 7 – Night Session 2
5. The Bachelors Australia

Multi Channels

Winner: 7mate (3.1%)

Second: 7two / 10 Peach (2.5%)

7mate was #1 off the back of Seven’s Big Bash League airing in full in the Perth market with a local team. 7two stayed strong with three repeats of Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 10 Peach was equal second with 7 repeats of The Big Bang Theory and 6 repeats of Friends.

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

NINE

SEVEN

N/A

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight Audience Sunday, 22 January 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS

• The Bachelors Australia: #1 commercial series on BVOD with 70.3 million minutes viewed.
• The Bachelors Australia: #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.

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

• 10: Up 29% in 16 to 39s week-on-week, 5% in under 50s and 4% in 25 to 54s.
• 10 Bold: Up 5% week-on-week in its key demo of over 40s.

The Bachelors Australia:  

• #1 commercial series on BVOD with 70.3 million minutes viewed.
• 387,000 total national audience (metro + regional + live stream + 1 day BVOD).
• 355,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 453,000 viewers.
• Up 5% in 16 to 39s week-on-week.
• #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.

The Project 7pm:

• 350,000 national viewers. Peaked at 458,000.
• Up 8% week-on-week.
• #2 in its timeslot in 25s to 54s and 16 to 39s.

10 News First:

• 324,000 viewers nationally. Peaked at 417,000.
• Up 15% week-on-week.
• #2 in its timeslot in 25s to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10 News First 6pm: Up 4% week-on-week.

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