Analysis for Total TV (19 February, 2023) and Overnight (26 February, 2023) ratings.
TOTAL TV – Total People
Seven
Australian Idol remains in the 800k as the top 24 are cut in half.
#3 Seven News Sunday – 1,218 000 (+3%)
#8 Australian Idol – Sunday – 860 000 (+23%)
#13 Seven News at 5 – 348 000 (+1%)
#14 Weekend Sunrise – Sunday – 343 000 (+4%)
#16 Kyle v Bee Gees (R) – 325 000 (+8%)
#23 Weekend Sunrise – Sunday – Early – 239 000 (+3%)
Nine
MAFS breaks the 2 million barrier.
#1 Married at First Sight – Sunday – 2,003 000 (+59%)
#5 Nine News Sunday – 961 000 (+5%)
#9 60 Minutes – 828 000 (+14%)
#11 Nine News Late – Sunday – 420 000 (+7%)
#20 Australian Crime Stories – 271 000 (+11%)
#26 Weekend Today – Sunday – 233 000 (+6%)
#29 Nine News – First at Five – 214 000 (+4%)
10
Australian Survivor inches closer to 900k.
#7 Australian Survivor – Sunday – 889 000 (+42%)
#15 The Sunday Project 7pm – 332 000 (+5%)
#17 10 News First Sunday – 305 000 (+2%)
#19 War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy – 276 000 (+13%)
#24 The Sunday Project 6:30pm – 236 000 (+4%)
ABC
Vera breaks 1.3 million + viewers for a super charged night for the ABC.
#2 Vera – 1,320 000 (+33%)
#4 Death in Paradise – 1,061 000 (+20%)
#6 ABC News Sunday – 910 000 (+4%)
#10 Insiders – 503 000 (+19%)
#12 Landline – 400 000 (+7%)
#18 Antiques Roadshow – 303 000 (+6%)
#21 Offsiders – 256 000 (+7%)
#22 Butterfly – 240 000 (+18%)
#25 ABC News at Noon – 234 000 (+2%)
#27 Gardening Australia – 231 000 (+3%)
SBS
SBS hits a high note with a show involving trains.
#28 Ancient Egypt by Train – 220 000 (+20%)
#30 SBS World News – 199 000 (+4%)
TOTAL TV – 25-54
Married at First Sight was #1 with 1,012 000 viewers, a rise of 87%. Australian Survivor was #2 with 494 000, an upswing of 52%. Australian Idol was #3 with 313 000, a lift of 39%.
OVERNIGHT RATINGS
Daily Shares
News
Breakfast Television
Analysis
Seven
Seven News – Sunday was #2 with wins in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Australian Idol – Sunday was #8 with 451 000 viewers. The premiere special, George Michael v Elton John attracted just 221 000. The season final of Maternal had an audience of 92 000. Born to Kill was watched by 45 000 after 11pm.
The Olivia Newton-John Memorial was watched by 172 000.
Nine
Nine News Sunday was #3 with wins in Sydney and Melbourne. Married at First Sight seems to be going from strength to strength at #1 with 928 000 viewers. 60 Minutes was #9 with 433 000. Nine News Late – Sunday was #10 with 280 000. A repeat of Australian Crime Stories had 157 000. The First 48 had 79 000 viewers.
The Olivia Newton-John Memorial was watched by 192 000.
10
The Sunday Project 6:30pm was #23 with 171 000. The Sunday Project 7pm was #11 with 275 000. Australian Survivor – Sunday was #7 with 483 000. NCIS Hawaii returned with new episodes and 154 000 viewers. A repeat of FBI at around 10pm was watched by 101 000.
ABC
ABC News – Sunday was #4 for the night. Death in Paradise was #6 with 575 000. Vera was #5 with 602 000. The massive results for Death in Paradise and Vera saw both programs attract a larger total people audience than both Australian Survivor and Australian Idol. Butterfly had 107 000 viewers.
16-39
- Married at First Sight
- Australian Survivor
- Nine News Sunday
- 60 Minutes
- Seven News – Sunday
6. Australian Idol
28. Death in Paradise
39. Vera
25-54
- Married at First Sight
- Australian Survivor
- Nine News Sunday
- Seven News – Sunday
- 60 Minutes
6. Australian Idol
20. Death in Paradise
21. Vera
Multi Channels
Winner: 10 Peach (2.2%)
Second: 7two / 10 Bold (2.1%)
10 Peach was the #1 multi channel last night thanks to 7 repeat episodes of The Big Bang Theory, followed by 6 repeat episodes of Friends.
10 Bold was the equal #2 multi channel last night thanks to 3 repeat episodes of NCIS.
7two was the equal #2 multi channel last night thanks to 3 repeat episodes of Border Security: Australia’s Front Line and then two new episodes of Heathrow.
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
- Nine takes out the top 3 live streamed programs yesterday against all broadcasters, with MAFS leading the way at #1
- MAFS Episode 17 recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 153,000 (+50% YoY)
- MAFS takes out the top program streamed of catch up yesterday against all broadcasters, recording its highest ever overnight catch up audience with a VOD BVOD Audience of 190,000 (+67% YoY)
- MAFS Episode 17 has recorded the highest ever overnight Live + VOD BVOD Audience recording 343,000 (+59% YoY)
- MAFS 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 55,000
- 60 Minutes won its timeslot in the 5 City Metro for People 16-39 and GS + Child
- 9News was the news bulletin of choice with People 25-54, People 16-39 and GS + Child for the 5 City Metro
- 9News was the news bulletin of choice with People 25-54 and GS + Child across the 5 City Metro, East Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
- Olivia Newton-John State Memorial won its timeslot for Total People in the 5CM, East Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
Weekend TODAY won its timeslot for Total People in Brisbane.
SEVEN
TEN
LAST NIGHT
Overnight Audience Sunday, 26 February 2023.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Australian Survivor: #2 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- Australian Survivor: Biggest overnight audience of the season in 25 to 54s.
- Australian Survivor: Live stream audience of the season up 37% on the same episode in 2022.
- Network 10 & 10: #2 network and channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- 10 Bold: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of over 40s.
Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):
- #2 network in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- 10: #2 channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- 10 Bold: #1 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 48% week-on-week.
- 10 Shake: Up 150% week-on-week in its key demo of under 40s.
Australian Survivor:
- 653,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 779,000 viewers.
- #2 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- Biggest overnight audience of the season in 25 to 54s.
- 7% bigger audience than closest competitor.
- 97% bigger audience than closest competitor in 25 to 54s, 83% in under 50s and 77% in 16 to 39s.
- 30.1% commercial share in under 50s.
- #SurvivorAU trending #1 on twitter.
- Live stream audience up 37% compared with the same episode in 2022.
- Biggest live stream audience of the season.
- Series: Achieving biggest BVOD audience ever.
The Sunday Project 7pm:
- 375,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 528,000.
- Up 13% week-on-week.
- Full hour: Up 5% week-on-week.
10 News First:
- 315,000 national viewers. Peaked at 423,000.
- 6pm: Up 26% week on week.
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