Sunday TV Ratings Australia – 7NEWS Spotlight on Seven is #1 daily non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Farmer Wants a Wife wins in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (21 May, 2023) and Overnight (28 May, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

#1 Seven News – Sunday 1,582 000 (+3%)

#2 Farmer Wants a Wife – Finale Part 2 – 1,336 000 (+18%)

#8 7NEWS Spotlight – 596 000 (+10%)

#12 Seven’s AFL: Sunday Afternoon Football – 492 000 (+1%)

#14 Weekend Sunrise – Sunday – 404 000 (+4%)

#24 The Latest: Seven News – 266 000 (+4%)

#25 Seven News at 5 – 252 000 (+3%)

Nine

#3 Nine News Sunday – 1,230 000 (+5%)

#6 The Summit – Sunday – 738 000 (+28%)

#9 60 Minutes – 549 000 (+18%)

#11 Sunday Afternoon NRL Live – 493 000 (+7%)

#20 Nine News Late – Sunday – 277 000 (+6%)

#28 Weekend Today – Sunday – 239 000 (+8%)

10

#5 MasterChef Australia – Sunday – 807 000 (+25%)

#13 The Sunday Project 7pm – 436 000 (+5%)

#17 NCIS: Hawaii – 331 000 (+25%)

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

#22 The Sunday Project 6:30pm – 272 000 (+5%)

ABC

#4 ABC News – Sunday – 827 000 (+3%)

#7 Grand Designs – 717 000 (+15%)

#10 Insiders – 500 000 (+19%)

#15 Landline – 373 000 (+10%)

#16 The Messenger – 353 000 (+26%)

#19 Antiques Roadshow – 281 000 (+6%)

#21 Compass – 273 000 (+5%)

#23 Offsiders – 270 000 (+7%)

#26 Adventures of Paddington: Birthday Treat – 243 000 (+84%)

#29 Octonauts – AM – 229 000 (+15%)

#30 Octonauts – EV – 224 000 (+71%)

SBS

#27 SBS World News – 243 000 (+3%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

#2 Farmer Wants a Wife – Finale Part 2 – 423 000 (+33%)

#4 MasterChef Australia – Sunday – 371 000 (+31%)

#5 The Summit – Sunday – 321 000 (+43%)

#6 60 Minutes – 196 000 (+18%)

#7 The Sunday Project 7pm – 194 000 (+7%)

#8 7NEWS Spotlight – 164 000 (+13%)

#10 Grand Designs – 157 000 (+26%)

#14 NCIS: Hawaii – 120 000 (+15%)

Overnight Ratings

Analysis

Seven

Seven News – Sunday was #1 with wins in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. 7NEWS Spotlight was #5 with 528 000 viewers and was #1 across the 1 hour slot. Part 1 of the two part Secrets of Prince Andrew was #10 with 347 000 viewers. A repeat of Crime Investigation Australia was on 82 000.

Nine

Nine News Sunday was #2 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. The Summit – Sunday was #7 with 448 000. 60 Minutes was #9 with 386 000. Nine News Late – Sunday had an audience of 242 000 and was #15 for the night. A repeat of Australian Crime Stories was on 127 000. The First 48 was on 59 000.

10

The Sunday Project 6:30pm was #24 with 167 000. The Sunday Project 7pm was #11 with 289 000. MasterChef Australia – Sunday was #6 with 497 000. NCIS: Hawaii aired a new episode at #19 with 182 000. A repeat of NCIS: Hawaii was on 108 000.

ABC

ABC News was #4 with 531 000 and won the 30 minute slot. Grand Designs was #8 with 406 000. The Messenger was on 174 000. The new season premiere of Silent Witness was on 181 000.

16-39

1. Bluey
2. Seven News – Sunday
3. MasterChef Australia
4. Nine News Sunday
5. The Summit – Sunday

25-54

1. Seven News – Sunday
2. Nine News Sunday
3. MasterChef Australia – Sunday
4. The Summit – Sunday
5. 7NEWS Spotlight

Multi Channels

Winner: 7mate (4.5%)

Second: 7two (3.1%)

7mate was the #1 multi channel thanks to Seven’s AFL: Sunday Night Football in Adelaide (#9 with 104 000), Border Security: Australia’s Front Line – episode 1 (#15 with 94 000) and Border Security: Australia’s Front Line – episode 2 (#19 with 88 000)

7two was the #2 multi channel thanks to the Vicar of Dibley (#12 with 100 000).

VOZ Ratings

Note: This post will be updated with VOZ ratings each afternoon

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

NINE

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:

• The Summit wins timeslot with People 25-54 across 5 City, East Coast and in Sydney and Brisbane
• The Summit total average audience increased +8.3% WoW
• The Summit recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 62,000
• Nine takes out the top 2 programs live streamed yesterday against all broadcasters, with Nine News and The Summit
• Nine News wins timeslot with GS + Child across 5 City, East Coast and in Sydney and Brisbane
• Nine News recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 59,000
• 60 Minutes wins timeslot with Total People in Sydney and Brisbane 
• 60 Minutes recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 34,000 (+34% YoY)
• Sunday Afternoon NRL dominates timeslot with Total People and all key demos in Sydney and Brisbane.

Sunday Afternoon NRL recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 32,000 (+43% YoY)

SEVEN

TEN

BY THE NUMBERS
• MasterChef Australia: #1 entertainment show in 25 to 54s.
• MasterChef Australia: Biggest Sunday episode since launch.
• MasterChef Australia: #1 in its timeslot.
• 10: #1 channel in 16 to 39s.
Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):
• #2 network in 16 to 39s.
• 32.1% commercial share in 16 to 39s.

• 10: #1 channel in 16 to 39s.
• 10: #2 channel in under 50s.

• 10 Shake: Up 24% compared to the same night in 2022.

MasterChef Australia:
• 699,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 857,000 viewers.
• Biggest Sunday episode since launch.
• Up 10% on the same episode in 2022.
• #1 entertainment show in 25 to 54s.
• #1 in its timeslot.
• #1 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 36.7% commercial share in 16 to 39s, 30.7% in under 50s and 30.3% in 25 to 54s.
• Live stream viewers up 52% compared with the same episode in 2022.
• Series: Achieving biggest live stream audience ever up 36% on 2022.
• Series: Achieving biggest BVOD audience ever up 46% on 2022.
• #MasterChefAU trended #1 on Twitter.

The Sunday Project 7pm:
• 407,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 521,000.

OzTam Information

Ratings

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