Thursday 20 March 2025 TV Ratings Australia – AFL Thursday Night Football on Channel 7 is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and wins in 7 Day consolidated

Thursday 20 March 2025 TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV Consolidated 7 Day

Total TV Consolidated 7 Total People

Consolidated 7 25-54 Total TV

Total TV Consolidated 7 16-39

Consolidated 7 Grocery Shoppers (18+) Total TV

Overnight Ratings

Total People

(Note: Initial numbers are for reach and numbers in brackets are for average audience)

Seven

Seven News was #1 for the night with a reach lead of 124 000 and an average audience lead of 97 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #12 with 961 000 (686 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football – Pre Game was #20 with 629 000 (277 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football was #3 with 1 808 000 (663 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football – Post Game was #15 with 448 000 (228 000).

Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly – 752 000 (318 000)

Britain’s Got Talent – 590 000 (223 000)

Nine

9News was #2 for the night. A Current Affair was #9 with 1 074 000 (667 000). Thursday Night NRL Live – Pre Match was #17 with 728 000 (334 000). Thursday Night NRL Live was #4 with 1 700 000 (718 000). Thursday Night NRL Live – Post Match was #10 with 1 028 000 (355 000). 9News Late was #46 with 348 000 (192 000).

Emergency (R) – 339 000 (174 000)

10

Deal or No Deal was #40 with 409 000 (217 000). The Project was #26 with 592 000 (248 000). Football – Socceroos v Indonesia – Pre Game was #30 with 508 000 (190 000). Football – Socceroos v Indonesia was #13 with 931 000 (323 000). Football – Socceroos v Indonesia – Post Game was #33 with 478 000 (194 000).

ABC

ABC News was #8 for the night. 730 was #7 with 1 170 000 (688 000). Back Roads was #19 with 684 000 (426 000). Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul was #28 with 538 00 (285 000). A repeat of Grand Designs Revisited was #39 with 411 000 (189 000).

SBS

SBS World News was on 297 000 (170 000). SBS World News 7pm was on 288 000 (152 000). Super Ships: A Revolution at Sea was #42 with 375 000 (93 000).

25-54

16-39

Grocery Shoppers (18+)

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

NINE

• 9News was the No.1 news service with Total People across the 5 City Metro. It also won the news timeslot with Total People in Sydney and Brisbane. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.878 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.129 million – up 20.2% on the same night last year. On 9Now, its BVOD audience of 105,000 was up 47.9% year-on-year. 
• NRL Thursday Night Footy was the No.1 program by reach in Sydney and Brisbane. It reported a National Total TV Reach of 1.700 million and a Total TV National Audience of 718,000 – up 15.4% year-on-year. On 9Now, it registered a BVOD Audience of 116,000 – up 34.9% on the same night last year. 
• A Current Affair dominated the 7.00pm timeslot with Total People in Sydney and Melbourne. It recorded a National Total TV Reach of 1.074 million and a Total TV National Audience of 667,000 – up 6.9% year-on-year. On 9Now, it claimed a BVOD audience of 63,000 – up 40.0% on the same night last year. 
• Tipping Point Australia was the No.1 afternoon game show with Total People across Australia and in all five metro capitals. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 1.271 million, a Total TV National Audience of 669,000 (up 17.2% year-on-year) and a BVOD audience of 59,000 – up 63.9% year-on-year. 
• Today was the breakfast program of choice with Total People in Melbourne and Brisbane. It claimed a National Total TV Reach of 800,000, a Total TV National Audience of 315,000 and a BVOD audience of 42,000 – up 27.3% on the same morning last year. 
• 9Now was the No. 1 CFTA BVOD platform on Thursday across Australia with Total People and all key demos.

SEVEN

Seven owns Thursday, 7NEWS #1 program, AFL #1 sport

·       Seven #1 nationally in total TV

·       Seven #1 in the capital cities in total TV

·       National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 42.3%

·       National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 42.4%

·       7plus: soars 54% year-on-year

·       7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2 million

·       Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 sport, reaches 1.81 million

·       Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 36% bigger than Today

20 March 2025:

Seven Network reaches 5.86 million Australians nationally.

7plus: up 54% year-on-year.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people (6.00pm to midnight) with a 42.3% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers (6.00pm to midnight) with a 42.5% share.

7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.0 million, national audience 1.22 million.

Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 sport. National reach 1.81 million, national audience 663,000.

The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.12 million, national audience 597,000. Up on last week.

Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program.National reach 997,000, national audience 427,000. 36% more viewers than Today.

Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 961,000, national audience 686,000. Up on last week.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

Network	All people	25 to 54s	Grocery shoppers
Seven Network	42.3	37.2	42.5
Nine Network	38.0	41.1	38.0
Network Ten	19.7	21.7	19.5

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

Network	All people	25 to 54s	Grocery shoppers
Seven Network	42.4	39.0	42.4
Nine Network	39.3	42.3	39.7
Network Ten	18.2	18.7	17.9

TEN

Subway Socceroos Win 5-1.

Lifts 10’s Timeslot 77% In 16 To 39s. 10 Up 6% Week-On-Week.

The Subway Socceroos have defeated Indonesia 5-1 in front of over 35,000 fans at the Sydney Football Stadium to secure an all-important three points in their Round Three AFC Asian Qualifiers™ – Road To 26 Qualification campaign.

The result means the Subway Socceroos will remain second in Group C as they look to secure automatic World Cup qualification in Round Three.

Australia will now travel to Hangzhou to face China PR at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium on Tuesday, 25 March (7.00pm local/10.00pm AEDT).

AFC Asian Qualifiers™ – Road To 26 Qualification: Subway Socceroos V Indonesia:
• Reached 931,000 total viewers.
• Lifted 10’s timeslot 77% in 16 to 39s week-on-week.
• Lifted 10’s timeslot 9% in 16 to 39s year-on-year.

Gogglebox: 7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Thursday, 13 Mar): Reached 1.23 million total viewers.

Network 10:
• Yesterday, 10 reached 4.11 million Australians across Network 10 and 10 Play, up 6% week-on-week.
• National BVOD audience was up 15% week-on-week and up 17% year-on-year.

Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn II – Continues Sunday At 7pm, Monday And Tuesday At 7.30pm On 10 And 10 Play.

Source: VOZ 5.0 National Total TV, Top 30 Programs, Ranked on Cumulative Reach, Consolidated 7.

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