Thursday Ratings – 2023 Australian Open on Nine is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Home and Away on Seven wins in Total TV

Analysis for Total TV (19 January, 2023) and Overnight (26 January, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Seven News and Home and Away are strong for Seven.

#1 Seven News – 1,291 000 (+3%)

#2 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,280 000 (+3%)

#3 Home and Away – 961 000 (+31%)

#9 The Chase Australia – 698 000 (+3%)

#13 Seven’s Cricket: Big Bash League – Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades – 408 000 (+0%)

#14 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 384 000 (+4%)

#15 Sunrise – 367 000 (+4%)

#25 Seven News at 4:30 – 238 000 (+2%)

#27 The Morning Show – 226 000 (+4%)

#28 Father Brown – 224 000 (+5%)

#30 Sunrise -Early – 213 000 (+4%)

Nine

Nine continued its summer success with the 2023 Australian Open

#4 Nine News – 837 000 (+5%)

#6 2023 Australian Open Day 4 – Night – 773 000 (+8%)

#7 Nine News 6:30 – 764 000 (+5%)

#8 2023 Australian Open Day 4 – Night Session 2 – 723 000 (+9%)

#11 2023 Australian Open Day 4 – Night Pre Match – 465 000 (+8%)

#12 2023 Australian Open Day 4 – Late – 463 000 (+11%)

#21 2023 Australian Open Day 4 – Late Extended – 278 000 (+15%)

#22 Today – 278 000 (+8%)

#23 2023 Australian Open Day 4 – Day – 262 000 (+8%)

#26 2023 Australian Open Day 4 – Day – GO! – 233 000 (+11%)

10

SVU on 10 brought in a small ratings reprieve for 10

#16 The Project 7pm – 335 000 (+4%)

#17 Ambulance Australia (R) – 319 000 (+6%)

#18 10 News First – 318 000 (+2%)

#24 Law & Order: SVU – 256 000 (+12%)

#29 The Bold and the Beautiful – 221 000 (+4%)

ABC

ABC had a quiet Thursday with repeats after 8pm.

#5 ABC News – 792 000 (+4%)

#10 730 Summer – 646 000 (+5%)

#19 Grand Designs: House of the Year (R) – 310 000 (+6%)

#20 You Can’t Ask That – 284 000 (+7%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Home and Away was #1 with 323 000, a rise of 66%. 2023 Australian Open Day 4 – Night Session 2 was #3 with 287 000, an increase of 15%.


OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #1 with wins in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Seven News at 6:30 was #2 with wins in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Home and Away was #9 with 415 000 viewers. Seven’s Cricket: T20 International Women’s – Australia v Pakistan really struggled with just 136 000 fans.

Nine

Nine News was #3 with a win in Melbourne. Nine News 6:30 was #4 with a win in Brisbane. The 2023 Australian Open Day 11 – Night was #5 with 526 000. Other results from the Open included:

#7 2023 Australian Open Day 11 – Night Session 2 – 438 000

#12 2023 Australian Open Day 11 – Night Pre Match – 271 000

#15 2023 Australian Open Day 11 – Late – 232 000

#24 2023 Australian Open Day 11 – Day – 173 000

10

The Project 6:30pm had an audience of 136 000. The Project 7pm was #18 and built on that audience to 216 000. A repeat of Ambulance Australia was #21 with 194 000 viewers. Law & Order SVI had a new episode with 169 000 viewers for #25. A repeat Law & Order: SVU had 121 000.

ABC

ABC News was #6 for the night. There was no 730 last night with the ABC instead airing Australia Day Live from 7:30pm, which was #10 for the night with 300 000 viewers. The special, Light Between Oceans had 93 000 viewers.

16-39

1. 2023 Australian Open Day 11 – Night
2. 2023 Australian Open Day 11 – Night Session 2
3. Seven News
4. Seven News at 6:30
5. Nine News

7. Home and Away
10. Ambulance Australia (R)
13. Sunrise
15. Law & Order: SVU
35. Today

25-54

1. 2023 Australian Open Day 11 – Night
2. Seven News
3. Nine News 6:30
4. 2023 Australian Open Day 11 – Night Session 2
5. Seven News at 6:30

7. Home and Away
14. Sunrise
18. Law & Order: SVU
22. Today

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (3.4%)

Second: 10 Bold (3.2%)

7two remained dominant with #1 Father Brown, #17 Bargain Hunt and #19 Kavanagh QC. 10 Bold was second was a repeat of NCIS at #2 and a repeat of Bull at #4.

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

N/A

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