Thursday Ratings – Nine’s Thursday Night NRL is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Seven’s Home and Away wins in Total TV

Analysis for Total TV (23 February, 2023) and Overnight (2 March, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Seven starts the evening well with Home and Away but then freefalls with a repeat of The Roast of Paul Hogan.

#1 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,322 000 (+3%)

#2 Seven News – 1,306 000 (+3%)

#6 Home and Away – 912 000 (+25%)

#8 Home and Away – Late – 855 000 (+28%)

#10 The Chase Australia – 704 000 (+3%)

#18 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 445 000 (+3%)

#19 Sunrise – 381 000 (+5%)

#25 Seven News at 4:30 – 310 000 (+3%)

#29 Seven News at 4 – 282 000 (+3%)

#30 The Roast of Paul Hogan (R) – 262 000 (+7%)

Nine

Despite a night of mostly repeats, Nine does well.

#3 Nine News 6:30 – 978 000 (+4%)

#4 Nine News – 969 000 (+4%)

#5 A Current Affair – 919 000 (+6%)

#11 RBT – 698 000 (+5%)

#14 Paramedics – 567 000 (+6%)

#17 Hot Seat – 473 000 (+4%)

#20 Tipping Point – 379 000 (+6%)

#22 Nine’s Afternoon News – 347 000 (+3%)

#26 Hot Seat – 5pm – 306 000 (+6%)

#27 Australia Behind Bars (R) – 296 000 (+6%)

#28 Today – 294 000 (+8%)

10

10 has found a winning combination with Taskmaster Australia and Gogglebox.

#7 Gogglebox – 856 000 (+32%)

#15 Taskmaster Australia – 497 000 (+23%)

#23 10 News First – 339 000 (+2%)

#24 The Project 7pm – 320 000 (+4%)

ABC

Using Grand Designs on a Thursday night has paid off for the ABC.

#9 ABC News – 801 000 (+3%)

#12 730 – 684 000 (+6%)

#13 Foreign Correspondent – 611 000 (+12%)

#16 Grand Designs: House of the Year – 477 000 (+22%)

#21 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities of the World (R) – 348 000 (+9%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Gogglebox is #1 with 420 000, a rise of 36%. Home and Away is #2 with 294 000, an upswing of 50%. Taskmaster Australia was #4 with 287 000, a lift of 25%. Home and Away – Late was #5 with 283 000, an increase of 55%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #1 with wins in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Seven News at 6:30 was #2 with wins again in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Home and Away was #8 with 450 000 viewers. Home and Away – Late was #12 with 375 000. Code 1: Minute by Minute was #30 with 165 000. Air Crash Investigations returned with new episodes to an audience of 136 000. The Latest: Seven News was on 85 000. The Front Bar: All Sports Edition had an encore to just 35 000.

Nine

Nine News was #4 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. Nine News 6:30 was #3 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane as well. Thursday Night NRL was #7 with 455 000 viewers across 9 and 9Gem. Nine News Late had an audience of 116 000.

10

The Project 6:30 had 162 000 viewers. The Project 7pm was #22 with 222 000. Taskmaster Australia was #15 with 309 000. Gogglebox Australia was #9 with 439 000. The special, The Montreal Comedy Festival: Gala All Stars had 119 000 viewers. An encore of Would I Lie to You? Australia was watched by 64 000.

ABC

ABC News was #4 overall but #1 in its slot, as it beat ACA. 730 was #11 with 391 000. Foreign Correspondent was #17 with 259 000. Grand Designs: The Streets was #19 with 243 000. A repeat of Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities of the World was watched by 191 000.

16-39

1. Thursday Night NRL
2. Gogglebox
3. Nine News
4. Nine News 6:30
5. Taskmaster Australia

25-54

1. Gogglebox
2. Seven News at 6:30
3. Nine News
4. Nine News 6:30
5. Seven News

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (3.9%)

Second: ABC Kids / ABC TV Plus (3.4%)

7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (69 000), Father Brown (98 000) and Murdoch Mysteries (96 000).

ABC Kids / ABC TV Plus was the #2 multi channel thanks to early evening kids programming and then with Spicks and Specks (87 000) and QI (66 000).

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 were Australia’s dominant No.1 network and primary channel on Thursday night with all key demos and Total People
• The NRL season launch recorded the highest ever Live BVOD Audience for a regular season match.
• NRL Thursday Night Footy was a Australia’s No.1 program with People 16-39
• NRL Thursday Night Footy was a dominant timeslot winner with all key demos and Total People across the 5 City
• NRL Thursday Night Footy recorded a Total TV Audience of 751,000 (+6% YoY)
• NRL Thursday Night Footy recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 72,000 (+38% YoY) 
• NRL Thursday Night Footy was No.1 program live streamed yesterday against all broadcasters
• 9News was the news bulletin of choice with all key demos across the 5 City
• 9News recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 36,000
• A Current Affair was timeslot winner with all key demos and Total People  across the 5 City Metro, East Coast and in Sydney
• A Current Affair recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 27,000
• TODAY was the breakfast show of choice with Total People and all key demos across the East Coast and in Melbourne and Brisbane
• TODAY recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 22,000

TODAY Extra was the morning show of choice with all key demos across the 5 City Metro

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight ratings Thursday, 2 March 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Gogglebox Australia: #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Gogglebox Australia: #1 show in 25 to 54s.
• Gogglebox Australia: #2 show in 16 to 39s.
• Taskmaster Australia: #2 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Taskmaster Australia: #1 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Network 10 + 10: #2 network and channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.

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

• #2 network in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 32.7% commercial share in 25 to 54s, 32% in 16 to 39s and 30.7% in under 50s.
• 10: #2 in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10 Bold: #2 multi-channel in its key demo of over 40s.
• 10 Bold: Up 10% week-on-week and up 12% in its key demo of over 40s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Shake: Up 9% week-on-week and up 60% in its key demo of 16 to 39s.

Gogglebox Australia:

• 549,000 national viewers. Peaked at 662,000 viewers.
• #1 show in 25 to 54s.
• #2 show in 16 to 39s.
• Lifts 10’s timeslot 114%.
• Lifts 10’s timeslot 99% in under 50s, 90% in 25 to 54s and 80% in 16 to 39s.
• #1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s.
• #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 33.8% commercial share in 25 to 54s, 32.9% in 16 to 39s and 31.4% in under 50s.
• Live stream viewers up 16% compared with the same episode in 2022.

Taskmaster Australia:  

• 406,000 national viewers. Peaked at 603,000 viewers.
• #2 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.

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