Thursday TV Ratings Australia – AFL Thursday Night Football Finals on Channel 7 is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Thursday Night NRL on Channel 9 wins in 7 Day consolidated

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV Consolidated 7 Day (29 August, 2024) and Overnight (5 September, 2024) ratings.

TV Ratings Australia: Total TV Consolidated 7 Total People

TV Ratings Australia: Total TV Consolidated 7 25-54

TV Ratings Australia: Total TV Consolidated 7 16-39

TV Ratings Australia: Total TV Consolidated 7 Grocery Shoppers (18+)

TV Ratings Australia: Overnight Ratings

TV Ratings Australia – Total People

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

Seven

Seven News was #2 for the night with a reach lead of 161 000 and an average audience lead of 84 000 over 9News. Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football Finals was #1 with 2 601 000 (773 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football Finals – Post Match was #26 with 549 000 (317 000).

Nine

9News was #3 for the night. A Current Affair was #5 with 1 411 000 (890 000). Thursday Night NRL Live – Pre Match was #11 with 944 000 (498 000). Thursday Night NRL Live was #4 with 1 548 000 (549 000). Thursday Night NRL Live – Post Match was #28 with 527 000 (168 000). Paralympics 2024 Day 8 – Night was #22 with 599 000 (203 000). Paralympics 2024 Day 8 – Night Session 2 was #25 with 556 000 (191 000).

10

The Project was #20 with 617 000 (259 000). Football – Socceroos v Bahrain – Pre Game was #43 with 396 000 (128 000). Football – Socceroos v Bahrain was #18 with 633 000 (179 000).

ABC

ABC News was #9 for the night. 730 was #10 with 973 000 (573 000). Foreign Correspondent was #17 with 652 000 (407 000). George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces was #24 with 581 000 (246 000). A repeat of Miram Margolyes Impossibly Australian was #42 with 405 000 (165 000).

SBS

Great Australian Walks was #40 with 409 000 (179 000). Junior Doctors Down Under was #45 with 391 000 (132 000).

TV Ratings Australia – 25-54

TV Ratings Australia – 16-39

TV Ratings Australia – Grocery Shoppers (18+)

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

NINE

• Thursday’s broadcast of the 9Network’s exclusive coverage of the Paralympic Games Paris 2024 claimed a National Total TV Reach of 1.960 million across Channel 9, 9Gem and 9Now. 1.732 million were reached on Broadcast TV while BVOD 249,000 were reached on 9Now. 

• Paralympic Games Paris 2024 Day 8 Night Session 1 recorded a National Total TV Reach of 599,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 203,000.

• Paralympic Games Paris 2024 Day 8 Night Session 2 recorded a National Total TV Reach of 556,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 191,000.

• Paralympic Games Paris 2024 Day 8 Late recorded a National Total TV Reach of 603,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 172.000.

• 9News was the No. 1 program across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney and Brisbane with Total People. The combined bulletins secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.915 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.128 million. On 9Now, its BVOD audience of 90,000 was up 70.1% year-on-year.

• A Current Affair dominated the 7.00pm timeslot across Australia, the 5 City Metro and and in the three largest markets of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with Total People . It registered a National Total TV Reach of 1.411 million and a Total TV National Audience of 890,000. It recorded a BVOD audience of 72,000 – up 48.6% year-on-year.

• Thursday Night NRL Live easily won its timeslot in Sydney and Brisbane. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 1.548 million, a Total TV National Audience of 549,000 and a BVOD audience of 69,000.

• Tipping Point was the No.1 afternoon game show at 5.00pm across Australia, the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 1.238 million and a Total TV National Audience of 636,000, lifting the timeslot by 48.7% when compared to the same day last year.

• Today was the No.1 breakfast program with Total People in Melbourne and Brisbane. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 779,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 306,000. Its BVOD audience was 36,000 – up 38.5% on the same morning last year.  

• 9Now was the No.1 CFTA BVOD platform across Australia on Thursday with all key demos and Total People.

SEVEN

Seven’s big Thursday, AFL #1 program

·       Seven #1 nationally in total TV

·       National total TV audience share: 45.9%

·       AFL Thursday Night Football Finals: #1 program, reaches 1.79 million

·       7NEWS: #1 news program, reaches 2.08 million

·       The Chase Australia: #1 game show, reaches 1.27 million

·       Sunrise: #1 at breakfast

5 September 2024:

Seven Network reaches 6.03 million Australians nationally. 7plus up 20% year-on-year.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 45.9% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 43.6% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 43.2% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 46% share.

AFL Thursday Night Football Finals: #1 program in all age groups, #1 sport. National reach 2.6 million, national audience 773,000.

7NEWS Thursday: #1 news program. National reach 2.08 million, national audience 1.21 million.

The Chase Australia Thursday:#1 game show.National reach 1.27 million, national audience 633,000.

Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 979,000, national audience 693,000.

Sunrise Thursday:#1 breakfast program.National reach 944,000, national audience 397,000. 30% more viewers than Today.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

Network	All people	25 to 54s	Grocery shoppers
Seven Network	45.9	43.6	46.0
Nine Network	36.0	35.6	35.7
Network Ten	18.1	20.8	18.3

TEN

N/A

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