Thursday TV Ratings Australia – First Test Cricket on Seven is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Bill Bailey’s Wild West Australia on ABC wins in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (7 December, 2023) and Overnight (14 December, 2023) ratings.

TV Ratings Australia: Total TV Ratings

Seven

#1 Seven News – 1,165 000 (+4%)

#2 Seven News at 6.30 – 1,088 000 (+4%)

#8 The Chase Australia – 683 000 (+4%)

#10 Seven’s Cricket: Big Bash League – Brisbane v Melbourne Stars – 508 000 (+0%)

#14 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 427 000 (+4%)

#16 Sunrise – 379 000 (+6%)

#22 Sunrise – Early – 288 000 (+5%)

#23 Seven News at 4.30 – 277 000 (+3%)

#25 Seven News at 4 – 264 000 (+3%)

#28 The Morning Show – 217 000 (+6%)

Nine

#3 Nine News 6.30 – 908 000 (+6%)

#4 Nine News – 904 000 (+6%)

#5 A Current Affair – 790 000 (+7%)

#11 Great Getaways – 487 000 (+8%)

#12 Hot Seat – 440 000 (+6%)

#15 Tipping Point (R) – 387 000 (+5%)

#17 RPA (R) – 373 000 (+8%)

#18 Nine’s Afternoon News – 366 000 (+4%)

#19 Love Island Australia – Thursday – 360 000 (+1025%)

#20 Hot Seat – 5pm – 302 000 (+6%)

#21 Today – 297 000 (+10%)

#29 Pointless – 210 000 (+5%)

10

#24 The Project 7pm – 272 000 (+5%)

#26 10 News First – 250 000 (+3%)

#30 Jamie’s 5 Ingredient Mediterranean – 210 000 (+8%)

ABC

#7 ABC News – 694 000 (+4%)

#9 730 – 607 000 (+7%)

#13 Grand Designs (R) – 428 000 (+11%)

#27 Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian (R) – 238 000 (+5%)

TV Ratings Australia – Total TV – 25-54

#3 Love Island Australia – Thursday – 217 000 (+933%)

#7 Seven’s Cricket: Big Bash League – Brisbane v Melbourne Stars – 163 000 (+1%)

#8 Bill Bailey’s Wild West Australia – 141 000 (+37%)

#10 Great Getaways – 123 000 (+14%)

#15 RPA – Encore – 92 000 (+12%)

#17 The Project 7pm – 90 000 (+7%)

#19 Grand Designs (R) – 86 000 (+15%)

#21 Jamie’s 5 Ingredient Mediterranean – 74 000 (+7%)

TV Ratings Australia: Overnight Ratings

TV Ratings Australia – Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #3 with wins in Adelaide and Perth. Seven News at 6.30 was #4 with wins in the same markets. Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 1 Session 3 was #6 with 477 000. Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 1 Session 2 was #9 with 346 000. Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 1 Session 1 was #14 with 246 000. Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 1 Lunch Break was #19 with 227 000. Seven’s Cricket: The Spin was on 169 000. The movie, Men in Black was on 116 000.

Nine

Nine News was #1 with a win in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Nine News 6.30 was #2 with wins in the same markets. A Current Affair was #5 with 559 000. Great Getaways was #10 with 336 000. A repeat of RPA was #16 with 238 000. A repeat of Children’s Hospital was on 172 000. A new episode of Chicago Med was on 66 000. A repeat of Emergency Call was on 42 000.

10

The Project 6.30pm was #33 with 132 000. The Project 7pm was #22 with 178 000. The first of two episodes of Jamie’s Christmas Shortcuts was on 166 000. A repeat of Law & Order: SVU was on 111 000. The Hunt for the Family Court Killer came to its season final and had 84 000 watching. A repeat of Blue Bloods was on 59 000.

ABC

ABC News was #7 for the night. 730 was #11 with 336 000. The new series premiere of Project Wild was #20 with 220 000. A repeat of Grand Designs was #15 with 243 000. A repeat of Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen was on 121 000. A repeat of You Can’t Ask That was on 64 000.

16-39

1. Nine News 6.30
2. Nine News
3. Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 1 Session 3
4. Seven News at 6.30
5. A Current Affair

25-54

1. Nine News 6.30
2. Nine News
3. Seven’s Cricket: First Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 1 Session 3
4. Seven News at 6.30
5. A Current Affair

Multi Channels

Winner: 9Gem (4.3%)

Second: 10 Bold (3.7%)

9Gem was the #1 multi channel thanks to Keeping Up Appearances – episode 1 (40 000), Keeping Up Appearances – episode 2 (#17 with 66 000) and the movie, For Your Eyes Only (#2 with 99 000).

10 Bold was the #2 multi channel thanks to Bull (#6 with 80 000), NCIS (#3 with 88 000) and NCIS: New Orleans (#8 with 75 000).

TV Ratings Australia – 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:

• Nine takes out the top 4 programs live streamed yesterday against FTA broadcasters
• Love Island Australia took out the top 2 programs streamed on catch-up yesterday against all broadcasters
• Episode 28 of Love Island Australia recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 109,000 (+12% YoY)
• 9News was the preferred news bulletin with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
• 9News recorded an average Live BVOD Audience of 45,000
• A Current Affair secured the 7.00pm audience with Total People and all key demos in Sydney
• A Current Affair recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 39,000 (+53% YoY)
• RPA was a timeslot winner with Total People across the 5 City Metro and in Brisbane
• RPA recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 16,000
• Great Getaways was a timeslot winner with all key demos in Perth
• Great Getaways recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 26,000
• TODAY was the breakfast program of choice with Total People and all key demos in Sydney and Melbourne
• TODAY recorded a Live BVOD Audience 29,000
• TODAY Extra was a timeslot winner with all key demos in Sydney

The 9Network and Channel 9 won Thursday night viewing with Total People

SEVEN

N/A

TEN

N/A

OzTam Information

Ratings

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TV Ratings Australia