Thursday TV Ratings Australia – Home and Away is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (18 May, 2023) and Overnight (25 May, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

#1 Seven News – 1,524 000 (+3%)

#2 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,420 000 (+4%)

#5 Home and Away – 929 000 (+22%)

#7 The Chase Australia – 899 000 (+3%)

#8 Home and Away – Late – 827 000 (+26%)

#14 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 529 000 (+4%)

#15 The Front Bar – 522 00 (+15%)

#19 Sunrise – 391 000 (+5%)

#23 Seven News at 4:30 – 357 000 (+3%)

#24 Britain’s Got Talent – 341 000 (+19%)

#29 Seven News at 4 – 287 000 (+3%)

Nine

#3 Nine News – 1,070 000 (+5%)

#4 Nine News 6:30 – 1,037 000 (+5%)

#6 A Current Affair – 928 000 (+7%)

#11 Thursday Night NRL Live – 677 000 (+12%)

#13 Hot Seat – 545 000 (+5%)

#16 Thursday Night NRL Live – Pre Match – 460 000 (+9%)

#18 Tipping Point – 409 000 (+6%)

#20 Nine’s Afternoon News – 390 000 (+3%)

#21 Hot Seat – 5pm – 361 000 (+4%)

#26 Today – 311 000 (+8%)

#28 Paramedics – 294 000 (+4%)

10

#10 MasterChef Australia – Thursday – 724 000 (+30%)

#17 The Project 7pm – 416 000 (+5%)

#25 10 News First – 329 000 (+3%)

ABC

#9 ABC News – 778 000 (+3%)

#12 730 – 648 000 (+7%)

#22 Folau – 358 000 (+30%)

#27 Grand Designs: New Zealand – 305 000 (+24%)

#30 Hard Quiz – 276 000 (+2%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

#3 Home and Away – 340 000 (+37%)

#4 MasterChef Australia – Thursday – 310 000 (+43%)

#5 Home and Away – Late – 295 000 (+46%)

#9 Thursday Night NRL Live – 241 000 (+21%)

#11 The Front Bar – 173 000 (+21%)

#12 The Project 7pm – 169 000 (+9%)

#20 Law and Order: SVU (R) – 106 000 (+2%)

#28 Folau – 88 000 (+49%)

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #1 with wins in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Seven News at 6:30 was #2 with wins in the same markets. Home and Away was #9 with 451 000. Home and Away – Late was #12 with 379 000. The Front Bar was #15 with 329 000. Britain’s Got Talent was #28 with 188 000 viewers. The Latest: Seven News was on 78 000. A new episode of Fantasy Island was on 42 000.

Nine

Nine News was #3 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. Nine News 6:30 was #4 with wins in the same markets. A Current Affair was #5 with 636 000 and won its slot. Thursday Night NRL Live – Pre Match was #18 with 284 000 across 9 and 9Gem. Thursday Night NRL Live was #13 with 338 000 across 9 and 9Gem. Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth viewers had a repeat of the doco, Tina and was well watched with 227 000 coming from just those three markets. Nine News Late – Thursday was on 156 000.

10

The Project 6:30pm was #26 with 193 000. The Project 7pm was #16 with 319 000. MasterChef Australia – Thursday was #11 with 390 000. A repeat of Law and Order: SVU was on 160 000. An encore of The Cheap Seats was on 100 000. A late night repeat of Law and Order: SVU was on 75 000.

ABC

ABC News was #6 and sat behind ACA in the slot. 730 was #8 with 459 000. The final part of Folau was #25 with 200 000 viewers. The season final of Grand Designs: New Zealand was on 187 000. A repeat of Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip was on 120 000.

16-39

1. Seven News at 6:30
2. Seven News
3. Nine News
4. Nine News 6:30
5. A Current Affair

6. MasterChef Australia -Thursday
7. Home and Away
8. Thursday Night NRL Live
9. The Project 7pm
11. Home and Away – Late
16. The Front Bar

25-54

1. Seven News
2. Seven News at 6:30
3. Nine News
4. Nine News 6:30
5. A Current Affair

6. MasterChef Australia – Thursday
7. The Project 7pm
8. Home and Away
10. Thursday Night NRL Live
12. Home and Away – Late
13. The Front Bar

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (3.9%)

Second: ABC Kids / ABC TV Plus (2.8%)

7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#11 with 84 000), Murdoch Mysteries (#12 with 82 000) and Kavanagh QC (70 000).

ABC Kids / ABC TV Plus was the #2 multi channel thanks to The Adventures of Paddington (#2 with 97 000), Bluey (#4 with 90 000) Shaun the Sheep (#6 with 89 000), Octonauts (#7 with 89 000), QI (#9 with 86 000), Nella the Princess Knight (#12 with 79 000), Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom (#15 with 76 000), Hey Duggee (#16 with 74 000) and Grace’s Amazing Machines (#18 with 74 000).

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:

• The 9Network takes out the top 4 programs live streamed yesterday against all broadcasters, with 9News, 9News 6:30, Thursday Night NRL and A Current Affair
• 9News recorded an Average Live BVOD Audience of 52,000
• 9News was the news bulletin of choice in Sydney with Total People and all key demos
• Thursday Night NRL Live recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 48,000 (+58% YoY)
• Thursday Night NRL Live won its timeslot across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in Brisbane and Sydney with Total People and all key demos 
• A Current Affair recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 44,000 (+43% YoY)
• A Current Affair won its timeslot across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in Sydney with Total People and all key demos
• TODAY recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 25,000
• TODAY won its timeslot in Brisbane with People 25-54, People 16-39 and Total People
• TINA recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 6,000

TINA won its timeslot in Perth with Total People

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT
Overnight ratings Thursday, 25 May 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS
• MasterChef Australia: #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• MasterChef Australia: #2 show in its timeslot.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):
• 10 Bold: Up 3% in over 40s week-on-week.
• 10 Bold: #2 multi-channel in its key demo of over 40s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: Up 4% in 16 to 39s week-on-week.

MasterChef Australia:
• 546,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 671,000 viewers.
• #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• #2 in its timeslot.
• #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Live stream viewers up 21% compared with the same episode in 2022.
• Series: Achieving biggest live stream audience ever up 36% on 2022.
• Series: Achieving biggest BVOD audience ever up 49% on 2022.

The Project 7pm:
• 430,000 national viewers. Peaked at 543,000.
• Up 6% week-on-week.
• #2 in its timeslot in under 50s and 25 to 54s.

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