TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (11 May, 2023) and Overnight (18 May, 2023) ratings.
TOTAL TV – Total People
Seven
#1 Seven News – 1,427 000 (+3%)
#2 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,387 000 (+4%)
#6 Home and Away – 899 000 (+25%)
#7 The Chase Australia – 839 000 (+4%)
#9 Home and Away – Late – 800 000 (+30%)
#14 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 493 000 (+4%)
#15 The Front Bar – 492 000 (+18%)
#19 Sunrise – 380 000 (+5%)
#22 Britain’s Got Talent – 342 000 (+17%)
#27 Seven News at 4:30 – 292 000 (+3%)
#30 Seven News at 4 – 253 000 (+3%)
Nine
#3 Nine News – 1,055 000 (+5%)
#4 Nine News 6:30 – 992 000 (+6%)
#5 A Current Affair – 921 000 (+8%)
#10 Thursday Night NRL Live – 727 000 (+10%)
#11 Thursday Night NRL Live – Pre Match – 554 000 (+8%)
#13 Hot Seat – 531 000 (+5%)
#17 Tipping Point – 413 000 (+9%)
#21 Nine’s Afternoon News – 363 000 (+4%)
#24 Hot Seat – 5pm – 328 000 (+5%)
#26 Today – 305 000 (+9%)
#28 Thursday Night NRL Knock Off – 263 000 (+10%)
10
#12 The Dog House Australia – 539 000 (+8%)
#20 The Project 7pm – 364 000 (+5%)
#23 10 News First – 333 000 (+3%)
#29 The Project 6:30pm – 256 000 (+5%)
ABC
#8 ABC News – 833 000 (+3%)
#16 Budget 2023 – Opposition Reply – 423 000 (+4%)
#18 Grand Designs New Zealand – 395 000 (+19%)
#25 730 – 325 000 (+7%)
TOTAL TV – 25-54
#3 Home and Away – 310 000 (+46%)
#4 Thursday Night NRL Live – 284 000 (+16%)
#5 Home and Away – Late – 275 000 (+56%)
#9 The Dog House Australia – 214 000 (+8%)
#12 The Front Bar – 181 000 (+24%)
#13 The Project 7pm – 161 000 (+6%)
#22 Britain’s Got Talent – 95 000 (+14%)
#24 Grand Designs New Zealand – 91 000 (+28%)
OVERNIGHT RATINGS
Daily Shares
News
Breakfast Television
Analysis
Seven
Seven News was #1 with wins in all markets. Seven News at 6:30 was #2 with wins in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Home and Away was #8 with 463 000. Home and Away – Late was #11 with 392 000.
The Front Bar aired was #14 with 339 000 and aired at 8:30pm in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, and at 9:55pm in Sydney and Brisbane. Britain’s Got Talent was #23 with 220 000 with the program airing at 8:30pm in Sydney and Brisbane and at 9:30pm in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. The Latest: Seven News was on 86 000. The now cancelled Fantasy Island was on 41 000 at around 11:25pm.
Nine
Nine News was #3 with no wins in any market. Nine News 6:30 was #4 with a 3000 viewer advantage win in Sydney. A Current Affair was #5 with 576 000 and was #1 in its slot. Thursday Night NRL Live – Pre Match was #17 with 254 000 fans watching across 9 and 9Gem. Thursday Night NRL Live was #12 with 382 000 watching across 9 and 9Gem.
A repeat of RBT had 202 000 watching in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth on the main channel and an extra 30 000 watching on 9Gem in Sydney and Brisbane, making it 232 000 across the hour. A repeat of Paramedics had 154 000 on the main channel for Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth and an extra 28 000 on 9Gem for Sydney and Brisbane, making it 182 000 across the hour. Nine News Late – Thursday had 87 000 viewers.
10
The Project 6:30pm was #26 with 196 000 viewers. The Project 7pm was #16 with 296 000. MasterChef Australia was #9 with 421 000. A repeat of Law and Order: SVU was #28 with 190 000. An encore of The Cheap Seats had an audience of 113 000. A late night repeat of Law and Order: SVU had 62 000 watching.
ABC
ABC News was #7 overall, but was #2 in the slot behind ACA. 730 was #10 with 406 000. Part 1 of the two part Folau was #29 with 189 000. A new episode of Grand Designs New Zealand was #33 with 164 000. A repeat of Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip was on 112 000.
16-39
- Nine News
- Thursday Night NRL Live
- Seven News at 6:30
- Nine News 6:30
- MasterChef Australia – Thursday
25-54
- Seven News at 6:30
- Seven News
- Nine News
- Nine News 6:30
- MasterChef Australia – Thursday
Multi Channels
Winner: 7two (3.6%)
Second: 7mate (3.1%)
7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#16 with 76 000), Father Brown (#9 with 87 000) Murdoch Mysteries (#15 with 79 000) and Kavanagh QC (#19 with 69 000).
7mate was the #2 multi channel thanks to Air Crash Investigations (58 000) and the movie, Battleship (#17 with 75 000).
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 was the No.1 network with all key demos and Channel 9 was the No.1 primary channel with Total People and all key demos
- Thursday Night NRL dominated primetime viewing with Total People and all key demos in Sydney and Brisbane
- Thursday Night NRL was the No.1 program live streamed last night against all broadcasters, recording a Live BVOD Audience of 64,000 (+74% YoY)
- 9News was the news bulletin of choice with People 16-39 across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in Brisbane
- 9News recorded an average Live BVOD Audience of 48,000
- A Current Affair was a timeslot winner with GS + Child and Total People across the 5 City Metro
- A Current Affair recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 42,000 (+39% YoY)
- TODAY was the preferred breakfast program with People 16-39 and GS + Child across the 5 City Metro and East Coast
- TODAY recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 24,000
TODAY Extra was a timeslot winner with Total People and all key demos across the East Coast and in Sydney
SEVEN

TEN
LAST NIGHT
Overnight ratings Thursday, 18 May 2023.
BY THE NUMBERS
- MasterChef Australia: #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- MasterChef Australia: Lifts 10’s timeslot 18% week-on-week.
- The Project: Up 13% week-on-week.
- 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):
- Up 5% week-on-week.
- Up 9% in 16 to 39s week-on-week, 5% in under 50s and 4% in 25 to 54s.
- 10: Up 16% week-on-week.
- 10: Up 17% in 16 to 39s week-on-week, 14% in under 50s and 11% in 25 to 54s.
- 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
- 10 Peach: Up 5% in 16 to 39s week-on-week.
MasterChef Australia:
- 576,000 national viewers. Peaked at 695,000 viewers.
- #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- Lifts 10’s timeslot 18% week-on-week.
- Lifts 10’s timeslot 46% in 16 to 39s week-on-week, 22% in under 50s and 16% in 25 to 54s.
- #2 in its timeslot.
- #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- Live stream viewers up 19% compared with the same episode in 2022.
- Series: Achieving biggest live stream audience ever up 45% on 2022.
- Series: Achieving biggest BVOD audience ever up 64% on 2022
The Project 7pm:
- 408,000 national viewers. Peaked at 583,000.
- Up 13% week-on-week.
- 6:30pm: Up 12% week-on-week.
- Full hour: Up 12% week-on-week.
OzTam Information
Ratings
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