Thursday TV Ratings Australia – RBT on Nine is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Big Bash League Cricket on Seven wins in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (28 December, 2023) and Overnight (4 January, 2024) ratings.

TV Ratings Australia: Total TV Ratings

Seven

#1 Seven News – 1,333 000 (+2%)

#2 Seven News at 6.30 – 1,320 000 (+3%)

#5 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Session 3 – 979 000 (+0%)

#6 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Tea – 843 000 (+0%)

#8 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Session 2 – 727 000 (+0%)

#9 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Lunch – 617 000 (+0%)

#11 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Session 1 – 577 000 (+0%)

#12 Seven’s Cricket: Big Bash League – Hobart v Melbourne Stars – 486 000 (+0%)

#16 Sunrise – 385 000 (+5%)

#18 The Chase Australia – 359 000 (+2%)

#20 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Pre Game – 330 000 (+0%)

#26 Sunrise – Extended – 231 000 (+5%)

#28 Sunrise – Early – 197 000 (+5%)

Nine

#3 Nine News 6.30 – 1,111 000 (+5%)

#4 Nine News – 1,104 000 (+5%)

#7 A Current Affair – 832 000 (+6%)

#13 Hot Seat – 480 000 (+5%)

#14 Great Getaways – 460 000 (+9%)

#15 RPA (R) – 388 000 (+9%)

#17 Nine’s Afternoon News – 377 000 (+4%)

#19 Hot Seat – 5pm – 330 000 (+4%)

#21 Today – 262 000 (+9%)

#23 Children’s Hospital (R) – 251 000 (+8%)

#24 Tipping Point (R) – 246 000 (+7%)

10

#22 10 News First – 260 000 (+3%)

#29 Thank God You’re Here (R) – 193 000 (+4%)

ABC

#10 ABC News – 592 000 (+4%)

#25 Grand Designs (R) – 240 000 (+19%)

#27 M – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool – 211 000 (+9%)

TV Ratings Australia – Total TV – 25-54

#3 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Session 3 – 303 000 (+0%)

#4 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Tea – 274 000 (+0%)

#7 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Session 2 – 235 000 (+0%)

#8 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Lunch – 211 000 (+0%)

#9 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Session 1 – 197 000 (+0%)

#11 Seven’s Cricket: Big Bash League – Hobart v Melbourne Stars – 184 000 (+0%)

#12 Great Getaways – 120 000 (+18%)

#13 Seven’s Cricket: Second Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 3 Pre Game – 110 000 (+0%)

#20 RPA (R) – 78 000 (+15%)

#23 Thank God You’re Here (R) – 65 000 (+8%)

#25 Catch Me If You Can (R) – 58 000 (+2%)

#26 Seven’s Cricket: The Spin – 54 000 (+2%)

#28 The Project 7pm – 51 000 (+6%)

#30 Children’s Hospital (R) – 50 000 (+11%)

TV Ratings Australia: Overnight Ratings

TV Ratings Australia – Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #2 with wins in Adelaide and Perth. Seven’s Cricket: Big Bash League – Melbourne Renegades v Hobart was #13 with 279 000. Seven’s Cricket: The Spin was on 159 000 across 7 and 7mate. The movie, Stuber was on 42 000.

During the day, Seven’s Cricket: Third Test – Australia v Pakistan dominated viewing with Day 1 Session 2 out on top at #5 with 414 000.

Nine

9News was #1 with wins in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. A Current Affair was #3 with 576 000. RBT was #7 overall with 382 000, but was the #1 non news show of the night in primetime. A repeat of RPA was #15 with 251 000 (no idea why Nine codes as an encore). A repeat of Children’s Hospital was on 185 000. A new episode of Chicago Med was on 79 000. A repeat of Emergency Call was on 47 000.

10

The Project 6.30pm was on 143 000. The Project 7pm was #19 with 188 000. A repeat of Thank God You’re Here was on 145 000. A repeat of Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers was on 63 000. The movie, Mean Girls was on 61 000.

ABC

ABC News was #4 for the night. A repeat of Back Roads was #10 with 335 000. The new series premiere of Grand Designs Transformations was #11 with 326 000. The new season premiere of Martin Clunes: Islands of the Pacific was #19 with 203 000.

16-39

1. 9News
2. Seven News
3. Third Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 2 Session 2
4. A Current Affair
5. Third Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 2 Session 1

25-54

1. 9News
2. Seven News
3. Third Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 2 Session 2
4. Third Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 2 Session 1
5. Third Test – Australia v Pakistan Day 2 Lunch

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (3.2%)

Second: 10 Peach (3.0%)

7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#6 with 72 000), Father Brown (#4 with 79 000) and Murdoch Mysteries (45 000).

10 Peach was the #2 multi channel thanks to The Big Bang Theory – episode 1 (31 000), The Big Bang Theory – episode 2 (#14 with 64 000) and The Big Bang Theory – episode 3 (#7 with 70 000), Two and a Half Men – episode 1 (54 000), Two and a Half Men – episode 2 (#16 with 62 000), Two and a Half Men – episode 3 (57 000) and Rules of Engagement (27 000).

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

N/A

SEVEN

N/A

TEN

N/A

OzTam Information

Ratings

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TV Ratings Australia