Thursday TV Ratings Australia – Thursday Night NRL Live on Nine is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Home and Away wins in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (24 August, 2023) and Overnight (31 August, 2023) ratings.

Total TV Ratings

Seven

#1 Seven News – 1,332 000 (+4%)

#2 Seven News at 6.30 – 1,284 000 (+4%)

#6 Home and Away – 829 000 (+22%)

#8 The Chase Australia – 803 000 (+3%)

#9 Home and Away – Late – 770 000 (+26%)

#15 The Front Bar – 484 000 (+13%)

#16 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 482 000 (+3%)

#20 Sunrise – 369 000 (+6%)

#27 Seven News at 4.30 – 304 000 (+3%)

#28 Air Crash Investigations – 281 000 (+12%)

#30 Seven News at 4 – 253 000 (+3%)

Nine

#3 Nine News 6.30 – 1,061 000 (+6%)

#4 Nine News – 1,060 000 (+6%)

#5 A Current Affair – 925 000 (+7%)

#12 Thursday Night NRL Live – 560 000 (+13%)

#13 Hot Seat – 534 000 (+5%)

#17 Tipping Point – 418 000 (+8%)

#19 Thursday Night NRL Live – Pre Match – 381 000 (+11%)

#21 Nine’s Afternoon News – 364 000 (+4%)

#22 Hot Seat – 5pm – 355 000 (+5%)

#26 Today – 315 000 (+9%)

10

#10 Gogglebox – 743 000 (+40%)

#14 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia – 519 000 (+18%)

#23 The Project 7pm – 350 000 (+4%)

#29 10 News First – 277 000 (+3%)

ABC

#7 ABC News – 815 000 (+3%)

#11 730 – 641 000 (+7%)

#18 Foreign Correspondent – 417 000 (+11%)

#25 Extraordinary Escapes – 315 000 (+15%)

SBS

#24 Great Australian Walks with Julia Zemiro – 334 000 (+26%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

#3 Gogglebox – 324 000 (+45%)

#5 Home and Away – 283 000 (+43%)

#7 Home and Away – Late – 256 000 (+48%)

#9 Thursday Night NRL Live – 207 000 (+24%)

#11 The Front Bar – 170 000 (+18%)

#12 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly – 165 000 (+23%)

#14 The Project 7pm – 142 000 (+8%)

#19 The Cheap Seats – Encore – 105 000 (+15%)

#24 Air Crash Investigations – 89 000 (+16%)

#25 Foreign Correspondent – 84 000 (+22%)

Overnight Ratings

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #1 with wins in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Seven News 6.30 was #2 with wins in Adelaide and Perth. Home and Away was #10 with 408 000. Home and Away – Late was #12 with 365 000. The Front Bar was #15 with 329 000 viewers. The show aired in northern markets at 9.30 and in AFL southern markets at 8.30. The special, Final Four aired at 9.30 after The Front Bar in AFL markets and at 10.30 in Sydney and Brisbane with 169 000.

Air Crash Investigations aired at 8.30 in Sydney and Brisbane and at 10pm in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth to an audience of 113 000. The Latest: Seven News was on 49 000. A late night repeat of Autopsy USA was on 31 000.

Nine

Nine News was #4 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. Nine News 6.30 was #3 with wins in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. A Current Affair was #5 overall, but #1 in its slot with 658 000. Thursday Night NRL – Pre Match was #16 with 321 000 across 9 and 9Gem. Thursday Night NRL was was #8 with 442 000 across 9 and 9Gem and was the #1 non news program of the night in primetime.

10

The Project 6.30pm was on #33 with 141 000. The Project 7pm was on #22 with 233 000. Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia was #13 with 362 000. Gogglebox was #9 with 413 000. An encore of The Cheap Seats was on 65 000. A late night repeat of Law and Order: SVU was on 36 000.

ABC

ABC News was #7 for the night. 730 was #11 with 382 000. Foreign Correspondent was #17 with 303 000. Extraordinary Escapes was on 155 000. A repeat of Grand Designs New Zealand was on 147 000.

16-39

1. Thursday Night NRL Live
2. Seven News
3. Gogglebox
4. Seven News at 6.30
5. Nine News

25-54

1. Seven News
2. Seven News at 6.30
3. Nine News 6.30
4. Nine News
5. Gogglebox

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (3.5%)

Second: 10 Bold (2.7%)

7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#1 with 92 000), Father Brown (#7 with 82 000) and Miss Scarlet and the Duke (54 000).

10 Bold was the #2 multi channel thanks to Bull #13 with 68 000), NCIS (#3 with 85 000) and NCIS: New Orleans (61 000).

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 and Channel 9 win Thursday with Total People and all key demos
• Channel 9 took out the top 5 programs live streamed yesterday against FTA broadcasters.
• Thursday Night NRL dominated the primetime timeslot with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro, East Coast and in Sydney and Brisbane 
• Thursday Night NRL recorded the highest ever Live BVOD audience for a Thursday Night regular season match
• Thursday Night NRL recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 78,000
• 9News won its timeslot with Total People and all key demos across the East Coast and in Sydney
• 9News recorded an average Live BVOD Audience of 52,000
• A Current Affair won its timeslot with Total People, People 25-54 and GS + Child across the 5 City Metro, East Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide 
• A Current Affair recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 49,000 (+44% YoY)
• Today won its timeslot with Total People and all key demos in Sydney

Today recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 26,000

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT
Overnight ratings Thursday, 31 August 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS
• Gogglebox: #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Gogglebox: #1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in 16 to 39s.

Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + Nickelodeon):
• Network 10: #2 network in 16 to 39s (6pm to midnight).

• 10: #2 channel in 16 to 39s (6pm to midnight).
• 10: Up 6% week-on-week.

• 10 Bold: #2 multi-channel.
• 10 Bold: Up 6% in over 40s year-on-year.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo 16 to 39s.
• Nickelodeon: Up 43% compared to the same night in 2022.

Gogglebox:

• 562,000 national viewers (metro + regional). Peaked at 712,000 viewers.
• Up 8% week-on-week.
• Up 13% in under 50s week-on-week, 12% in 16 to 39s and 6% in 25 to 54s.
• #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• #1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s.
• #2 in its timeslot in under 50s and 16 to 39s.
• Biggest ever audiences on 10 Play.

Dog Behaving (Vey) Badly:
• 491,000 national viewers (metro + regional). Peaked at 705,000 viewers.
• #3 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Biggest audience ever!
• Up 17% on launch.
• Up 14% week-on-week.

The Project 7pm:
• 339,000 national viewers (metro + regional). Peaked at 482,000 viewers.

OzTam Information

Ratings

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