TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (9 May, 2023) and Overnight (16 May, 2023) ratings.
TOTAL TV – Total People
Seven
#1 Seven News – 1,537 000 (+3%)
#2 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,514 000 (+4%)
#3 Farmer Wants a Wife – Tuesday – 1,117 000 (+30%)
#6 Home and Away – 972 000 (+21%)
#8 The Chase Australia – 916 000 (+4%)
#15 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 541 000 (+4%)
#16 The Good Doctor – 508 000 (+36%)
#22 Sunrise – 382 000 (+5%)
#26 Seven News at 4:30 – 347 000 (+3%)
#28 Seven News at 4 – 309 000 (+3%)
Nine
#4 Nine News – 1,102 000 (+5%)
#5 Nine News 6:30 – 1,069 000 (+6%)
#7 A Current Affair – 947 000 (+7%)
#13 Hot Seat – 571 000 (+5%)
#17 David Attenborough’s Frozen Planet II – 450 000 (+12%)
#20 Tipping Point – 421 000 (+6%)
#21 Nine’s Afternoon News – 389 000 (+4%)
#24 Hot Seat – 5pm – 373 000 (+5%)
#27 Today – 309 000 (+9%)
10
#10 MasterChef Australia – Tuesday – 875 000 (+33%)
#14 The Cheap Seats – 561 000 (+18%)
#19 The Project 7pm – 434 000 (+5%)
#25 10 News First – 353 000 (+3%)
#30 NCIS – 265 000 (+36%)
ABC
#9 ABC News – 877 000 (+4%)
#11 Budget 2023 : The Treasurer’s Speech – 796 000 (+7%)
#12 Budget 2023: An ABC News Special – 605 000 (+7%)
#18 Insiders: Budget Special – 446 000 (+9%)
#29 The Business: Budget Special – 301 000 (+8%)
SBS
#23 Who Do You Think You Are? – 378 000 (+35%)
TOTAL TV – 25-54
#1 MasterChef Australia – Tuesday – 404 000 (+44%)
#3 Farmer Wants a Wife – Tuesday – 385 000 (+58%)
#5 Home and Away – 335 000 (+35%)
#8 The Cheap Seats – 283 000 (+23%)
#10 Budget 2023: The Treasurer’s Speech – 254 000 (+11%)
#12 Budget 2023: An ABC News Special – 191 000 (+12%)
#13 The Project 7pm – 183 000 (+8%)
#15 The Good Doctor – 165 000 (+45%)
#16 David Attenborough’s Frozen Planet II – 157 000 (+15%)
#18 Insiders: Budget Special – 128 000 (+17%)
#24 NCIS – 94 000 (+29%)
#27 The Business: Budget Special – 88 000 (+10%)
OVERNIGHT RATINGS
Daily Shares
News
Breakfast Television
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 #10 with 440 000 viewers. Blow Up was #24 with 224 000. Obviously a disappointing result for Seven, but with only a short run, will Seven leave it in the schedule? The Rookie was #29 with 191 000. The Rookie: Feds made its series premiere at #35 with 144 000. The Latest: Seven News was on 83 000. A repeat of Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous had 55 000 late night viewers.
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 (ACA) was #5 overall, but #1 in its slot with 666 000. The Summit saw a small gain of 28 000 viewers versus the previous night and sat at #12 with 428 000. The premiere of The Rescue was #27 with 208 000. Nine News Late – Tuesday was on 124 000. Chicago Med aired a new episode to 49 000. Court Cam aired late night to 36 000.
10
The Project 6:30pm was #26 with 209 000 viewers. The Project 7pm was #17 with 302 000. MasterChef Australia was #8 with 492 000 and was easily the #1 show in the slot in total people, 16-39 and 25-54. The Cheap Seats was #13 with 399 000 and also won its slot. A new episode of NCIS aired to 140 000. A late night encore of North Shore aired to 44 000 viewers.
ABC
ABC News was #6 overall, but was #2 in the slot behind ACA. 730 was #11 with 438 000. The ABC Of… was #15 with 331 000. Ningaloo Nyinggulu was #16 with 327 000. The premiere special, Monsters or Medicine? aired to 184 000.
16-39
- Nine News 6:30
- Nine News
- MasterChef Australia
- Seven News
- The Cheap Seats
8. The Summit – Tuesday
9. The Project 7pm
10. Home and Away
11. Blow Up – Tuesday
15. The Rookie
18. The Rescue
22. The Rookie: Feds
27. NCIS
25-54
- Seven News
- Seven News at 6:30
- Nine News
- MasterChef Australia – Monday
- Nine News 6:30
6. The Cheap Seats
8. The Summit – Tuesday
9. The Project 7pm
10. Home and Away
16. Blow Up – Tuesday
19. The Rescue
24. The Rookie
27. NCIS
30. The Rookie: Feds
Multi Channels
Winner: 7two (3.6%)
Second: 9Gem (3.1%)
7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#13 with 89 000), Call the Midwife (#12 with 90 000) and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (80 000).
9Gem was the #2 multi channel thanks to New Tricks (#3 with 106 000), The Closer (78 000) and Rizzoli & Isles (55 000).
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 Summit grows 6% night on night for Total TV
- The Summit wins the timeslot in Sydney and Brisbane with GS + Child and Total People
- The Summit recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 49,000
- The Rescue wins the timeslot across the 5 City and East Coast and in Sydney and Brisbane with Total People
- The Rescue recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 13,000
- Nine takes out the top 2 programs live streamed yesterday against all broadcasters with Nine News 6:30 and Nine News
- Nine News wins the timeslot in Sydney and Brisbane with Total People
- Nine News recorded an average Live BVOD Audience of 52,000
- ACA wins 7pm timeslot across the 5 City and East Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with Total People
- ACA recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 44,000 (+42% YoY)
- Today wins breakfast slot across the East Coast and in Melbourne and Brisbane with People 25-54 and Total People
9Network and Channel 9 win the night with all key demographics
SEVEN

TEN
LAST NIGHT
Overnight Audience Tuesday, 16 May 2023.
BY THE NUMBERS
- MasterChef Australia: #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- The Cheap Seats: Biggest Ep.2 audience ever.
- The Cheap Seats: #2 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- Network 10 + 10: #2 in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):
- #2 network in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- Up 6% in 16 to 39s week-on-week.
- 34.5% commercial share in 25 to 54s, 33.4% in under 50s and 33.1% in 16 to 39s.
- 10: #2 channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in 16 to 39s.
- 10 Peach: Up 50% in 16 to 39s week-on-week.
MasterChef Australia:
- 689,000 national viewers. Peaked at 818,000 viewers.
- #1 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- #1 in its timeslot.
- #1 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- 33.8% commercial share in 25 to 54s, 32.6% in under 50s and 30.8% in 16 to 39s.
- Live stream audience up 41% compared with the same episode in 2022.
- Series: Achieving biggest live stream audience ever up 64% on 2022.
- Series: Achieving biggest BVOD audience ever up 64% on 2022.
The Cheap Seats:
- 544,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 752,000.
- Biggest Ep.2 audience ever.
- #2 entertainment show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- Up 9% week-on-week.
- Up 16% in 16 to 39s week-on-week, 9% in under 50s and 4% in 25 to 54s.
- #1 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s. .
- 37.4% commercial share in 16 to 39s, 36.6% in 25 to 54s and 36.4% in under 50s.
- Lifts 10’s timeslot 13% year-on-year.
- Up 16% compared with the same episode in 2022.
- Live stream viewers up 78% compared with the same episode in 2022.
- Series: Achieving biggest live stream audience ever up 50% on 2022.
- Series: Achieving biggest BVOD audience ever up 37% on 2022.
The 7pm Project:
- 410,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 545,000.
- #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- 6.30pm: Up 13% week-on-week.
- Full hour: Up 5% week-on-week.
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