Wednesday Ratings Australia – Hard Quiz on ABC is #1 in overnights, whilst Married at First Sight on Nine wins in Total TV

30 March 2023
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Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (22 March, 2023) and Overnight (29 March, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Inside Cyprus does poorly for Seven, prompting Seven to move Inside Detroit to 9:30pm.

#2 Seven News – 1,367 000 (+3%)

#3 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,363 000 (+3%)

#6 Home and Away – 943 000 (+26%)

#9 The Chase Australia – 765 000 (+3%)

#14 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 478 000 (+3%)

#17 The Front Bar – 444 000 (+18%)

#20 Sunrise – 395 000 (+5%)

#23 Inside Cyprus – 328 000 (+8%)

#27 Seven News at 4:30 – 270 000 (+3%)

#29 Seven News at 4 – 263 000 (+3%)

Nine

MAFS hits 2 million exactly!

#1 Married at First Sight – Wednesday – 2,000 000 (+59%)

#4 A Current Affair – 962 000 (+7%)

#5 Nine News 6:30 – 955 000 (+6%)

#7 Nine News – 913 000 (+5%)

#13 Under Investigation with Liz Hayes – 566 000 (+21%)

#15 Hot Seat – 469 000 (+5%)

#19 Tipping Point – 398 000 (+6%)

#21 Nine’s Afternoon News – 364 000 (+3%)

#24 Hot Seat – 5pm – 321 000 (+5%)

#26 Today – 292 000 (+9%)

#30 Nine News Late – Wednesday – 243 000 (+9%)

10

The Dog House Australia cools off slightly from its Tuesday result.

#16 The Dog House Australia – 459 000 (+13%)

#22 The Project 7pm – 339 000 (+4%)

#25 10 News First – 303 000 (+2%)

ABC

Hard Quiz and The Weekly with Charlie Pickering remain strong against MAFS.

#8 Hard Quiz – 835 000 (+17%)

#10 ABC News – 764 000 (+4%)

#11 The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – 737 000 (+22%)

#12 730 – 675 000 (+6%)

#18 QI – 442 000 (+16%)

#28 Tom Gleeson: Joy (R) – 265 000 (+8%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Married at First Sight – Wednesday was #1 with 966 000, a rise of 91%. Home and Away was #4 with 325 000, an upswing of 48%. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering was #7 with 229 000, a lift of 43%. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes was #9 with 215 000, an increase of 26%. Hard Quiz was #10 with 210 000, a boost of 35%. The Dog House Australia was #12 with 161 000, growth of 18%. The Front Bar was #13 with 156 000, strengthening its viewership by 23%. Inside Cyprus was #21 with 96 000, bolstering its audience by 10%. Law and Order: SVU was #29 with 76 000, an upsurge of 13%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Daily Shares

News

Breakfast Television

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #1 with wins in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Seven News at 6:30 was #2 with wins in the same markets. Home and Away was #9 with 475 000 viewers. We Interrupt This Broadcast was #17 with 280 000. The Front Bar improved on its lead in, at #15 with 351 000. The special, Inside Detrot brought in 175 000 viewers from 9:30pm. The Latest: Seven News was on 74 000. A repeat of Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera was on 38 000 late night.

Nine

Nine News was #4 with a win in Sydney. Nine News 6:30 was #3 with a win also in Sydney. A Current Affair (ACA) was #5 overall, but #1 in its slot with 600 000. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes aired at the earlier 7:30 slot and was #12 with 355 000. A repeat of Million Dollar Murders was on 242 000. There was a split schedule at 9:40 with Sydney and Brisbane airing a repeat of Australian Crime Stories with 79 000 and Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth receiving Footy Classified for 90 000. The combined total of 169 000, put it behind Inside Detroit on Seven. Nine News Late – Wednesday was on 92 000. A new episode of See No Evil was on 53 000.

10

The Project 6:30pm was #33 with 138 000. The Project 7pm was #21 with 234 000. The Dog House Australia was #16 with 318 000 viewers, with what 10 claimed was the ‘season final’. However, there is one additional episode to play in this season for later this year. Law & Order: SVU was on 111 000. Fire Country was on 66 000. A repeat of Bull was on 35 000.

ABC

ABC News was #6 overall, but #2 in its slot behind ACA. 730 was #10 with 448 000. Hard Quiz was #7 with 542 000 and together with 730 won the hour. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering was #11 and also won the 8:30 half hour. The Melbourne Comedy Festival did well, coming in at #22 with 227 000.

Alone Australia (SBS)

Episode 1 – 203 000

Episode 2 – 220 000

This helped SBS to a 6.4% primary and 10.8% network share – the biggest share for SBS thus far in 2023. The show is expected to improve significantly in Total TV with results yet to come in for those watching on SBS on Demand either in live or catch up viewing.

16-39

Seven News
Seven News at 6:30
Home and Away
Nine News 6:30
A Current Affair

7. The Front Bar
9. We Interrupt this Broadcast
10. The Project 7pm
11. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes
12. Hard Quiz
13. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
14. The Dog House Australia
15. Melbourne Comedy Festival
23. Inside Detroit
24. Million Dollar Murders
60. Law and Order: SVU

25-54

Seven News
Seven News at 6:30
Nine News 6:30
Nine News
A Current Affair

6. Home and Away
7. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
8. Hard Quiz
10. The Front Bar
11. We Interrupt This Broadcast
12. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes
13. The Project 7pm
14. The Dog House Australia
16. Melbourne Comedy Festival
20. Million Dollar Murders
25. Inside Detroit
39. Law and Order: SVU

Multi Channels

Winner: 9Gem (3.3%)

Second: 7two (3.2%)

9Gem was the #1 multi channel thanks to As Time Goes By – episode 1 (#5 with 81 000), As Time Goes By – episode 2 (67 000) and Midsomer Murders (#7 with 80 000).

7two was the #2 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#18 with 72 000), Heartbeat (58 000) and Foyle’s War (#17 with 72 000).

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 dominate Wednesday viewing with GS+Child
9Gem was the No.1 multi-channel with Total People
Channel 9 took out the top 3 live streamed programs yesterday against all broadcasters, with Nine News 6:30, Nine News and A Current Affair
Under Investigation was a timeslot winner with Total People in Brisbane
Under Investigation recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 32,000 (+89% on last season)
A Current Affair was a timeslot winner with Total People across the 5 City, East Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
A Current Affair recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 37,000 (+41% YoY)
9News was the No.1 program with Total People in Sydney
TODAY was the preferred breakfast program with all key demos and Total People across the East Coast and in Sydney