Wednesday Ratings Australia – Married at First Sight on Nine is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and in Total TV

Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (8 March, 2023) and Overnight (15 March, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show could not top 500k.

#2 Seven News – 1,314 000 (+3%)

#3 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,303 000 (+3%)

#7 Home and Away – 939 000 (+24%)

#10 The Chase Australia – 769 000 (+3%)

#16 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 465 000 (+3%)

#18 The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show – Part 1 – 412 000 (+9%)

#20 The Front Bar – 370 000 (+12%)

#22 Sunrise – 342 000 (+4%)

#28 Seven News at 4:30 – 281 000 (+3%)

#30 Seven News at 4 – 252 000 (+2%)

Nine

MAFS just shy of the 2 million mark.

#1 Married at First Sight – Wednesday – 1,963 000 (+65%)

#4 A Current Affair – 1,016 000 (+8%)

#5 Nine News 6:30 – 1,014 000 (+5%)

#6 Nine News – 980 000 (+5%)

#13 Under Investigation with Liz Hayes – 621 000 (+21%)

#15 Hot Seat – 492 000 (+5%)

#19 Tipping Point – 393 000 (+5%)

#21 Nine’s Afternoon News – 365 000 (+3%)

#25 Hot Seat – 5pm – 321 000 (+6%)

#26 Nine News Late – Wednesday – 293 000 (+9%)

#27 Today – 288 000 (+8%)

10

The Dog House Australia is over 500k.

#14 The Dog House Australia – 522 000 (+13%)

#23 The Project 7pm – 335 000 (+4%)

#24 10 News First – 328 000 (+2%)

#29 Law & Order: SVU – 254 000 (+15%)

ABC

Another strong Wednesday with the comedies and news.

#8 Hard Quiz – 895 000 (+19%)

#9 ABC News – 854 000 (+4%)

#11 The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – 743 000 (+20%)

#12 730 – 715 000 (+5%)

#17 QI – 420 000 (+16%)


TOTAL TV – 25-54

Married at First Sight – Wednesday was #1 with 982 000 viewers, a rise of 99%. Home and Away was #2 with 313 000, an upswing of 46%. Hard Quiz was #8 with 220 000, a lift of 41%. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes was #9 with 217 000, an increase of 29%. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering was #10 with 214 000, a boost of 47%. The Dog House Australia was #11 with 177 000, growth of 18%. The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show – Part 1 was #15 with 126 000, strengthening its viewership by 12%. The Front Bar was #17 with 124 000, bolstering its audience by 16%. Law & Order: SVU was #28 with 87 000, an upsurge of 19%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #3 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 452 000. The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show was #27 with just 194 000 viewers. The Front Bar was #16 with 299 000. An encore of We Interrupt this Broadcast had 122 000. The Latest: Seven News was on 58 000. A repeat of Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera had an audience of 42 000.

Nine

Nine News was #5 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane, athough the win in Sydney was just 1000 viewers.. Nine News 6:30 was #4 with wins in the same two markets. A Current Affair was #6 overall, but was #1 in its time slot with 615 000. Married at First Sight (MAFS) was #1 with 855 000 viewers and dominated prime time. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes was #13 with 348 000. Nine News Late – Wednesday had an audience of 169 000. The news service went out at 10pm in all markets except Melbourne, where it was shown at 11pm. Footy Classified aired at 10pm in Melbourne and at 10:30pm in Adelaide and Perth for an audience of 98 000. See No Evil aired in Sydney and Brisbane only to 48 000. Ordinary Joe went out to 41 000 late night.

10

The Project 6:30pm had an audience of 155 000. The Project 7pm was #20 with 232 000. The Dog House Australia was #15 with 307 000, which was up on the Tuesday episode. Law & Order: SVU was #36 with 123 000 viewers. Fire Country dipped to perhaps its lowest audience, 79 000. A late repeat of Bull had 107 000.

ABC

ABC News was #7 overall, but #2 in its slot. 730 was #11 with 426 000. Hard Quiz was #8 with 513 000. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering was #12 with 382 000. QI was #18 with 254 000. A repeat of the special, Celia Pacquola: The Talk had 142 000 viewers. Adam Hills: The Last Leg was on 79 000.

16-39

1. Married at First Sight
2. Seven News at 6:30
3. Seven News
4. Nine News 6:30
5. Nine News

7. Home and Away
8. The Dog House Australia
9. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes
11. Hard Quiz
13. The Front Bar
14. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
24. Law & Order: SVU
25. The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show – Part 2

25-54

1. Married at First Sight
2. Seven News
3. Nine News 6:30
4. Seven News at 6:30
5. A Current Affair

7. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes
8. Home and Away
9. Hard Quiz
11. The Front Bar
12. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
14. The Dog House Australia
23. The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show – Part 2
34. Law & Order: SVU

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (3.2%)

Second: 7mate (3.1%)

7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (77 000), Heartbeat (63 000) and Foyle’s War (67 000).

7mate was the #2 multi channel thanks to Highway Patrol – 7:30pm (69 000), Highway Patrol – 8pm (78 000). Motorbike Cops – 8:30pm (73 000), Motorbike Cops – 9pm (75 000), Motorway Patrol – 9:30pm (64 000) and Motorway Patrol – 9pm (56 000).

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 No.1 for Total People and all Key Demo’s on Wednesday.
• Nine takes out the top 5 live streamed programs yesterday against all broadcasters, with MAFS leading the way at #1
• Married at First Sight won timeslot with all key demos across all Australian cities
• Married at First Sight was the no. 1 program with all key demos across 5 City Metro, Sydney and Brisbane
• Married at First Sight was the no. 1 program with people 25-54, 16-39 and GS + CH in Melbourne and Adelaide
• Married at First Sight was the no. 1 program with people 25-54 and GS + CH in Perth
• Under Investigation won timeslot with Total People, people 16-39 and GS + CH across 5 City Metro, East Coast, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide
• 9News dominated timeslot with people 25-54 across 5 City Metro, East Coast, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide
• A Current Affair won timeslot with people 25-54 and GS + CH across 5 City Metro, East Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth
• TODAY won breakfast slot with Total People and People 25-54 across 5 City Metro.

TODAY Extra won timeslot with Total People, people 25-54 and 16-39 across 5 City Metro, East Coast, Sydney and Brisbane

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight Audience Wednesday, 15 March 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS

• The Dog House Australia: #2 in its timeslot.
• The Dog House Australia: Biggest 16 to 39s audience of the season.
• The Dog House Australia: Up 32% in 16 to 39s week-on-week.
• 10 Peach: #2 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.

Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):

• Up 17% in 16 to 39s week-on-week.
• 10: Up 20% in 16 to 39s week-on-week.
• 10 Peach: #2 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.

The Dog House Australia:  

• 434,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 541,000 viewers.
• Biggest 16 to 39s audience of the season.
• Up 32% in 16 to 39s week-on-week.
• #2 in its timeslot.
• #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Series: Achieving its biggest BVOD audiences ever (up 6% year-on-year).

The Project 7pm:

• 319,000 national viewers. Peaked at 426,000.

10 News First:

• 326,000 viewers nationally. Peaked at 403,000.

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