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

23 March 2023
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Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (15 March, 2023) and Overnight (22 March, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show was low for Seven.

#2 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,329 000 (+3%)

#3 Seven News – 1,314 000 (+3%)

#6 Home and Away – 937 000 (+26%)

#10 The Chase Australia – 736 000 (+3%)

#15 The Front Bar – 475 000 (+16%)

#17 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 464 000 (+3%)

#20 The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show – Part 2 – 354 000 (+9%)

#21 Sunrise – 346 000 (+5%)

#27 Seven News at 4:30 – 303 000 (+3%)

#28 Seven News at 4 – 286 000 (+2%)

Nine

MAFS is over 1.9 million and Under Investigation with Liz Hayes is strong after 9pm.

#1 Married at First Sight – Wednesday – 1,911 000 (+63%)

#4 Nine News 6:30 – 979 000 (+5%)

#5 Nine News – 960 000 (+5%)

#7 A Current Affair – 935 000 (+9%)

#13 Under Investigation with Liz Hayes – 675 000 (+28%)

#16 Hot Seat – 470 000 (+4%)

#19 Tipping Point – 398 000 (+4%)

#22 Nine’s Afternoon News – 343 000 (+3%)

#25 Hot Seat – 5pm – 313 000 (+5%)

#26 Today – 313 000 (+8%)

#29 Nine News Late – Wednesday – 263 000 (+10%)

10

The Dog House Australia is nudging 500k.

#14 The Dog House Australia – 479 000 (+12%)

#23 10 News First – 326 000 (+2%)

#24 The Project 7pm – 322 000 (+4%)

#30 The Bold and the Beautiful – 241 000 (+4%)

ABC

Another massive Wednesday night with Hard Quiz and The Weekly with Charlie Pickering.

#8 Hard Quiz – 852 000 (+17%)

#9 ABC News – 834 000 (+4%)

#11 730 – 718 000 (+6%)

#12 The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – 690 000 (+20%)

#18 QI – 435 000 (+18%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Married at First Sight – Wednesday was #1 with 928 000, a rise of 101%. Home and Away was #3 with 308 000, an upswing of 56%. Under Investigation was #6 with 264 000, a lift of 43%. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering was #9 with 212 000, an increase of 38%. Hard Quiz was #10 with 212 000, a boost of 30%. The Front Bar was #11 with 159 000, growth of 22%. The Dog House Australia was #13 with 151 000, strengthening its viewership by 18%. The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show – Part 2 was on 109 000, bolstering its audience by 14%. Law and Order: SVU was #27 with 75 000, an upsurge of 19%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Daily Shares

News

Breakfast Television

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #2 with a clean sweep in all markets. Seven News at 6:30 was #3 with another clean sweep in all markets. Home and Away was #10 with 453 000 viewers. The special, Inside Cyprus was #25 with 199 000. The Front Bar was #16 with 294 000. An encore of We Interrupt this Broadcast had 133 000 viewers. The Latest: Seven News was on 71 000. The season final in the repeat season of Unbelieable Moments Caught on Camera was on 47 000.

Nine

Nine News was #5 with no wins in any market. Nine News 6:30 was #4 with no wins in any market again. A Current Affair was #6 overall, but #1 in its slot with 614 000. Married at First Sight (MAFS) – Wednesday was #1 with 914 000 and easily won its slot. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes was #14 with 306 000. Nine News Late – Wednesday aired at 10pm in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth and at 11pm in Melborune with 153 000 viewers. See No Evil aired at 10:30 in Sydney and Brisbane to 49 000. Footy Classified aired at 10pm in Melbourne and at 10:30pm in Adelaide and Perth to 79 000 fans. The late night series Ordinary Joe was in all markets with 37 000 viewers.

10

The Project 6:30pm was on 155 000. The Project 7pm was #19 with 261 000. The Dog House Australia was #15 with 304 000. Law and Order: SVU had an audience of 132 000. Fire Country was on 81 000. A repeat of Bull was on 76 000.

ABC

ABC News was #7 overall, but #2 in its slot behind ACA. 730 was #12 with 423 000. Hard Quiz was #8 with 499 000. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering was #11 with 426 000. QI was #18 with 268 000. A repeat of the special, Tom Gleeson: Joy had an audience of 173 000. Adam Hill: The Last Leg was on 62 000.

16-39

Married at First Sight
Seven News
Seven News at 6:30
A Current Affair
Home and Away

10. The Project 7pm
11. The Front Bar
12. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes
14. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
15. The Dog House Australia
16. Hard Quiz
21. Inside Cyprus
24. Law and Order: SVU

25-54

Married at First Sight
Seven News at 6:30
Seven News
A Current Affair
Nine News 6:30

7. Home and Away
8. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes
9. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
10. Hard Quiz
11. The Project 7pm
13. The Dog House Australia
14. The Front Bar
24. Inside Cyprus
30. Law and Order: SVU

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two / 9Gem (3.1%)

Second: 7mate (3.0%)

7two was the equal #1 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#19 with 73 000), Heartbeat (61 000) and Foyle’s War (68 000).

9Gem was the equal #1 multi channel thanks to As Time Goes By (#8 with 82 000), another As Time Goes By (68 000) and Midsomer Murders (#15 with 78 000).

7mate was the #2 multi channel thanks to Highway Patrol (81 000), Highway Patrol (77 000), Motorbike Cops (#2 with 94 000), Motorbike Cops (#11 with 81 000), Motorway Patrol (60 000) and Motorway Patrol (49 000).

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 all key demos and Total People
Channel 9 took out the top 5 live streamed programs yesterday against all broadcasters, with Married at First Sight leading the way at No.1
Married at First Sight was Australia’s No.1 program with all key demos
Married at First Sight took out the top 2 programs streamed on catch up yesterday against all broadcasters
Married at First Sight Episode 32 recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 136,000 (+12% YoY)
Married at First Sight Episode 32 recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 259,000 (+4% YoY)
Under Investigation was a timeslot winner with Total People across the 5 City Metro
Under Investigation recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 42,000 (+132% 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 53,000 (+10% YoY)
9News was the news bulletin of choice with People 16-39 and GS+Child in Sydney
TODAY was the preferred breakfast program with all key demos and Total People across the East Coast and in Brisbane

TODAY Extra was the winning morning show with Total People across the 5 City, East Coast and in Sydney and Brisbane

SEVEN

N/A

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight Audience Wednesday, 22 March 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS

The Dog House Australia: #2 in its timeslot.
The Dog House Australia: Up 7% in 25 to 54s week-on-week.
The Project: Up 12% 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 4% week-on-week.
Up 8% in 25 to 54s week-on-week and 5% in under 50s.
10: Up 4% week-on-week.
10: Up 16% in 25 to 54s week-on-week and 10% in under 50s.
10 Peach: Up 5% week-on-week.
10 Peach: #2 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
10 Shake: Up 25% week-on-week.
10 Shake: Up 130% in under 40s week-on-week.

The Dog House Australia:

415,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 530,000 viewers.
Up 7% in 25 to 54s week-on-week.
#2 in its timeslot.
#2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.

The Project 7pm: