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

Analysis for Total TV (15 February, 2023) and Overnight (22 February, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Code 1: Minute by Minute struggled directly against MAFS and was removed from the schedule after this episode but returns to a new Thursday slot next week.

#2 Seven News – 1,316 000 (+3%)

#3 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,300 000 (+3%)

#7 Home and Away – 921 000 (+25%)

#11 The Chase Australia – 715 000 (+3%)

#15 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 463 000 (+3%)

#17 Code 1: Minute by Minute – 399 000 (+8%)

#19 The Front Bar – 390 000 (+14%)

#20 Sunrise – 379 000 (+5%)

#25 Seven News at 4:30 – 308 000 (+3%)

#30 Seven News at 4 – 273 000 (+2%)

Nine

Married at First Sight ratings rise to back over 1.9 million

#1 Married at First Sight – Tuesday – 1,913 000 (+67%)

#4 Nine News 6:30 – 1,011 000 (+4%)

#5 A Current Affair – 1,003 000 (+8%)

#6 Nine News – 944 000 (+4%)

#13 Under Investigation – 636 000 (+23%)

#16 Hot Seat – 445 000 (+4%)

#21 Tipping Point – 370 000 (+5%)

#22 Nine’s Afternoon News – 332 000 (+3%)

#24 Today – 308 000 (+8%)

#28 Hot Seat – 5pm – 300 000 (+5%)

#29 Nine News Late – Wednesday – 288 000 (+9%)

10

Considering the MAFS competition, The Dog House Australia performed well with over 500k watching.

#14 The Dog House Australia – 502 000 (+15%)

#23 10 News First – 327 000 (+2%)

#27 The Project 7pm – 304 000 (+5%)

ABC

ABC performed well with Hard Quiz and The Weekly.

#8 ABC News – 860 000 (+4%)

#9 Hard Quiz – 827 000 (+16%)

#10 730 – 736 000 (+5%)

#12 The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – 715 000 (+25%)

#18 Utopia (R) – 393 000 (+8%)

#26 Spicks and Specks (R) – 306 000 (+7%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Married at First Sight – Wednesday was #1 with 983 000, a rise of 99%. Home and Away was #3 with 295 000, a lift of 48%. The Dog House Australia was #11 with 165 000, an increase of 22%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #2 with wins in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Seven News at 6:30 was #3 with wins in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth and a tie in Sydney. Home and Away was #8 with 471 000. A brand new episode of Mrs. Brown’s Boys aired to just 261 000. A repeat of Mrs. Brown’s Boys aired from 8:15pm with 227 000. The Front Bar: All Sports Edition was #23 with 234 000. A repeat of Kitchen Nightmares Australia was #50 with 104 000. The Latest: Seven News was on 55 000.

Nine

Nine News was #5 with a win in Brisbane. Nine News 6:30 was #4 with a win in Brisbane and a tie in Sydney. A Current Affair was #6, but #1 in its slot with 641 000. Married at First Sight (MAFS) was #1 with 925 000, absolutely blitzing the competition. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes was #14 with 367 000. Nine News Late was on 182 000. See No Evil had 108 000 viewers. Ordinary Joe was on late night to 55 000.

10

The Project 6:30 was on 172 000. The Project 7pm was on 243 000. The Dog House Australia was #15 with 310 000. Law & Order: SVU was #37 with 132 000. Fire Country was moved to 9:40pm with an audience of 90 000. A repeat of Bull had 108 000.

ABC

ABC News was #7, but #2 in its slot behind ACA. 730 was #11 with 444 000. Hard Quiz was #9 with 468 000. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering was #12 with 443 000. QI returned with a new season and had 241 000. A repeat of Spicks and Specks was #33 with 154 000. A repeat of Would I Lie to You had 117 000.

16-39

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

7. Home and Away
9. Under Investigation
10. Mrs. Brown’s Boys
11. The Dog House Australia
13. The Front Bar

25-54

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

8. Home and Away
11. Under Investigation
13. The Dog House Australia
17. The Front Bar
21. Mrs. Brown’s Boys

Multi Channels

Winner: 10 Peach (3.3%)

Second: 7two (3.1%)

10 Peach was the #1 multi channel thanks to repeats of The Big Bang Theory and Friends, but particular attention must be given to Two and a Half Men (#2 with 91 000) and a second episode (#3 with 88 000).

7two was #2 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#13 with 74 000) and Heartbeat (#20 with 71 000)

How the Networks Analysed their Own Performance
Note: N/A means the network has not sent out a report today

NINE

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Married At First Sight completely dominates timeslot across the 5 City Metro and in all metro capitals with Total People and all key demos 
• Married At First Sight Episode 16 has recorded the highest ever overnight Live + VOD BVOD Audience recording 320,000 (+56% YoY)
• Nine took out the top 5 programs live streamed yesterday against all broadcasters with MAFS leading the way at #1
• Married At First Sight Episode 16 recorded the highest Live BVOD Audience of the season to date at 157,000 (+61% YoY)
• Under Investigation wins timeslot with Total People across the 5 City Metro and all key demos 
• Under Investigation records a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 50,000 (+37% YoY)
• 9News is a timeslot winner with People 25-54 and GS + Child across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide 
• ACA wins 7pm timeslot with Total People across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide 
• Today wins breakfast slot with Total People across the East Coast and in Melbourne and Brisbane, as well as with People 25-54 and GS + Child across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane 
• Today Extra wins its timeslot with People 25-54 across the East Coast and in Sydney and Brisbane 

9Network and Channel 9 win Wednesday with all key demographics and Total People

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight Audience Wednesday, 22 February 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS

• The Dog House Australia: #2 in its timeslot.
• The Dog House Australia: Achieving its biggest BVOD audiences ever across the series.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.

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

• Up 29% in 16 to 309s week-on-week, 10% in under 50s and 6% in 25 to 54s.
• 10: Up 6% week-on-week, 25% in 16 to 39s, 6% in under 50s and 5% in 25 to 54s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: Up 20% week-on-week and 67% in 16 to 39s.

The Dog House Australia:  

• 427,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 529,000 viewers.
• Up 7% in 16 to 39s week-on-week and 2% in 25 to 54s.
• #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 across the series (up 3% year-on-year).

The Project 7pm:

• Up 9% week-on-week.
• 6:30pm: Up 7% week-on-week.
• Full hour: Up 8% week-on-week.

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