Wednesday TV Ratings Australia – State of Origin on Nine is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Travel Guides on Nine wins in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (24 May, 2023) and Overnight (31 May, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

#1 Seven News – 1,492 000 (+3%)

#2 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,439 000 (+4%)

#6 Home and Away – 966 000 (+21%)

#7 The 1% Club – 958 000 (+17%)

#10 The Chase Australia – 894 000 (+4%)

#17 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 563 000 (+4%)

#19 Accused – 424 000 (+21%)

#23 Sunrise – 380 000 (+5%)

#28 Seven News at 4:30 – 329 000 (+3%)

Nine

#3 Nine News – 1,172 000 (+5%)

#4 Nine News 6:30 – 1,166 000 (+5%)

#5 Travel Guides – 1,094 000 (+34%)

#8 A Current Affair – 920 000 (+7%)

#16 Hot Seat – 613 000 (+5%)

#22 Tipping Point – 403 000 (+8%)

#24 Hot Seat – 5pm – 362 000 (+5%)

#26 Nine’s Afternoon News – 350 000 (+4%)

#29 Today – 302 000 (+9%)

10

#15 MasterChef Australia – Wednesday – 653 000 (+34%)

#20 The Project 7pm – 419 000 (+5%)

#21 North Shore – 408 000 (+45%)

#25 10 News First – 357 000 (+3%)

ABC

#11 ABC News – 828 000 (+3%)

#12 Hard Quiz – 825 000 (+22%)

#13 730 – 718 000 (+6%)

#14 The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – 683 000 (+20%)

#18 In Limbo – 489 000 (+48%)

#27 QI – 329 000 (+30%)

SBS

#9 Alone Australia – 899 000 (+135%)

#30 Blue Lights – 297 000 (+125%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

#1 Alone Australia – 451 000 (+222%)

#2 Travel Guides – 422 000 (+52%)

#4 The 1% Club – 360 000 (+25%)

#7 Home and Away – 328 000 (+38%)

#9 MasterChef Australia – Wednesday – 294 000 (+49%)

#12 The Project 7pm – 177 000 (+8%)

#13 The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – 176 000 (+42%)

#14 Hard Quiz – 173 000 (+53%)

#16 Accused – 142 000 (+17%)

#19 In Limbo – 134 000 (+84%)

#21 North Shore – 125 000 (+42%)

#25 The Summit – Tuesday – Encore – 101 000 (+19%)

#27 Accused – episode 2 – 97 000 (+26%)

Overnight Ratings

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #3 with wins in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Seven News at 6:30 was #4 with wins in the same markets. Home and Away was #10 with 423 000. Code 1: Minute by Minute was #24 with 215 000. Accused was #39 with 124 000. Accused – episode 2 was on 97 000. The Latest: Seven News was on 100 000. A repeat of Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous was on 47 000.

Nine

Nine News was #5 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. Nine News 6:30 was #6 with wins in the same markets. State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 1st – Match was #1 with 1,9881 000. State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 1st – Pre Match was #2 with 998 000. State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 1st – Post Match was #7 with 712 000. Nine News Late – Wednesday was on 236 000. The second last ever episode of New Amsterdam was on 101 000.

10

The Project 6:30pm was #22 with 231 000. The Project 7pm was #16 with 322 000. MasterChef Australia – Wednesday was #13 with 402 000. North Shore was #29 with 183 000. A new episode of Law and Order: SVU was on 106 000. Fire Country was on 70 000. A late night repeat of the final ever episode of Bull was on 68 000.

ABC

ABC News was #9. 730 was #14 with 385 000. Hard Quiz was #11 with 408 000. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering was #15 with 352 000. In Limbo was #30 with 172 000. QI was #34 with 148 000.

16-39

1. State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 1st – Match
2. State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 1st – Pre Match
3. State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 1st – Post Match
4. Nine News 6:30
5. Seven News

8. MasterChef Australia – Wednesday
9. The Project 7pm
12. Home and Away
15. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
17. Hard Quiz
21. Code 1: Minute by Minute
42. North Shore

25-54

1. State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 1st – Match
2. State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 1st – Pre Match
3. State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 1st – Post Match
4. Seven News
5. Seven News at 6:30

8. MasterChef Australia – Wednesday
9. The Project 7pm
11. Home and Away
17. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
18. Hard Quiz
20. Code 1: Minute by Minute
27. North Shore

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two (2.6%)

Second: 10 Peach (2.4%)

7two was the #1 multi channel thanks to the Bargain Hunt (#10 with 86 000), Heartbeat (69 000) and Foyle’s War (69 000).

10 Peach was the #2 multi channel thanks to The Big Bang Theory – episode 1 (49 000), The Big Bang Theory – episode 2 (60 000), The Big Bang Theory – episode 3 (76 000), Two and a Half Men – episode 1 (#20 with 78 000), Two and a Half Men – episode 2 (#7 with 90 000), Two and a Half Men – episode 3 (#14 with 83 000), Two and a Half Men – episode 4 (64 000).

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:

• State of Origin – Game 1 is the highest rating program of the year
• State of Origin – Game 1 is the highest rating match since Game 1 in 2018
• State of Origin – Game 1 smashed live streaming records, achieving the highest ever Live BVOD Audience of all time against all broadcasters.
• State of Origin – Game 1 2023 up on last year State of Origin Match 1 by +11.9% Metro, 22.1% Regional, 26.1% BVOD and 16.5% TTL TV
• State of Origin – Game 1 2023 is the highest rating State of Origin game in Adelaide of all time
• State of Origin Match recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 536,000 (+26% YoY)..
• State of Origin Match completely dominated its timeslot with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro and East Coast and in all major capital cities
• 9News recorded an average Live BVOD Audience of 73,000.
• 9News was the news bulletin of choice in Brisbane with Total People and all key demos
• TODAY recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 26,000.

TODAY won its timeslot across the East Coast and in Melbourne and Brisbane with Total People and all key demos

SEVEN

N/A

TEN

LAST NIGHT
Overnight ratings Wednesday, 31 May 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS
• MasterChef Australia: #1 entertainment show under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10 & Network 10: #2 in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in 16 to 39s.
Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):
• Network 10: #2 network in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Network 10: Up 4% week-on-week.

• 10: #2 channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10: Up 5% week-on-week.

• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: #1 commercial multi-channel show: Two And A Half Men Ep 2 Rpt.
• 10 Bold: Up 7% week-on-week.
• 10 Shake: Up 49% week-on-week, and 116% in its key demo of under 40s.

MasterChef Australia:

• 552,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 665,000 viewers.
• #1 entertainment show under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• #2 in its timeslot.
• #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s
• Live stream viewers up 16% compared with the same episode in 2022.
• Series: Achieving biggest live stream audience ever up 36% on 2022.
• Series: Achieving biggest BVOD audience ever up 42% on 2022.

The Project 7pm:
• 443,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 582,000.
• #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Up 8% week-on-week.
• The Project 6.30pm: Up 21% week-on-week.
• The Project full hour: Up 15% week-on-week.

OzTam Information

Ratings

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