Wednesday TV Ratings Australia – Thank God You’re Here on 10 is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Utopia on ABC wins in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (26 July, 2023) and Overnight (2 August, 2023) ratings.

Seven

#1 Seven News – 1,487 000 (+3%)

#2 Seven News at 6.30 – 1,398 000 (+4%)

#7 Home and Away – 948 000 (+26%)

#8 The Chase Australia – 901 000 (+3%)

#12 ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold – 621 000 (+9%)

#13 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 568 000 (+3%)

#15 The Front Bar – 499 000 (+17%)

#20 Sunrise – 384 000 (+6%)

#25 Seven News at 4.30 – 344 000 (+3%)

#28 FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Canada v Ireland – 287 000 (+10%)

#30 Seven News at 4 – 284 000 (+3%)

Nine

#3 Nine News – 1,156 000 (+5%)

#4 Nine News 6.30 – 1,121 000 (+6%)

#5 A Current Affair – 991 000 (+7%)

#14 Hot Seat – 564 000 (+5%)

#16 Travel Guides (R) – 476 000 (+8%)

#17 Tipping Point – 425 000 (+8%)

#18 RBT – 402 000 (+10%)

#19 Nine’s Afternoon News – 386 000 (+4%)

#23 World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023 – Finals – 364 000 (+10%)

#24 Hot Seat – 5pm – 362 000 (+5%)

#29 Today – 286 000 (+10%)

10

#21 The Project 7pm – 378 000 (+5%)

#22 The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race – 373 000 (+20%)

#27 10 News First – 321 000 (+3%)

ABC

#6 Utopia – 963 000 (+38%)

#9 ABC News – 855 000 (+4%)

#10 Gruen – 831 000 (+35%)

#11 730 – 693 000 (+6%)

#26 Gold Diggers – 323 000 (+26%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

#3 Utopia – 332 000 (+55%)

#4 Home and Away – 321 000 (+47%)

#7 Gruen – 276 000 (+45%)

#10 The Front Bar – 171 000 (+21%)

#11 The Project 7pm – 166 000 (+8%)

#12 Travel Guides (R) – 160 000 (+13%)

#15 RBT – 146 000 (+14%)

#17 ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold – 127 000 (+14%)

#20 Gold Diggers – 118 000 (+33%)

#22 FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Canada v Ireland – 115 000 (+16%)

#23 The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race – 113 000 (+22%)

#25 World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023 – Finals – 98 000 (+18%)

Overnight Ratings

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 #12 with 456 000. The new season premiere of Border Security: Australia’s Front Line was #15 with 322 000. A second new episode of Border Security: Australia’s Front Line was #16 with 317 000. An encore screening of John Farnham: Finding the Voice was #19 with 252 000. The Latest: Seven News was on 116 000. The third part of the repeat of Death Row: Countdown to Execution was on 58 000.

Nine

Nine News was #3 with a win in Sydney. Nine News 6.30 was #4 with a win again in Sydney. A Current Affair was #6 with 611 000 and won its slot. A repeat of Travel Guides was #13 with 413 000. The movie, Edge of Tomorrow aired at 8.30pm in Sydney and Brisbane and at 9.30pm in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth to 179 000. Footy Classified aired to 116 000 in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Nine News Late – Wednesday had an audience of 93 000. The Equalizer aired late night to 42 000.

10

The Project 6.30pm was #28 with 180 000. The Project 7pm was #18 with 279 000. The brand new season of Thank God You’re Here made its return for an impressive overnight audience of 684 000 and landing at #5 and making it the #1 non news show of the night, #1 in its timeslot and was #1 16-39 and #1 25-54. Despite having already aired on Paramount+. Five Bedrooms was #22 with an audience of 217 000. So Help Me Todd was on 93 000. An encore of FBI was on 63 000.

Update – With VOZ added in, Thank God You’re Here maintained its #1 non news show status with 987 000.

ABC

ABC News was #7 and was behind ACA. 730 was #9 with 486 000. Hard Quiz was #11 with 461 000. Gruen improved on that audience and was #10 with 480 000. Gold Diggers was #31 with 163 000. The new season premiere (encored from ABC TV Plus) of Would I Lie to You was on 148 000. Adam Hills: The Last Leg was on 86 000.

16-39

1. Thank God You’re Here
2. Seven News at 6.30
3. Seven News
4. Nine News
5. Nine News 6.30

6. Gruen
8. Home and Away
9. The Project 7pm
10. Border Security: Australia’s Front Line – episode 2
11. Travel Guides (R)
14. Hard Quiz
15. Border Security: Australia’s Front Line – episode 1
17. Five Bedrooms
19. M – Edge of Tomorrow
23. John Farnham: Finding the Voice (R)
32. So Help Me Todd

25-54

1. Thank God You’re Here
2. Seven News at 6.30
3. Seven News
4. Nine News 6.30
5. Nine News

7. Gruen
8. Home and Away
9. Travel Guides (R)
11. The Project 7pm
13. Hard Quiz
15. Five Bedrooms
16. Border Security: Australia’s Front Line – episode 2
17. Birder Security: Australia’s Front Line – episode 1
19. John Farnham: Finding the Voice (R)
21. M – Edge of Tomorrow
30. So Help Me Todd

Multi Channels

Winner: 7two / ABC Kids / ABC TV Plus (3.0%)

Second: 7mate / 10 Bold (2.9%)

7two was the equal #1 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#16 with 85 000), Heartbeat (61 000) and Foyle’s War (61 000).

ABC Kids / ABC TV Plus was the equal #1 multi channel thanks to Shaun the Sheep (#6 with 97 000), Vera (#9 with 92 000), Octonauts (#10 with 92 000), The Adventures of Paddington (#15 with 85 000), Bluey (#12 with 88 000), Spicks and Specks (#13 with 87 000), Pfffirates (#14 with 87 000) and Andy’s Wild Adventures (#17 with 84 000).

7mate was the equal #2 multi channel thanks to The Force: Behind the Line – episode 1 (#8 with 93 000) and The Force: Behind the Line – episode 2 (#5 with 98 000).

10 Bold was the equal #2 multi channel thanks to Bull (80 000), NCIS (#7 with 96 000) and Hawaii Five-O (74 000).

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:

• Nine took out the top 3 programs live streamed yesterday against all broadcasters, with 9News 6:30, 9News and A Current Affair
• 9News recorded an average Live BVOD Audience of 55,000
• 9News was the news bulletin of choice in Sydney with People 25-54, People 16-39 and Total People
• A Current Affair recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 45,000 (+29% YoY)
• A Current Affair won its timeslot across the East Coast and in Sydney with Total People and all key demos
• TODAY show recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 26,000
• TODAY show won its timeslot across the East Coast and in Brisbane with Total People and all key demos

Travel Guides recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 32,000

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT
Overnight ratings Wednesday, 2 August 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS
• Thank God You’re Here – Launch : #1 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Thank God You’re Here – Launch : #1 entertainment show.
• Thank God You’re Here – Launch: 10’s biggest launch since the Masked Singer Australia in 2019.
• Network 10 & 10: #1 network and channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):
• #1 network in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Up 45% week-on-week.
• Up 88% in under 50s week-on-week, 88% in 16 to 39s and 70% in 25 to 54s.
• 42.1% commercial share in 16 to 39s, 40.6% in under 50s and 37.2% 25 to 54s.

• 10: #1 channel in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10: Up 74% week-on-week.
• 10: Up 159% in 16 to 39s week-on-week, 158% in under 50s and 137% in 25 to 54s.
• 10 Bold: Up 4% week-on-week.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• Nickelodeon: Up 55% week-on-week and 13% in under 40s.

Thank God You’re Here – Launch:

• 943,000 national viewers. Peaked at 1.09 million viewers.
• #1 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 10’s biggest launch since the Masked Singer Australia in 2019.
• 10’s biggest comedy launch since All Aussie Adventures in 2018.
• TV’s biggest comedy launch since Hamish and Andy’s Perfect Holiday in 2019.
• 55.7% commercial share in 16 to 39s, 52.7% in under 50s and 49.8% in 16 to 39s.
• #1 in its timeslot.
• #1 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Lifts 10’s timeslot 211% week-on-week.
• Lifts 10’s timeslot 527% in 16 to 39s week-on-week, 472% in under 50s and 372% in 25 to 54s.
• Lifts 10’s timeslot 81% year-on-year.
• Lifts 10’s timeslot 195% in 16 to 39s year-on-year, 139% in under 50s and 121% in 25 to 54s.

The Project 7pm:
• 391,000 national viewers. Peaked at 580,000 viewers.
• Up 7% week-on-week.
• Full hour: Up 4% week-on-week.

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