Wednesday TV Ratings Australia – Travel Guides on Nine is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (17 May, 2023) and Overnight (24 May, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

#1 Seven News – 1,539 000 (+3%)

#2 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,463 000 (+4%)

#7 Home and Away – 944 000 (+22%)

#8 The Chase Australia – 911 000 (+4%)

#9 The 1% Club – 888 000 (+17%)

#17 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 547 000 (+4%)

#20 Accused – 424 00 (+25%)

#21 Sunrise – 390 000 (+5%)

#27 Seven News at 4:30 – 310 000 (+3%)

#28 Accused – episode 2 – 292 000 (+44%)

Nine

#3 Nine News – 1,119 000 (+5%)

#4 Nine News 6:30 – 1,092 000 (+5%)

#5 Travel Guides – 1,053 000 (+23%)

#6 A Current Affair – 1,016 000 (+6%)

#16 Hot Seat – 611 000 (+5%)

#22 Hot Seat – 5pm – 389 000 (+5%)

#23 Tipping Point – 385 000 (+5%)

#24 Nine’s Afternoon News – 376 000 (+4%)

#26 Today – 328 000 (+8%)

#30 The Summit – Sunday – Encore – 283 000 (+16%)

10

#13 MasterChef Australia – Wednesday – 711 000 (+29%)

#18 North Shore – 444 000 (+48%)

#19 The Project 7pm – 433 000 (+5%)

#25 10 News First – 353 000 (+3%)

ABC

#11 ABC News – 823 000 (+4%)

#12 Hard Quiz – 751 000 (+20%)

#14 730 – 670 000 (+7%)

#15 The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – 657 000 (+23%)

#29 QI – 288 000 (+36%)

SBS

#10 Alone Australia – 841 000 (+166%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

#1 Alone Australia – 430 000 (+231%)

#2 Travel Guides – 409 000 (+34%)

#5 The 1% Club – 360 000 (+24%)

#6 Home and Away – 339 000 (+41%)

#7 MasterChef Australia – Wednesday – 322 000 (+37%)

#12 The Project 7pm – 192 000 (+7%)

#13 The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – 192 000 (+37%)

#14 Hard Quiz – 174 000 (+45%)

#17 Accused – 137 000 (+13%)

#19 The Summit – Sunday – Encore – 134 000 (+20%)

#20 North Shore – 129 000 (+54%)

#29 Accused – episode 2 – 80 000 (+25%)

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #1 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 487 000. The 1% Club aired episode 5 and was #9 with 521 000. The show was just 39 000 viewers behind Travel Guides. Accused was at #25 with 216 000 viewers. A second new episode of Accused was #41 with 130 000. The Latest: Seven News was on 96 000. A repeat episode of Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous was on 60 000.

Nine

Nine News was #4 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. Nine News 6:30 was #3 with wins in the same markets. A Current Affair was #5 with 603 000 and won its slot. Travel Guides was #6 overall, but #1 in its slot and #1 non news in primetime with 560 000. An encore of the Tuesday episode of The Summit was on 211 000. Nine New Late – Wednesday was on 65 000. Footy Classified was on 145 000 in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

10

The Project 6:30pm was #30 with 191 000. The Project 7pm was #17 with 298 000. MasterChef Australia – Wednesday was #15 with 365 000. North Shore was on 194 000. A new episode of Law and Order: SVU was on 122 000. Fire Country was on just 49 000. Just 29 000 watched a very late repeat episode of Bull.

ABC

ABC News was #7 and sat behind ACA in the slot. 730 was #12 with 450 000. Hard Quiz improved on its lead in and was #11 with 472 000 viewers. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering was #14 with 401 000. The brilliant new dramedy, In Limbo was #19 with 239 000. A repeat of QI was on 167 000.

16-39

1. Nine News 6:30
2. Seven News at 6:30
3. Seven News
4. Nine News
5. The 1% Club

6. MasterChef Australia – Wednesday
7. Travel Guides
8. Home and Away
9. The Project 7pm
14. Alone Australia
16. The Summit – Tuesday – Encore
17. Hard Quiz
23. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
24 Accused
32. North Shore

25-54

1. Nine News 6:30
2. Seven News at 6:30
3. Nine News
4. Seven News
5. Travel Guides

6. The 1% Club
8. MasterChef Australia – Wednesday
9. Home and Away
14. Alone Australia
15. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
18. The Summit – Tuesday – Encore
21. Hard Quiz
22. Accused
26. North Shore

Multi Channels

Winner: 10 Peach (3.2%)

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

10 Peach was the #1 multi channel thanks to The Big Bang Theory – episode 1 (56 000), The Big Bang Theory – episode 2 (#19 with 76 000), The Big Bang Theory – episode 3 (#9 with 99 000), Two and a Half Men – episode 1 (#14 with 86 000) and Two and a Half Men – episode 2 (#15 with 82 000).

7two was the equal #2 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#13 with 90 000), Heartbeat (52 000) and Foyle’s War (66 000).

ABC Kids / ABC TV Plus was the equal #2 multi channel thanks to Peter Rabbit (#3 with 128 000), Shaun the Sheep (#4 with 122 000), The Adventures of Paddington (#5 with 120 000), Bluey (#6 with 113 000), Octonauts (#7 with 109 000), Grace’s Amazing Machines (#12 with 94 000) and Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom (#18 with 76 000).

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 takes out the top 2 programs live streamed yesterday with 9News 6:30 and 9News  recorded an average Live BVOD Audience of 50,000
• Travel Guides is the No.1 Entertainment program with Total People across 5 City Metro, the East Coast and Sydney
• 9News was the No.1 program across 5 City Metro with People 25-54, People 16-39 and GS + Child
• 9News was the No.1 program in East Coast, Sydney and Brisbane for Total People
• A Current Affair dominated its timeslot in the 5 City Metro, East Coast, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane   
• TODAY dominated its breakfast slot with Total People across East Coast and Brisbane

TODAY Extra won its timeslot with People 25-54, 16-39 and GS+Child across East Coast and Sydney

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight ratings Tuesday, 23 May 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS
• MasterChef Australia: #2 entertainment show in 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel.
Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: Up 10% week-on-week.
• 10 Peach: The Big Bang Theory Ep 3 #1 commercial multi-channel show.
• 10 Bold: Up 32% compared to the same night in 2022.
• 10 Shake: Up 42% compared to the same night in 2022.

MasterChef Australia:

• 512,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 623,000 viewers.
• #2 entertainment show in 16 to 39s.
• #2 in its timeslot in 16 to 39s.
• Live stream viewers up 38% compared with the same episode in 2022.
• Series: Achieving biggest live stream audience ever up 41% on 2022.
• Series: Achieving biggest BVOD audience ever up 49% on 2022.

The Project 7pm:
• 414,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 543,000.

OzTam Information

Ratings

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