Wednesday TV Ratings Australia – Utopia on ABC is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst the Mid-Year Ashes on Nine wins in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (19 July, 2023) and Overnight (26 July, 2023) ratings.

Seven

#1 Seven News – 1,455 000 (+3%)

#2 Seven News at 6.30 – 1,356 000 (+4%)

#8 Home and Away – 925 000 (+28%)

#9 The Chase Australia – 902 000 (+4%)

#17 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 552 000 (+4%)

#19 Animals Aboard with Dr Harry – 455 000 (+8%)

#23 Sunrise – 375 000 (+5%)

#24 The Front Bar – 374 000 (+25%)

#27 Seven News at 4.30 – 311 000 (+3%)

#30 Ambulance: Code Red – 276 000 (+7%)

Nine

#3 The Mid-Year Ashes: Fourth Test – England v Australia – Session 1 – Day 1 – 1, 311 000 (+15%)

#4 Nine News- 1,113 000 (+5%)

#5 Nine News 6.30 – 1,100 000 (+6%)

#6 A Current Affair – 977 000 (+7%)

#13 The Mid-Year Ashes: Fourth Test – England v Australia – Lunch – Day 1 – 705 000 (+18%)

#15 The Mid-Year Ashes: Fourth Test – England v Australia – Pre Match – Day 1 – 693 000 (+11%)

#16 The Mid-Year Ashes: Fourth Test – England v Australia – Session 2 – Day 1 – 559 000 (+21%)

#18 Hot Seat – 537 000 (+6%)

#20 Tipping Point – 431 000 (+6%)

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#21 Nine’s Afternoon News – 392 000 (+4%)

#22 Hot Seat – 5pm – 381 000 (+5%)

#29 Today – 298 000 (+10%)

10

#10 Hunted – Wednesday – 862 000 (+41%)

#25 The Project 7pm – 373 000 (+5%)

#26 10 News First – 342 000 (+3%)

#28 Riptide – 309 000 (+40%)

ABC

#7 Utopia – 970 000 (+55%)

#11 Gruen – 834 000 (+42%)

#12 ABC News – 798 000 (+4%)

#14 730 – 698 000 (+7%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

#1 The Mid-Year Ashes: Fourth Test – England v Australia – Session 1 – Day 1 – 515 000 (+26%)

#2 Hunted – Wednesday – 434 000 (+49%)

#4 Utopia – 334 000 (+90%)

#6 The Mid-Year Ashes: Fourth Test – England v Australia – Lunch – Day 1 – 323 000 (+28%)

#7 Home and Away – 318 000 (+50%)

#11 Gruen – 262 000 (+68%)

#12 The Mid-Year Ashes: Fourth Test – England v Australia – Pre Match – Day 1 – 251 000 (+20%)

#13 The Mid-Year Ashes: Fourth Test – England v Australia – Session 2 – Day 1 – 241 000 (+31%)

#15 The Project 7pm – 147 000 (+8%)

#18 The Front Bar – 138 000 (+25%)

#20 The Mid-Year Ashes: Fourth Test – England v Australia – Tea – Day 1 – 119 000 (+31%)

#22 Animals Aboard with Dr Harry – 116 000 (+12%)

#23 Riptide – 109 000 (+33%)

#26 Ambulance: Code Red – 100 000 (+6%)

#28 The Mid-Year Ashes: Fourth Test – England v Australia – Session 3 – Day 1 – 96 000 (+37%)

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 Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Home and Away was #10 with 454 000. The special, ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold was #13 with 372 000. The Front Bar went to air in all markets at 8.30 with an audience of 305 000 and landed at #15. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Canada and Ireland was on the main channel in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide and was #34 with 148 000 watching.

Nine

Nine News was #3 with a win in Sydney. Nine News 6.30 was #4 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. A Current Affair was #5 with 649 000 and was #1 in its slot. There was some split programming across the schedule. Sydney, Brisbane and Perth went for a repeat of Travel Guides which was #16 with 290 000. Footy Classified aired at 7.30 in Melbourne and Adelaide and at 9.30 in Perth for an audience of 129 000. A repeat of RBT aired in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth for 247 000. World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023 – Finals aired in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide to 238 000. All markets aired The Equalizer with 50 000 watching.

10

The Project 6.30pm was #29 with 182 000. The Project 7pm was #17 with 260 000. The premiere movie, The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race was #26 with 202 000. So Help Me Todd had just 76 000 viewers. An encore of FBI was on 40 000.

ABC

ABC News was #6 for the night and was behind ACA. 730 was #11 with 433 000. The season final of Utopia was #8 with 504 000. Gruen was #9 with 458 000. Gold Diggers was #27 with 195 000. Queen of Oz was #40 with 128 000. Adam Hills: The Last Leg was on 95 000.

16-39

1. Nine News 6.30
2. Nine News
3. A Current Affair
4. Seven News
5. Seven News at 6.30

6. Gruen
7. Utopia
8. The Project 7pm
10. Home and Away
11. Travel Guides (R)
12. The Front Bar
16. RBT (R)
19. World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023 – Finals
20. ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold
25. The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race
26. Gold Diggers
40. FIFA Women’s World Cup – Canada v Ireland

25-54

1. Nine News
2. Seven News
3. Nine News 6.30
4. Seven News at 6.30
5. A Current Affair

6. Utopia
7. Gruen
8. Home and Away
10. The Project 7pm
12. The Front Bar
14. Travel Guides (R)
16. RBT (R)
19. ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold
22. World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023 – Finals
23. Gold Diggers
24. The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race
34. FIFA Women’s World Cup – Canada v Ireland

Multi Channels

Winner: 7mate (3.7%)

Second: 7two (3.2%)

7mate was the #1 multi channel thanks to Highway Patrol – episode 1 (63 000), Highway Patrol – episode 2 (#8 with 83 000), The Force: Behind the Line (#5 with 88 000) and FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Pre Game (55 000).

7two was the #2 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#3 with 93 000), Heartbeat (63 000) and Foyle’s War (62 000).

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 3 programs live streamed against all broadcasters with 9News 6:30, 9News and ACA
• 9News was the No. 1 program across the 5 City Metro, East Coast, Sydney and Adelaide with People 25-54, People 16-39 and GS + Child
• 9News recorded an average Live BVOD Audience of 55,000
• A Current Affair dominated the 7.00pm timeslot with with Total People across the 5 City Metro, East Coast, Sydney and Brisbane 
• A Current Affair recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 47,000 (+35% YoY)
• World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023 – Finals Day 4 won its timeslot with Total People, People 16-39 and GS+ Child in the 5 City Metro, East Coast, Sydney and Brisbane
• World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023 – Finals Day 4 recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 22,000
• Today was the breakfast show of choice with Total People in Melbourne and Brisbane 
• Today recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 26,000

Today Extra won its timeslot with People 16-39 across 5 City Metro, East Coast, Sydney and Brisbane

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT
Overnight ratings Wednesday, 26 July 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS
• The Project 7pm : #2 in its timeslot in 16 to 39s.
• The Project Full Hour: Up 11% week-on-week.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in 16 to 39s.
Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):
• 10 Bold: Up 5% week-on-week and 9% in over 40s.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: Up 9% week-on-week and 21% in 16 to 39s.
• 10 Shake: Up 31% in under 40s week-on-week.

The Project 7pm:
• 373,000 national viewers. Peaked at 474,000 viewers.
• #2 in its timeslot in 16 to 39s.
• Up 6% week-on-week.
• 6:30pm: Up 15% week-on-week.
• Full hour: Up 11% week-on-week.

OzTam Information

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