Nine’s Friday primetime audience from 7pm until 9pm was the smallest since the Paris 2024 Games started a week ago.
The primetime audience for this session peaked at 2.512m for Sunday night last week and it has steadily declined across the week with five successive dips. Along the way, losing 1m viewers. Nine still has a firm grip on the biggest audiences though with share close to 50% or more in key demos.
Olympic Games Week 1 Primetime average
Saturday 27 July 1.817m
Sunday 28 July 2.512m
Monday 29 July 2.058m
Tuesday 30 July 2.034m
Wednesday 31 July 1.892m
Thursday 1 August 1.706m
Friday 2 August 1.577m
7-9pm daily. Source: OzTAM/VOZ Tortal TV Total People National Average + BVOD
For more detail on each day, visit Mediaweek’s TV ratings portal.
Friday Paris 2024 TV ratings
9Network’s TV ratings for the Friday broadcast of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 (up until 2am Monday AEST) secured a National Total TV Reach of 9.189 million across Channel 9, 9Gem and 9Now.
Rowers Annabelle McIntyre and Jessica Morrison
Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 7 Night Session (7pm-9pm) was Australia’s No. 1 program in TV ratings with all key demos and Total People. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 3.839 million, a Total TV National Audience of 1.577 million and a BVOD audience of 196,000. The broadcast saw the Rowsellas Women’s Pair of Annabelle McIntyre and Jessica Morrison fight their way in a thrilling race to win Bronze as well as the battle in the pool between Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky in the 800m freestyle.
Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 7 Night Session 2 (9pm-10:30pm) dominated it’s timeslot and was Australia’s No. 2 program with key demos People 25-54 and 16-39. The session featured the Boomers take on Greece in the Men’s Basketball and the Stingers defeat Canada in the Women’s Water Polo preliminary’s, securing a National Total TV Reach of 2.856 million, a Total TV National Audience of 1.060 million and a BVOD audience of 172,000.
Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 7 Late (10:30pm-12am) dominated its TV ratings timeslot across Australia with Total People and all key demos. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 2.318 million, a Total TV National Audience of 779,000 and a BVOD audience of 140,000. Audiences in this slot witnessed Australian Tennis champs Matt Ebden and John Peers guarantee a medal after defeating USA in the men’s doubles semi-final. The late session also saw Noemie Fox’s Olympic debut as she competed alongside sister Jess in the new Olympic discipline of Kayak Cross.
Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 7 Afternoon (3pm-6:59pm) dominated its timeslot across Australia with Total People and all key demos. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 2.979 million, a Total TV National Audience of 649,000 and a BVOD audience of 84,000. The Afternoon session saw the opening day of the Athletics Track and Field at Stade de France, featuring 2020 silver medalist Nicola Olyslagers alongside Eleanor Patterson in the Women’s High Jump.
9News was Australia’s No.1 bulletin of the night in TV ratings with all key demos and Total People. The combined national bulletins achieved a National Total TV Reach of 2.566 million, a Total TV National Audience of 1.299 million and a BVOD audience of 147,000.
The 9Network was the No. 1 network across the 5 City Metro with Total People and all key demos, securing shares of 57.7% with People 25-54, 62.0% with People 16-39 and 48.9% with Total People.
9Now was the No. 1 CFTA BVOD platform across Australia with Total People and all key demos, with massive shares of 84.3% with People 25-54, 86.50% with People 16-39 and 82.2% with Total People.
