• Tennis stars come together to raise money for Ukraine
Total TV Ratings, January 4
On Seven, The Chase Australia was up 2% for a total audience of 658,000 – topping non-news for the night.
Nine’s Hot Seat also flew the flag for quiz shows, up 4% for a total audience of 489,000.
On the ABC, a repeat of Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery lifted 4%, bringing in 434,000.
Overnight TV Ratings, January 11
Primetime News
Seven News 808,000 (6:00pm)/ 799,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 672,000 (6:00pm)/ 669,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 525,000
10 News First 223,000 (5:00pm)/ 156,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 121,000 (6:30pm)/ 97,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 471,000
7.30 404,000
The Project 175,000 (6:30pm)/ 241,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 210,000
News Breakfast 154,000
Today 147,000
Seven has won the night with a primary share of 19.7% and a network share of 30.6%. 7Two topped multichannels with a 4.8% share.
Seven’s Home and Away brought in 438,000 viewers, before Brisbane Heat took on the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash. With Australia’s test players making their return to the BBL after defeating South Africa, 288,000 tuned in as the Perth Scorchers took the win by eight wickets.
A Current Affair brought 471,000 viewers to Nine as the show covered the death of Cardinal George Pell, and spoke to a couple who had an airline lose their bag for more than 20 days. Tennis Plays For Peace followed, with 205,000 watching as the world’s top tennis players joined the global fund-raising effort for the people of Ukraine
ABC’s 7.30 also covered the death of Cardinal George Pell, as well as the rise of non-alcoholic drinks for 404,000. A repeat of QI brought in 244,000, before a repeat of Spicks and Specks got 217,000 toes tapping.
On 10, The Project (175,000 6:30pm / 241,000 7pm) asked just how effective climate protestors Extinction Rebellion are, and interviewed Sam Smith ahead of their gig at a South Australian vineyard. It was high drama on The Bachelors, with 281,000 tuning in as a secret boyfriend on the outside and an OnlyFans account was exposed amongst the women.
The highest rating show on SBS was a repeat of Britain’s Secret Islands, bringing in 130,000.
