• Sydney Thunder takes down Melbourne Renegades in Big Bash League
Total TV Ratings, January 12
Seven’s Home and Away has brought in 937,000 viewers, lifting 33%.
On 9, Great Getaways was up 5%, with 433,000 viewers; and on 10, Ambulance Australia was up 5%, with 351,000 tuning in.
Overnight TV Ratings, January 19
Primetime News
Seven News 811,000 (6:00pm)/ 796,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 587,000 (6:00pm)/ 538,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 513,000
10 News First 209,000 (5:00pm)/ 136,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 131,000 (6:30pm)/ 105,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
7.30 375,000
The Project 141,000 (6:30pm)/ 245,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 205,000
Today 165,000
News Breakfast 148,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 26.8% and a network share of 37.1%. 7mate has topped multichannels with a 3.8% share.
The Australian Open continues on Nine. On the night of day four, Aussie Alex De Minaur won against France’s Adrian Mannarino in front of 522,000; however, it was the match between our very own Thanasi Kokkinakis and Tennis vet Andy Murray, which saw 482,000 tuning in. These numbers only reflect a portion of the picture due to Murray’s epic win after a gruelling five hour and 45 minute match, entering into the next ratings period.
Home and Away brought 456,000 to Seven to start the evening. Sydney Thunder went head-to-head with the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash, with 234,000 watching Sydney Thunder take the win, live from Manuka Oval.
On the ABC, 7.30 had 375,000 tune in as the show covered the resignation of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and a debate over Australia’s own parliament. A repeat of You Can’t Ask That (with a focus on adult virgins) brought in 179,000, before 175,000 watched Grand Designs: House of the Year.
The Project (141,000 6:30pm / 245,000 7pm) also dove into Ardern’s resignation, as well as the public showdown between Michael Clarke and Karl Stefanovic. A repeat of Ambulance Australia saw an audience of 184,000 tune in to a woman who had fallen off her balcony while trying to retrieve her friend’s cat, followed by a rerun of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit which had 114,000 viewers.
The highest rated non-news show on SBS was an old episode of World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys, with 121,000.
