• 778,000 tuned in to watch Carlton V Melbourne
Total TV Ratings, August 5
ABC’s airing of Grantchester topped entertainment total TV for the network with 704,000 viewers, growing by 18%.
The biggest jump in commercial primetime viewing goes to ABC’s Bay of Fires, where the Total TV audience grew by 99% to reach 231,000 viewers.
Overnight TV Ratings, August 12
Seven enjoyed a Saturday night victory thanks to the Matildas in both the network and primary channel shares with 57.9% and 65.4%, respectively. 7TWO won the multichannels with 3.4%.
Matildas ratings update:
The Matildas v France game’s adjusted average audience of 4.17 million included a national broadcast audience of 3.69 million viewers on Seven (2.62 million in the capital cities) plus 472,000 viewers on 7plus. It is the #1 TV program of the year.
The 472,000 viewers on 7plus makes the Matildas v France game the biggest streaming event ever seen in Australia. It was also the highest rating TV sport program of the past decade.
(OzTAM data does not take into account out-of-home viewing at clubs, pubs, sporting venues and so on.)
All eyes were on Seven for the Matildas on Saturday night as the girls brought it home at the last possible moment. After some super close calls as seen with Mary Fowler’s open goal shot that was saved out of nowhere and a determined French side, the match went all the way to penalty shootouts, an outcome nobody ever wants. The Tillies got the job done however with some amazing saves from Goalie Mackenzie Arnold and a winning shot from Cortnee Vine that take them to the Semi-Finals against England on Wednesday, August 16 at 8:00 pm. The game marks the biggest solo channel viewership of 2023 so far and a landmark moment for Women’s sports in Australia.
See also: Matildas World Cup TV ratings: France clash could set new Seven and Optus Sport records
Seven’s Saturday Night AFL saw Carlton take a 60–56 point victory over the Demons as 778,000 tuned in to watch the match. In entertainment, White House Down reached 358,000.
Nine’s Saturday Night footy saw 135,000 tune in as the Roosters smashed the Dolphins ending in 30-14. Earlier in the night, Getaway had 209,000 as the team cruised through the almighty Seine River in France, stopping at Paris and all the way up to the battlefields of WWI.
On the ABC, Vera was viewed by 307,000 as Vera Stanhope delved into the tangled past of extreme sports fanatic, Gideon Frane after he plunged from a Northumberland cliff top.
10 aired a repeat of Thank God You’re Here to 106,000. The network also aired The Wog Boy to 81,000 viewers.
SBS aired World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys to 76,000.
STV
On Fox League, the Rabbitohs beat the Dragons 26-14 in front of 140,000, while the Roosters smashed the Dolphins 30-14 in front of 126,000. The Warriors also beat the Tigers 30-22 as 94,000 tuned in.
Fox Footy’s top game was Carlton V Melbourne, which saw Carlton just win by 4 points in front of 143,000. Brisbane V Adelaide clocked 109,000 as Brisbane won by 6 points at the GABBA. North Melbourne V Essendon saw the Bombers win by 9 in front of 93,000. The Swans won by 24 against Gold Coast which saw 75,000 tune in on Fox Sports 503.
