• Holly And Jimi evade capture to win Hunted Australia 2023
• 2.4 million watched our Matildas take on Canada in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Total TV
Total TV Ratings, July 31
2,460,000 watched our Aussie Matildas challenge Canada on Seven, finishing 4 – 0 in the FIFA Women’s World Cup, up 14%.
1,115,000 tuned into Session One of Day Five of the fifth Ashes test match, up 20% while 1,129,000 watched the Post Game, up 10% and the Pre-Game was viewed by 985,000, up 10%.
734,000 viewed 10’s Have You Been Paying Attention? Host Tom Gleisner was joined by Ed Kavalee, Marty Sheargold, Hayley Sproull, Ray O’Leary and Alex Ward, up 49%.
702,000 saw 10’s Hunted Australia as a search of Fugitive couple Holly and Josh’s apartment turned up a vital piece of information, up 34%.
Overnight TV Ratings, August 7
Primetime News
Seven News 995,000 (6:00pm) / 844,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 772,000 (6:00pm) / 778,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 549,000
10 News First 222,000 (5:00pm)/ 170,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 136,000 (6:30pm)/ 93,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 657,000
7.30 421,000
The Project 197,000 6:30pm / 278,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 218,000
Today 182,000
News Breakfast 150,000
Sevn won Monday night with a primary share of 47.3% and an incredible network share of 54.5%. 7Two has won multi channels with a 2.5% share.
789,000 began their evening with Seven’s The Voice. Garrett, a Jessica Mauboy superfan, fan failed to turn any chairs while 12-year-old NSW student Gezel Bardossi left the coaches in shock after her performance of Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin.
1,040,000 then sat down for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Pre-Game Round 16 before 2,294,000 supported our Aussie Matildas in a thrilling match against Denmark. 906,000 also stayed on for the Post-Game. Australia defeated their opponent 2-0 in front of 75,000 fans at Stadium Australia with Caitlin Foord (who was also named Player of the Match) scoring the first goal in the 29th minute and Hayley Raso earning her third goal of the tournament. Later in the game, Sam Kerr made her World Cup debut to the roar of the crowd, with the team now through to the Quarter-Final. Not only was it an outstanding effort on the pitch, but it also beat the viewership of the 2022 AFL Grand Final (2,179,000). By the same token, the spectacular outing eclipsed the competition as the biggest solo channel broadcast of 2023! Up the Tillys!
Nine’s A Current Affair (657,000) told the story of Leo, the black labrador mastiff cross who has finally been returned to his worried owners a week after he was stolen from their front yard in Melbourne’s inner north. 557,000 then sat down for a night of drama and renovations as the Blockheads chose their houses, host Scott Cam revealed some Block firsts and tensions continued to rise between Leah and Steph.
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On 10, The Project (6:30pm / 278,000 7pm) welcomed one of Australia’s best swimmers, Ariarne Titmus, to the desk, after her record-breaking performance at the World Swimming Championships in Japan and spoke to British comedian Russell Howard via satellite. The Hunted Australia 2023 Extraction and Finale then followed as all remaining Fugitives made their way to the Melbourne Cricket Ground with the Hunters at their heels. Father and son duo Tharren and Jordan fell at the last hurdle, while Jimi and Holly made it to the extraction point, winning a share of $100,000 in front of 421,000 and 353,000 viewers respectively. 408,000 then tuned into Have You Been Paying Attention? Host Tom Gleisner was joined by Alan Davies, Kitty Flanagan, Guy Montgomery, Emma Holland and Ed Kavalee.
421,000 watched ABC’s 7.30, Sarah Ferguson interviewed ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr plus the program put the spotlight on the Matildas before their landmark game against Denmark. Then, on Back Roads, we journeyed to Western Australia’s vast Wheatbelt region, to the little town of Darkan. 358,000 tuned in. Then, 260,000 watched Four Corners which detailed how consultants infiltrate the government with firms pushing ethical boundaries, costing billions of dollars with little transparency and almost no accountability. 287,000 then stayed on for Media Watch.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes with 67,000 tuning in to see Robson Green joins forces with his brother David and Uncle Matheson in his pursuit of new ways to spend time in the Great Outdoors.
