The AFL season launched with an extra evening of primetime last week, giving Seven four successive nights of live football to win the TV ratings. The games boosted Seven’s network share 3.3 points and secured it a metro and primary win. The return of the AFL pushed Seven into leadership in every metro market except for Sydney where the mix of MAFS and NRL kept Nine the clear favourite.
Meanwhile Seven has released a new national audience report that shows Seven rules TV ratings in survey year-to-date.
Seven West Media managing director and chief executive officer James Warburton said: “An ongoing national ratings report is not only reflective of how television is now planned, bought and sold, but also an important step in getting to a combined daily VOZ report, which OzTAM is aiming to achieve by the start of calendar 2023, subject to industry consultation.
“Seven continues to work constructively with OzTAM and Regional TAM, the other networks and the Media Federation of Australia to ensure our ratings data reflects the changes in national viewing behaviour.”
Monday-Friday News primetime
Seven 901,000/855,000
Nine 817,000/786,000
ABC 600,000
10 297,000 (5pm)
SBS 164,000 (6.30pm)
Monday-Friday Breakfast
Sunrise (Seven) 233,000
Today (Nine) 200,000
New this week: The return of the AFL on Seven deserves the spotlight. As noted above it pushed Seven to a #1 network and #1 primary ranking. The metro audiences for the primetime programming were:
Wednesday Night Football 548,000
Thursday Night Football 504,000
Friday Night Football 504,000
Saturday Night Football 330,000 (No Perth)
Seven: Network 29.3% (26.0%), Primary 20.2% (17.5%), 7TWO 3.7% (3.7%)
Dancing with the Stars was down again hitting 600,000+ earlier this month, last week it reported an audience of 517,000 which was Seven’s #1 entertainment program.
Home and Away dipped too down from 500,000+ a fortnight ago to 433,000.
Best of the rest on Seven included SAS Australia Tuesday on 393,000 and Better Homes and Gardens on 392,000.
Nine: Network 30.5% (32.3%), Primary 22.8% (24.3%), GO! 2.2%
Married at First Sight was a clear favourite with viewers with all four episodes outranking any other programs in Week 12, including the Sunday and weeknight 6pm news bulletins. The most-watched episode was 1,078,000 on Sunday with the other three episodes all over 900,000.
A Current Affair eased back a little after a few weeks of growth with 642,000 after two weeks above 700,000.
Having a better week was 60 Minutes, up from 550,000 to 620,000.
The Hundred with Andy Lee continues to contribute with 481,000 its best in several weeks.
Also up week-on-week was Under Investigation, climbing from 351,000 back closer to its average around 400,000.
10: Network 15.7% (16.7%), Primary 9.8% (10.5%), 10 Bold 2.7% (2.7%)
The primary channel slipped back into single figures this week as Seven’s AFL drew share from all other broadcasters.
Australian Survivor Monday performed best with 502,000 after no episode cracked half a million in Week 11.
Gogglebox was next best with 481,000 for the second episode.
Also in the 400,000s was The Dog House Australia (444,000) and Australian Survivor Sunday on 417,000.
In the 300,000s were First Dates Australia (377,000), The Project 7pm (324,000) and Would I Lie to You Australia? (311,000).
ABC: Network 16.3% (16.7%), Primary 11.0% (11.3%), ABC News 2.8% (2.7%)
Australian Story was the next best after the 7pm news with 540,000.
Four Corners too drew a good crowd with 512,00 with Death in Paradise close behind on 506,000.
Next best were Media Watch (473,000), 7.30 (457,000) and Hard Quiz (454,000).
SBS: Network 8.1% (8.3%), Primary 4.5% (4.8%), Viceland/Food 1.2%
Visiting Scotland must be high on the list for SBS viewers as programs about the country continue to rate well. Scotland: Escape to the Wilderness was #1 for SBS this week with 179,000.
Royal History’s Myths and Secrets then did 163,000.
Numbers in brackets are the previous week’s share.
See also:
TV ratings: Who won Week 11, 2022