Wednesday Ratings – Married at First Sight on Nine is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and in Total TV

Ratings Analysis for Total TV (1 March, 2023) and Overnight (8 March, 2023) ratings.

TOTAL TV – Total People

Seven

Mrs. Brown’s Boys moves ahead of The Dog House Australia.

#2 Seven News – 1,271 000 (+3%)

#3 Seven News at 6:30 – 1,254 000 (+3%)

#6 Home and Away – 924 000 (+24%)

#11 The Chase Australia – 705 000 (+3%)

#14 Mrs. Brown’s Boys – 482 000 (+14%)

#17 Mrs. Brown’s Boys – episode 2 – 454 000 (+11%)

#18 The Chase Australia – 5pm – 436 000 (+3%)

#20 The Front Bar – 400 000 (+16%)

#21 Sunrise – 373 000 (+5%)

#28 Seven News at 4:30 – 259 000 (+3%)

Nine

MAFS is back above 2 million and Under Investigation pushes above 600k.

#1 Married at First Sight – Wednesday – 2,017 000 (+65%)

#4 Nine News – 963 000 (+4%)

#5 Nine News 6:30 – 962 000 (+5%)

#7 A Current Affair – 842 000 (+9%)

#13 Under Investigation with Liz Hayes – 621 000 (+24%)

#16 Hot Seat – 458 000 (+4%)

#22 Tipping Point – 369 000 (+6%)

#23 Nine’s Afternoon News – 338 000 (+3%)

#26 Hot Seat – 5pm – 289 000 (+5%)

#27 Today – 283 000 (+8%)

#29 Nine News Late – Wednesday – 254 000 (+12%)

10

A quieter night for 10 with The Dog House Australia its star performer.

#15 The Dog House Australia – 470 000 (+16%)

#24 10 News First – 324 000 (+2%)

#25 The Project 7pm – 312 000 (+5%)

ABC

ABC on fire with its Wednesday comedies.

#8 Hard Quiz – 814 000 (+18%)

#9 ABC News – 813 000 (+3%)

#10 The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – 709 000 (+24%)

#12 730 – 697 000 (+5%)

#19 QI – 404 000 (+19%)

#30 Spicks and Specks (R) – 247 000 (+11%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

Married at First Sight was #1 with 1,034 000 viewers, a rise of 97%. Home and Away was #2 with 298 000, an upswing of 51%. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes was #8 with 221 000, a lift of 33%. The Dog House Australia was #11 with 158 000, an increase of 21%. Mrs. Brown’s Boys was #13 with 146 000, a boost of 24%. The Front Bar was #15 with 143 000, growth of 18%.

OVERNIGHT RATINGS

Analysis

Seven

Seven News was #2 with wins in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. There was a tie in Sydney. Seven News at 6:30 was #3 with wins in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Home and Away was #9 with 482 000 viewers. The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show Part 1 was #20 with just 237 000. The Front Bar was #22 with 232 000 viewers, marking the end of the All Sports Edition. The regular AFL edition will return next week. A repeat of Kitchen Nightmares Australia was on 101 000. The Latest: Seven News had an audience of 67 000. A repeat of Unbelieveable Moments Caught on Camera was watched by 46 000 viewers.

Nine

Nine News was #5 with a tie in Sydney. Nine News 6:30 was #4 with a win in Sydney. A Current Affair was #6 overall, but won its slot with 667 000. Married at First Sight (MAFS) was #1 with 897 000 viewers and completely dominated the time slot. Under Investigation with Liz Hayes had a strong 355 000 viewers at 9pm. Nine News Late – Wednesday was #25 with 204 000. See No Evil had 117 000 viewers at 10:30pm. The show will continue next week but only in Sydney and Brisbane with other markets getting Footy Classified. Nine will not use a later slot or the multi channels to keep all markets in line. Ordinary Joe aired to 55 000 late at night.

10

The Project 6:30pm started the evening with 171 000. The Project 7pm rose to #17 with 251 000 viewers. The Dog House Australia was #15 with 326 000 viewers and beat Russell Gilbert in the slot. Law and Order: SVU was #30 with 155 000. Fire Country was on 83 000. As was the case last week, the 10:40pm repeat of Bull with 102 000, outranked Fire Country that aired at 9:40pm.

ABC

ABC News was #7 for the night, but #2 in the slot behind ACA. 730 was #11 with 446 000. Hard Quiz was #8 with a strong 515 000. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering was #12 with 403 000. QI was #21 with 236 000 viewers. A repeat of the special, Zoe Coombs Marr: Bossy Bottom was watched by 76 000. Adam Hills: The Last Leg had an audience of 70 000.

16-39

1. Married at First Sight
2. Seven News at 6:30
3. A Current Affair
4. Seven News
5. Nine News 6:30

7. Home and Away
8. Under Investigation
9. The Dog House Australia
12. Hard Quiz
13. The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show
22. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
23. The Front Bar
37. Law & Order: SVU

25-54

1. Married at First Sight
2. Nine News 6:30
3. Seven News
4. Seven News at 6:30
5. A Current Affair

7. Home and Away
8. Under Investigation
10. Hard Quiz
11. The Dog House Australia
13. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
16. The Front Bar
18. The Best of the Russell Gilbert Show
29. Law & Order: SVU

Multi Channels

Winner: 9Gem (3.1%)

Second: 7two / 7mate (2.9%)

9Gem was the #1 multi channel thanks to As Time Goes By (#2 with 82 000), a second As Time Goes By (#14 with 69 000) and Midsomer Murders (#3 with 78 000).

7two was the equal #2 multi channel thanks to Bargain Hunt (#4 with 76 000), Heartbeat (56 000) and Foyle’s War (60 000).

7mate was equal #2 thanks to Highway Patrol (65 000), a second Highway Patrol (69 000), Highway Cops (68 000), a second Highway Cops (73 000), Motorway Patrol (66 000) and a second Motorway Patrol (57 000).

How the Networks Analysed their Own Performance
Note: N/A means the network has not sent out a report today

NINE

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:

• The 9Network and Channel 9 No.1 for Total People and all Key Demo’s on Wednesday.
• Channel Nine takes out the top 5 live streamed programs yesterday against all broadcasters, with Married at First Sight leading the way at #1
• Married at First Sight wins timeslot with Total People and all key demos across the 5 City Metro, East Coast and each of the markets
• Married at First Sight Episode 24 recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 149,000 (+29% YoY)
• Married at First Sight takes out to top 3 programs streamed of catch up yesterday against all broadcasters
• Married at First Sight Episode 24 recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 305,000 (+46% YoY)
• Under Investigation recorded a Live + VOD BVOD Audience of 49,000 (+48% on last season)
• Under Investigation wins timeslot across 5City Metro, East Coast and Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth with Total People and all key demos
• A Current Affair recorded a Live BVOD Audience of 54,000 (+19% YoY)
• A Current Affair wins timeslot across the 5 City Metro and East Coast with Total People and all key demos
• TODAY records a Live BVOD Audience of 23,000
• TODAY wins timeslot across the East Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with Total People and the 5 City metro for all key demo’s.
• 9News records a Live BVOD Audience of 44,000
• 9News was the news bulletin of choice in the 5 City Metro for People 25-54 and GS + Child.

Today Extra won its timeslot across the 5 City Metro for Total People and all Key Demo’s.

SEVEN

TEN

LAST NIGHT

Overnight Audience Wednesday, 8 March 2023.

BY THE NUMBERS

• The Dog House Australia: #2 in its timeslot.
• The Dog House Australia: Achieves biggest overnight audience of the season.
• The Dog House Australia: Up 10% week-on-week.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.

Network 10 (10 + 10 Bold + 10 Peach + 10 Shake):

• Up 11% week-on-week.
• Up 18% in under 50s week-on-week and 18% in 25 to 54s.
• 10: Up 5% week-on-week.
• 10: Up 19% week-on-week and 15% in under 50s.

• 10 Bold: Up 24% week-on-week.
• 10 Bold: Up 25% in over 40s week-on-week.
• 10 Peach: #1 multi-channel in its key demo of 16 to 39s.
• 10 Peach: Up% 14% week-on-week.
• 10 Shake: Up 36% week-on-week.
• 10 Shake: Up 55% in its key demo of under 40s week-on-week.

The Dog House Australia:  

• 469,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 584,000 viewers.
• Achieves biggest overnight audience of the season.
• Up 10% week-on-week.
• Up 24% in 16 to 39s week-on-week, 19% in under 50s and 16% in 25 to 54s.
• #2 in its timeslot.
• #2 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• Series: Achieving its biggest BVOD audiences ever across the series (up 3% year-on-year).

The Project 7pm:

• 331,000 national viewers (metro + regional + live stream). Peaked at 440,000.
• Up 7% week-on-week.
• 6:30pm: Up 10% week-on-week.
• Full hour: Up 8% week-on-week.

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