Top 20 Consolidated 28 Free to Air Programs

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Over recent years, there’s been a rapidly increasing use of time-shifting devices to watch TV. Whether it’s digital video recorders or the built-in time-shifting capabilities of some smart TVs and streaming devices, the audience for a channel and its shows might not all be sitting down at the same time to watch.

The Consolidated 28 ratings are designed to take this into account. Thanks to the advanced technology of the Unitam device that’s operating in every household on the ratings panel, it’s possible for OzTam to track viewing of particular shows not just when they go to air, but also when they’re played back later – at any time in the following four weeks. It doesn’t matter what device the shows are recorded with – as long as they’re played back through the TV at normal speed, they’re counted.

Top 20 Free to Air Consolidated

The Consolidated 28 list brings together viewer numbers from the live broadcast (also known as the Overnight ratings), the Consolidated 7 rankings (shows viewed some time in the week following broadcast) and the final Consolidated 28 numbers.

This paints a clear picture of the real viewer numbers for a particular show. While some shows tend to be watched live as they go to air, some pick up substantial extra viewers when people watch the episode later from their time-shifted recording. Long-term, this list provides the truest picture of how many viewers each show had.

The only drawback is that the data takes a full four weeks to be finalised – but this is still extremely useful for the TV networks to judge the true following of a show – and whether it stays on the air.

Like many of OzTAM’s lists, these rankings can also be broken down into specific age groups, but the list on this page shows you the numbers for viewers of all ages.

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Top 20 Consolidated 28 Programs
All Free-to-Air

Rank	Description (grouped)	Channel\Network	Consolidated 28	Consolidated 7	Overnight	000s Increase on Consolidated 7	000s Increase on Overnight
1	MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -SUN	Nine Network	1,221,000	1,209,000	1,127,000	12,000	94,000
2	SEVEN NEWS – SUN	Seven Network	1,087,000	1,087,000	1,085,000	0	2,000
3	NINE NEWS SUNDAY	Nine Network	1,018,000	1,018,000	1,017,000	0	1,000
4	60 MINUTES	Nine Network	894,000	890,000	830,000	3,000	64,000
5	DANCING WITH THE STARS: ALL STARS – SUN	Seven Network	823,000	816,000	744,000	6,000	79,000
6	BLUEY-EV	ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus	592,000	414,000	110,000	178,000	481,000
7	HARROW-EV	ABC TV	568,000	556,000	429,000	13,000	140,000
8	ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV	ABC TV	546,000	546,000	545,000	0	1,000
9	SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL	Seven Network	492,000	492,000	487,000	0	5,000
10	AUSTRALIAN CRIME STORIES	Nine Network	426,000	420,000	400,000	6,000	26,000
11	BLUEY-AM	ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus	407,000	250,000	95,000	157,000	312,000
12	CRIME INVESTIGATION AUSTRALIA: MOST INFAMOUS	Seven Network	364,000	355,000	328,000	8,000	36,000
13	WHEN PHILLIP MET PRINCE PHILIP-EV	ABC TV	357,000	349,000	335,000	7,000	22,000
14	THE SUNDAY PROJECT 7PM	Network 10	328,000	328,000	325,000	0	3,000
15	SILENT WITNESS-EV	ABC TV	328,000	306,000	250,000	21,000	78,000
16	10 NEWS FIRST SUN	Network 10	289,000	289,000	289,000	0	0
17	INSIDERS-AM	ABC TV	285,000	285,000	285,000	0	0
18	THE SUNDAY PROJECT 6.30PM	Network 10	283,000	283,000	280,000	0	3,000
19	SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE	Nine Network	272,000	272,000	272,000	0	0
20	LANDLINE-PM	ABC TV	261,000	261,000	261,000	0	0

© OzTAM Pty Limited 2021. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) without the prior written consent of OzTAM. Program performance and ranking information subject to change when not based on final program logs. Ranking information is for individual episodes. Includes Preliminary data.