Top 20 Consolidated 28 Free to Air Programs
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.
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 -GRAND REUNION -SUN | Nine | 1,045,000 | 1,031,000 | 865,000 | 14,000 | 180,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS – SUN | Seven Network | 986,000 | 986,000 | 986,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! THE WINNER ANNOUNCED | Network 10 | 913,000 | 908,000 | 893,000 | 5,000 | 21,000 |
| 4 | NINE NEWS SUNDAY | Nine | 894,000 | 894,000 | 891,000 | 0 | 3,000 |
| 5 | I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! GRAND FINALE | Network 10 | 810,000 | 804,000 | 788,000 | 6,000 | 22,000 |
| 6 | 60 MINUTES | Nine | 750,000 | 740,000 | 678,000 | 10,000 | 71,000 |
| 7 | ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV | ABC TV | 722,000 | 721,000 | 721,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 8 | BLUEY-AM | ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus | 592,000 | 417,000 | 201,000 | 175,000 | 391,000 |
| 9 | GRAND DESIGNS: HOUSE OF THE YEAR-EV | ABC TV | 533,000 | 525,000 | 479,000 | 9,000 | 54,000 |
| 10 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – THE KNOCKOUT S2 | Seven Network | 520,000 | 520,000 | 520,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | THE SUNDAY PROJECT 7PM | Network 10 | 504,000 | 504,000 | 502,000 | 0 | 2,000 |
| 12 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – THE KNOCKOUT S1 | Seven Network | 495,000 | 495,000 | 495,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | JOANNA LUMLEY’S UNSEEN ADVENTURES-EV | ABC TV | 439,000 | 434,000 | 388,000 | 5,000 | 51,000 |
| 14 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – THE KNOCKOUT INN BRK | Seven Network | 407,000 | 407,000 | 407,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | NINE NEWS: LATE EDITION -SUN | Nine | 400,000 | 400,000 | 397,000 | 0 | 4,000 |
| 16 | BLUEY-EV | ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus | 387,000 | 303,000 | 127,000 | 85,000 | 260,000 |
| 17 | 10 NEWS FIRST SUN | Network 10 | 361,000 | 361,000 | 360,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | SEVEN NEWS AT 5 | Seven Network | 304,000 | 304,000 | 304,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | THE SUNDAY PROJECT 6.30PM | Network 10 | 272,000 | 272,000 | 271,000 | 0 | 1,000 |
| 20 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – THE KNOCKOUT PRE GAME | Seven Network | 267,000 | 267,000 | 267,000 | 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.
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