A look at the latest ratings results and what they mean for the networks – as well as a glimpse at how well your favourite shows are doing!
State of Origin Wins Ratings Gold on Nine
The third and final match in the State of Origin series has garnered the top spot for Wednesday night, earning ratings gold for channel Nine. It was a brilliant game to cap the entire series, which gave the NSW Blues a stunning victory of 26-20 over the QLD Maroons.
Most tennis fans tuned in to the Nine coverage of the match with over 2 million viewers for the aggregate figure, and with FOX Sports earning around 32,000 for the last match in the State of Origin series. Another platform showcasing the matches lie is Kayo Sports. However as of late, it’s not currently included in the OzTAM TV ratings report given it’s a recently launched streaming provider.
How to Watch State of Origin and 2019 NRL Premiership Matches
What can be considered as the pinnacle of Rugby League, and even of the entirety of Australian sport, is the State of Origin Series. It’s one that’s played with such passion, intensity, and pride, with this year’s series marking the 38th ‘state verse state’ meeting between the QLD Maroons and NSW Blues. Even though this is the last match of the series, you can still catch more rugby action with the continuation of the 2019 NRL Premiership.
Good news is, you can watch select matches from each round of the NRL on channel Nine on free to air. But if you’re looking for a more extensive coverage of this prestigious event, you may want to check out Foxtel and Kayo Sports live broadcast of all matches, including over 200 hours of live action in HD, plus the option to watch it all online or at your own time.
The viewing options include Nine, Foxtel’s pay TV service, their online platform Foxtel Now, as well as Kayo Sports which will be streaming the rest of the 2019 NRL Premiership in addition to providing condensed match replays on-demand.
Top 20 Programs All Free-to-Air
Channels
- Report: Top 20 Programs
- Channels: All Free-to-Air
- Market: 5 City Metro (aggregate figure), Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth
- Demographics: Total People
- Day-part: 02:00 – 26:00
- Day: Wednesday
- Date: 10/07/2019
- Deliverable: Overnight
| Rank | Description (grouped) | Channel\Network | (r) 5 City Metro | Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane | Adelaide | Perth |
| 1 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD -MATCH | Nine | 2,002,000 | 877,000 | 249,000 | 670,000 | 84,000 | 122,000 |
| 2 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD -PRE MATCH | Nine | 1,105,000 | 450,000 | 134,000 | 377,000 | 63,000 | 80,000 |
| 3 | SEVEN NEWS | Seven Network | 1,095,000 | 278,000 | 250,000 | 213,000 | 145,000 | 208,000 |
| 4 | SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT | Seven Network | 1,012,000 | 267,000 | 267,000 | 206,000 | 115,000 | 157,000 |
| 5 | NINE NEWS | Nine | 910,000 | 298,000 | 304,000 | 188,000 | 74,000 | 46,000 |
| 6 | NINE NEWS 6:30 | Nine | 867,000 | 294,000 | 282,000 | 202,000 | 89,000 | 0 |
| 7 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven Network | 653,000 | 155,000 | 146,000 | 156,000 | 87,000 | 109,000 |
| 8 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD -POST MATCH | Nine | 651,000 | 391,000 | 50,000 | 149,000 | 25,000 | 36,000 |
| 9 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 628,000 | 155,000 | 223,000 | 85,000 | 77,000 | 87,000 |
| 10 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven Network | 612,000 | 181,000 | 153,000 | 128,000 | 62,000 | 89,000 |
| 11 | MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED | Network 10 | 555,000 | 124,000 | 214,000 | 85,000 | 66,000 | 67,000 |
| 12 | HOT SEAT | Nine | 522,000 | 183,000 | 173,000 | 110,000 | 39,000 | 17,000 |
| 13 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 520,000 | 123,000 | 202,000 | 74,000 | 63,000 | 58,000 |
| 14 | THE PROJECT 7PM | Network 10 | 502,000 | 109,000 | 185,000 | 99,000 | 51,000 | 58,000 |
| 15 | ANH’S BRUSH WITH FAME-EV | ABC | 492,000 | 112,000 | 187,000 | 57,000 | 70,000 | 66,000 |
| 16 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM | Seven Network | 414,000 | 98,000 | 97,000 | 92,000 | 55,000 | 72,000 |
| 17 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE | Seven Network | 409,000 | 107,000 | 118,000 | 56,000 | 50,000 | 78,000 |
| 18 | SHAUN MICALLEF’S MAD AS HELL S10-EV | ABC | 395,000 | 107,000 | 149,000 | 32,000 | 50,000 | 58,000 |
| 19 | 10 NEWS FIRST | Network 10 | 394,000 | 97,000 | 107,000 | 84,000 | 53,000 | 52,000 |
| 20 | THE FORCE – BEHIND THE LINE | Seven Network | 331,000 | 76,000 | 91,000 | 38,000 | 43,000 | 83,000 |
Big Wednesday Night for Cricket!
There’s no feeling the blues this mid-week with the Cricket World Cup match between Australia and Pakistan airing on FOX Cricket. This match garnered over 200,000 viewers leaving everything else in the dust. Of course, several shows still did make their own mark including Warrior on FOX8 and HBO’s original series, Chernobyl, which is also the highest rated show on IMDB to date.
Top 20 Consolidated 28 Programs
All Subscription Channels
- Report: Top 20 Consolidated 28 Programs
- Channels: All Subscription Channels
- Market: National STV
- Demographics: Total People
- Day-part: 02:00 – 26:00
- Day: Wednesday
- Date: 12/06/2019
- Deliverable: Consolidated 28, Consolidated 7 and Overnight
| Rank | Description | Channel\Market | Consolidated 28 | Consolidated 7 | Overnight | 000s Increase on Consolidated 7 | 000s Increase on Overnight |
| 1 | LIVE: WORLD CUP: AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN | FOX CRICKET | 241,000 | 241,000 | 240,000 | 0 | 2,000 |
| 2 | LIVE: WORLD CUP INNINGS BREAK | FOX CRICKET | 112,000 | 112,000 | 112,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | THE INBETWEEN | UNIVERSAL TV | 90,000 | 79,000 | 31,000 | 12,000 | 59,000 |
| 4 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA | Lifestyle Channel | 78,000 | 71,000 | 46,000 | 7,000 | 32,000 |
| 5 | LIVE: WORLD CUP: AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN | FOX CRICKET | 73,000 | 73,000 | 72,000 | 0 | 2,000 |
| 6 | WARRIOR | FOX8 | 63,000 | 58,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 43,000 |
| 7 | CHERNOBYL | FOX SHOWCASE | 59,000 | 59,000 | 47,000 | 0 | 13,000 |
| 8 | THE PREDATOR | Foxtel Movies Premiere | 56,000 | 56,000 | 34,000 | 0 | 22,000 |
| 9 | OUTBACK TRUCKERS | A&E | 55,000 | 53,000 | 44,000 | 3,000 | 11,000 |
| 10 | LIVE: AFL 360 | FOX FOOTY | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 0 | 1,000 |
| 11 | LIVE: NRL 360 | FOX LEAGUE | 49,000 | 49,000 | 44,000 | 0 | 5,000 |
| 12 | THE BOLT REPORT | Sky News Live | 47,000 | 47,000 | 46,000 | 0 | 1,000 |
| 13 | MOTHERFATHERSON | BBC First | 47,000 | 27,000 | 2,000 | 20,000 | 45,000 |
| 14 | BEVERLY HILLS: REAL HOUSEWIVES OF… | ARENA | 47,000 | 46,000 | 33,000 | 1,000 | 14,000 |
| 15 | BIG LITTLE LIES | FOX SHOWCASE | 45,000 | 44,000 | 20,000 | 1,000 | 25,000 |
| 16 | THE 100 | FOX8 | 44,000 | 32,000 | 10,000 | 13,000 | 34,000 |
| 17 | CREDLIN | Sky News Live | 44,000 | 44,000 | 43,000 | 0 | 1,000 |
| 18 | CRIMINAL MINDS | TVH!TS | 43,000 | 43,000 | 40,000 | 0 | 3,000 |
| 19 | MRS. BROWN’S BOYS | UKTV | 43,000 | 43,000 | 39,000 | 0 | 5,000 |
| 20 | LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY & THE AFTERMATH | crime + investigation | 41,000 | 33,000 | 26,000 | 9,000 | 16,000 |
Nine Soars to the Top; Seven Falls Behind
Week after week, we’ve been seeing a close race between Nine and Seven to secure the most percentage of viewers each day. This time, Nine takes a huge lead once again with 48.3% thanks to the State of Origin coverage, pushing Seven back to second place at 19.2%. The rest are not too far behind with Network Ten slowly climbing the ladder at 13.9%, closely followed by ABC at 12.0%, and SBS at 6.6%.
Daily Free-to-Air Share All Channels
- Report: Daily Free-to-Air Share
- Channels: All Free-to-Air Channels
- Market: 5 City Metro (aggregate figure)
- Demographics: Total People
- Day-part: 18:00 – 24:00
- Day: Wednesday
- Deliverable: Overnight, Consolidated 7 and Consolidated 28
| Channel | Overnight 10/07/2019 | Consolidated 7 03/07/2019 | Consolidated 28 12/06/2019 |
| ABC | 8.4% | 11.7% | 11.4% |
| ABC KIDS/COMEDY | 2.1% | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| ABC ME | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| ABC NEWS | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| ABC Network | 12.0% | 16.1% | 16.0% |
| Seven | 13.2% | 15.5% | 16.9% |
| 7TWO | 2.4% | 4.8% | 2.8% |
| 7mate | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2.8% |
| 7flix | 1.4% | 2.0% | 1.9% |
| 7food network | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Seven Network | 19.2% | 24.9% | 24.8% |
| Nine | 36.7% | 20.5% | 14.9% |
| 9GO! | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.9% |
| 9Gem | 7.1% | 4.9% | 9.8% |
| 9Life | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% |
| Nine Network | 48.3% | 30.0% | 29.9% |
| 10 | 8.8% | 14.8% | 15.5% |
| 10 Bold | 3.0% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| 10 Peach | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.3% |
| Network 10 | 13.9% | 21.3% | 22.2% |
| SBS | 4.0% | 4.4% | 4.6% |
| SBS VICELAND | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| SBS Food | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
| NITV | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| SBS World Movies | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| SBS Network | 6.6% | 7.7% | 7.0% |
MasterChef Continues Its Streak
With over 800,000 viewers strong in a consolidated 28 figure, Network Ten’s MasterChef Australia has still been consistently winning viewers regardless of the day of the week. Not too far away are other consistent ratings winners such as Seven’s Home and Away and The Chase Australia, plus Ten’s Five Bedrooms and ABC’s Anh’s Brush With Fame.
Top 20 Consolidated 28 Programs
All Free-to-Air
- Report: Top 20 Consolidated 28 Programs
- Channels: All Free-to-Air
- Market: 5 City Metro (aggregate figure)
- Demographics: Total People
- Day-part: 02:00 – 26:00
- Day: Wednesday
- Date: 12/06/2019
- Deliverable: Consolidated 28, Consolidated 7 and Overnight
| Rank | Description (grouped) | Channel\Network | Consolidated 28 | Consolidated 7 | Overnight | 000s Increase on Consolidated 7 | 000s Increase on Overnight |
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | Seven Network | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT | Seven Network | 1,041,000 | 1,040,000 | 1,036,000 | 0 | 4,000 |
| 3 | NINE NEWS | Nine | 959,000 | 959,000 | 955,000 | 0 | 4,000 |
| 4 | NINE NEWS 6:30 | Nine | 945,000 | 945,000 | 943,000 | 0 | 2,000 |
| 5 | MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED | Network 10 | 809,000 | 793,000 | 731,000 | 16,000 | 78,000 |
| 6 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine | 789,000 | 787,000 | 779,000 | 2,000 | 10,000 |
| 7 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven Network | 776,000 | 767,000 | 718,000 | 9,000 | 57,000 |
| 8 | FIVE BEDROOMS | Network 10 | 697,000 | 649,000 | 498,000 | 49,000 | 200,000 |
| 9 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven Network | 687,000 | 687,000 | 685,000 | 0 | 2,000 |
| 10 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 654,000 | 654,000 | 654,000 | 0 | 1,000 |
| 11 | ANH’S BRUSH WITH FAME-EV | ABC | 634,000 | 628,000 | 544,000 | 7,000 | 90,000 |
| 12 | THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING-EV | ABC | 591,000 | 580,000 | 514,000 | 11,000 | 77,000 |
| 13 | HOT SEAT | Nine | 570,000 | 570,000 | 570,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 566,000 | 566,000 | 561,000 | 1,000 | 5,000 |
| 15 | TALKIN BOUT YOUR GENERATION | Nine | 516,000 | 503,000 | 477,000 | 13,000 | 38,000 |
| 16 | BLUEY-EV | ABCKIDS/COMEDY | 488,000 | 269,000 | 166,000 | 219,000 | 322,000 |
| 17 | THE PROJECT 7PM | Network 10 | 476,000 | 476,000 | 473,000 | 0 | 3,000 |
| 18 | THE FRONT BAR | Seven Network | 450,000 | 445,000 | 409,000 | 5,000 | 41,000 |
| 19 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM | Seven Network | 442,000 | 442,000 | 441,000 | 0 | 1,000 |
| 20 | THE SUPER SWITCH – WED | Seven Network | 435,000 | 427,000 | 381,000 | 7,000 | 54,000 |
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