TV ratings wrap: Big Brother finale brought in 876,000 metro viewers
The TV ratings for some of last week’s key television milestones have finally been released, with OzTAM drip feeding the missing numbers over the coming days.
The data has been delayed due to a ransomware attack on Nielsen.
The results reveal the Big Brother final on Seven had 876,000 metro viewers for its winner announcement, and 769,000 for the primary episode last Wednesday.
In the same timeslot, Ten’s Bachelor in Paradise had 499,000, and Nine’s RBT had 560,000.
Big Brother managed to top the key advertising demographics of those aged 18 to 49 and 25 to 54 with the winner announcement, however Bachelor in Paradise swooped in and took out the younger 16 to 39s.
In the absence of the final numbers, CEO of Seven James Warburton had already declared Big Brother a success, saying it had changed the game for the network and was just the start of its new content strategy.
“The start of our new content-led growth strategy with Big Brother has driven huge demographic and BVOD results and taken us back to number one, not just in total people but in the core demographic of 25 to 54s. When we get our 7:30pm tent-pole strategy competitive, our dominant spine of Sunrise, The Morning Show, The Chase, Seven News, Home and Away and the AFL sees us dominate the ratings,” he said last week while the numbers were missing.
Chad you legend. Introducing the winner of Big Brother 2020! #BBAU pic.twitter.com/7z346HjMhm
— Big Brother AU (@BigBrotherAU) July 22, 2020
Seven won the night on the night of Big Brother’s finale, with Seven News also topping the ratings ladder on 1.174m metro viewers. The primary channel had a 20.6% share, ahead of Nine’s 18.7%, ABC’s 13.8% and Ten’s 12.0%. The network also had a winning 28.0% share.
Seven also won the night prior (Tuesday, 21 July) when Big Brother had an overnight metro audience of 832,000. That night, it topped all three key advertising demographics.
Below is a summary of both Tuesday 21 July and Wednesday 22 July’s ratings.
WEDNESDAY 22 JULY:
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven Network 1,174,000
2 NINE NEWS Nine 1,148,000
3 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven Network 1,140,000
4 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine 1,087,000
5 BIG BROTHER – FINALE – WINNER ANNOUNCED Seven Network 876,000
6 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 829,000
7 BIG BROTHER – FINALE Seven Network 769,000
8 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 758,000
9 HARD QUIZ S5-EV ABC 724,000
10 7.30-EV ABC 668,000
11 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING-EV ABC 665,000
12 HOME AND AWAY Seven Network 665,000
13 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven Network 654,000
14 HOT SEAT Nine 628,000
15 THE PROJECT 7PM Network 10 612,000
16 RBT Nine 560,000
17 ROSEHAVEN-EV ABC 544,000
18 EMERGENCY Nine 513,000
19 BACHELOR IN PARADISE WED Network 10 499,000
20 10 NEWS FIRST Network 10 413,000
Seven 20.6%
7TWO 3.3%
7mate 2.3%
7flix 1.8%
SEVEN NETWORK 28.0%
Nine 18.7%
9GO! 2.1%
9Gem 3.0%
9Life 2.0%
9Rush 1.1%
NINE NETWORK 26.9%
10 12.0%
10 Bold 4.7%
10 Peach 2.2%
NETWORK TEN 18.9%
ABC 13.8%
ABC KIDS/COMEDY 2.6%
ABC ME 0.3%
ABC NEWS 1.5%
ABC Network 18.3%
SBS 3.9%
SBS VICELAND 1.8%
SBS Food 0.7%
NITV 0.3%
SBS World Movies 1.3%
SBS NETWORK 8.0%
TUESDAY 21 JULY:
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven Network 1,184,000
2 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Seven Network 1,151,000
3 NINE NEWS Nine 1,110,000
4 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine 1,076,000
5 BIG BROTHER – TUE Seven Network 832,000
6 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 824,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 806,000
8 HOME AND AWAY Seven Network 682,000
9 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven Network 668,000
10 SHAUN MICALLEF’S ON THE SAUCE-EV ABC 661,000
11 7.30-EV ABC 656,000
12 HOT SEAT Nine 583,000
13 THE PROJECT 7PM Network 10 576,000
14 PARAMEDICS Nine 563,000
15 FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV ABC 551,000
16 BACHELOR IN PARADISE TUES Network 10 494,000
17 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT: IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE Seven Network 482,000
18 10 NEWS FIRST Network 10 434,000
19 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM Seven Network 409,000
20 PUTIN: A RUSSIAN SPY STORY-LE ABC 380,000
Seven 21.4%
7TWO 3.2%
7mate 3.8%
7flix 2.4%
SEVEN NETWORK 30.7%
Nine 17.1%
9GO! 2.4%
9Gem 2.5%
9Life 2.5%
9Rush 0.9%
NINE NETWORK 25.4%
ABC 14.1%
ABC KIDS/COMEDY 2.5%
ABC ME 0.5%
ABC NEWS 1.5%
ABC NETWORK 18.7%
10 10.4%
10 Bold 4.0%
10 Peach 2.5%
NETWORK TEN16.9%
SBS 5.6%
SBS VICELAND 1.2%
SBS Food 0.8%
NITV 0.1%
SBS World Movies 0.5%
SBS NETWORK 8.2%
Wow… Spoiler alert for anyone not in Australia. Rip.
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