OzTAM, the official ratings ‘umpire’, has released its final reports for the calendar year 2020.
The reports include consolidated audience figures for the Top 20 programs, Top 20 multi-channel programs, the most time-shifted programs and where each free-to-air network and channel ended the year. Plus there are rankings for the Top 20 Subscription TV programs and time-shifted programs.
Free-to-air reports cover Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Subscription TV reports are national.
Nine Network ended the year on 27.8% (down 1.3 from 2019), followed by Seven Network (26.9%, down 1.9), ABC (18.4%, up 1.5), Network Ten (18.0%, up 0.9), and SBS (8.9%, up 0.8). (6pm-12mn, 5 cities, Consolidated 28-days)
At individual channel level:
Nine (19.3%, down 0.8)
Seven (18.1%, down 0.9)
ABC (12.9%, up 0.9)
Ten (11.7%, up 0.2)
SBS (5.3%, down 0.1)
10 Bold (3.8%, up 0.4)
7Two (3.4%, down 0.1)
7Mate (3.3%, down 0.4)
ABC Kids/ABC Comedy (3.1%, up 0.3)
9Gem (2.9%, down 0.5)
9Go (2.7%, down 0.8)
10 Peach (2.4%, up 0.2)
9Life (2.0%, down 0.1)
7Flix (1.9%, down 0.2) and ABC News (1.9%, up 0.5)
SBS Viceland (1.4%, down 0.1)
SBS World Movies (1.1%, up 0.2) and 9Rush (1.1%, debut)
SBS Food (0.9%, down 0.1)
ABC Me (0.6%, down 0.1)
10 Shake (0.5%, debut)
NITV (0.2%, =)
During the year, Nine launched reality and documentary channel 9Rush and Ten launched youth entertainment channel 10 Shake.
Channels not included in the survey include shopping channels TVSN, Spree, Extra and OpenShop, racing channel Racing.com and community TV stations C31 (Melbourne) and 44 (Adelaide).
Top 20 programs on Free-to-Air for the year 1 January to 31 December 2020 (Consolidated. 5 cities, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth):
TITLE NET TOT SYD MEL BNE ADE PER 1 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: RICHMOND V GEELONG Seven 3,016,000 417,000 1,609,000 383,000 268,000 337,000 2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven 2,294,000 272,000 1,279,000 275,000 197,000 272,000 3 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven 2,192,000 267,000 1,226,000 280,000 176,000 244,000 4 NRL GRAND FINAL DAY -MATCH Nine 2,106,000 848,000 610,000 493,000 75,000 80,000 5 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD -MATCH Nine 1,894,000 769,000 302,000 620,000 106,000 98,000 6 2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D8 -NIGHT Nine 1,874,000 456,000 785,000 343,000 165,000 125,000 7 THE BLOCK -WINNER ANNOUNCED Nine 1,838,000 500,000 688,000 354,000 168,000 128,000 8 LEGO MASTERS -WINNER ANNOUNCED Nine 1,692,000 418,000 584,000 349,000 133,000 209,000 9 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND -MATCH Nine 1,658,000 741,000 207,000 561,000 88,000 60,000 10 NEW YEAR'S EVE 2020: MIDNIGHT FIREWORKS-EM ABC 1,614,000 860,000 452,000 159,000 80,000 63,000 11 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST -MATCH Nine 1,606,000 727,000 223,000 518,000 84,000 54,000 12 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA - THE WINNER ANNOUNCED Ten 1,592,000 414,000 664,000 255,000 141,000 119,000 13 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -FINALE Nine 1,562,000 461,000 514,000 292,000 149,000 146,000 14 2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D14 -MEN'S FINAL Nine 1,531,000 377,000 605,000 278,000 126,000 144,000 15 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRE MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Seven 1,487,000 163,000 855,000 204,000 117,000 148,000 16 LEGO MASTERS -LAUNCH Nine 1,479,000 385,000 492,000 291,000 135,000 175,000 17 THE BLOCK -GRAND FINAL Nine 1,470,000 405,000 542,000 292,000 142,000 90,000 18 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -THE FINAL DINNER PARTY Nine 1,447,000 424,000 495,000 246,000 146,000 136,000 19 LEGO MASTERS -FINALE Nine 1,432,000 361,000 484,000 300,000 117,000 170,000 20 MELBOURNE CUP CARNIVAL: MELBOURNE CUP-RACE Ten 1,412,000 321,000 701,000 211,000 82,000 98,000
Top 20 programs on the Free-to-Air digital multi-channels (Consolidated. 5 cities, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth):
TITLE NET TOT SYD MEL BNE ADE PER 1 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: MELB STAGE 4 LOCKDOWN-PM ABC NEWS 580,000 41,000 466,000 45,000 12,000 16,000 2 ICC WOMEN'S T20 WORLD CUP 2020 FINAL AUS V IND 9Gem 545,000 151,000 149,000 120,000 57,000 68,000 3 BLUEY-EV ABC K/C 530,000 118,000 162,000 119,000 56,000 76,000 4 BLUEY-AM ABC K/C 394,000 82,000 133,000 83,000 44,000 52,000 5 ICC WOMEN'S T20 WORLD CUP 2020 FINAL AUS V IND -PRE 9Gem 369,000 92,000 123,000 90,000 35,000 29,000 6 2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D9 -DAY -GEM 9Gem 353,000 125,000 181,000 30,000 10,000 6,000 7 KANGAROO BEACH-EV ABC K/C 351,000 91,000 93,000 80,000 21,000 66,000 8 USA VOTES: JOE BIDEN VICTORY SPEECH-PM ABC NEWS 326,000 64,000 152,000 56,000 30,000 23,000 9 PLANET AMERICA: USA VOTES SPECIAL-EV ABC NEWS 303,000 73,000 114,000 52,000 37,000 27,000 10 SEVEN'S AFL: TUESDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 7mate 299,000 34,000 61,000 76,000 128,000 11 PEPPA PIG: PEPPA'S PUMPKIN PARTY-AM ABC K/C 297,000 56,000 115,000 74,000 21,000 31,000 12 FIRE FIGHT AUSTRALIA CONCERT-MULTI 7TWO 293,000 81,000 78,000 70,000 32,000 31,000 13 KANGAROO BEACH-AM ABC K/C 293,000 75,000 71,000 66,000 23,000 58,000 14 THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE-PM ABC K/C 287,000 53,000 73,000 66,000 38,000 56,000 15 BLUEY-PM ABC K/C 284,000 47,000 116,000 57,000 24,000 41,000 16 ABC NEWS SPECIAL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC-EV ABC NEWS 281,000 82,000 88,000 49,000 30,000 31,000 17 USA VOTES: JOE BIDEN VICTORY SPEECH ANALYSIS-PM ABC NEWS 272,000 52,000 142,000 33,000 25,000 20,000 18 SEVEN'S CRICKET: FIRST TEST - AUSTRALIA V INDIA D3 S2 MULTI 7mate 266,000 96,000 137,000 7,000 26,000 19 THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THIS STORY-AM ABC K/C 261,000 66,000 71,000 34,000 49,000 41,000 20 STICK MAN-PM ABC K/C 254,000 64,000 70,000 54,000 26,000 40,000
Top 20 Time-Shifted Free-to-Air Programs (Time Shift to 28 Days, Consolidated 28 Day % Increase on Overnight):
TITLE CH/NET TIMESHIFT TO 28 DAYS % INCREASE ON OVERNIGHT 1 BLUEY-EV ABC K/C 379,000 251.7% 2 BLUEY-EV ABC 372,000 318.9% 3 KANGAROO BEACH-EV ABC K/C 288,000 456.1% 4 VERA-EV ABC 267,000 40.4% 5 VERA S9-EV ABC 261,000 41.0% 6 LEGO MASTERS -WINNER ANNOUNCED Nine 258,000 18.0% 7 ROADKILL-EV ABC 243,000 64.5% 8 LEGO MASTERS -LAUNCH Nine 241,000 19.5% 9 LEGO MASTERS -TUE Nine 240,000 23.2% 10 THE SALISBURY POISONINGS SBS 237,000 92.3% 11 KILLING EVE-EV ABC 219,000 103.7% 12 LEGO MASTERS -MON Nine 217,000 19.4% 13 WAR OF THE WORLDS (DRAMA) SBS 213,000 100.8% 14 LEGO MASTERS -FINALE Nine 212,000 17.4% 15 KANGAROO BEACH-AM ABC K/C 209,000 248.0% 16 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -THU Nine 206,000 20.8% 17 FURTHER BACK IN TIME FOR DINNERABC 205,000 36.8% 18 HALIFAX-RETRIBUTION Nine 205,000 40.6% 19 THE GOOD DOCTOR - TUE Seven 200,000 55.6% 20 FREEMAN-EV ABC 196,000 27.6%
Top 20 Subscription TV Programs (national):
TITLE CH TOT 1 LIVE: T20: AUS V IND GAME 2 FOX CRICKET 469,000 2 LIVE: ODI AUS V IND GAME 2 FOX CRICKET 456,000 3 LIVE: T20: AUS V IND GAME 1 FOX CRICKET 452,000 4 LIVE: T20: AUS V IND GAME 2 FOX CRICKET 448,000 5 LIVE: T20 INNINGS BREAK FOX CRICKET 416,000 6 LIVE: ODI AUS V IND GAME 1 FOX CRICKET 404,000 7 LIVE: T20 INNINGS BREAK FOX CRICKET 398,000 8 LIVE: ODI AUS V IND GAME 2 FOX CRICKET 393,000 9 LIVE: AUS V IND 2ND TEST DAY 1 FOX CRICKET 392,000 10 LIVE: ODI AUS V IND GAME 3 FOX CRICKET 388,000 11 LIVE: AUS V IND 1ST TEST DAY 3 FOX CRICKET 383,000 12 LIVE: T20: AUS V IND GAME 1 FOX CRICKET 378,000 13 LIVE: AUS V IND 2ND TEST DAY 1 FOX CRICKET 377,000 14 LIVE: NRL: BRONCOS V EELS FOX LEAGUE 371,000 15 LIVE: AUS V IND TEST TEA BREAK FOX CRICKET 367,000 16 LIVE: NRL: PF#2 PANTHERS V RABBITOHS FOX LEAGUE 367,000 17 LIVE: NRL: ROOSTERS V EELS FOX LEAGUE 363,000 18 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: SUPERCARS BATHURST FOX SPORTS 356,000 19 LIVE: NRL: STORM V RAIDERS FOX LEAGUE 355,000 20 LIVE: T20: AUS V IND GAME 3 FOX CRICKET 354,000
Top 20 Time-Shifted Subscription TV Programs (national) (Time Shift to 28 Days, Consolidated 28 Day % Increase on Overnight)
TITLE CH/NET TIMESHIFT TO 28 DAYS % INCREASE ON OVERNIGHT 1 BLUEY CBeebies 177,000 1761.3% 2 BLUEY CBeebies 156,000 802.7% 3 THE UNDOING FOX SHOWCASE154,000 1271.3% 4 THE UNDOING FOX SHOWCASE145,000 508.7% 5 BAD EDUCATION FOX SHOWCASE144,000 1009.7% 6 BLUEY CBeebies 143,000 3083.5% 7 BLUEY CBeebies 141,000 3055.6% 8 THE UNDOING FOX SHOWCASE141,000 611.0% 9 BLUEY CBeebies 136,000 3377.7% 10 THE UNDOING FOX SHOWCASE132,000 465.0% 11 BLUEY CBeebies 131,000 631.9% 12 BLUEY CBeebies 130,000 5271.4% 13 BLUEY CBeebies 129,000 14 THE UNDOING FOX SHOWCASE128,000 562.4% 15 BLUEY CBeebies 127,000 7878.0% 16 BLUEY CBeebies 127,000 479.1% 17 MCMILLION$ FOX SHOWCASE121,000 612.6% 18 THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT FOX One 118,000 733.1% 19 BLUEY CBeebies 118,000 445.8% 20 PAW PATROL Nick Jr. 115,000 625.1%
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