• Sydney Strikers face Hobart Hurricanes in Big Bash
Overnight TV Ratings, January 23
Primetime News
Seven News 880,000 (6:00pm) / 889,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 657,000 (6:00pm) / 679,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 576,000
10 News First 234,000 (5:00pm)/ 163,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 123,000 (6:30pm)/ 88,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
The Project 176,000 (6:30 pm)/ 259,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Today 193,000
Sunrise 192,000
News Breakfast 155,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 26.5% and a network share of 34.9%. 7mate and 10Bold have won multichannels with a 3.1% share, a piece.
The Australian Open continued with Day Eight on Nine. 21-time grand slam winner Novak Djokovic went up against homegrown hero Alex de Minaur, with a huge 730,000 watching as Djokovic took a 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 victory.
The Big Bash on Seven saw the Hobart Hurricanes challenge the Sydney Sixers, live from Blundstone Arena. 241,000 cheered along as the Sixers won by 24 runs.
The Project (176,000 6:30pm / 259,000 7pm) looked at what an Indigenous Voice to Parliament would actually look like, while diving into a look at why Americans are losing their minds over gas cooktops and the health hazards they pose. In the second day of finals week, The Bachelors saw the three suitors hurtle towards the end of their journey, as real feelings begin to rapidly develop. 277,00 tuned in to see Bella, Jasmine, and Tilly sent home.
On the ABC, 378,000 joined Heather Ewart as she visited the Quilpie shire in outback Queensland on Back Roads, before 239,000 viewers watched Bradman and Tendulker — a documentary about two of cricket’s greatest players Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar.
The highest rating show on SBS was Heritage Rescue with 105,000 tuning in.
