TV Ratings May 13, 2023: SBS crack Top 10 thanks to Australia’s Eurovision appearance

Eurovision - Voyager

The Bulldogs beat Carlton on Seven’s Saturday Night AFL

• 10 aired Raiders of the Lost Ark

Total TV Ratings, May 6

Seven’s coverage of the Coronation of King Charles III brought in 1,091 million total viewers on the channel where it grew by 9%. 

The biggest jump in commercial primetime viewing goes to ABC’s The Coronation of King Charles III: Arrivals Continued, where the Total TV audience grew by 29% to reach 261,000 viewers. 

Overnight TV Ratings, May 13

Seven enjoyed a Saturday night win in both the network and primary channel shares with 20.5% and 30.7%, respectively. 7TWO won the multichannels with 3.8%.

Seven’s Saturday Night AFL saw the Western Bulldogs take a 20-point victory over Carlton as 218,000 tuned in to watch the match. In entertainment, Border Security: Australia’s Front Line reached 256,000 as a nervous passenger attracts the attention of Biosecurity and what he’s hiding may be deadly. 

Nine’s A Current Affair came out on top, reaching 414,000 as the program met a 65-year-old nurse Glenda Mullen who after 47 years working, is hanging up her stethoscope at Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick. Earlier in the night, Getaway had 311,000 as original presenter Tina Dalton joined the team on a voyage of discovery to the Falkland Islands. 

On the ABC, Sister Boniface Mysteries saw the investigation into a murder where a woman’s corpse is found within an Aunt Sally dummy. The show had 364,000 cracking the top 5 for Saturday. The North Water made the top 20 with 175,000 as Patrick Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey to the Arctic and into the path of a harpooner. 

10 aired The Dog House Australia, with the episode having 136,000 as the program met with various dogs looking for a new home. The network also aired Raiders of the Lost Ark to 147,000 viewers. 

SBS made its way into the top 10 for Saturday night thanks to their broadcast of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest – Semi Final 2 as 236,000 watched Australia’s own Voyager perform. 

STV

On Fox League, the Raiders beat the Eels 26-18 in front of 306,000, while the Cowboys claimed victory against the Dragons in front of 291,000.

Fox Footy’s top game was Hawthorn V Melbourne, which saw Melbourne dominate in front of 183,000. 

To Top