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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #25 on: February 09, 2021, 07:32:24 PM »
Glad to see TARAU topping the charts  :2hearts: :cheer: :cheer:

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #26 on: February 09, 2021, 08:51:03 PM »
Why are you and tarflyonthewall so determined to belittle this season's performance at every single opportunity on a forum all about TAR?  :didimiss:

Just reporting facts. Maybe if this wasn't rating so terribly the commentary on its performance might be better idk?


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« Reply #27 on: February 10, 2021, 02:00:39 AM »
What facts? If you read all the articles and figures being posted here, you'd see it's being reported that the show is quite consistent in ratings and has now been winning its timeslot.

How is that not good enough performance? Stop manipulating the data to fit your narrative.

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« Reply #28 on: February 10, 2021, 05:23:18 AM »
It's less about manipulating the data and more about reporting the whole facts.

The fact of the matter is that TARAU is - at best - winning the 5-City Metro scores by razor thin margins (it's won 2/6 so far, and only Tuesday was by more than 3,000) and then getting absolutely annihilated on the nationwide scores. I could sit here and pretend like TARAU is doing well, but on a ratings thread you need cold hard numbers, and the numbers are low for this show. Despite having an improvement this week, it's still very much on life support - its episode on Sunday got beat by a repeat of a home improvement programme.
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« Reply #29 on: February 10, 2021, 06:04:27 AM »
And even the two nights it appears to have "won" are only because Nine isn't splitting its five-hour long Australian Open coverage up since they don't know when matches are going to end (though, because the three main commercial networks co-own the ratings measurement company, they still get the figures and announce them separately).

Like mjharmstone said, at best this is just barely eking out second place (and being misreported as a "win" because the tennis qualifies as "sport" rather than "entertainment") and at worst it's finishing a distant fourth. And that's even without considering the regional and streaming ratings, both of which are very much not in favour of this show.

So... which facts specifically are you disagreeing with?


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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #30 on: February 10, 2021, 06:17:46 AM »
I don't think Ten has any expectation for this to beat the tennis, particularly as it begins to ramp up towards the finals in the coming weeks. Beating Holey Moley this week will be considered a win for Ten.

But to say this show is on life support when we're winning key demos and five city metros is a really negative outlook. It could be better sure, but across the board numbers at the moment aren't great. I wouldn't say we're on the brink of cancellation at this point, we're doing steady. I'm not sure why you're so focused on the regional and national numbers when none of the TV blogs do; it's not clear why you think they're so important.

You're both clearly focused on a subset of the data, which do what you want... but don't be surprised people here disagree with such a negative outlook given what's come out over the past few days.

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« Reply #31 on: February 10, 2021, 06:37:26 AM »
Overnight metro data is a subset of the whole data.

That's. How. Data. Works.

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #32 on: February 10, 2021, 06:39:36 AM »
There is literally a post on TVTonight from yesterday saying that they're switching to National ratings this year - of course it matters. https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/would-networks-prefer-national-ratings-over-metro.html

I think Ten would have been disappointed at it barely topping 500k on the premiere (down 11% from last season's premiere) and even more disappointed that despite their protestations it would catch up on streaming and +7 (a claim actually put to me by Beau Ryan himself), it only gained 95,000 and was nearly half of Holey Moley on the same night - and that doesn't even include the national figures, of which we know HM beat it by ~200k.

To claim I'm "clearly focused on a subset of the data" is ludicrous when I can say the same thing - you're focused on the five-city metro, when Australia is moving to a model that encompasses the whole country. These figures are absolutely being monitored by the network and it's nuts to say they're not.

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #33 on: February 10, 2021, 06:50:10 AM »
That insight helps, thanks for sharing. But from that same article:

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Network 10 is five metro stations so we talk about that number first and foremost

Not sure that aligns so well from what you heard from Beau.

I'm not gonna continue anymore because i don't think we're gonna agree, but will be interesting to see how it plays out in the coming weeks  :)x

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« Reply #34 on: February 10, 2021, 07:16:22 AM »
"Ten focuses on a number that makes them look marginally more competent" and "Beau Ryan thinks giving people the option to catch up is going to improve ratings" are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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« Reply #35 on: February 10, 2021, 04:15:04 PM »
I don't think Ten is surprised at all that this season's numbers are slightly lower than last. They're only travelling around Australia. Ratings will go back up when they revisit the world, and Ten knows that.

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« Reply #36 on: February 10, 2021, 04:25:11 PM »
Do you think they will renew this for another season?

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« Reply #37 on: February 10, 2021, 04:48:18 PM »
Do you think they will renew this for another season?

I'm sure ratings data will have a say, but I am inclined to say yes. This is an extremely unusual season for a whole host of reasons, chief among them being the pandemic, but I will be shocked if the network ends up pulling the plug for TAR Australia just because this season didn't get great ratings.

The fact that this season was able to be successfully filmed in the first place is quite a remarkable feat, and I personally think they should be congratulated. Sure, they weren't able to go to India or Brazil like they planned, but production put together a race that was able to be filmed safely, and which ended up being aired on television. That is a job well done in my book.

Should this season end up being a flop, I think it will be clear that Pandemic FilmingTM will be to blame, rather than the race itself. At worst, Ten will probably just wait until everything gets under control before they can do a full international route.
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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #38 on: February 14, 2021, 04:52:53 PM »
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Despite Melbourne being in lockdown Sunday night didn’t see much shift in metro numbers.

The Amazing Race Australia was best in entertainment at 564,000 ahead of Quoll Farm (530,000) then Holey Moley (510,000).

Later Harrow drew 490,000 followed by Movie: Shooter (390,000), Silent Witness (291,000) and FBI: Most Wanted (245,000).

The Australian Open averaged 518,000 / 466,000 for Nine.

Nine network won with 28.9% then Seven 26.7%, 10 19.6%, ABC 17.5% and SBS 7.4%.

Nine News was best for Nine at 916,000.

Seven News was #1 at 988,000 for Seven.

The Sunday Project pulled 475,000 / 272,000 for 10. 10 News First was 343,000 / 262,000.

ABC News won its slot at 702,000. Antiques Roadshow drew 168,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (169,000), Anne: The Royal Princess at 70 (180,000) and Diana: Interview that Shocked the World (142,000)

Bluey led multichannels at 182,000.

OzTAM Overnights: Sunday 14 February 2021

https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/no-ratings-lift-despite-melbourne-lockdown.html

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #39 on: February 14, 2021, 11:16:52 PM »
The season hasn't been falling in the ratings so far, but the next couple episodes will be telling what viewers really think of the whole stowaway situation.

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #40 on: February 15, 2021, 01:24:44 AM »
The season hasn't been falling in the ratings so far, but the next couple episodes will be telling what viewers really think of the whole stowaway situation.
The stowaways might actually be really good for this due to how they are kinda famous. If you check their insta stories multiple other major aflw stars are posting about them on the race and this could lead to more viewers. So they could help boost the ratings even though it’s completely unfair that they joined.

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #41 on: February 15, 2021, 08:23:32 PM »
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Viewers tuned in to see Ash Barty’s Australian Open win over Shelby Rogers with an average of 726,000 metro viewers for Session 1.

But with the match ending around 8:30pm the audience fell away, averaging just 219,000 for S2.

7:30 scored in early evening with 602,000 viewers then The Amazing Race Australia (546,000), Holey Moley (468,000) and Australian Story (457,000).

Later Four Corners led at 452,000 followed by Media Watch (436,000), 9-1-1 (311,000), The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (304,000) and Hughesy We Have a Problem (280,000).

Nine network won Monday with 27.6% then Seven 26.2%, 10 19.9%, ABC 18.2% and SBS 8.1%.

Nine News (948,000 / 947,000) was best for Nine.

Seven News was #1 at 999,000 / 980,000 for Seven then Home & Away (532,000), The Chase (511,000 / 307,000). The Rookie was 207,000.

ABC News drew 676,000 for ABC. The Drum managed 178,000.

The Project pulled (501,000 / 278,000) for 10. 10 News First was 394,000 / 239,000 with a Graham Norton repeat at a measly 114,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (200,000 / 158,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (152,000), The Architecture the Railways Built (146,000). Mastermind was 77,000 and The Story of Songs was 67,000.

Bluey led multichannels again at 223,000.

Sunrise: 255,000
Today: 219,000
News Breakfast: 119,000 / 82,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 15 February 2021

https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/ash-barty-draws-ao-crowd.html

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #42 on: February 16, 2021, 05:34:31 PM »
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News and Sport again led the field last night, with Seven News topping the night at 1.06m / 991,000, defeating Nine News on 899,000 / 862,000.

The Australian Open drew 668,000 / 598,000, up on last Tuesday, albeit with some changes to OzTAM coding.

The Amazing Race Australia drew 554,000 then 7:30 (520,000), Holey Moley (436,000), Foreign Correspondent (398,000) and Great Continental Railway Journeys (205,000).

Later The Good Doctor drew 300,000 then Catalyst (296,000), and NCIS (273,000).

Nine network won Tuesday with 32.6% then Seven 24.6%, 10 18.8%, ABC 15.4% and SBS 8.7%.

The Chase topped entertainment at 584,000 / 369,000 with Home & Away on 526,000 for Seven.

The Project drew 496,000 / 287,000 for 10. 10 News First (363,000 / 249,000) and NCIS: LA 204,000 followed.

ABC News won its slot at 696,000. The Drum (173,000) and Australia Remastered (165,000) also ranked for ABC.

On SBS it was SBS World News (186,000 / 163,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (156,000), Dog Tales (101,000) and Mastermind (77,000).

Bluey led multichannels again at 179,000. New local comedy Why Are You Like This managed just 68,000 / 46,000 (the second episode was highest).

Sunrise: 254,000
Today: 211,000
News Breakfast: 112,000 / 84,000

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 16 February 2021

https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/holey-moley-slide-continues.html

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #43 on: February 17, 2021, 03:49:07 AM »
Because I was bored, a visual representation of this season's overnight 5-City Metro ratings, both against other shows in the 7:30pm timeslot and against previous seasons of this show. (The yellow line in the timeslot graph and the purple line in the TAR graph are this season; my software didn't want to cooperate and give them the same colour.)

Things worth noting:
(1) These figures exclude both streaming and regional figures so aren't quite accurate, but by all accounts both (especially the regional figures) aren't helping the show enough to change the results in any significant way.

(2) Because not every show airs for 90 minutes, I've used the figures for whichever shows were on Seven, Nine, and the ABC between 7:30pm and 8:00pm on each night, with the more accurate figures for the first two nights of the Australian Open taken from Nine's PR announcements (that none of the other networks who had access to the figures corrected, so which are presumably correct) rather than the averaged all-night figure used in the regular ratings reports for those nights.

(3) Yes, ratings for Holey Moley have dropped quite significantly. But more importantly, those people who ditched it haven't started watching this - this show didn't drop nearly as much the first couple of nights, but aside from this overtaking that from Episode 5 onwards, both shows' ratings have been rising and falling basically in parallel.

(4) This Sunday, where TAR won the timeslot by 34k, was the lowest-rated evening of commercial television of the year so far, even with this show's usual biggest audience (Melbourne) in lockdown.

(5) 7 out of 9 episodes so far are the lowest-rated episodes at the corresponding points in a TAR Australia season ever. Yes, it would be easy to blame that on the rise of streaming etc, except the Seven-era episodes generally aired in a later timeslot, with the premiere and both double episodes of Australia vs New Zealand in particular not finishing until after 11:00pm.

(6) Aside from the Australia vs New Zealand finale, which in addition to the later timeslot aired opposite a preview show for Australia's equivalent of the Superbowl, the four lowest-rated episodes in this show's history are all from this season.

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #44 on: February 18, 2021, 06:46:30 AM »
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(3) Yes, ratings for Holey Moley have dropped quite significantly. But more importantly, those people who ditched it haven't started watching this - this show didn't drop nearly as much the first couple of nights, but aside from this overtaking that from Episode 5 onwards, both shows' ratings have been rising and falling basically in parallel.

It looks like the average ratings per week has been increasing though? (480,000 to 536,000 to 554,000) Even if the viewers being hemorrhaged from Holey Moley aren't going here they're getting new viewership somehow, which is interesting since TARAus having such a sporadic filming and production schedule and organization hurts it from a brand perspective (compared to a version like TARCan which has retained a vast majority of their initial viewership and I imagine a subconscious part of that is because it's constantly billed "Canada's Favorite Summertime Adventure" regardless of how true it is


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« Reply #45 on: February 21, 2021, 05:55:39 PM »
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1.17m metro viewers watched Novak Djokovic thrash Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open Men’s Final last night, making it the #1 show.

The match wrapped up a complex event that was challenged by COVID-19 restrictions, quarantine, crowd limits or bans, and a delayed season. But the Men’s Final was also down on 2020’s 1.52m when it screened against an I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here finale and a My Kitchen Rules season premiere.

The Amazing Race Australia drew 523,000 ahead of Holey Moley (498,000) and Grand Designs: NZ (438,000).

Later Harrow drew 419,000 then Silent Witness (256,000) and Movie: John Wick: Chapter 2 (236,000).

Nine network easily won with a 35.7% share then Seven 23.0%, 10 18.0%, ABC 15.8% and SBS 7.4%.

Nine News drew 792,000 viewers for Nine.

Seven News led its slot with 977,000 viewers.

The Sunday Project pulled 420,000 / 280,000 for 10. 10 News First was 288,000 / 230,000. FBI: Most Wanted was 201,000.

ABC News was 627,000 for ABC. Antiques Roadshow managed 182,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (172,000 / 134,000), I Am Jackie O (157,000) and I Am JFK Jnr (137,000).

Bluey topped multichannels as usual at 190,000.

OzTAM Overnights: Sunday 21 February 2021

https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/1-17m-watch-mens-final-down-on-2020.html

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #46 on: February 23, 2021, 01:40:06 AM »
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Married at First Sight returned to screens last night, landing at #1 with 964,000 metro viewers and topping the demos.

That was well ahead of the competition, if down on the 2020 season premiere of 1.15m viewers.

Next was 7:30 (649,000), Australian Story (577,000), The Amazing Race Australia (508,000) and Holey Moley Grand Final (491,000).

Later Four Corners drew 442,000 then Media Watch (419,000), 9-1-1 (331,000).

Elsewhere, Seven enjoyed a strong gap at Breakfast.

Nine network won Monday with 32.3% then Seven 26.2%, 10 17.2%, ABC 17.1% and SBS 7.3%.

Nine News drew 937,000 / 930,000 for Nine. A Current Affair won its slot at 702,000 then Hot Seat (399,000 / 247,000). Despite the bumper MAFS lead-in viewers did not stick around for a Bridesmaids movie (213,000).

Seven News (948,000 / 910,000) was best for Seven then Home & Away (485,000) and The Chase (461,000 / 286,000). The Rookie was 243,000.

The Project pulled 458,000 / 271,000 for 10. 10 News First was 311,000 / 210,000 and Hughesy We Have a Problem (219,000). A Graham Norton repeat was just 116,000.

ABC News was 691,000 for ABC. The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill was 288,000) then The Drum (137,000).

On SBS it was SBS World News (190,000 / 141,000), The Architecture the Railways Built (148,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (144,000) and The Story of Songs (95,000). A new-look Mastermind was 82,000.

Bluey again barked up multichannels at 178,000.

Sunrise: 265,000
Today: 186,000
News Breakfast: 93,000 / 75,000

OzTAM Overnights: Monday 22 February 2021

https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/964000-tune-in-for-married-at-first-sight-return.html

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #47 on: February 23, 2021, 05:06:26 PM »
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Married at First Sight has lifted in its second outing this season, nudging the magic million at 992,000 metro viewers.

That was miles ahead of 7:30 (503,000) and over double The Amazing Race Australia (459,000), Foreign Correspondent (390,000), Highway Patrol (303,000) and Great Continental Railway Journeys (234,000).

Later Botched drew 386,000 then Catalyst (303,000), The Good Doctor (294,000), and NCIS (263,000).

Nine network easily won Tuesday with 34.9% then Seven 22.8%, 10 18.3%, ABC 15.6% and SBS 8.4%.

Nine News pulled 871,000 / 861,000 while A Current Affair won its slot at 720,000. Labour of Love debuted at 128,000.

Seven News (902,000 / 896,000) was best for Seven then Home & Away (460,000) and The Chase (457,000 / 276,000). The Resident managed 160,000.

The Project drew 415,000 / 233,000 for 10. 10 News First (306,000 / 181,000) and NCIS: LA (221,000) followed.

ABC News (683,000) led for ABC. The Drum was 179,000 and Australia Remastered was 163,000.

On SBS it was SBS World News (176,000 / 139,000), 24 Hours in Emergency (160,000), Michael Portillo’s Abandoned Britain (99,000) and Mastermind (77,000).

Bluey led multichannels even at 140,000.

Sunrise: 262,000
Today: 206,000
News Breakfast: 124,000 / 72,000

Yikes. https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/mafs-doubles-the-competition.html

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
« Reply #48 on: February 28, 2021, 05:57:46 PM »
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Sunday was an easy win for Nine, leading from 7pm onwards.

Married at First Sight was #1 at 898,000 metro viewers and topped the demos.

That was well in front of Grand Designs: NZ (509,000 from 7:40pm) The Amazing Race Australia  (464,000 from 7:30pm) and Holey Moley: Celebrity Special (426,000), with both reality shows down.

Later 60 Minutes pulled 664,000 then Harrow (487,000) and Silent Witness (310,000) -both dramas up on last week.

Nine network won Sunday with 35.3% then Seven 21.4%, ABC 18.8%, 10 17.6% and SBS 6.9%.

Nine News scored 847,000 and a late edition was 435,000.

Seven News won its slot at 862,000. Movie: Venom was just 205,000. During the day the Supercars drew up to 290,000.

ABC News was 689,000 for ABC. Antiques Roadshow was 164,000.

The Sunday Project pulled 390,000 / 257,000 for 10. 10 News First was 257,000 / 194,000. FBI: Most Wanted was just 159,000.

SBS had a low night with Searching For Cleopatra (182,000), SBS World News (151,000 / 127,000) and The Queen And The Coup (111,000).

Bluey led multichannels at 179,000.

OzTAM Overnights: Sunday 28 February 2021

https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/03/mafs-60-minutes-score-for-nine.html

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Re: TAR Australia 5 Ratings
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