Audiences Love To Laugh With The Premiere Of Thank God You’re Here Delivering The Biggest Comedy Launch TV Has Seen Since 2019.
- 987,000 national overnight viewers. Peaked at 1.09 million viewers.
- 7-day VOZ saw a lift of 42% on overnight to 1.3 million total national viewers.
- #1 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- #1 7.30pm show.
- Huge commercial shares with 52.7% in under 50s, 55.7% in 16 to 39s and 49.8% in 25 to 54s.
- 10’s biggest new launch of the year.
- TV’s biggest comedy launch since 2019.
- 10’s biggest new launch since 2019.
- 10’s biggest comedy launch since 2018.
Last night’s launch of Thank God You’re Here showed that audiences are partial to a bit of BS with the episode taking the top program in the key demos of under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
Comedy legend Glenn Robbins got all judgey on the un-hinge-d antics of comedians Urzila Carlson, Aaron Chen, Julia Zemiro and Mark Bonanno with host Celia Pacquola keeping things on track.
Julia took out the gong for best BS-er but audiences were the real winners last night with 987,000 national viewers tuning in for the laughs, which will continue to grow as people catch up on this riotous first show.
Senior Vice President Content and Programming, Paramount Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), Daniel Monaghan, said: “Last night’s show was an epic result, and we know this is just the start of eight weeks of laugh out loud moments and hilarious antics.
“It was our biggest launch for the year last night and we know that the fans and audience numbers will continue to grow from this incredible start.
“This is another stellar show from our valued production partners Working Dog who are consistently delivering the some of the funniest shows on Australian TV,” said Daniel.
Chief Sales Officer, Paramount ANZ, Rod Prosser, said: “Thank God You’re Here delivered an amazing launch night growing 10’s timeslot 211% week-on-week and 81% year-on-year.
“It won top show in the key demos and outstanding commercial shares which represent a compelling opportunity for brands to get in front of leaned in audiences and co-viewing households.
“We must also thank our wonderful advertising partners for joining us in what was one of the noisiest launches of the year,” said Rod.
Overview Of Thank God You’re Here – Launch:
- 987,000 national overnight viewers. Peaked at 1.09 million viewers.
- 7-day VOZ saw a lift of 42% on overnight to 1.3 million total national viewers.
- #1 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- #1 entertainment show.
- 7% commercial share in 16 to 39s, 52.7% in under 50s and 49.8% in 16 to 39s.
- #1 in its timeslot.
- #1 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- Lifts 10’s timeslot:
- 211% week-on-week
- 527% in 16 to 39s, 472% in under 50s and 372% in 25 to 54s week-on-week
- 81% year-on-year
- 195% in 16 to 39s, 139% in under 50s and 121% in 25 to 54s year-on-year.
- 10’s biggest launch since the Masked Singer Australia in 2019.
- 10’s biggest comedy launch since All Aussie Adventures in 2018.
- TV’s biggest comedy launch since Hamish and Andy’s Perfect Holiday in 2019
Source: OzTAM, Regional TAM, OzTAM National VPM, #1 launch based on 10/9/7, Overnight data, 2019-2023 by episode. VOZ 5.0 Total TV Daily Overnight Programs 2 August 2023. VOZ 5.0 Total TV Daily Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs 10/08/2023
Photo credit Hwa Goh.
