Ratings Information:

Initial figures: 0.757m viewers (overnight), 8th place day
Consolidated figures: 0.932m viewers, 4th place

The figures above only include viewers in the metropolitan areas of Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. These are referred to as the "5 City Metro" ratings.

Overnight
The Bells of Saint John has debuted in Australia, averaging 757,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. It was the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's top-rating program of the day and the eighth highest rating programme of the day overall. It was also the fifth highest rating program in the free-to-air 18-49 and 25-54 demographics. These ratings do not include regional or time-shifted viewers.

Consolidated
The Bells of Saint John has picked up an additional 176,000 time-shifted Australian viewers, giving it a final, or consolidated, ratings average of 932,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. This was the second largest number of time-shifted viewers for a program broadcast on Sunday 31 March (after Elementary with 183,000 time-shifted viewers). The final or consolidated ratings includes all 'time-shifted' viewers who record the program and watch it within a week.

Based on these final figures, Bells was the top rating drama of the day, the top-rating ABC program of the day and the fourth highest rating program of the day overall (this compares to it being the eighth highest rating program based on its overnight figures of 757,000 viewers). These ratings do not include regional viewers.