TV Ratings: Week 20

[Ricardo]

Sunday
Nine: 33.9
Seven: 21.9
Ten: 19.1
ABC: 18.7
SBS: 6.4

Sunday:
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 60 MINUTES Nine 1,946,000 571,000 559,000 362,000 211,000 242,000
2 DOMESTIC BLITZ Nine 1,578,000 481,000 479,000 264,000 168,000 185,000
3 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,565,000 475,000 509,000 242,000 194,000 145,000
4 CSI Nine 1,555,000 388,000 467,000 306,000 188,000 207,000
5 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,527,000 341,000 452,000 345,000 166,000 222,000
6 GLADIATORS Seven 1,258,000 287,000 430,000 239,000 135,000 168,000
7 ABC NEWS-SUN ABC1 1,227,000 369,000 332,000 254,000 116,000 155,000
8 BATTLE OF THE CHOIRS Seven 1,159,000 326,000 382,000 200,000 123,000 129,000
9 DOCTOR WHO ABC1 1,112,000 381,000 282,000 229,000 88,000 133,000
10 VALENTINE'S DAY ABC1 1,037,000 330,000 353,000 140,000 99,000 115,000
13 BIG BROTHER LIVE EVICTION Ten 965,000 256,000 306,000 172,000 113,000 119,000
14 PRIVATE PRACTICE Seven 935,000 302,000 271,000 170,000 89,000 103,000
15 DEXTER Ten 932,000 241,000 337,000 129,000 91,000 133,000
17 DOCTOR WHO: CONFIDENTIAL CUTDOWN ABC1 921,000 292,000 272,000 178,000 75,000 104,000
18 ROVE Ten 871,000 241,000 296,000 131,000 90,000 112,000
21 BIG BROTHER SUN Ten 753,000 222,000 224,000 116,000 93,000 98,000
23 WIMBLEDON MEN'S FINAL Nine 656,000 182,000 208,000 95,000 68,000 102,000
24 LIPSTICK JUNGLE Seven 642,000 199,000 221,000 104,000 58,000 58,000
27 NINE'S SUNDAY FOOTBALL Nine 459,000 275,000 167,000 17,000
28 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Ten 444,000 118,000 162,000 53,000 52,000 58,000
29 TRINNY & SUSANNAH UNDRESS Seven 421,000 115,000 143,000 68,000 55,000 40,000
31 CAR OF THE FUTURE SBS 372,000 107,000 111,000 74,000 44,000 36,000
V8 Supercars 0.378m
Formula One 0.232m
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)

Source: OzTAM (http://www.oztam.com.au/), tvtonight (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/week-28.html), Tribalmind (http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/archives/2008/07/next_ratings_6.html)

Huge win to Nine, has to be one of their largest winning margins on a Sunday this year (11%).

60 minutes, Domestic Blitz and CSI did the job for them, with over 1m for WAT in the later slot capping off a big night for Nine and this really sets them up for a weekly win.

Seven had a mediocre night, Seven news did ok without the AFL lead-in, Gladiators did what it usually does <1.3m, BOTC couldn't better it though and that didn't help Private Practice or the woeful Lipstick Jungle, which should be boned in the coming weeks.

Ten just beat the ABC for third spot, despite the ABC having four shows rate better than Tens best - BB-Eviction with just 935k, one of the worst eviction ratings ever.
BB Daily show didn't do well either 753k, its almost better to put a TGYH repeat on.

It wasn't all bad for Ten, Dexter scored an impressive 932k starting at around 9:45pm, with the average lead-in of Rove (871k) it may be moved to a better timeslot.
Not sure where it can go though, whether its classification means it has to be in a later slot.

Solid night for the ABC too, ABC News, Doctor Who, Valentines Day and The Einstein Factor doing well, all over 900k.

[Daytripper]

Solid night for the ABC too, ABC News, Doctor Who, Valentines Day and The Einstein Factor doing well, all over 900k.

That was a cracking movie. One of the best things from Australia in recent years.

Strange as to why it never went to the big screen.

[Aker39]

That was a cracking movie. One of the best things from Australia in recent years.

Strange as to why it never went to the big screen.


Does anyone know if it will be repeated on ABC2

[Brad-clare]

Yeah an excellent Aussie film!

[Ricardo]

Monday
Seven: 31.8
Nine: 25.9
TEN: 18.1
ABC: 16.2
SBS: 8.0

What Australia watched, Monday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 CITY HOMICIDE Seven 1,583,000 417,000 518,000 260,000 163,000 225,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,548,000 423,000 406,000 328,000 145,000 245,000
3 BORDER SECURITY ® Seven 1,485,000 436,000 432,000 280,000 130,000 208,000
4 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,426,000 417,000 371,000 276,000 139,000 224,000
5 SURF PATROL Seven 1,408,000 384,000 445,000 254,000 137,000 190,000
6 NINE NEWS Nine 1,383,000 391,000 442,000 277,000 152,000 121,000
7 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 1,313,000 355,000 437,000 260,000 139,000 123,000
8 CRIMINAL MINDS Seven 1,309,000 369,000 421,000 197,000 148,000 174,000
9 THE FARMER WANTS A WIFE Nine 1,270,000 363,000 394,000 229,000 137,000 147,000
10 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,242,000 362,000 412,000 248,000 132,000 89,000
13 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S LIFE OF MAMMALS Nine 1,197,000 327,000 335,000 250,000 138,000 148,000
18 ELDERS WITH ANDREW DENTON ABC1 876,000 261,000 273,000 154,000 75,000 113,000
19 BIG BROTHER Ten 867,000 224,000 263,000 157,000 109,000 114,000
20 GOOD NEWS WEEK Ten 862,000 244,000 283,000 131,000 102,000 101,000
21 BIG BROTHER NOMINATION Ten 853,000 240,000 252,000 153,000 99,000 109,000
22 TOP GEAR SBS 838,000 224,000 254,000 145,000 110,000 106,000
23 THE F WORD Nine 806,000 178,000 308,000 127,000 93,000 101,000
26 FOUR CORNERS ABC1 731,000 238,000 190,000 151,000 57,000 95,000
27 BOSTON LEGAL Seven 713,000 213,000 249,000 80,000 84,000 87,000
29 MARK LOVES SHARON Ten 676,000 196,000 215,000 94,000 97,000 74,000
41 30 ROCK Seven 372,000 118,000 129,000 36,000 52,000 38,000

Some decent numbers for Seven last night, their consistency throughout the night helped them to a big win last night, not as big as Nines Sunday but they are back in contention for the weekly win now.

Seven News, TT, CH, Border/SP and Criminal Minds all did very well for Seven, Criminal Minds especially with 1.3m from 9:30-10:30pm where Boston Legal managed 700k+ in the 10:30 slot :eek:

For Nine T1/2M easily beat H&A, DA: Life of Mammals dipped a bit to under 1.2m, which is disappointing but FWAW regained some viewers with nearly 1.3m but The F Word let Nine down with just over 800k, ruining their night.

For Ten, BB didn't do much at all, yet it was their highest rating show of the night in 19th place with <900k :o

It hurt GNW and MLS dropped to 676k, thank goodness, i hope it drops further so Ten put something half decent in that slot.

For the ABC it was Denton and ABC News that did well last night while Top Gear continues to do well for SBS, they managed an 8% share on a pretty competitive night.

Week-to-Date:
Nine: 30.0%
Seven: 26.7%
Ten: 18.6%
ABC: 17.5%
SBS: 7.2%

Source: OzTAM (http://www.oztam.com.au/), Tribalmind (http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/), tvtonight (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/)

[Bombers_Forever]

Monday
Seven: 31.8
Nine: 25.9
TEN: 18.1
ABC: 16.2
SBS: 8.0

What Australia watched, Monday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth

29 MARK LOVES SHARON Ten 676,000 196,000 215,000 94,000 97,000 74,000

It hurt GNW and MLS dropped to 676k, thank goodness, i hope it drops further so Ten put something half decent in that slot.

Source: OzTAM (http://www.oztam.com.au/), Tribalmind (http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/), tvtonight (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/)

We can only hope - 10 have flogged it too much (like BB) so it is good to see the figures are reflecting how bad the show is.

[Ricardo]

Tuesday
Seven: 27.5
Nine: 26.7
TEN: 23.0
ABC: 14.8
SBS: 8.0

Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,560,000 425,000 426,000 317,000 164,000 227,000
2 THE ONE - AUSTRALIA'S MOST GIFTED PSYCHIC Seven 1,468,000 411,000 374,000 327,000 157,000 199,000
3 TWO AND A HALF MEN Nine 1,447,000 429,000 476,000 232,000 153,000 157,000
4 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,385,000 377,000 367,000 285,000 157,000 200,000
5 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 1,343,000 376,000 397,000 276,000 151,000 143,000
6 WIPEOUT Nine 1,339,000 425,000 422,000 222,000 139,000 130,000
7 NCIS EP 2 RPT Ten 1,318,000 357,000 424,000 231,000 152,000 155,000
8 ALL SAINTS Seven 1,274,000 388,000 397,000 211,000 134,000 143,000
9 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,266,000 344,000 358,000 319,000 135,000 111,000
10 NINE NEWS Nine 1,229,000 334,000 378,000 274,000 131,000 113,000
11 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,220,000 337,000 311,000 257,000 134,000 180,000
12 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,205,000 321,000 384,000 249,000 117,000 133,000
13 NCIS EP 1 RPT Ten 1,071,000 251,000 325,000 214,000 123,000 157,000
14. The Simpsons – 8:00pm Ten 1.053
15. The Simpsons – 7:30pm Ten 1.025
16 BORDER PATROL NZ Seven 936,000 271,000 263,000 202,000 102,000 97,000
21 BIG BROTHER Ten 857,000 250,000 245,000 177,000 91,000 94,000
22 LADETTE TO LADY Nine 792,000 246,000 284,000 96,000 87,000 79,000
26 RAMSAY'S BOILING POINT Seven 616,000 192,000 172,000 125,000 73,000 54,000
29 MEDICAL MAVERICKS: THE HISTORY OF SELF-EXPERIMENTATION-EV ABC1 549,000 165,000 133,000 116,000 71,000 64,000
32 BILL GATES: HOW A GEEK CHANGED THE WORLD SBS 519,000 167,000 148,000 107,000 44,000 53,000
34 HOW TO HAVE SEX AFTER MARRIAGE Nine 477,000 160,000 122,000 77,000 63,000 55,000

Deal or No Deal 0.918m
Antiques 0.597m Boiling Point 0.616m

Pretty close night between the 3 big commercial networks last night, which is good to see.

Some impressive figures last night with The One and Wipeout both over 1.3m and doing a lot better than i expected, will be interesting to see if they can hold their audience.

For Seven it was The One and their 6-7pm line-up that got them over the line with All Saints not far behind the dreadful Two 1/2 Men while Border Patrol NZ did quite well at 9:30pm.

Nine had a decent night compared to their usual Tuesday figures, Wipeout and T1/2M the standouts, T1/2M with over 1.3m at 7pm and an impressive 1.4m at 8:30pm, although i dislike the show good on nine for sticking with it after last years woeful figures.

Ten slipped behind a bit from the last few Tuesday nights, its repeat of NCIS at 8:30pm took a big hit with just over 1m but the NCIS at 9:30pm managed over 1.3m, a very impressive figure.

The other noticeable figure was the Bill Gates special on SBS which managed over 500k, a good doco that one

Week-to-Date:
Nine: 28.9
Seven: 27.0
Ten: 20.0
ABC: 16.6
SBS: 7.4

Source: OzTAM (http://www.oztam.com.au/), tvtonight (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/), Tribalmind (http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/), eBroadcast (http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/tv/)

[Cousin Jed]

1.5 million people watched a show about psychics?

good grief.

[Brad-clare]

Has bad lads army been boned?

[Ricardo]

Has bad lads army been boned?

I can't find any articles on it but it must've been boned due to Ladette to Lady replacing it last night, which is stange after just 1 episode, and it didn't do that badly, a similar number to LTL last night (although it lacked the promotion as it was a late change).

Ch.9 are strange, Mick Malloys (sp?) show was kept on for an eternity with pretty dreadful ratings while Canal Road was bumped back an hour after just a week or two yet it didn't have terrible ratings.......strange.

[JUBJUB]

Has bad lads army been boned?

Bad Lads boned (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/gone-bad-lads-army-returning-ladette-to.html)

[Brad-clare]

I can't find any articles on it but it must've been boned due to Ladette to Lady replacing it last night, which is stange after just 1 episode, and it didn't do that badly, a similar number to LTL last night (although it lacked the promotion as it was a late change).

Ch.9 are strange, Mick Malloys (sp?) show was kept on for an eternity with pretty dreadful ratings while Canal Road was bumped back an hour after just a week or two yet it didn't have terrible ratings.......strange.

I was really annoyed last night, I sat down to watch Bad Lads Army only for LTL to come on the screen!! I though WTF :mad:

[Ricardo]

Thanks for the link JubJub.

Wednesday
Seven: 25.2%
Ten: 24.0%
Nine: 23.8%
ABC: 20.6%
SBS: 6.4%

RNK Description STN Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,554,000 428,000 424,000 288,000 174,000 240,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,439,000 416,000 417,000 247,000 161,000 199,000
3 BIG BROTHER - PAMELA ANDERSON ENTERS THE HOUSE Ten 1,417,000 417,000 410,000 290,000 145,000 154,000
4 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV ABC1 1,349,000 365,000 428,000 257,000 155,000 145,000
5 RSPCA ANIMAL RESCUE Seven 1,349,000 361,000 409,000 246,000 128,000 205,000
6 THE GRUEN TRANSFER-EV ABC1 1,302,000 365,000 427,000 239,000 131,000 140,000
7 NATIONAL NINE NEWS Nine 1,293,000 390,000 386,000 290,000 121,000 106,000
8 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 1,286,000 380,000 392,000 272,000 123,000 119,000
9 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,242,000 371,000 381,000 284,000 115,000 92,000
10 MEDICAL EMERGENCY Seven 1,230,000 305,000 383,000 243,000 114,000 185,000
11 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,220,000 364,000 355,000 210,000 119,000 172,000
12 ABC NEWS-EV ABC1 1,208,000 346,000 348,000 224,000 119,000 171,000
13 THE HOLLOWMEN-LE ABC1 1,185,000 374,000 425,000 156,000 100,000 130,000
14 CRIMINAL MINDS Seven 1,163,000 320,000 375,000 181,000 107,000 181,000
15 THE NEW INVENTORS-EV ABC1 1,054,000 301,000 327,000 218,000 108,000 100,000
16 MISSING PERSONS UNIT Nine 1,051,000 316,000 327,000 184,000 120,000 103,000
17 DEAL OR NO DEAL Seven 983,000 278,000 271,000 189,000 118,000 127,000
18 BIG BROTHER Ten 957,000 292,000 261,000 183,000 108,000 114,000
19 7.30 REPORT-EV ABC1 932,000 282,000 250,000 185,000 98,000 118,000
20 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 910,000 231,000 254,000 166,000 98,000 161,000
21 NUMB3RS Ten 900,000 245,000 292,000 178,000 98,000 87,000
22 COLD CASE Nine 886,000 261,000 267,000 170,000 89,000 99,000
23 FIRE 000 Nine 857,000 287,000 270,000 148,000 70,000 81,000
24 NEIGHBOURS Ten 856,000 240,000 217,000 177,000 93,000 129,000
25 SEARCH & RESCUE Nine 832,000 270,000 269,000 120,000 79,000 94,000
26 FRIENDS Ten 745,000 220,000 197,000 143,000 80,000 104,000
27 PRISON BREAK Seven 727,000 211,000 249,000 90,000 87,000 91,000
28 THE COOK AND THE CHEF-EV ABC1 705,000 212,000 190,000 133,000 88,000 82,000
29 ABC NEWS UP-DATE-EV ABC1 697,000 207,000 214,000 131,000 75,000 70,000
30 AT THE MOVIES-LE ABC1 695,000 238,000 241,000 88,000 55,000 73,000
31 PRIMETIME: CRIME Nine 580,000 166,000 179,000 96,000 77,000 62,000
32 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -RPT Nine 573,000 158,000 194,000 95,000 77,000 49,000
33 M*A*S*H Seven 509,000 168,000 120,000 111,000 52,000 58,000
34 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 485,000 149,000 130,000 87,000 57,000 62,000
35 TEN LATE NEWS WITH SPORTS TONIGHT Ten 456,000 133,000 160,000 62,000 53,000 47,000
36 FOOD SAFARI RPT SBS 429,000 134,000 113,000 86,000 46,000 50,000
37 THE PASSIONATE APPRENTICES SBS 419,000 119,000 130,000 69,000 47,000 54,000

No WN figures yet but by the looks of the WTD figures Ten did very well last night as did Seven.

The Pamela Anderson trick did it for Ten last night, averaging over 1.4m until 9:40pm, with the ABC the only real competition.

TNInventors, Spicks and Specks, TGT and the new Hollomen series did very well for the ABC, TGT with its highest rating of the year.

For Nine their docos slumped under the competition with RSPCA:AR and ME doing well for Seven while BB had Pamela on.

At 8:30pm it was the ABC and Tens time as MPU and Criminal Minds couldn't pass 1.2m.

An interesting night that shook it up a bit, it'd be good if Ten did more of this as its become so boring with the usual Seven and Nine dominance.

Week-to-Date:
Nine 27.7%
Seven 26.6%
Ten 21.0%
ABC 17.6%
SBS 7.2%.

Source: OzTAM (http://www.oztam.com.au/), Tribalmind (http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/)

[damochandler]

Thanks for the link JubJub.

Wednesday...

RNK Description STN Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,554,000 428,000 424,000 288,000 174,000 240,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,439,000 416,000 417,000 247,000 161,000 199,000
3 BIG BROTHER - PAMELA ANDERSON ENTERS THE HOUSE Ten 1,417,000 417,000 410,000 290,000 145,000 154,000
4 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV ABC1 1,349,000 365,000 428,000 257,000 155,000 145,000
5 RSPCA ANIMAL RESCUE Seven 1,349,000 361,000 409,000 246,000 128,000 205,000
6 THE GRUEN TRANSFER-EV ABC1 1,302,000 365,000 427,000 239,000 131,000 140,000
7 NATIONAL NINE NEWS Nine 1,293,000 390,000 386,000 290,000 121,000 106,000
8 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 1,286,000 380,000 392,000 272,000 123,000 119,000
9 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,242,000 371,000 381,000 284,000 115,000 92,000
10 MEDICAL EMERGENCY Seven 1,230,000 305,000 383,000 243,000 114,000 185,000
11 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,220,000 364,000 355,000 210,000 119,000 172,000
12 ABC NEWS-EV ABC1 1,208,000 346,000 348,000 224,000 119,000 171,000
13 THE HOLLOWMEN-LE ABC1 1,185,000 374,000 425,000 156,000 100,000 130,000
14 CRIMINAL MINDS Seven 1,163,000 320,000 375,000 181,000 107,000 181,000
15 THE NEW INVENTORS-EV ABC1 1,054,000 301,000 327,000 218,000 108,000 100,000
16 MISSING PERSONS UNIT Nine 1,051,000 316,000 327,000 184,000 120,000 103,000
17 DEAL OR NO DEAL Seven 983,000 278,000 271,000 189,000 118,000 127,000
18 BIG BROTHER Ten 957,000 292,000 261,000 183,000 108,000 114,000
19 7.30 REPORT-EV ABC1 932,000 282,000 250,000 185,000 98,000 118,000
20 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 910,000 231,000 254,000 166,000 98,000 161,000
21 NUMB3RS Ten 900,000 245,000 292,000 178,000 98,000 87,000
22 COLD CASE Nine 886,000 261,000 267,000 170,000 89,000 99,000
23 FIRE 000 Nine 857,000 287,000 270,000 148,000 70,000 81,000
24 NEIGHBOURS Ten 856,000 240,000 217,000 177,000 93,000 129,000
25 SEARCH & RESCUE Nine 832,000 270,000 269,000 120,000 79,000 94,000
26 FRIENDS Ten 745,000 220,000 197,000 143,000 80,000 104,000
27 PRISON BREAK Seven 727,000 211,000 249,000 90,000 87,000 91,000
28 THE COOK AND THE CHEF-EV ABC1 705,000 212,000 190,000 133,000 88,000 82,000
29 ABC NEWS UP-DATE-EV ABC1 697,000 207,000 214,000 131,000 75,000 70,000
30 AT THE MOVIES-LE ABC1 695,000 238,000 241,000 88,000 55,000 73,000
31 PRIMETIME: CRIME Nine 580,000 166,000 179,000 96,000 77,000 62,000
32 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -RPT Nine 573,000 158,000 194,000 95,000 77,000 49,000
33 M*A*S*H Seven 509,000 168,000 120,000 111,000 52,000 58,000
34 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 485,000 149,000 130,000 87,000 57,000 62,000
35 TEN LATE NEWS WITH SPORTS TONIGHT Ten 456,000 133,000 160,000 62,000 53,000 47,000
36 FOOD SAFARI RPT SBS 429,000 134,000 113,000 86,000 46,000 50,000
37 THE PASSIONATE APPRENTICES SBS 419,000 119,000 130,000 69,000 47,000 54,000

No WN figures yet but by the looks of the WTD figures Ten did very well last night as did Seven.

The Pamela Anderson trick did it for Ten last night, averaging over 1.4m until 9:40pm, with the ABC the only real competition.

TNInventors, Spicks and Specks, TGT and the new Hollomen series did very well for the ABC, TGT with its highest rating of the year.

For Nine their docos slumped under the competition with RSPCA:AR and ME doing well for Seven while BB had Pamela on.

At 8:30pm it was the ABC and Tens time as MPU and Criminal Minds couldn't pass 1.2m.

An interesting night that shook it up a bit, it'd be good if Ten did more of this as its become so boring with the usual Seven and Nine dominance.

Week-to-Date:
Nine 27.7%
Seven 26.6%
Ten 21.0%
ABC 17.6%
SBS 7.2%.

big brother and pamela anderson going into the house, it only just won its timeslot. its still a joke of a show andits time to kill it off

[Warwick]

An interesting night that shook it up a bit, it'd be good if Ten did more of this as its become so boring with the usual Seven and Nine dominance.

What? More BB specials? :rolleyes:

Yeah, no thanks.

[Cousin Jed]

1.4 million people watched Pamela Anderson go into a big brother house?

good grief.

Edited for topical relevance

[stephen_bayne]

Good rating for Big Brother last night but people were tuning into see Pamala just like they tuned into see Carson a few months back. Now that's over people will tune out again. I think this years Big Brother has shown how bush deluded Channel Ten are. Any other show that was failing like this would either be pulled or just quitely left to run it's course. No, not Big Brother. Channel 10 are still desperately insisting we must love Big Brother.

Pathetic. :thumbsd:

[Ricardo]

What? More BB specials? :rolleyes:

Yeah, no thanks.

I mean special type shows, say a NCIS marathon, or a Simpsons super Tuesday, something to shake it up a bit, movies during the week (if they've got the Simpsons movie Wed night 7:30pm would be a great slot).

They are putting SYTYCD on Wednesday night which is a good move, but they have really been disappointing this year (Ten).

[Ricardo]

Thursday
Nine 27.8%
Seven 26.5%
Ten 22.5%
ABC 17.1%
SBS 6.1%

1. Seven News Seven 1.436
2. Today Tonight Seven 1.366
3. Getaway Nine 1.286
4. The Celebrity Singing Bee Nine 1.266
5. Law and Order: SVU Ten 1.220
6. ABC News ABC 1.175
7. Home and Away Seven 1.159
8. Two and a Half Men Nine 1.140
9. My Name Is Earl Seven 1.128
10. National Nine News Nine 1.107
11. Law and Order: Criminal Intent Ten 1.101
12. How I Met Your Mother Seven 1.083
13. Bones Seven 1.075
14. Big Brother: Pamela Anderson Ten 1.023
15. A Current Affair Nine 1.015
16 Catalyst ABC1 959,000
17 7.30 Report ABC1 919,000
20 Ten News At Five Ten 874,000

Deal or No Deal 0.881m The Footy Show 0.906m
Antiques 0.557m The Amazing Race 0.797m Futurama 0.804m

Breakfast and Morning Television
Early Sunrise 137,000 Sunrise 329,000 The Morning Show 189,000
Early Today 113,000 Today 262,000 KAK 138,000
David and Kim 82,000

Solid figures for all three major networks last night with Nine taking out Thursday night as usual, but it was a closer margin.

Nines T1/2M, Getaway and Singing Bee all did well (unfortunately though as the SB is rubbish television) with TFS doing well with over 900k in the later slot.

For Seven their news and TT did the job early and gave them a slight chance of victory, but their comedies lost out to Getaway and marginally beat BB, Bones came third in its slot, TAR though did ok for the longer special, just under 800k.

Ten had an improved TN compared to previous weeks with the BB Pamela Anderson special over 1m, Futurama didn't do well though with just over 800k but it didn't have a huge impact on CI, which managed 1.1m and SVU managed an impressive 1.220m in the 9:30pm slot, maybe Ten should swap them around.


Week-to-Date:
Nine: 27.7%
Seven: 26.6%
Ten: 21.3%
ABC: 17.5%
SBS: 7.0%

The WTD figures show Seven can still have a chance of taking out the week, tonight will be crucial as they could take the lead with BH&G/AFL, then it comes down to Saturdays movies.


Source: OzTAM (http://www.oztam.com.au/), tvtonight (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/week-28.html), eBroadcast (http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/tv/)

[swanniez1983]

Thursday
14. Big Brother: Pamela Anderson Ten 1.023


BB dropped ~400K in one night. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next day or two while Pam is in the house and then once she departs.

[Ricardo]

BB dropped ~400K in one night. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next day or two while Pam is in the house and then once she departs.

Its a bit silly Ten having her in Wed-Thurs-Fri, the last two are when their target demographic are out and tonight there'll be even less of their demo.

It should've been a two night- Sunday night and Monday night special, although even that may have been a bit of an overkill.

[damochandler]

bb didnt exactly dominate he ratings on wednesday night. they only just beat some of the shows on the abc

[Isandula]

Jeez Australians like to watch shit and dribble shows looking at what rates well.

Shameful.

[Ricardo]

There haven't been any figures released for FN, according to mediaspy forums Nine won last night, which seems a bit odd with nothing special happening last night, i'll post the results when they come in.

[Ricardo]

Friday
Seven: 29.8%
Nine: 25.6%
Ten: 20.1%
ABC: 18.2%
SBS: 6.3%

It was a win to Seven which brought them within .3% of Nine for the week but as you can see below it didn't do them much good as they lost Sat night and thus the week.

Saturday
Nine: 26.8%
Seven: 25.2%
Ten: 21.2%
ABC: 19.3%
SBS: 7.6%

What Australia watched, Saturday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Network 7 1,368,000 416,000 352,000 281,000 125,000 193,000
2 THE VICAR OF DIBLEY Network 7 1,237,000 277,000 403,000 237,000 136,000 184,000
3 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Network 9 1,172,000 268,000 401,000 241,000 152,000 110,000
4 AUSTRALIA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEO SHOW Network 9 1,155,000 279,000 361,000 224,000 149,000 142,000
5 THE GREAT OUTDOORS Network 7 926,000 253,000 270,000 205,000 82,000 116,000
6 ABC NEWS-SAT Network ABC1 880,000 227,000 279,000 149,000 96,000 129,000
7 THE WIZARD OF OZ -RPT Network 9 878,000 214,000 297,000 153,000 80,000 134,000
8 TEN NEWS AT FIVE SAT Network TEN 869,000 161,000 282,000 161,000 110,000 155,000
9 THE BILL Network ABC1 748,000 229,000 226,000 140,000 61,000 92,000
10 M-THE RECRUIT Network 7 725,000 162,000 214,000 157,000 76,000 116,000
11 BATMAN BEGINS -RPT Network 9 720,000 172,000 264,000 134,000 67,000 82,000
12 SATURDAY NIGHT AFL Network TEN 704,000 357,000 131,000 120,000 96,000
13 GARDENING AUSTRALIA Network ABC1 658,000 156,000 226,000 112,000 80,000 84,000
14 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AFL Network TEN 647,000 67,000 293,000 34,000 132,000 121,000
15 ABC NEWS UP-DATE Network ABC1 626,000 193,000 198,000 98,000 49,000 87,000
16 WILD AT HEART Network ABC1 625,000 181,000 171,000 148,000 58,000 69,000
17 MIDSOMER MURDERS RPT Network ABC1 614,000 168,000 200,000 102,000 60,000 83,000

Good night for Nine with The Wizard pulling in some decent numbers, AFHVS and The old Batman movie doing the job while Sevens VOD, TGO and The Recruit did alright for them but it wasn't enough even for the nightly win (let alone the week).

Week 20
Nine: 27.3%
Seven: 26.8%
Ten: 21.1%
ABC: 17.8%
SBS: 7.0%

Source: OzTAM, CJM from mediaspy and Tribalmind.

[Cousin Jed]

Nine won Sunday night by about 6000% and yet just hung on.

[SunKing]

Nine have now won one more week then Seven. With that JK Rowling rubbish on tonight Nine may get another huge head start.