TV Ratings: Week 25 (Olympics)

[Ricardo]

Sunday
Seven: 42.5%
Nine: 20.6%
Ten: 15.0%
ABC: 13.8%
SBS: 8.1%

What Australia watched, Sunday, August 10
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 2,095,000 576,000 551,000 437,000 225,000 306,000
2 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D2 PRIMETIME Seven 2,093,000 690,000 565,000 377,000 209,000 253,000
3 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D2 AFTERNOON Seven 1,821,000 505,000 626,000 327,000 165,000 198,000
4 60 MINUTES Nine 1,453,000 380,000 464,000 279,000 152,000 178,000
5 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,312,000 390,000 421,000 255,000 147,000 100,000
6 CSI: MIAMI -RPT Nine 1,130,000 247,000 381,000 239,000 134,000 130,000
7 ABC NEWS-SU ABC1 1,121,000 287,000 356,000 229,000 116,000 133,000
8 OLYMPICS: D2 LATE NIGHT Seven 1,090,000 321,000 384,000 201,000 111,000 73,000
9 DOCTOR WHO ABC1 1,008,000 323,000 244,000 217,000 98,000 126,000
10 THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE RPT Ten 989,000 272,000 335,000 200,000 96,000 85,000
11 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: YUM CHA D2 Seven 931,000 267,000 287,000 198,000 93,000 86,000
14 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 19: ADELAIDE VS RICHMOND Seven 838,000 141,000 389,000 99,000 194,000 15,000
15 A BACKSTAGE PASS TO CIRQUE DU SOLEIL Nine 826,000 209,000 242,000 155,000 114,000 107,000
16 AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL Ten 818,000 234,000 277,000 160,000 72,000 75,000
19 PERFECT DAY: THE WEDDING ABC1 724,000 227,000 215,000 108,000 77,000 97,000
20 DOCTOR WHO: CONFIDENTIAL CUTDOWN ABC1 721,000 213,000 189,000 133,000 77,000 109,000
21 BEIJING 2008: WOMENS CYCLING ROAD RACE SBS 677,000 229,000 220,000 141,000 49,000 38,000
26 STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH RPT Ten 492,000 121,000 164,000 83,000 64,000 59,000
27 NINE'S SUNDAY FOOTBALL Nine 424,000 282,000 142,000
34 CANAL ROAD Nine 259,000 64,000 81,000 39,000 31,000 44,000
42 WWE AFTERBURN Nine 200,000 74,000 44,000 51,000 25,000 7,000
57 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 19: WEST COAST VS ESSENDON Seven 145,000 145,000
68 THE CITY TO SURF 2008 Ten 120,000 58,000 31,000 15,000 6,000 10,000

Source: OzTAM, tvtonight, Tribalmind

As expected last night, yet Nine did quite well with a 20%+ share last night, thanks to 60 minutes and CSI Miami (Rpt), both doing quite well, especially in Melbourne, while the Olympic Primetime coverage was massive in Sydney.

[likka]

Morning swimming finals may have helped Nein out there.

I imagine once the athletics starts up that nights will rate much better.

[Ricardo]

Yeah, Seven would've loved to have the swimming in or near primetime, i guess you got to go where the money is.

Monday
Seven 42.7%
Nine 17.8%
Ten 16.6%
ABC 15.9%
SBS 7.0%

What Australia watched, Monday, August 11
RNK Description STN Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 2,451,000 657,000 819,000 458,000 223,000 293,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 2,167,000 611,000 713,000 364,000 205,000 274,000
3 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: D3 PRIMETIME Seven 2,014,000 585,000 636,000 366,000 191,000 237,000
4 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: D3 FRINGE Seven 1,701,000 510,000 574,000 369,000 132,000 116,000
5 NATIONAL NINE NEWS Nine 1,140,000 279,000 337,000 255,000 154,000 115,000
6 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: D3 AFTERNOON Seven 1,133,000 308,000 364,000 264,000 98,000 99,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,088,000 276,000 323,000 232,000 144,000 114,000
8 ABC NEWS-EV ABC1 1,030,000 342,000 327,000 138,000 105,000 119,000
9 FOUR CORNERS-EV ABC1 990,000 320,000 282,000 185,000 89,000 114,000
10 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: D3 LATE MORNING Seven 985,000 253,000 320,000 242,000 83,000 87,000
11 THE MAN WHO LIVES WITH BEARS Nine 953,000 241,000 294,000 182,000 126,000 109,000
12 AUSTRALIAN STORY-EV ABC1 944,000 307,000 266,000 172,000 93,000 107,000
13 THE SIMPSONS MON EP 2 Ten 885,000 298,000 220,000 151,000 100,000 115,000
14 7.30 REPORT-EV ABC1 861,000 285,000 270,000 144,000 83,000 79,000
15 TIL DEATH -RPT Nine 858,000 216,000 234,000 177,000 119,000 111,000
16 THE SIMPSONS MON EP 1 Ten 853,000 263,000 221,000 168,000 84,000 117,000
17 NEIGHBOURS Ten 822,000 245,000 193,000 198,000 75,000 112,000
18 FRIENDS - DAILY Ten 818,000 227,000 203,000 175,000 85,000 128,000
19 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 818,000 195,000 256,000 121,000 106,000 141,000
20 MEDIA WATCH-EV ABC1 806,000 256,000 233,000 152,000 64,000 100,000
21 BURN NOTICE MON Ten 785,000 236,000 199,000 165,000 94,000 92,000
22 ENOUGH ROPE WITH ANDREW DENTON-LE ABC1 768,000 210,000 272,000 116,000 81,000 90,000
23 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: D3 LATE NIGHT Seven 724,000 214,000 236,000 96,000 84,000 94,000
24 ABC NEWS UP-DATE-EV ABC1 718,000 222,000 210,000 122,000 74,000 89,000
25 RUSH HOUR -RPT Nine 703,000 192,000 217,000 111,000 88,000 94,000
26 ABC NEWS UP-DATE-LE ABC1 670,000 203,000 213,000 112,000 56,000 87,000
27 THE SIMPSONS Ten 655,000 205,000 201,000 106,000 63,000 79,000
28 THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN RPT Ten 528,000 164,000 143,000 82,000 72,000 68,000
29 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -RPT Nine 481,000 141,000 145,000 61,000 78,000 57,000
30 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 473,000 148,000 146,000 84,000 36,000 61,000
31 TALKING HEADS-EV ABC1 462,000 141,000 159,000 64,000 63,000 35,000
32 SUNRISE Seven 441,000 145,000 93,000 116,000 33,000 54,000
33 BEIJING 2008: MENS ARCHERY TEAM FINAL SBS 405,000 105,000 131,000 73,000 39,000 57,000
34 BEIJING 2008: WOMENS BEACH VOLLEYBALL DAY 3 SBS 389,000 97,000 160,000 65,000 47,000 21,000
39 TODAY Nine 296,000 74,000 104,000 52,000 23,000 43,000

Source: OzTAM, Tribalmind, tvtonight

Pretty consistent figures so far for the primetime Olympic coverage, as well as the 'fringe' coverage also, with Seven news and TT both doing quite well out of the Olympic coverage, a massive 819k for Seven news in Melbourne.

Other programs that did alright last night included the usuals in ACA and N9N, not that far behind their usual figures, Four Corners and ABC news doing quite well also, as did Enough Rope for the ABC.

The Bear doco did quite well for Nine as did Rush Hour, over 700k against the Olympics is quite good, for Ten their 40 year old Virgin movie did alright starting at 9:30pm, the Simpsons doing their job in the earlier slot.

[likka]

Would SBS be expecting better rating figures given their Olympic coverage?

[Ricardo]

Would SBS be expecting better rating figures given their Olympic coverage?

I was thinking the same thing, i'd expect with their coverage 10%+ share each night, even last nights 7.0% isn't that much better than their usual Monday night share (with Top Gear).

They have some good sports on as well, it would be interesting to see how they see their figures, i am sure Seven are happy, and they should improve as we get further into competition.

[Ricardo]

Tuesday
Seven 44.9%
Nine 18.1%
Ten 18.0%
ABC 14.0%
SBS 5.1%

What Australia watched, Tuesday, August 12
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 2,219,000 666,000 628,000 438,000 205,000 282,000
2 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D4 PRIMETIME Seven 2,111,000 664,000 607,000 405,000 207,000 228,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,967,000 594,000 519,000 366,000 208,000 281,000
4 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D4 FRINGE Seven 1,710,000 556,000 532,000 333,000 151,000 137,000
5 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,108,000 338,000 326,000 156,000 152,000 137,000
6 NINE NEWS Nine 1,061,000 279,000 310,000 224,000 148,000 101,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,050,000 292,000 342,000 195,000 124,000 97,000
8 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 1,036,000 264,000 339,000 178,000 123,000 133,000
9 NCIS EP 1 RPT Ten 1,028,000 275,000 288,000 193,000 125,000 147,000
10 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D4 AFTERNOON Seven 1,003,000 275,000 321,000 211,000 100,000 96,000
11 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D4 LATE NIGHT Seven 964,000 297,000 320,000 171,000 102,000 73,000
12 NCIS EP 2 RPT Ten 928,000 237,000 288,000 157,000 113,000 134,000
13 GRUMPY OLD WOMEN ABC1 884,000 269,000 255,000 129,000 126,000 105,000
14 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D4 LATE MORNING Seven 876,000 222,000 282,000 205,000 85,000 82,000
15 FRIENDS - DAILY Ten 876,000 224,000 285,000 147,000 94,000 125,000
16 GRAND DESIGNS ABC1 856,000 275,000 257,000 124,000 107,000 95,000
17 7.30 REPORT ABC1 839,000 308,000 224,000 106,000 115,000 87,000
18 DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER Nine 837,000 199,000 273,000 131,000 107,000 126,000
19 TIL DEATH -RPT Nine 828,000 222,000 277,000 138,000 102,000 91,000
20 THE SIMPSONS TUES EP 2 Ten 826,000 184,000 265,000 168,000 87,000 122,000

Source: OzTAM, Tribalmind, tvtonight

With not much but repeated medals on last night Ten and Nine had decent shares, Seven down a few % on the previous 3 nights, NCIS ep 1 and 2 did quite well for Ten, Nines comedies did as probably was expected of them, not much else on last night, ABC news did well, topping N9N nationally (although in the later slot).

[Ricardo]

Wednesday
Seven 43.7%
Nine 18.3%
Ten 16.9%
ABC 13.5%
SBS 7.6%

What Australia watched, Wednesday, August 13
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D5 PRIMETIME Seven 2,131,000 629,000 667,000 401,000 230,000 204,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 2,047,000 655,000 518,000 427,000 199,000 248,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,960,000 638,000 504,000 381,000 191,000 246,000
4 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D5 FRINGE Seven 1,438,000 448,000 417,000 315,000 126,000 133,000
5 SPICKS AND SPECKS ABC1 1,063,000 310,000 310,000 203,000 109,000 132,000
6 NINE NEWS Nine 1,061,000 288,000 292,000 234,000 136,000 110,000
7 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: D5 AFTERNOON Seven 1,060,000 310,000 319,000 252,000 83,000 96,000
8 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,053,000 311,000 334,000 155,000 96,000 157,000
9 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 943,000 274,000 264,000 187,000 124,000 95,000
10 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Ten 904,000 264,000 266,000 149,000 96,000 129,000
11 The New Inventors ABC1 897,000
12 Funniest Home Video Show Rewind ® Nine 888,000
13 Friends Ten 880,000
14 Beijing Olympics: D5 Late Morning Seven 877,000
15 Neighbours Ten 847,000
16 Cold Case ® Nine 829,000
17 The 7.30 Report ABC1 828,000
18 Seven's Beijing Olympics: D5 Late Night Seven 802,000
19 ABC News Up-Date ABC1 776,000
20 Ten News At Five Ten 760,000
24 FREEZING ABC1 521,000 159,000 155,000 91,000 53,000 64,000
25 SUNRISE Seven 479,000 168,000 97,000 131,000 34,000 49,000
32 BEIJING 2008: MENS FOOTBALL AUSTRALIA V IVORY COAST SBS 397,000 132,000 134,000 50,000 44,000 38,000
36 THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK ABC1 346,000 99,000 111,000 57,000 33,000 46,000
37 CANAL ROAD Nine 340,000 84,000 105,000 52,000 51,000 47,000
39 TODAY Nine 309,000 81,000 100,000 64,000 28,000 36,000

Source: OzTAM, tvtonight, Tribalmind

Still great primetime figures for Seven, SBSs coverage of the Olyroos didn't help them that much though, slightly disappointing....Sevens 'Fringe' was down on previous nights but still doing quite well, as is TT and Seven news.

For the other networks, S&S did well for the ABC as did New Inventors, Neighbours and Friends doing well for Ten.

[Sportman1987]

I'm surprised there's so little love for SBS

[TimeIsRunningOut]

I'm surprised there's so little love for SBS

Me to. It's a shame.... SBS coverage is far better than 7. If only they had a greater range of events to show.

[Howard Littlejohn]

I'm surprised there's so little love for SBS
Its simple. Australians might win medals in swimming, and women watch swimming. Therefore 7 get the eyeballs; despite focussing on the crappiest sport on the planet that doesn't involve "artistic merit" being a criteria (eg. diving, gymnastics, horse dancing, synchronised swimming, etc).

[PHX]

Its simple. Australians might win medals in swimming, and women watch swimming. Therefore 7 get the eyeballs; despite focussing on the crappiest sport on the planet that doesn't involve "artistic merit" being a criteria (eg. diving, gymnastics, horse dancing, synchronised swimming, etc).

Sounds to me like men with OzTam boxes need to grow some balls and claim back the remote control that is rightfully theirs. ;)

[Ricardo]

^^ and watch some womens volleyball :D

Still no love for SBS.....

Thursday
Seven 43.2%
Ten 18.2%
Nine 18.1%
ABC 14.0%
SBS 6.5%

What Australia watched, Thursday, August 14
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D6 PRIMETIME Seven 1,968,000 608,000 602,000 366,000 195,000 197,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,904,000 596,000 575,000 326,000 181,000 226,000
3 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,891,000 575,000 567,000 346,000 177,000 226,000
4 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D6 FRINGE Seven 1,139,000 386,000 333,000 216,000 113,000 91,000
5 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,060,000 321,000 318,000 168,000 124,000 129,000
6 NINE NEWS Nine 1,032,000 303,000 285,000 203,000 144,000 98,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 952,000 256,000 292,000 184,000 130,000 89,000
8 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D6 AFTERNOON Seven 923,000 287,000 296,000 162,000 98,000 79,000
9 LAW AND ORDER: SVU RPT Ten 910,000 251,000 288,000 161,000 102,000 109,000
10 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D6 LATE MORNING Seven 910,000 265,000 294,000 178,000 90,000 84,000
11 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE THURS Ten 904,000 287,000 292,000 164,000 64,000 98,000
12 LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT Ten 841,000 235,000 304,000 136,000 75,000 91,000
13 7.30 REPORT ABC1 841,000
14 FRIENDS - DAILY Ten 814,000
15 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 801,000
16 CATALYST ABC1 788,000
17 CSI: MIAMI Nine 777,000
18 GETAWAY Nine 760,000 218,000 231,000 151,000 76,000 84,000
19 NEIGHBOURS Ten 743,000
20 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: DAY 6 LATE NIGHT Seven 738,000
22 THE FOOTY SHOW Nine 632,000 110,000 288,000 85,000 76,000 73,000
24 HUNT THE KAISER'S CRUISERS! ABC1 592,000 180,000 166,000 94,000 69,000 84,000
29 SUNRISE Seven 445,000 136,000 88,000 126,000 33,000 62,000
34 BEIJING OLYMPICS: YUM CHA D6 Seven 311,000 100,000 96,000 87,000 28,000 Not shown
39 TODAY Nine 292,000 102,000 78,000 50,000 28,000 34,000

Source: OzTAM, tvtonight, Tribalmind, eBroadcast

Week-to-Date:
Seven 43.4
Nine 18.6
Ten 16.9
ABC 14.2
SBS 6.9

Not a huge slide from the previous few days, the 'Fringe' fell about 300k and Primetime about 200k, still great figures though, with TT beating Seven News! While since that's happened.

Although its the Olympics, that Footy Show figure is woeful, especially Sydney.

[Howard Littlejohn]

Sounds to me like men with OzTam boxes need to grow some balls and claim back the remote control that is rightfully theirs. ;)
Or just f--- off to the pub.

[Ricardo]

Friday
Seven: 42.4
Nine: 18.1
TEN: 17.8
ABC: 15.1
SBS: 6.5

What Australia watched, Friday, August 15
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 2,042,000 648,000 574,000 349,000 212,000 259,000
2 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D7 PRIMETIME Network 7 1,912,000 592,000 607,000 331,000 206,000 175,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 1,877,000 596,000 497,000 322,000 219,000 244,000
4 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: D7 FRINGE Network 7 1,332,000 458,000 391,000 243,000 122,000 118,000
5 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D7 LATE NIGHT Network 7 1,189,000 352,000 398,000 192,000 135,000 113,000
6 NINE NEWS Network 9 1,060,000 263,000 333,000 261,000 110,000 94,000
7 AGATHA CHRISTIE: AFTER THE FUNERAL RPT Network ABC1 994,000 315,000 320,000 143,000 103,000 113,000
8 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: D7 AFTERNOON Network 7 970,000 313,000 300,000 185,000 92,000 80,000
9 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D7 LATE MORNING Network 7 901,000 283,000 273,000 196,000 78,000 71,000
10 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 880,000 221,000 268,000 213,000 96,000 82,000
11 ABC NEWS Network ABC1 870,000 257,000 244,000 138,000 110,000 121,000
12 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE FRI Network TEN 854,000 242,000 282,000 132,000 74,000 124,000
14 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 20: PORT ADELAIDE VS COLLINGWOOD Network 7 762,000 Not shown 451,000 Not shown 166,000 145,000
22 NINE'S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Network 9 486,000 246,000 Not shown 241,000 Not shown Not shown
25 SUNRISE Network 7 439,000 151,000 83,000 109,000 36,000 59,000
29 BEIJING 2008: ARCHERY MENS GOLD MEDAL Network SBS 399,000 61,000 195,000 35,000 55,000 53,000
36 TODAY Network 9 298,000 87,000 104,000 50,000 20,000 37,000

Source: OzTAM, Tribalmind, tvtonight

Seven news continues to pass the 2m mark, even on a FN, their late night Olympic figure was also quite good, 1500m the cause of that, while the Footy did well into the three AFL states.

[Ricardo]

Saturday
Seven 48.1%
Nine 17.9%
ABC 15.1%
Ten 14.0%
SBS 4.9%


What Australia watched, Saturday, August 16
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D8 PRIMETIME Network 7 1,935,000 623,000 574,000 352,000 170,000 216,000
2 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Network 7 1,925,000 599,000 546,000 315,000 190,000 275,000
3 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D8 FRINGE Network 7 1,336,000 453,000 370,000 238,000 111,000 164,000
4 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D8 LATE MORNING Network 7 1,233,000 318,000 424,000 223,000 112,000 157,000
5 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D8 LATE NIGHT Network 7 1,199,000 417,000 390,000 155,000 147,000 89,000
6 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D8 AFTERNOON Network 7 1,198,000 386,000 363,000 248,000 90,000 112,000
7 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Network 9 1,133,000 286,000 360,000 238,000 141,000 109,000
8 AUSTRALIA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEO SHOW Network 9 1,006,000 265,000 310,000 212,000 96,000 123,000
9 ABC NEWS-SAT Network ABC1 795,000 211,000 254,000 136,000 95,000 99,000
10 THE BILL Network ABC1 746,000 262,000 199,000 112,000 82,000 90,000
16 SATURDAY NIGHT AFL Network TEN 571,000 87,000 294,000 66,000 67,000 58,000
20 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AFL Network TEN 412,000 32,000 154,000 20,000 121,000 85,000
30 STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE RPT Network TEN 286,000 54,000 96,000 56,000 37,000 43,000
40 ICE ROAD TRUCKERS Network TEN 189,000 189,000
70 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 20: PORT ADELAIDE VS COLLINGWOOD Network 7 82,000 47,000 35,000

Source: OzTAM, Tribalmind, tvtonight

Week 25
Seven 43.9%
Nine 18.5%
Ten 16.5%
ABC 14.5%
SBS 6.6%