TV Ratings: Week 26 (Olympics Wk 2)

[Ricardo]

Sorry about the late post, i've been pretty busy

Sunday
Seven 45.2%
Nine 22.4%
Ten 14.8%
ABC 12.7%
SBS 4.8%

What Australia watched, Sunday, August 17
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D9 PRIMETIME Seven 2,227,000 677,000 716,000 376,000 217,000 240,000
2 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 2,187,000 589,000 659,000 451,000 245,000 243,000
3 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D9 LATE MORNING Seven 1,553,000 449,000 495,000 314,000 149,000 146,000
4 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,398,000 401,000 401,000 328,000 174,000 94,000
5 60 MINUTES Nine 1,387,000 384,000 400,000 279,000 152,000 172,000
6 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D9 FRINGE Seven 1,383,000 487,000 446,000 288,000 163,000
7 CSI: MIAMI -RPT Nine 1,175,000 329,000 329,000 251,000 135,000 130,000
8 DOCTOR WHO ABC1 1,074,000 388,000 266,000 181,000 119,000 122,000
9 TALK TO THE ANIMALS Nine 1,017,000 271,000 294,000 213,000 148,000 91,000
10 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: D9 AFTERNOON Seven 966,000 404,000 264,000 140,000 158,000
11 ABC NEWS-SUN ABC1 937,000 242,000 272,000 186,000 117,000 120,000
13 CSI -RPT Nine 867,000 186,000 265,000 181,000 111,000 122,000
14 THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE RPT Ten 827,000 273,000 246,000 120,000 99,000 90,000
15 ROVE Ten 824,000 257,000 300,000 111,000 76,000 80,000
16 AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL Ten 762,000 224,000 230,000 138,000 80,000 91,000
18 DOCTOR WHO: CONFIDENTIAL CUTDOWN ABC1 692,000 240,000 191,000 88,000 90,000 84,000
20 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 20: CARLTON VS KANGAROOS Seven 609,000 Not shown 366,000 Not shown 126,000 117,000
21 DEXTER Ten 595,000 167,000 227,000 74,000 63,000 64,000
25 PERFECT DAY: THE MILLENIUM ABC1 500,000 167,000 137,000 74,000 50,000 72,000
28 CANAL ROAD Nine 345,000 63,000 115,000 67,000 47,000 52,000
29 NINE'S SUNDAY FOOTBALL Nine 334,000 175,000 Not shown 158,000 Not shown Not shown

Source: OzTAM, Tribalmind, tvtonight

A pretty good night for Nine last night, of course Seven had a very large share but Nine did alright with a 22% share thanks to 60 minutes, a much improved N9N figure and the double CSI:Miami episodes.

For Ten, they had a pretty poor night, they should've been aiming for at least a 16% share, Rove and TGYH did alright.

For the ABC, Doctor Who did quite well when Sevens Olympic coverage was nearly peaking at 2.5m, a great effort to av. over 1m.

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Monday
Seven: 44.4%
Nine: 17.5%
Ten: 17.3%
ABC: 16.5%
SBS: 4.2%

What Australia watched, Monday, August 18
Description STN Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D10 PRIMETIME Seven 2,042,000 583,000 637,000 359,000 225,000 238,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,994,000 612,000 504,000 447,000 184,000 248,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,832,000 550,000 470,000 391,000 174,000 247,000
4 NINE NEWS Nine 1,280,000 337,000 364,000 289,000 157,000 132,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,176,000 298,000 362,000 249,000 150,000 116,000
6 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D10 FRINGE Seven 1,169,000 391,000 326,000 232,000 102,000 119,000
7 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,050,000 318,000 342,000 150,000 108,000 131,000
8 FRIENDS - DAILY Ten 995,000 251,000 334,000 175,000 96,000 138,000
9 FOUR CORNERS ABC1 989,000 308,000 281,000 160,000 106,000 133,000
10 AUSTRALIAN STORY ABC1 973,000 306,000 303,000 167,000 94,000 104,000
16 NEIGHBOURS Ten 905,000 249,000 278,000 182,000 65,000 130,000
18 BURN NOTICE MON Ten 851,000 238,000 292,000 144,000 80,000 96,000
21 ENOUGH ROPE WITH ANDREW DENTON ABC1 733,000 224,000 219,000 114,000 92,000 84,000
30 SUNRISE Seven 435,000 144,000 105,000 101,000 34,000 50,000
32 A KNIGHT'S TALE RPT Ten 383,000 99,000 100,000 63,000 55,000 67,000
36 TODAY Nine 309,000 97,000 96,000 57,000 22,000 37,000
40 BINDI: THE JUNGLE GIRL ABC1 289,000 97,000 88,000 51,000 24,000 30,000
41 BEIJING OLYMPICS: YUM CHA D10 Seven 289,000 113,000 69,000 76,000 30,000

Source: OzTAM, tvtonight, Tribalmind

Pretty close for 2nd spot last night, just 1% separating 2nd from 4th, with Nine just pipping Ten for the 2nd spot.

Not huge figures for Seven considering it was a Monday night, nothing much on i guess, even SBs dipped to a very poor 4.2% with the womens soccer on, they were getting 7%+ with their usual MN line-up.

For Ten, Nine and the ABC, Friends and Neighbours had decent figures, N9N did alright, ABC news, Denton, Four Corners and Aus Story all doing quite well for the ABC.

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Tuesday
Seven 44.9%
Ten 18.3%
Nine 17.5%
ABC 15.1%
SBS 4.2%

Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D11 PRIMETIME Seven 2,089,000 637,000 655,000 341,000 219,000 237,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,974,000 571,000 560,000 360,000 235,000 248,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,860,000 559,000 543,000 326,000 192,000 240,000
4 NINE NEWS Nine 1,152,000 287,000 386,000 235,000 132,000 111,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,142,000 303,000 371,000 222,000 141,000 105,000
6 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,128,000 365,000 301,000 209,000 119,000 134,000
7 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D11 FRINGE Seven 1,040,000 304,000 304,000 206,000 115,000 111,000
8 NCIS EP 1 RPT Ten 1,009,000 258,000 242,000 177,000 141,000 191,000
9 GRUMPY OLD WOMEN ABC1 1,005,000 297,000 296,000 175,000 115,000 121,000
11 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 930,000 254,000 298,000 166,000 113,000 99,000
18 NEIGHBOURS Ten 786,000 209,000 194,000 187,000 76,000 119,000
19 DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER Nine 780,000 198,000 231,000 165,000 85,000 100,000
26 20 TO 1 -RPT Nine 583,000 162,000 193,000 83,000 79,000 68,000
30 SUNRISE Seven 445,000 167,000 87,000 120,000 32,000 39,000
39 TODAY Nine 299,000 81,000 95,000 45,000 28,000 48,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)

Source: OzTAM, Tribalmind, tvtonight

Pretty good night for Ten, their NCIS repeats must've done quite well, as would've the Simpsons, while Nines T1/2M, ACA and N9N all did quite well.

With nothing much on last night i would've expected a bit of a drop off from the Olympic coverage, it is still going strong though, nearly 2.1m in primetime with nothing much on is a good result, too bad people don't switch to SBS, who had a huge match on yet only managed a 4.2% share.

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Wednesday
Seven: 44.2%
Nine: 19.9%
Ten: 16.6%
ABC: 14.9%
SBS: 4.4%


What Australia watched, Wednesday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D12 PRIMETIME Seven 2,037,000 640,000 617,000 360,000 195,000 225,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,907,000 615,000 515,000 369,000 183,000 226,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,840,000 581,000 507,000 341,000 177,000 234,000
4 NINE NEWS Nine 1,229,000 288,000 396,000 276,000 149,000 119,000
5 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,156,000 331,000 329,000 230,000 113,000 153,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,125,000 281,000 357,000 251,000 131,000 105,000
7 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D12 LATE NIGHT Seven 1,117,000 354,000 392,000 164,000 102,000 104,000
8 SEVEN'S BEIJING OLYMPICS: D12 FRINGE Seven 1,081,000 350,000 331,000 198,000 109,000 94,000
9 SPICKS AND SPECKS ABC1 1,049,000 322,000 319,000 193,000 88,000 127,000
12 COLD CASE -RPT Nine 942,000 223,000 332,000 160,000 110,000 117,000
25 FREEZING ABC1 530,000 187,000 124,000 82,000 52,000 86,000
28 SUNRISE Seven 459,000 189,000 84,000 106,000 30,000 51,000
47 TODAY Nine 276,000 80,000 86,000 44,000 24,000 41,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)

Source: OzTAM, Tribalmind, tvtonight

S&S did well last night but Freezing only got 530k, pretty poor, Cold Case did well for Nine, other than that it was the Softball coverage that gave Seven over 2m in primetime, Late night did very well also with over 1.1m.

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Thursday
Seven: 39.2%
Nine: 21.5%
Ten: 20.1%
ABC: 14.9%
SBS: 4.3%

What Australia watched, Thursday, August 21
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,729,000 503,000 499,000 368,000 189,000 171,000
2 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D13 PRIMETIME Seven 1,645,000 508,000 496,000 278,000 167,000 196,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,573,000 434,000 474,000 313,000 168,000 184,000
4 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,172,000 271,000 381,000 273,000 144,000 103,000
5 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,144,000 340,000 365,000 193,000 110,000 136,000
6 NINE NEWS Nine 1,129,000 259,000 383,000 252,000 132,000 104,000
7 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 1,046,000 277,000 331,000 216,000 129,000 93,000
8 GETAWAY Nine 1,037,000 276,000 365,000 189,000 114,000 93,000
11 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE THURS Ten 962,000 261,000 319,000 163,000 84,000 135,000
13 FRIENDS - DAILY Ten 914,000 266,000 311,000 133,000 87,000 118,000
16 NEIGHBOURS Ten 838,000 274,000 245,000 137,000 84,000 99,000
27 BUILDINGS THAT SHAPED BRITAIN ABC1 473,000 125,000 129,000 85,000 66,000 66,000
28 SUNRISE Seven 467,000 162,000 90,000 118,000 37,000 59,000
46 TODAY Nine 303,000 79,000 98,000 55,000 26,000 46,000

Source: OzTAM, Tribalmind, tvtonight

Pretty off night for the Olympics, not even the very tense Water Polo match could boost it, just 1.6m in primetime, even with the usual TN dip in ratings that isn't a great figure.

Nine did alright with T1/2M & Getaway, Ten doing well with SYTYCD and a decent Friends figure.

Week-to-Date:
Seven: 43.6%
NINE: 19.8%
TEN: 17.4%
ABC: 14.8%
SBS: 4.4%

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Friday
Seven: 37.4%
Nine: 21.5%
TEN: 19.6%
ABC: 16.1%
SBS: 5.5%

What Australia watched, Friday, August 22
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 1,835,000 620,000 497,000 311,000 187,000 220,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 1,565,000 527,000 462,000 245,000 156,000 176,000
3 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D14 PRIMETIME Network 7 1,550,000 528,000 462,000 208,000 177,000 176,000
4 NATIONAL NINE NEWS Network 9 1,157,000 325,000 339,000 249,000 128,000 116,000
5 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D14 LATE NIGHT Network 7 1,102,000 366,000 346,000 142,000 130,000 120,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 1,085,000 285,000 341,000 231,000 124,000 105,000
7 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Network 9 1,018,000 282,000 327,000 194,000 110,000 105,000
8 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D14 FRINGE Network 7 976,000 322,000 286,000 181,000 92,000 95,000
9 ABC NEWS Network ABC1 966,000 301,000 254,000 172,000 109,000 130,000
10 AGATHA CHRISTIE: POIROT: CARDS ON THE TABLE RPT Network ABC1 939,000 240,000 301,000 152,000 126,000 120,000
16 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 21: WESTERN BULLDOGS VS ESSENDON Network 7 719,000 493,000 128,000 98,000
21 NINE'S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Network 9 588,000 330,000 258,000
24 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -RPT Network 9 520,000 138,000 155,000 94,000 72,000 61,000
29 SUNRISE Network 7 392,000 115,000 86,000 112,000 36,000 42,000
41 TODAY Network 9 294,000 95,000 83,000 53,000 27,000 36,000
45 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Network 9 269,000 168,000 101,000

Source: OzTAM, Tribalmind

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What Australia watched, Saturday, August 23
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Network 7 1,986,000 592,000 578,000 359,000 197,000 259,000
2 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D15 PRIMETIME Network 7 1,687,000 510,000 524,000 272,000 167,000 215,000
3 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D15 LATE NIGHT Network 7 1,445,000 464,000 513,000 193,000 163,000 113,000
4 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D15 FRINGE Network 7 1,368,000 511,000 379,000 219,000 120,000 139,000
5 AUSTRALIA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEO SHOW Network 9 1,090,000 305,000 311,000 219,000 83,000 172,000
6 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Network 9 1,004,000 256,000 315,000 227,000 106,000 100,000
7 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D15 LATE MORNING Network 7 939,000 294,000 327,000 130,000 89,000 99,000
8 NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VEGAS VACATION -RPT Network 9 917,000 278,000 273,000 149,000 93,000 124,000
9 BEIJING OLYMPICS: D15 AFTERNOON Network 7 880,000 333,000 289,000 125,000 64,000 69,000
10 ABC NEWS-SA Network ABC1 847,000 248,000 234,000 143,000 102,000 120,000
11 THE BILL Network ABC1 725,000 196,000 217,000 124,000 86,000 102,000
16 SATURDAY NIGHT AFL Network TEN 497,000 77,000 271,000 65,000 47,000 37,000
21 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AFL Network TEN 447,000 38,000 227,000 17,000 70,000 95,000
Week 26
Seven 43.1%
Nine 20.1%
Ten 17.1%
ABC 15.0%
SBS 4.7%

Source: OzTAM, Tribalmind

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What Australia watched, Saturday, August 23
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
16 SATURDAY NIGHT AFL Network TEN 497,000 [B]77,000 271,000 65,000 47,000 37,000
Source: OzTAM, Tribalmind

Even with the Olympics, 77K in Sydney for the Swans playing is pretty pathetic. 10 keep giving the Swans plenty of promotion and they deliver figures like that. And of those 77,000, there were probably at least 20K Pies supporters watching too. Most of the Saturday afternoon games that don't involve the Swans rate well above the 100K mark.