Free to Air TV Ratings Thursday August 16, 2012

Another night, another dip in ratings for Big Brother which can no longer claim to be the leader in the 7pm timeslot as ABC News beat it last night. In overall people, Big Brother ties with Home & Away at 7pm, while Farmer Wants A Wife on Nine also performed well. Ten’s night was again beaten by ABC1 in primary channel shares.

Shares:

Network ABC1 13.5%

Network ABC2 2.8%

Network ABC3 0.8%

Network ABC News 24 1.0%

Network ABC TOTAL 18.2%

Network 7 21.3%

Network 7TWO 4.3%

Network 7mate 3.9%

Network 7 TOTAL 29.5%

Network 9 20.4%

Network GO! 4.1%

Network Gem 3.0%

Network 9 TOTAL 27.5%

Network TEN 12.4%

Network ONE 3.6%

Network ELEVEN 3.5%

Network TEN TOTAL 19.4%

Network SBS ONE 4.5%

Network SBS TWO 0.9%

Network SBS TOTAL 5.4%

Top shows for the day:

1 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 1,173,000 292,000 281,000 269,000 135,000 196,000

2 NINE NEWS Network 9 1,034,000 268,000 332,000 217,000 119,000 99,000

3 TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 1,021,000 285,000 253,000 202,000 117,000 164,000

4 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC1 1,002,000 276,000 329,000 165,000 102,000 129,000

5 BIG BROTHER -THU Network 9 973,000 273,000 337,000 168,000 88,000 108,000

6 HOME AND AWAY Network 7 973,000 266,000 219,000 214,000 133,000 140,000

7 THE FARMER WANTS A WIFE -THU Network 9 938,000 252,000 300,000 188,000 95,000 102,000

8 MRS. BROWN’S BOYS Network 7 932,000 231,000 307,000 169,000 98,000 127,000

9 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 890,000 257,000 284,000 180,000 83,000 85,000

10 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA ALL STARS THURS Network TEN 797,000 212,000 249,000 152,000 93,000 90,000

11 7.30-EV Network ABC1 726,000 219,000 230,000 120,000 61,000 96,000

12 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Network TEN 709,000 186,000 192,000 133,000 72,000 127,000

13 MIDSOMER MURDERS RPT Network ABC1 690,000 209,000 174,000 122,000 76,000 109,000

14 MRS. BROWN’S BOYS (R) Network 7 667,000 172,000 216,000 133,000 82,000 65,000

15 CATALYST-EV Network ABC1 642,000 192,000 182,000 109,000 68,000 92,000

16 MODERN FAMILY THURS RPT Network TEN 626,000 187,000 211,000 88,000 66,000 74,000

17 THE PROJECT 6.30PM Network TEN 625,000 155,000 202,000 156,000 58,000 55,000

18 THE FOOTY SHOW Network 9 609,000 146,000 297,000 59,000 67,000 40,000

19 ABC NEWS UPDATE-EV Network ABC1 590,000 168,000 161,000 115,000 59,000 87,000

20 DEAL OR NO DEAL Network 7 567,000 148,000 132,000 132,000 88,000 67,000

Top shows on digital channels.

1 THE BIG BANG THEORY -EV TX2 Network GO! 296,000 75,000 84,000 60,000 36,000 39,000

2 NEIGHBOURS Network ELEVEN 289,000 45,000 96,000 71,000 46,000 31,000

3 THE BIG BANG THEORY -EV TX1 Network GO! 246,000 54,000 73,000 59,000 29,000 31,000

4 PEPPA PIG-AM Network ABC2 227,000 87,000 70,000 17,000 24,000 30,000

5 BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-PM Network ABC2 218,000 44,000 58,000 54,000 31,000 30,000

6 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV Network ABC2 212,000 43,000 54,000 56,000 20,000 38,000

7 CHARLIE AND LOLA-AM Network ABC2 209,000 65,000 56,000 32,000 19,000 38,000

8 THE ROYAL Network 7TWO 207,000 39,000 81,000 27,000 38,000 22,000

9 LEWIS Network 7TWO 206,000 49,000 73,000 38,000 25,000 21,000

10 TIMMY TIME-EV Network ABC2 206,000 45,000 44,000 63,000 26,000 28,000

11 MIKE THE KNIGHT-AM Network ABC2 206,000 68,000 60,000 20,000 23,000 34,000

12 OCTONAUTS-PM Network ABC2 200,000 45,000 62,000 30,000 38,000 24,000

13 GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU-EV Network ABC2 195,000 47,000 48,000 49,000 27,000 25,000

14 GIGGLE AND HOOT-AM Network ABC2 195,000 69,000 62,000 19,000 20,000 25,000

15 BARGAIN HUNT Network 7TWO 192,000 41,000 76,000 39,000 29,000 7,000

16 MEN OF HONOR RPT Network ONE 188,000 41,000 56,000 38,000 32,000 20,000

17 JAKERS!: THE ADVENTURES OF PIGGLEY WINKS-AM Network ABC2 183,000 68,000 56,000 27,000 13,000 19,000

18 2 BROKE GIRLS -EV Network GO! 180,000 27,000 57,000 51,000 20,000 26,000

19 M-OVER THE HEDGE Network 7mate 179,000 55,000 55,000 36,000 17,000 16,000

20 2 BROKE GIRLS -EV TX1 Network GO! 179,000 32,000 44,000 53,000 19,000 31,000

Top shows on Subscription TV:

1 KEVIN’S GRAND DESIGN LifeStyle Channel 130,000 Wow – might have to try to watch to see what the fuss is about.

2 LIVE: AFL 360 FOX FOOTY 77,000

3 LIVE: AFL: LEAGUE TEAMS FOX FOOTY 73,000

4 THE SIMPSONS FOX8 68,000

5 FAMILY GUY FOX8 68,000

6 FUTURAMA FOX8 63,000

7 HARDCORE PAWN A&E 63,000

8 FALLING SKIES FOX8 57,000

9 EASTENDERS UKTV 54,000

10 CORONATION STREET UKTV 52,000

11 STORAGE WARS A&E 52,000

12 KEY AND PEELE COMEDY CHANNEL 48,000

13 TOTAL DRAMAWORLD TOUR Cartoon Network 47,000

14 CSI: MIAMI TV1 47,000

15 BARGAIN HUNT LifeStyle Channel 46,000

16 M*A*S*H FOX Classics 46,000

17 TOSH.0 COMEDY CHANNEL 43,000

18 M*A*S*H FOX Classics 42,000

19 THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL Cartoon Network 42,000

20 THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC ARENA 42,000

*** Apologies for the dodgy spacing on todays’ ratings post, but not on one of my normal computers due to a hardware issue! And frankly I don’t have the time to edit 60 lines of ratings code to remove the spaces. At least the data is there! ***

Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2012. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) without the prior written consent of OzTAM. Program performance and ranking information subject to change when not based on final program logs.

 

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