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Ratings Friday November 6 2009

Midsomer Murders is the most watched show of the night knocking Better Homes and Gardens off its traditional Friday night win and winning the 8.30 time slot over the three movies offered by 7,9 and 10. The Simpsons hour on Ten failed to improve on what Spearman was doing in that timeslot but that may have been due to the fact it was a last minute change and some TV guides would not have been accurate.

The 7pm Project was up on its usual Friday lows while Home and Away was the clear winner for that timeslot. Only a few thousand separate Deal or No Deal and Hot Seat so it probably was not a bad idea for Nine to stick with the game show – which is set to return in 2010. With two Two and a Half Men’s in the top 10 last night (doesn’t that make five men?) it is likely that Nine will not be changing their Charlie Sheen bombardment anytime soon. Although it would be nice to see them give something different a go at 7pm.

In digital channels, GO’s Resident Evil double pulled 156,000 and 134,000 for both the movies. With these figures representing about one quarter of those of Harry Potter on 9, it would therefore suggest the GO share for last night would have been between 4 and 5%. It appears that no shows from 7TWO did as well, so 7TWO’s share is probably around 1.5% or so – like it has been all week.

Timeslot order:
7.00 1 7 H&A. 2 9 2.5 Men. 3 ABC1 News
7.30 1 7 BH&G. 2 9 2.5 Men. 3 ABC1 Stateline
8.00 1 7 BH&G. 2 ABC1 Collectors. 3 9 Harry Potter
8.30 1 ABC1 Midsomer Murders. 2 7 War of the Worlds. 3 10 How to lose a Guy in 10 Days. 4 9 Harry Potter.

Network Shares:
1 Seven 28.4%. 2 Nine 25.4%. 3 ABC 24.1%. 4 Ten 17.5%. 5 SBS 4.6%
Channel Shares:
Not available.

Top 30 Shows:
1 Midsomer Murders ABC1 1,426,000
2 Better Homes and Gardens 7 1,297,000
3 Seven News 7 1,194,000
4 Today Tonight 7 1,045,000
5 Home and Away 7 1,000,000
6 A Current Affair 9 981,000
7 Two and a Half Men 7.30pm 9 954,000
8 Nine News 9 940,000
9 Two and a Half Men 7pm 9 922,000
10 ABC News ABC1 890,000
11 Collectors ABC1 881,000
12 War of the Worlds 7 731,000
13 Ten News 10 689,000
14 Stateline ABC1 674,000
15 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 10 632,000
16 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 9 629,000
17 Simpsons 8pm 10 579,000
18 Neighbours 10 578,000
19 7pm Project 10 569,000
20 Simpsons 7.30pm 10 554,000
21 Deal or No Deal 7 552,000
22 Hot Seat 9 549,000
23 Simpsons 6pm 10 495,000
24 The Bold and the Beautiful 10 440,000
25 The Mitchell and the Webb Look ABC1 394,000
26 Can We Help? ABC1 383,000
27 MASH 7 381,000
28 Sunrise 7 373,000
29 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 10 361,000
30 Antiques Roadshow 10 338,000

A few others:
Today 9 329,000
Trawlermen SBS ONE 256,000
Go Girls 10 255,000
Hardcore Profits SBS ONE 175,000
Resident Evil: Apocolypse GO 156,000
Resident Evil: Extinction GO 134,000
Torchwood ABC2 89,000

Fine print.
1. Ratings figures are OzTam Five capital city Preliminary figures. Five capital cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Final figure may change from the preliminary figures shown. This report will remain as preliminary figures only.
2. Raw data sourced from TV Tonight and Media Spy.
3. Timeslot order is based on the ratings figures as shown and does not take into account that some of these figures are averaged out over the length of a full program and as such, may not be a true representation of actual timeslot order if the figures were broken down into smaller time zones for a show. Classic example is a three hour movie where more people may watch the first hour and less in the last hour yet the ratings figure for the show will be expressed as the one figure being the average for the entire show.
4. Timeslot order is not shown for times where there is not enough data to put at least three shows from three channels in order or when the order is the same everyday such as is the case from 5pm to 7pm weekdays.
5. Timeslot order will not be shown when there is different programming in different markets unless otherwise stated due to the complexity of comparing times and ratings on a city by city basis. Timeslot order may not be shown in cases where starting times between the channels are different as is often the case on Saturday nights with movies or shows starting and finishing at different times across the networks.
6. Timeslot order does not take into account lateness of shows starting and finishing. A show advertised to be on at 9.30 will be considered as a 9.30 timeslot even though it may have started as late as 9.45. Occasionally, the timeslot times may be adjusted to reflect lateness but only if observed on at least two channels.
7. Late starting or late finishing shows may actually affect the final ratings. In the case where a show has ran extremely late or there is a major last minute change to programming, when known, notification will be made to indicate same on the ratings report.
8. Network shares include all digital channels that the network is responsible for whether simulcast or different in content. For the purposes of this report, the word Seven will refer to the network and the number 7 to the main channel. Thus – each network comprises of channels as per the following: Seven = 7, 7HD and 7TWO. Nine = 9, 9HD and GO! Ten = 10, ONE HD and ONE Digital. ABC = ABC1, ABC2 and ABC3 (launching Dec 4, 6pm). SBS = SBS ONE and SBS TWO. STV = all subscription TV channels. Note that 7HD, 9HD, ABC HD and SBS HD are simulcasts of their respective main channels, while ONE Digital is the SD simulcast of ONE HD.
9. Channel shares are the shares of each individual channel separated. The channel shares for each channel relating to the same network should add up to the network share but sometimes may incur a variance of 0.1% due to rounding of figures. Channel shares generally are not available on for Friday night and Saturday night as well as some nights before public holidays.
10. Channel shares modified refers to the channel shares of all channels being pro-rata reallocated for those households that have access to all digital channels, removing those that do not have access to digital channels. Currently, it is quoted that 53% of all households have access to free to air digital TV. This figure is used in the calculation in modifying the channel shares. The affect of these figures is that the main channel shares reduce while the digital channel shares increase.  These shares do not take into account the fact that some digital channels like ABC2 and SBS TWO are also available through subscription TV which would influence the figures for those two channels.
11. When a show is not aired in all five cities, the following abbreviations shall be used to designate those cities that the show is or is not aired in. S = Sydney. M = Melbourne. B = Brisbane. A = Adelaide. P = Perth.
12. Regional figures are not taken into account in this report at any stage. Shares are based on five capital city figures only. If regional figures or shares are shown, notification will be made to indicate same.
13. Nightly network and channel shares are based on the hours of 6pm – Midnight only.
14. The shows that follow the top 30 rating shows under the title of “A few others” are a selection of shows outside the top 30 and may not necessarily be in order and do not follow on from the top 30 in terms of their position for the night. Shows listed could be, for example, 31, 34, 55, 89, 110th for the night.
15. Ratings posts for Friday and Saturday nights may not be posted until Monday morning, usually by 11am Sydney time.
16. On weekdays, the aim is to have the ratings post up by 11am Sydney time but may sometimes be later if the source information is not available or due to other uncontrollable factors beyond our control.

Foxtel subscribers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will receive 7TWO through Foxtel from November 24. Previously it was indicated that it would only be cable subscribers who would get 7TWO, but satellite subscribers will ALSO get 7TWO on Foxtel from November 24 as well.

7TWO will appear on Foxtel channel 127.

Cable subscribers currently see ONE on channel 531, but satellite subscribers do not yet get ONE at all.

As for GO!, that will appear on channel 129 for cable subscribers from November 24 as well. Now that 7TWO is confirmed for satellite, GO should follow suit. Let’s hope so – as those who have Foxtel have to switch over to their digital TV or set top box to watch the free to air digital channels that are not on Foxtel. And if you have an IQ or IQ2, recording from a digital channel not on Foxtel requires another recorder.

In most cases, because they are not on Foxtel, they end up end up being forgotten about – so it is in the best interest of these channels to be available on subscription TV platforms to help maximise their reach. It would also be in the interest of Foxtel to assist these channels being on their platform so as to avoid customers choosing free to air digital over Foxtel. Not to mention being available in other cities out side of Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.

Some information from TV Tonight.

Ratings Thursday November 5 2009

Nine’s ever popular Getaway tops Thursday night while Beauty and the Geek build for Seven rising over 1.2 million which is no doubt the result of a big week of (over) promoting the show both on Seven and 7TWO. CSI on Nine remains over a million while Ten’s Rush – suffering ever since Beauty and the Geek arrived – continues to struggle at less than 900,000.

Glee was down this week, while Ghost Whisperer is up on last week. Secret Millionaire continues to dominate 9.30 ahead of Amazing Race and Burn Notice. In the 7pm battle, Two and a Half Men is back on top over Home and Away.

In digital channels, Stargate on 7TWO is on top. Only 21,000 watching Jay Leno! I know that is 6pm, but thought it may have appealed to more people than that. 18,000 for Home and Away the Early Years isn’t bad considering 9AM on Ten gets around 50,000. It is great to have free to air options in the morning that are not morning shows with infomercials built in or childrens’ programming.

GO continues to lead over 7TWO as the most watched digital channel while ONE is behind ABC2. The overall winner last night was channel 9 with 7 having to settle for second for the first night this week. Seven will win the week though.

Timeslot Order:
7.00 1 9 2.5 Men. 2 7 H&A. 3 ABC1 News.
7.30 1 9 Getaway. 2 10 Glee. 3 7 Ghost Whisperer
8.30 1 7 Beauty & the Geek. 2 9 CSI. 3 10 Rush
9.30 1 9 Secret Millionaire. 2 7 Amazing Race. 3 10 Burn Notice

Network Shares:
1 9-GO 29.1%. 2 7-7TWO 28.1%. 3 10-ONE 20.6%. 4 ABC 17.4%. 5 SBS 4.8%
Channel Shares:
1 9 27.1%. 2 7 26.5%. 3 10 19.3%. 4 ABC1 15.8%. 5 SBS ONE  4.3%.
6 GO 2.0%. 7 7TWO 1.6%. 8 ABC2 1.5%. 9 ONE 1.3%. 10 SBS TWO 0.6%
Channel Shares Modified*:
1 9 25.5%. 2 7 25.0%. 3 10 18.2%. 4 ABC1 14.9%. 5 SBS ONE 4.0%.
6 GO 3.6%. 7 7TWO 2.8%. 8 ABC2 2.7%. 9 ONE 2.3%. 10 SBS TWO 1.1%

Top 30 Shows:
1 Getaway Nine 1,225,000
2 Seven News Seven 1,217,000
3 Beauty and the Geek Seven 1,211,000
4 Today Tonight Seven 1,176,000
5 Two and a Half Men Nine 1,132,000
6 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nine 1,069,000
7 A Current Affair Nine 1,057,000
8 Home and Away Seven 1,050,000
9 Nine News Nine 1,017,000
10 ABC News ABC1 965,000
11 Glee Ten 905,000
12 Ghost Whisperer Seven 895,000
13 Secret Millionaire Nine 891,000
14 Rush Ten 826,000
15 Ten News Ten 787,000
16 7.30 Report ABC1 778,000
17 Amazing Race Seven 761,000
18 Burn Notice Ten 735,000
19 Addicted to Money ABC1 678,000
20 Neighbours Ten 602,000
21 Deal or no Deal Seven 597,000
22 The Simpsons Ten 596,000
23 Q&A ABC1 585,000
24 7pm Project Ten 576,000
25 Francesco’s Mediterranean Voyage ABC1 574,000
26 Hot Seat Nine 560,000
27 The Bold and the Beautiful Ten 473,000
28 Family Guy Seven 455,000
29 Grand Designs Revisited ABC1 420,000
30 Ten Late News Ten 402,000

A few others:
ER Nine 398,000
American Dad Seven 308,000
Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam SBS ONE 307,000
Oaks Day Seven 211,000
ADbc SBS ONE 126,000
Stargate: Atlantis 7TWO 97,000
Fifth Gear 7TWO 81,000
The Nanny GO! 79,000 
UFC Wired ONE 78,000 
Drop Dead Diva GO! 63,000 
Fringe GO! 61,000 (day time repeat)
Gossip Girl GO! 45,000 
The Jay Leno Show 7TWO 21,000 
The Martha Stewart Show 7TWO 19,000 
Home and Away – The Early Years 7TWO 18,000

Raw ratings figures sourced from TV Tonight and Media Spyand are Oztam 5 city metro figures. Timeslot order is some cases will may be based on average figures over a number of time slots. Timeslot order is only offered where there is enough data available to put at least 3 networks in order at the times listed and is generally not offered on nights where there is varience between network programming in different markets due to the complexity of comparing city to city ratings. Timeslot order for times that rarely change will no longer be shown every day – that is, times from 5pm – 7pm Monday to Friday. Timeslot times may not reflect exact times that show air due to network lateness. Here, a show starting as late as 9.45 for example will be considered as the 9.30 timeslot, if 9.30 is the time it was advertised to air. Any odd times indicated such as 8.40 are as a result of observation on at least two networks. Ratings figures are prelimnary figures and are based on the assumption that the shows listed aired at their advertised times. Shows that run late may realistically rate slightly higher or lower than the preliminary figures shown. Where possible and when known, in the case of major overruns of 30 minutes or more or where a show is changed at the last minute, commentary will be added to indicate how the ratings may be affected or the new information detailed. The term Network refers to a collection of channels offered by one provider – for example – the Nine network includes GO and channel Nine, ABC includes ABC1,2 and 3 and so on. The term channel refers to one single channel such as Seven, 7TWO, Ten, ONE, etc. Network shares include all extra digital channels for each network. The break up into shares for all the digital channels is not always available at the time of posting this report, and generally are not available at all for Friday and Saturday night reports. Where possible, any missing information will be added later. Ratings posts for Friday and Saturday nights may not be posted until the following Monday morning, usually by 11am Sydney time. When a show not shown in all 5 cities (top 30 list): S = Sydney, B= Brisbane, M = Melbourne, A = Adelaide, P = Perth. Regional figures are not included in this report.

*Channel shares modified: If we use the assumption that 53% of all households have digital TV (as recently reported in the media) and that the sample of viewers who have people meters that go towards generating the ratings for TV shows are an accurate cross section of the overall population therefore meaning that 53% of these people also have access to digital channels and then remove the 47% who cannot get the digital channels leaving only those that do, and re-calculate the channel shares based ONLY on these people who have access to the digital channels, we can see what the channel shares really are for these people who have access to all the digital channels without having the free to air shares bolstered by those who do not have digital at all. In other words, channel shares for digital households without consideration for analogue only. It must be pointed out though that these figures may also be influenced by the fact that GO and ONE are not available on subscription TV for all subscribers and that would also affect the real outcome. Therefore the resulting digital figures are only estimations based on pro rata data using 53% as the basis of digital households.

For the final week of the ratings year, Ten have a big week lined up with a collection of season finales and Christmas specials – yes – Christmas specials – one month early!

Here is the summary.

1. Sunday Nov 22 6.30pm. Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation Christmas Special. Shaun Micallef is back to find out which generation knows the most about Christmas. Baby Boomers a represented by resident panellist Amada Keller and guest Denise Scott – comedian. Gen X sees Charlie Pickering join forces with Nova radio presenter Dylan Lewis while Gen Y feature Josh Thomas being joined again by Ruby Rose.

2. Sunday Nov 22 7.30pm. It’s the Grand Final of Australia Idol for 2009 live from the Sydney Opera House. The final two take to the stage to see who will be crowned the winner for 2009. This year’s 12 Idols will be there as will last years’ winner Wes Carr and Guy Sebastian – the first Australian Idol. Guests include Michael Buble, Mika, Jordin Sparks and of course Ricki-Lee Coulter.

3. Monday Nov 23 7.30pm. Rove Presents: Hamish and Andy Regifted, Another Very Early Christmas Special. All of Hamish and Andy’s favourite bits for the year will be nicely packaged up into this somewhat early Christmas special.

4. Monday Nov 23 8.30pm. Good News Week season finale where the years’ Good News Week Awards will be announced.

5. Tuesday Nov 24 7.30pm. Celebrity Masterchef Semi Final 3. The four remaining contestants face the infamous croquembouche – but this one made even more complex than the one we saw in the original Master chef with a chocolate swirl incorporated. One contestant will be eliminated.

6. Wednesday Nov 25 7.30pm. Two hour Celebrity Masterchef finale. The three remaining contestants take part in a three part challenge. Round 1 is the taste test where they must identify as many ingredients as possible in a dish. Round 2 is a dessert only invention test while round 3 is the final challenge where they must recreate a dish from Andrew McConnell (2010 The Age Good Food Guide).

7. Thursday Nov 26 7.30pm. Season finale of Glee, with season 1, episode 10. Glee will return in 2010.

8. Thursday Nov 26 8.30pm. Two hour season finale of Rush. Rush will return in 2010.

9. NCIS is on as usual Tue Nov 24 8.30pm, followed by Lie To Me at 9.30. NCIS:LA is not on that week (Wed Nov 25). A new series called White Collar premieres 9.30 Wed Nov 25.

7pm Project and Neighbours of course remain on at their usual times.

So that is it for Ten in the last week of the official ratings period. The following week – week 49 starting November 29 will see a very different line up on Ten as well as all channels as free to air TV dives into the annual TV waste land of summer television.

Since the switch over to digital television, community TV has been left out. For years, community TV have fought to become part of digital TV so they do not get left behind as consumers everywhere switch over. Community TV airs on analogue channel 31 in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide and offers a range of shows aimed directly at niche audiences, many of which are made by the community with virtually no budget.

Until now, there has been no spectrum allocated to community TV to go digital. Not to mention the funds required to upgrade their transmission equipment. Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy says that spectrum will now be allocated to allow community TV to simulcast in digital like all the other free to air TV networks do. Community TV will also receive the necessary funding to upgrade their transmission equipment to digital.

With community TV going digital, they can be included in the FreeView suite of channels and will be able to reach a larger audience. Perth will also have a new community TV license in 2010.

Rove and Hamish and Andy actually started their TV careers in community TV.

Source: TV Tonight

Channel Seven and Yahoo!7 are now giving viewers even more chances to catch up on missed episodes and revisit their favourite shows online for free.

Yahoo!7’s Catch-Up TV is streaming more of Seven viewer’s favourite new shows, including popular Australian dramas Home and Away, City Homicide and Packed to the Rafters, at yahoo7.com.au/tv.

Better Homes and Gardens, Beauty and The Geek and Highway Patrol can also be streamed live at yahoo.com.au/tv from the moment they go to air for the seven days following.

Hit US dramas FlashForward and Castle are also available on Yahoo!7’s Catch-Up TV.

The recent launch of Seven’s digital channel 7TWO brings a host of exciting new dramas including viewer favourites Ugly Betty and Heroes which can also now be streamed via Yahoo!7 TV.

Yahoo!7’s Catch-Up TV streams more than one million full episodes of Channel Seven’s most popular shows each month.

Channel Nine will be airing all three CSI’s involved in the CSI cross over that air in the US over three nights next week (Nov 9,11,12). Nine will show the three CSI’s in one big CSI night on Thursday November 19 from 8.30pm. This is despite the fact that both the New York and Miami CSI’s are not currently airing on Nine and are in fact many episodes behind those that will end up being shown on Thursday the 19^th. Those episodes may be shown later by Nine.

First up at 8.30 is CSI: Miami in which Horatio calls Dr Ray Langston to come to Miami when a severed leg is found in the Everglades is found to belong to a girl who went missing in Las Vegas.

At 9.30, we go over to CSI: New York. In this one, Langston travels to New York when Detective Mac Taylor and his team identify a woman hidden in a big rig following an accident as someone he interviewed in Miami related to his missing person’s case. Langston and Mac uncover an interstate trucking ring that specialises in the transport of human cargo and black market organ harvesting.

Then at 10.30, it is back to Las Vegas where Langston’s continued search for the young girl taken hostage as part of the human trafficking operation leads him to investigate a prostitution ring in Las Vegas that the missing woman may be involved in.

Programming information from TV Tonight.

Ratings Wednesday November 4 2009

For the fourth night this week, Seven again dominates wining most time slots and having six of the top ten shows for the night. City Homicide remains top show for 8.30 while Ten’s A Model Daughter telemovie was not far behind also with over a million viewers. Spicks and Specks remains constant but not quite enough to win over City Homicide. Celebrity Masterchef was up to over 1.2 million

Nine’s Wednesday night is being left behind with the channel’s most successful two shows for the night being Two and a Half Men. From 8pm onwards, their night was downhill. Without a Trace is on shaky ground with the show only attracting 350,000 viewers. The final of Money for jam was less than impressive. Next week, What’s Good for You will take its timeslot.

It digital channels, Heroes on 7TWO took 100,000 while Fringe and the Wire on GO took 65,000 and 44,000 respectively. GO took a higher share than 7TWO overall though with audience being familiar with GO’s regular Wednesday night. Despite GO taking a share of 2.1% (7TWO was 1.7%) it was not enough to lift the 9-GO network out of third place behind the Seven and Ten networks.

Timeslot Order:
7.00 1 9 2.5 Men. 2 7 H&A. 3 ABC1 News. 4 10 7pm Project
7.30 1 7 Border. 2 10 Celebrity Masterchef. 3 9 2.5 Men
8.00 1 7 Medical Emergency. 2 10 Celebrity Masterchef. 3 9 Money for Jam
8.30 1 7 City Homicide. 2 ABC1 Spicks and Specks. 3 10 A Model Daughter. 4 9 RPA
9.00 1 7 City Homicide. 2 10 A Model Daughter. 3 9 RPA. 4 ABC1 Hungry Beast
9.30 1 10 A Model Daughter. 2 7 Criminal Minds. 3 9 CIA. 4 ABC1 Race Relations

Network Shares:
1 7-7TWO 29.7%. 2 10-ONE 24.9%. 3 9-GO 24.8%. 4 ABC 16.1%. 5 SBS 4.6%
Channel Shares:
1 7 28.0%. 2 10 24.2%. 3 9 22.7%. 4 ABC1 14.5%. 5 SBS ONE 4.2%.
6 GO 2.1%. 7 7TWO 1.7%. 8 ABC2 1.6%. 9 ONE 0.7%. 10 SBS TWO 0.4%
Channel Shares Modified*:
1 7 26.5%. 2 10 22.9%. 3 9 21.4%. 4 ABC1 13.7%. 5 SBS ONE 4.0%.
6 GO 3.7%. 7 7TWO 3.0%. 8 ABC2 2.9%. 9 ONE 1.2%. 10 SBS TWO 0.7%

Top 30 Shows:
1 Border Security-Australia’s Front Line-Wed ® Seven 1,345,000
2 Seven News Seven 1,314,000
3 Today Tonight Seven 1,286,000
4 Medical Emergency Seven 1,253,000
5 Two And A Half Men 7pm Nine 1,227,000 150,000
6 Celebrity Masterchef Australia Ten 1,224,000
7 Two And A Half Men 7.30pm Nine 1,170,000
8 City Homicide-Wed Seven 1,161,000
9 Home And Away Seven 1,121,000
10 Spicks And Specks ABC1 1,102,000
11 A Current Affair Nine 1,076,000
12 A Model Daughter-The Killing Of Caroline Byrne Ten 1,059,000
13 Nine News Nine 1,057,000
14 ABC News ABC1 993,000
15 Criminal Minds ® Seven 921,000
16 Money For Jam Nine 876,000
17 RPA Where Are They Now? Nine 852,000
18 Ten News At Five Ten 756,000
19 The 7pm Project Ten 734,000
20 Neighbours Ten 703,000
21 7.30 Report ABC1 695,000
22 The Simpsons Ten 687,000
23 The New Inventors ABC1 658,000
24 Deal Or No Deal Seven 647,000
25 Hungry Beast ABC1 641,000
26 Crime Investigation Australia Nine 631,000
27 Hot Seat Nine 569,000
28 John Safran’s Race Relations ABC1 526,000
29 My Name Is Earl Seven 501,000
30 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 433,000

A few others:
Sunrise Seven 391,000
At The Movies ABC1 390,000
Without A Trace Nine 354,000
American Dad ® Seven 342,000
Today Nine 315,000
Shintaro! SBS ONE 241,000
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Seven 209,000
Heroes 7TWO 100,000
Junkyard Wars ABC2 98,000  
Fringe GO! 65,000
The Wire GO! 44,000

*Channel shares modified: If we use the assumption that 53% of all households have digital TV (as recently reported in the media) and that the sample of viewers who have people meters that go towards generating the ratings for TV shows are an accurate cross section of the overall population therefore meaning that 53% of these people also have access to digital channels and then remove the 47% who cannot get the digital channels leaving only those that do, and re-calculate the channel shares based ONLY on these people who have access to the digital channels, we can see what the channel shares really are for these people who have access to all the digital channels without having the free to air shares bolstered by those who do not have digital at all. In other words, channel shares for digital households without consideration for analogue only. It must be pointed out though that these figures may also be influenced by the fact that GO and ONE are not available on subscription TV for all subscribers and that would also affect the real outcome. Therefore the resulting digital figures are only estimations based on pro rata data using 53% as the basis of digital households.

Raw ratings figures sourced from TV Tonight and Media Spy and are Oztam 5 city metro figures. Timeslot order is some cases will may be based on average figures over a number of time slots. Timeslot order is only offered where there is enough data available to put at least 3 networks in order at the times listed and is generally not offered on nights where there is varience between network programming in different markets due to the complexity of comparing city to city ratings. Timeslot order for times that rarely change will no longer be shown every day – that is, times from 5pm – 7pm Monday to Friday. Timeslot times may not reflect exact times that show air due to network lateness. Here, a show starting as late as 9.45 for example will be considered as the 9.30 timeslot, if 9.30 is the time it was advertised to air. Any odd times indicated such as 8.40 are as a result of observation on at least two networks. Ratings figures are prelimnary figures and are based on the assumption that the shows listed aired at their advertised times. Shows that run late may realistically rate slightly higher or lower than the preliminary figures shown. Where possible and when known, in the case of major overruns of 30 minutes or more or where a show is changed at the last minute, commentary will be added to indicate how the ratings may be affected or the new information detailed. The term Network refers to a collection of channels offered by one provider – for example – the Nine network includes GO and channel Nine, ABC includes ABC1,2 and 3 and so on. The term channel refers to one single channel such as Seven, 7TWO, Ten, ONE, etc. Network shares include all extra digital channels for each network. The break up into shares for all the digital channels are not always available at the time of posting this report, and generally are not available at all for Friday and Saturday night reports. Where possible, any missing information will be added later. Ratings posts for Friday and Saturday nights may not be posted until the following Monday morning, usually by 11am Sydney time. When show not shown in all 5 cities (top 30 list): S = Sydney, B= Brisbane, M = Melbourne, A = Adelaide, P = Perth.

Two-time premiership captain Tom Harley will join Seven’s premiership AFL line-up in an expert comments role.

Tom Harley joins premier AFL callers Bruce McAvaney and Dennis Cometti, four-time premiership player and coach Leigh Matthews and triple premiership player Tim Watson in Friday Night Football expert commentary roles, making Seven’s Friday night line-up the premier AFL broadcaster.

Harley will also join the crew regularly on AFL Game Day.

Channel Seven Melbourne General Manager Lewis Martin, celebrating the signing coup, said:

“Tom’s been renowned for his courage, leadership and footy knowledge throughout his AFL career. He brings great character and style to his new role and will deliver forthright, honest and eloquent commentary to footy fans.”

In a career spanning 12 seasons, Harley captained two premierships with Geelong, was vice- captain of the 2008 All Australian team, captained South Australia’s state of origin team and was voted the AFLPA’s best captain in 2008.

Ratings Tuesday November 3 2009.

Timeslot Order:
7.00 1 7 H&A. 2 9 2.5 Men. 3 ABC1 News
7.30 1 7 RSPCA/Last Chance. 2 9 20-1. 3 10 Simpsons
8.30 1 7 Rafters. 2 10 NCIS Rpt. 3 9 2.5 Men
9.30 1 7 Private Practice. 2 10 Lie To Me. 3 9 Ladette

Network Shares:
1 7-7TWO 36.1%. 2 9-GO 24.8%. 3 10-ONE 21.6%. 4 ABC 13.0%. 5 SBS 4.4%
Channel Shares:
1 7 34.4%. 2 9 22.2%. 3 10 20.8%. 4 ABC1 11.5%. 5 SBS ONE 4.0%.
6 GO 2.6%. 7 7TWO 1.7%. 8 ABC2 1.5%. 9 ONE 0.8%. 10 0.4%.
Channel Shares Modified*:
1 7 32.4%. 2 9 20.1%. 3 10 19.6%. 4 ABC1 10.8%. 5 GO 4.6%.
6 SBS ONE 3.8%. 7 7TWO 3.0%. 8 ABC2 2.7%. 9 ONE 1.4%. 10 SBS TWO 0.7%

Top 30 Shows:
1 The 2009 Melbourne Cup Carnival: Melbourne Cup-The Race Seven 2,563,000
2 Packed To The Ratters Seven 2,072,000
3 Seven News Seven 1,682,000
4 RSPCA Animal Rescue Seven 1,583,000
5 Today Tonight Seven 1,564,000
6 Last Chance Surgery Seven 1,514,000
7 NCIS Rpt Ten 1,266,000
8 Home And Away Seven 1,226,000
9 The 2009 Melbourne Cup Carnival: Melbourne Cup-Late Seven 1,212,000
10 20To1-Tue Nine 1,206,000
11 Two And A Half Men-Rpt Nine 1,197,000
12 Private Practice-Tue Seven 1,150,000
13 The Simpsons Tues 8pm Ten 1,030,000
14 A Current Affair Nine 1,011,000
15 Nine News Nine 985,000
16 ABC News ABC1 946,000
17 The All New Simpsons Tues 7.30pm Ten 920,000
18 Two And A Half Men-Ep1 8.30 pm Nine 919,000
19 Lie To Me Ten 910,000
20 Deal Or No Deal Seven 897,000
21 Two And A Half Men-Ep2 9pm  889,000
22 The 2009 Melbourne Cup Carnival: Melbourne Cup-Early Seven 795,000
23 The 7pm Project Ten 766,000
24 7.30 Report ABC1 762,000
25 Foreign Correspondent ABC1 755,000
26 Ten News At Five Ten 740,000
27 Aussie Ladette To Lady Nine 688,000
28 Neighbours Ten 669,000
29 The Simpsons Ten 616,000
30 Hot Seat Nine 557,000

A few Others:
Qi ABC1 494,000
A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes In Australia ABC1 450,000
Secret Diary Of A Call Girl -Rpt Nine 389,000
My Friend Michael Jackson: UN’s Story Seven 366,000
Today Nine 346,000
Sunrise Seven 333,000
First Tuesday Book Club ABC1 288,000
Insight SBSONE 222,000
Mornings With Kerri-Anne Nine 191,000
EastWest101 SBSONE 171,000
Junkyard Wars ABC2 146,000
Survivor: Tocantins Go! 117,000
Reaper 7TWO 110,000
Ugly Betty 7TWO 105,000  

*Channel shares modified: If we use the assumption that 53% of all households have digital TV (as recently reported in the media) and that the sample of viewers who have people meters that go towards generating the ratings for TV shows are an accurate cross section of the overall population therefore meaning that 53% of these people also have access to digital channels and then remove the 47% who cannot get the digital channels leaving only those that do, and re-calculate the channel shares based ONLY on these people who have access to the digital channels, we can see what the channel shares really are for these people who have access to all the digital channels without having the free to air shares bolstered by those who do not have digital at all. In other words, channel shares for digital households without consideration for analogue only. It must be pointed out though that these figures may also be influenced by the fact that GO and ONE are not available on subscription TV for all subscribers and that would also affect the real outcome. Therefore the resulting digital figures are only estimations based on pro rata data using 53% as the basis of digital households.

Raw ratings figures sourced from TV Tonight and Media Spy and are Oztam 5 city metro figures. Timeslot order is some cases will may be based on average figures over a number of time slots. Timeslot order is only offered where there is enough data available to put at least 3 networks in order at the times listed and is generally not offered on nights where there is varience between network programming in different markets due to the complexity of comparing city to city ratings. Timeslot order for times that rarely change will no longer be shown every day – that is, times from 5pm – 7pm Monday to Friday. Timeslot times may not reflect exact times that show air due to network lateness. Here, a show starting as late as 9.45 for example will be considered as the 9.30 timeslot, if 9.30 is the time it was advertised to air. Any odd times indicated such as 8.40 are as a result of observation on at least two networks. Ratings figures are prelimnary figures and are based on the assumption that the shows listed aired at their advertised times. Shows that run late may realistically rate slightly higher or lower than the preliminary figures shown. Where possible and when known, in the case of major overruns of 30 minutes or more or where a show is changed at the last minute, commentary will be added to indicate how the ratings may be affected or the new information detailed. Network shares include all extra digital channels for each network. The break up into shares for all the digital channels are not always available at the time of posting this report, and generally are not available at all for Friday and Saturday night reports. Where possible, any missing information will be added later. Ratings posts for Friday and Saturday nights may not be posted until the following Monday morning, usually by 11am Sydney time. When show not shown in all 5 cities (top 30 list): S = Sydney, B= Brisbane, M = Melbourne, A = Adelaide, P = Perth.