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Ratings for Sunday September 13, 2009.

The return of Sunday Night, the Force and Border Security coupled with the first run movie the Bourne Ultimatum helped channel 7 maintain similar shares to previous Sundays when Dancing with the Stars was on.

ABC’s Stephen Fry and Midsomer Murders continue to strengthen the networks’ position on Sunday nights.

Channel 10, however, again has to settle for 4th on a Sunday night with Australian Idol failing to crack the million mark but up on last week at least. Not even Robbie Williams could help Rove’s figures. Why Rove flies all the way to London and back during the week for a 5 minute interview is beyond me. Even Robbie was shocked at the shortness of his time. Rove would be better off spending a lot more time with major international guests and less time with the local cast and crazy skits. The news desk is not as funny as it used to be and even Kevin Rudd PM has gone down hill.

GO’s share was 3.7% last night, more than SBS1. With GO aimed squarely at the same demographic as channel 10, there is no doubt that GO is eating into 10’s shares now.

Timeslot Order:
6.00pm 1 9 News. 2 7 News. 3 10 Don’t Forget the Lyrics
6.30pm 1 9 Domestic Blitz. 2 7 Sunday Night. 3 10 Australian Idol
7.30pm 1 7 Border / The Force. 2 9 60 Minutes. 3 ABC1 Stephen Fry
8.30pm 1 ABC1 Midsomer Murders. 2 9 Rescue Special Ops. 3 7 Bourne Ultimatum

Network Shares:
1 9 27.6%. 2 7 27.1%. 3 ABC 21.8%. 4 10 19.8%. 5 SBS 3.7%.

Multi Channel Splits:
1 7 27.1%. 2 9 24.0%. 3 ABC1 21.0%. 4 10 17.5%. 5 GO! 3.7%
6 SBS1 3.5%. 7 ONE 2.3%. 8 ABC2 0.8%. 9 SBS2 0.3%

Looking at the network shares, the 9-GO network win over 7, but that is thanks to a massive 3.7% share for the channel – which even beats SBS1. If digital take up was 100% and GO was available across subscription TV platforms, that figure would double.

Top 30 Shows:
1 Nine News Sunday Nine 1,568,000
2 Border Security-Australia’s Front Line Seven 1,543,000
3 The Force – Behind The Line Seven 1,529,000
4 Seven News – Sun Seven 1,464,000
5 Midsomer Murders-Su ABC1 1,366,000
6 ABC News Up-Date ABC1 1,324,000
7 Domestic Blitz Nine 1,244,000
8 Sunday Night Seven 1,241,000
9 60 Minutes Nine 1,230,000
10 Stephen Fry In America ABC1 1,110,000
11 Rescue Special Ops Nine 1,017,000
12 Australian Idol Ten 990,000
13 ABCNews-Su ABC1 981,000
14 M-The Bourne Ultimatum Seven 965,000
15 Rove Ten 816,000
16 Rugby League Final Series Qf4 Nine 759,000
17 The Einstein Factor ABC1 702,000
18 CSI: Miami Nine 631,000
19 Ten News At Five Sun Ten 620,000
20 Little Britain Usa Ten 537,000
21 CSI: Miami-Rpt Nine 426,000
22 Seven’s V8 Supercars Round 9: Philip Island D2 Seven 406,000
23 Don’t Forget The Lyrics Ten 396,000
24 Nurse Jackie Ten 396,000
25 Weekend Sunrise Seven 378,000
26 Compass ABC1 361,000
27 Postcards Nine 355,000 M,A
28 The Sunday Footy Show Nine 336,000
29 Las Vegas Seven 320,000
30 Weekend Today-Sunday Nine 270,000

A few others:
Wipeout Go! 248,000
Who Do You Think You Are? SBS ONE 219,000
The Biggest Loser-Day Ten 173,000
FIA Formula One World Championship 2009 ONE 146,000
US Open Tennis Championships 2009 Nine 96,000 
Aliens In America Go! 87,000

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 not offered for Friday and Saturday nights due to the varying network coverage of AFL and NRL football and the resulting alternate programming in the opposing market. Timeslot order for times that pretty well never 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. Network shares include all extra digital channels for each network. Week so far is the cumulative network share including extra digital channels from Sunday until the day of this report. A figure shown for an individual secondary digital channel such as GO or ONE is an overall percentage share out of total viewers. For example, 9 and GO might be 26.3% together but apart they would be for example 9 24.7% and GO 1.6%. When show not shown in all cities (top 30 list): S = Sydney, B= Brisbane, M = Melbourne, A = Adelaide, P = Perth. Feel free to leave comments and let us know what you think.

Week 37 (Sept 6 – 12) Final Results.

Yet again, Packed to the Rafters was Australia’s most watched show of the week. Dancing with the Stars finale was 3rd and ABC’s Spicks and Specks came in at 4th – being the highest entry for the national broadcaster.

Channel 9’s top show of the week was their Sunday news, followed by Mondays’ 7.30pm episode of Two and a Half Men.

The top show on Ten was Hamish and Andy’s special at position 8. Other than AFL, the next highest show for Ten is Rush at 27.

Way out of the top 40, Wipeout was GO’s top performer of the week, while Doctor Who was ABC2’s top show.

Channel 9 edged over 7 with a much stronger Saturday night helped mostly by the NRL. Seven was mostly let down by their very poor performance on Thursday night at which point their lead for the week started to dwindle. With Football finals dominating the weekends, network shares are helped immensely when the games are aired.

It is clear though, that 9 would be behind 7 if it was not for GO. GO accounted for 2.1% of the viewing audience for the week, again helping 9 to maintain solid shares despite reasonably average programming.

Top 40 shows for the week.
1 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Seven 1,913,000
2 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,644,000
3 DANCING WITH THE STARS 9 – GRAND FINAL Seven 1,573,000
4 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV ABC1 1,461,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,452,000
6 WORLD’S STRICTEST PARENTS Seven 1,395,000
7 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,388,000
8 HAMISH AND ANDY’S AMERICAN CARAVAN OF COURAGE Ten 1,307,000
9 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,295,000
10 TWO AND A HALF MEN Nine 1,272,000
11 CITY HOMICIDE-MON Seven 1,262,000
12 THE FARMER WANTS A WIFE Nine 1,256,000
13 TWO AND A HALF MEN -WED Nine 1,238,000
14 20 TO 1 -RPT Nine 1,227,000
15 WORLD FOOD SPECTACULAR Seven 1,226,000
16 20 TO 1 -THU Nine 1,208,000
17 60 MINUTES Nine 1,204,000
18 TEN’S AFL FINALS 2009: 1ST SEMI FINAL COLL V ADEL Ten 1,202,000
19 SEVEN’S AFL: SEMI-FINAL 2: WESTERN BULLDOGS V BRISBANE LIONS Seven 1,187,000
20 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 1,179,000
21 MIDSOMER MURDERS-SU ABC1 1,177,000
22 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,175,000
23 ALL SAINTS Seven 1,166,000 
24 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,163,000
25 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 1,144,000
26 NINE NEWS Nine 1,142,000
27 RUSH Ten 1,138,000
28 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,115,000
29 RPA Nine 1,113,000
30 RUSH EP 2 Ten 1,105,000
31 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine
32 GETAWAY Nine 1,080,000
33 MONEY FOR JAM Nine 1,079,000
34 SEVEN’S AFL: QUALIFYING FINAL 1: ST KILDA VS COLLINGWOOD Seven 1,077,000
35 THE BIG BANG THEORY Nine 1,076,000
36 AUSTRALIAN STORY-EV ABC1 1,073,000
37 DOMESTIC BLITZ Nine 1,070,000
38 CRIMINAL MINDS ® Seven 1,060,000
39 GEORGE GENTLY-EV ABC1 1,055,000
40 THE SPEARMAN EXPERIMENT Ten 1,047,000

219 WIPEOUT GO! 205,000
318 DOCTOR WHO ABC2 118,000
349 ONE WEEK AT A TIME ONE 104,000
483 IRON CHEF RPT SBS TWO 55,000

Network Shares for the week:
1 9 28.1%. 2 7 27.9%. 3 10 20.8%. 4 ABC 17.3%. 5 SBS 5.8%.

Multi Channel Splits

ABC1 – 15.9%
ABC2 – 1.4%
Seven – 27.9%
Nine – 26.0%
GO! – 2.1%
Ten – 19.8%
ONE – 1.0%
SBS One – 5.5%
SBS Two – 0.3%

Raw ratings figures sourced from TV Tonight and Media Spyand are Oztam 5 city metro figures. Figures indicated for shows that air Monday to Friday are averaged out. A figure shown for an individual secondary digital channel such as GO or ONE is an overall percentage share out of total viewers. For example, 9 and GO might be 26.3% together but apart they would be for example 9 24.7% and GO 1.6%.

Ratings for Saturday September 12 2009

Saturday night was 7’s turn to be the non-football network, with the NRL on 9 and AFL on 10 helping both those networks to claim nearly 60% of the total audience share of the night. 7’s performance last night was not as low as channel 10’s Friday with 7 landing in 3rd, and not 4th like 10 did. With finals footy on at the moment, ratings success is pretty well a certainty for the networks airing the games – which prompt the question as to why the one left without football does not try putting quality programming against the football to lure some viewers away from other areas. Yes, football rates well, but not everyone cares for it. Quality programming – even on a weekend – could keep network shares from falling to embarrassingly low levels.

It will be interesting to see what the 3 networks do on weekends come October when the football is over.

Top 30 shows:
1 Ten’s AFL Finals 2009:1st Semi Final Coll VAdel Ten 1,202,000
2 Seven News – Sat Seven 1,175,000
3 Nine News Saturday Nine 1,089,000
4 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Nine 752,000
5 Rugby League Final Series Qf2 Nine 714,000
6 ABCNews-Sa ABC1 690,000
7 Ten News At Five Sat Ten 679,000
8 The Great Outdoors Seven 671,000
9 Bill ABC1 669,000
10 Heart And Soul ABC1 605,000
11 Cold Blood ABC1 551,000
12 ABC News Up-Date ABC1 547,000
13 Gardening Australia ABC1 527,000
14 Before The Game Ten 401,000 M,A,P
15 M-Anne Of Green Gables Seven 375,000 S,A,P
16 Silent Witness Rpt ABC1 342,000
17 QBERiverfire Seven 333,000 Bris only
18 Better Homes And Gardens Seven 317,000 B,A,P
19 Seven’s V8 Supercars Round 9: Philip Island D1 Seven 302,000
20 Weekend Today-Saturday Nine 300,000
21 Sports Tonight Sat Ten 299,000 S,M,B
22 Maverick-Rpt Nine 296,000 M,A,P
23 TalkTo The Animals Nine 295,000
24 M-Motocrossed Seven 280,000
25 M-Bad Girls Seven 277,000
26 Saturday Disney Seven 273,000
27 Macgyver Ten 257,000 excl P
28 Life Is Wild Ten 248,000
29 It’s Me OrThe Dog Sat Rpt Ten 245,000
30 Riverfire Pre-Show Seven 244,000 Bris only.

A few others:
One Day Cricket AusVEngG4 Highlights SBS ONE 233,000
Seven’s V8 Supercars Round 9: Support Races D1 Seven 185,000
Kid’s WB On Nine Nine 160,000 
Video Hits Sat Ten 131,000 
Rock Of Love Ten 105,000 
CSI: Miami Go! 75,000 
Seinfeld Go! 75,000
FIA Formula One World Championship 2009 One 73,000
M-These Are The Damned ABC2 72,000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Go! 69,000 
Dance Your Ass Off Go! 69,000 
The Flintstones-Rpt Go! 62,000

Network Shares:
1 9 28.7%. 2 10 27.4%. 3 7 21.3%. 4 ABC 15.5%. 5 SBS 5.8%

Final result for week 37 – see next post which will include the top shows for the week.

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 not offered for Friday and Saturday nights due to the varying network coverage of AFL and NRL football and the resulting alternate programming in the opposing market. Timeslot order for times that pretty well never 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. Network shares include all extra digital channels for each network. Week so far is the cumulative network share including extra digital channels from Sunday until the day of this report. A figure shown for an individual secondary digital channel such as GO or ONE is an overall percentage share out of total viewers. For example, 9 and GO might be 26.3% together but apart they would be for example 9 24.7% and GO 1.6%. When show not shown in all cities (top 30 list): S = Sydney, B= Brisbane, M = Melbourne, A = Adelaide, P = Perth. Feel free to leave comments and let us know what you think.

Ratings for Friday September 11 2009.

Another shocker of a Friday night for channel 10 with the network only achieving 14.9% of the nights’ audience share. Between channels 7 and 9, 60% of the audience were locked in, mostly thanks to both NRL and AFL finals. With 10 being the only commercial not showing football, their choice of movie for the night offered little alternative and as a result effectively flopped.

Meanwhile, George Gently continues to shine, with double the audience of channel 10. The Lord of the Rings helped 9’s share with a respectable 115,000 tuning in. Back to 7 and note that Better Homes and Gardens rated better in just two cities than the Simpsons on channel 10 in all 5 cities.

Top 30 Shows:
1 Seven News Seven 1,393,000
2 Seven’s AFL: Semi-Final 2: Western Bulldogs V Brisbane Lions Seven 1,187,000
3 Today Tonight Seven 1,115,000 excl P
4 Nine News Nine 1,091,000
5 Two And A Half Men-Rpt 7PM Nine 1,056.000
6 George Gently ABC1 1,055,000
7 A Current Affair Nine 1,008,000
8 ABC News ABC1 874,000
9 Better Homes And Gardens Seven 827,000 S,B
10 Rugby League Final Series GH Nine 810,000
11 Ten News At Five Ten 761,000
12 Collectors ABC1 723,000
13 Stateline ABC1 698,000
14 Deal Or No Deal Seven 680,000
15 Neighbours Ten 602,000
16 Hot Seat Nine 596,000
17 The Simpsons Fri Ep 2 8PM Ten 589,000
18 Two And A Half Men-Fri 7.30pm Nine 574,000 M,A,P
19 The Full Monty Rpt Ten 560,000
20 The Simpsons 6PM Ten 530,000
21 Seven’s AFL: Semi-Final 2: Western Bulldogs Vs Brisbane Lions-After Seven 518,000
22 Home And Away Seven 515,000 S,B
23 The Simpsons Fri 7.30PM Ten 514,000
24 The 7pm Project Ten 514,000
25 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 474,000
26 Huey’s Cooking Adventures Ten 471,000
27 Can We Help? ABC1 466,000
28 M*A*S*H Seven 426,000
29 Motorway Patrol Nine 410,000 M,A,P
30 Sunrise Seven 394,000

A few others:
Go Girls Ten 232,000 83,000 65,000 32,000 22,000 30,000
Inside The Wonders Of The Muslim World SBS ONE 229,000
World News Australia SBS ONE 197,000
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring Go! 115,000
Torchwood ABC2 107.000

Network Shares:
1 7 31.9%. 2 9 29.2%. 3 ABC 18.3%. 4 10 14.9%. 5 SBS 5.6%
Week so far:
1 7 29.0%. 2 9 28.0%. 3 10 17.6%. 4 ABC 17.6%. 5 SBS 5.8%
Very close between 7 and 9, mostly thanks to GO. AFL keeps 7 above 9.

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 not offered for Friday and Saturday nights due to the varying network coverage of AFL and NRL football and the resulting alternate programming in the opposing market. Timeslot order for times that pretty well never 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. Network shares include all extra digital channels for each network. Week so far is the cumulative network share including extra digital channels from Sunday until the day of this report. A figure shown for an individual secondary digital channel such as GO or ONE is an overall percentage share out of total viewers. For example, 9 and GO might be 26.3% together but apart they would be for example 9 24.7% and GO 1.6%. When show not shown in all cities (top 30 list): S = Sydney, B= Brisbane, M = Melbourne, A = Adelaide, P = Perth. Feel free to leave comments and let us know what you think.

Australian Idol opened with Suzi Quatro performing her best known hit “Devil Gate Drive” – a song out long before most of the Idols were even born!

Shortly after the performance, the bottom 3 were announced based on the popular vote.

The bottom 3 were:

Tim Johnston
Casey Barnes
Ashleigh Toole.

Before the first ad break, Tim was declared safe.

Following the ads, it was announced that the first elimination was:

Ashleigh Toole.

Therefore, the top 11 is:

Stan Walker
Kate Cook
Nathan Brake
Sabrina Batshon
Scott Newnham
James Johnston
Kim Cooper
Hayley Warner
Toby Moulton
Casey Barnes
Tim Johnston

The top 11 went on to perform in “Rock Night”, with Suzi Quatro as both mentor and guest judge.

And, according to our Throng poll:

The bottom 3 were (after 338 votes):

Kate Cook – 15 votes.
Ashleigh Toole – 11 votes
Casey Barnes - 10 votes.

Tim Johnston scored 18 votes, making him the 4th lowest. The poll result is very similar to the final outcome on the show. We’ll reset the poll again with the final 11, and see how close Throng voting comes to the final result.

Channel 7 are continuing with movies next Sunday September 20, with “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” scheduled to air at 8.30pm that night. Las Vegas follows at 10.50pm.

On Monday night, September 21, its the night of AFL’s Brownlow Medal. The presentation starts at 7.30pm in the AFL states (VIC, SA, WA) with the “Blue Carpet” arrivals. At 8pm, “Highway Patrol” is slotted between the Blue Carpet Special and the awards ceremony itself which airs from 8.30pm, finishing after 11.30.

That night in the NRL (QLD, most of NSW) states, you can see the Blue Carpet Special at 8pm on 7HD, as well as the Brownlow medal live at 8.30 on 7HD. On 7′s main channel in NSW and QLD (NT, Tas – check your guides) will be Highway Patrol at 7.30pm, followed by Destroyed in Seconds at 8pm. At 8.30pm, the Andromeda Strain will be seen on 7′s main channel. The AFL states will see the show on Friday night.

Those who can’t get 7HD in NSW and QLD can see a shortened version of the medal ceremony at 11.40 after the Andromeda Strain.

So what will be on channel 7 on Sunday September 27? *** CASINO ROYALE IS ON *** With networks about to fast track their key US shows as new seasons commence, the hot tip is that “Flash Forward” will be seen on Sundays at 8.30pm from Sept 27 – this we know now is on Mon 28th at 8.30pm.

Channel 10 so far is leading the was with US fast tracked shows with NCIS, NCIS:LA, Lie to Me, Supernatural, Glee and One Tree Hill all being fast tracked just days after their US air dates.

As for channel 9, the only show I know of so far that they are fast tracking is – wait for it – TWO AND A HALF MEN (also Mentalist and CSI will be fastracked from Sept 28 and Oct 1 respectively)! That means one new episode a week mixed with the 8 or 9 repeats the capital city markets currently see. The fast tracked episodes will most likley be on Monday nights at 7.30pm. No doubt other shows will follow like the Mentalist, and the remake of the 80′s alien classic “V”. Maybe some new CSI as well. Don’t forget Vampire Diaries coming to GO from 8.30 Monday 28 as well.

Note: Regional programming for Prime is the same as channel 7 but some areas may differ – for example, Wagga in NSW will usually get the same programming as the AFL states.

Network Ten and FremantleMedia Australia have decided MasterChef Australia will not have a hosting position for season two.

When adapting MasterChef for an Australian series, many changes were implemented to the original international format, contributing to its great success. However on review it’s been decided that the introduction of a hosting role, which is not part of the original international format, is not required.

Network Ten, chief programming officer, David Mott said, “Sarah Wilson has been an invaluable member of the MasterChef Australia team and she will be missed.”

“This decision has been a hard one to make but it became clear the appropriate role for Sarah was not achievable without dramatically changing the format.”

“Sarah has an impressive background with abilities that far outweighed her duties on the show. All parties agree another series that limited her input and expertise was not the best outcome.”

Sarah Wilson said, “It’s a wonderful, enriching honour to have been part of MasterChef, a show that’s shifted television in such an uplifting and inclusive way. I applaud Ten for bringing the show to Australian screens in the first place, and for making the difficult decision regarding my role.

“I’m incredibly grateful to have played a founding role in the “MasterChef effect”, as it’s been dubbed, and will be bringing the same positive dynamic to my next project.”

Sarah is currently considering another television project, the details of which she will announce shortly. She is a weekly columnist in Sunday Life, the wellness editor-at-large for ACP’s Good Health, a weekly commentator on 2UE’s Steve Price program and a vocal social commentator and wellness advisor.

Sarah will be a guest on our new series The Spearman Experiment and we look forward to having her as a guest on more TEN shows in the future.

Ratings for Thursday September 10 2009

Hamish and Andy’s Caravan of Courage was the second most watched show for the night with over 1.3 million tuning in. Channel 7’s Gary Unmarried fell behind the ABC while 9 remained fairly consistent for Thursday night.

A double episode of Rush helped 10’s share for the night, but the network is let down with very low figures from 6pm – 7.30pm. The 7pm Project falls below 600,000 again. Rush and 20-1 took their viewers back from Amazing Race. Maybe 7 should have left Amazing Race at 7.30. Thursday is now channel 7’s worst night of the week. Double Amazing Race episodes for the next two weeks will help them improve, but they will only be let down by Gary Unmarried which really does not have the appeal to pull off good 7.30 timeslot figures.

It is confirmed that channel 7 will fast track the new series of Amazing Race which hopefully will mean it airs Thursday Oct 1 after the current series is finished. The new series being fast tracked is likely to rate much better than the current series being shown. Oct 1 could also be the night 7 premieres Beauty and the Geek Australia.

GO’s top show last night was Moonlight with a ratings figure of 74,000. Junkyard Wars on ABC2 was that channels top show, with 111,000 viewers.

Timeslot Order
7.00pm 1 7 Home and Away. 2 9 2.5 Men. 3 ABC1 News
7.30pm 1 10 Hamish and Andy. 2 9 Getaway. 3 ABC1 7.30 Report. 4 7 Gary Unmarried
8.30pm 1 9 20-1. 2 10 Rush. 3 7 Amazing Race
9.30pm 1 10 Rush. 2 Footy Show. 3 7 TV Burp
10.00pm 1 10 Rush. 2 Footy Show. 3 ABC1 Q&A

Network Shares:
1 9 29.8%. 2 10 25.4%. 3 7 23.1%. 4 ABC 16.9%. 5 SBS 4.7%
Week so far:
1 7 28.4%. 2 9 27.7%. 3 10 20.6%. 4 ABC 17.5%. 5 SBS 5.8%
Channel 7 holds the lead but 9 is closing in. All now depends on how they go with the football over the weekend.

Top 30 Shows.
1 Seven News Seven 1,402,000
2 Hamish And Andy’s American Caravan Of Courage Ten 1,307,000
3 Today Tonight Seven 1,297,000
4 20 To 1 -Thu Nine 1,198,000
5 Home And Away Seven 1,150,000
6 Rush Ten 1,136,000
7 Two And A Half Men-Rpt Nine 1,126,000
8 Rush Ep 2 Ten 1,107,000
9 Getaway Nine 1,088,000
10 A Current Affair Nine 1,080,000
11 ABC News ABC1 1,041,000
12 Nine News Nine 1,032,000
13 The Footy Show Nine 940,000
14 The Amazing Race Seven 841,000
15 Pedigree Dogs Exposed ABC1 826,000
16 7.30 Report ABC1 790,000
17 Gary Unmarried Seven 753,000
18 Ten News At Five Ten 744,000
19 Catalyst ABC1 731,000
20 Deal Or No Deal Seven 676,000
21 Neighbours Ten 630,000
22 Hot Seat Nine 609,000
23 The 7pm Project Ten 597,000
24 TV Burp Seven 596,000
25 The Simpsons Ten 583,000
26 Australia’s Heritage: National Treasures ABC1 521,000
27 O&A ABC1 488,000
28 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 458,000
29 M*A*S*H Seven 448,000
30 Double Take Seven 441,000

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 not offered for Friday and Saturday nights due to the varying network coverage of AFL and NRL football and the resulting alternate programming in the opposing market. Timeslot order for times that pretty well never 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. Network shares include all extra digital channels for each network. Week so far is the cumulative network share including extra digital channels from Sunday until the day of this report. A figure shown for an individual secondary digital channel such as GO or ONE is an overall percentage share out of total viewers. For example, 9 and GO might be 26.3% together but apart they would be for example 9 24.7% and GO 1.6%. When show not shown in all cities (top 30 list): S = Sydney, B= Brisbane, M = Melbourne, A = Adelaide, P = Perth. Feel free to leave comments and let us know what you think.

Ellen Degeneres will replace Paula Abdul as the 4^th judge on American Idol. There was speculation that the 4^th judge would be a different guest judge each week, and that Ellen was to be on one of those weeks.

During the taping for her talk show scheduled to air in the US on Thursday (Friday here on both channel 9 and Arena) Ellen said that the deal had been in the works for the past few weeks.

“I have not missed one episode of the show. I’ve watched every single thing and I love everything about it”, Ellen said.

“Hopefully I’m the people’s point of view. Like you I sit at home and I watch it. I’m not looking at it in a critical kind of way, from the producer’s mind. I’m looking it as a person who’s going to buy the music.”

Executive producer Simon Fuller in a statement says, “Ellen has been a fan of the show for many years, and her love of music and understanding of the American public will bring a unique human touch to our judging panel.”

Those who watch the Ellen Degeneres show while American Idol is airing, would know that they discuss the show frequently and each week during the competition have the American Idol cast offs appearing as guests. Sometimes American Idol contestants return after the competition to perform.

American Idol will air in Australia on FOX8. The new season starts in January, and is fast tracked just hours behind its US broadcast on FOX8.

And if you’d like to catch the Ellen Degeneres Show, it airs on channel 9 at 12pm weekdays, GO! At 12 midnight weeknights (repeats the 12 midday show from 9), on Arena weekdays at 1.30pm and 11.00pm as well as Arena + 2 2hours later (phew – 6 chances to see the one show in one day!).

Source: Tv Tonight.

Ratings for Wednesday September 9 2009.

No surprises really last night. 9’s big Wednesday night lead from last week has dropped a little, with (as expected) fewer viewers tuning into Money for Jam last night. The rest of their Wednesday night line up help up OK, staying just far enough in front of 7 to win the night once GO is included. On their own though, 9 is behind 7. Only GO helps the “9-GO” network to first place. GO seems to be building audience on a Wednesday night. Once 7 has their new channel up and running next month, we will then see a more level playing field.

Channel Ten last night started promoting the fact that NCIS: LA will premier at 8.30pm Wednesday September 30, following Celebrity Masterchef at 7.30. Given 10’s performance recently, this will give them a huge boost on Wednesday nights which should at least in the short term result in a three horse race for top network on Wednesday nights.

Timeslot Order:
7.00pm 1 7 H&A. 2 9 2.5 Men. 3 ABC1 News
7.30pm 1 7 Worlds’ Strictest Parents. 2 9 2.5 Men. 3 ABC1 7.30 Report
8.00pm 1 7 Worlds’ Strictest Parents. 2 9 Money for Jam. 3 ABC1 New Inventors
8.30pm 1 ABC1 Spicks and Specks. 2 9 RPA. 3 7 Criminal Minds
9.00pm 1 9 The Gift. 2 7 Criminal Minds. 3 ABC1 The Librarians
9.30pm 1 9 Without a Trace. 2 ABC1 United States of Tara. 3 7 My Name is Earl
10.00pm 1 9 Without a Trace. 2 7 My Name is Earl. 3 10 Numb3rs

Network Shares:
1 9 28.5%. 2 7 28.1%. 3 ABC 20.2%. 4 10 18.3%. 5 SBS 5.0%
Week so far:
1 7 29.6%. 2 9 27.2%. 3 10 19.5%. 4 ABC 17.6%. 5 SBS 6.1%
The usual order remains at this stage.

Top 30 Shows:
1 Seven News Seven 1,446,000
2 Spicks And Specks ABC1 1,445,000
3 World’s Strictest Parents Seven 1,395,000
4 Today Tonight Seven 1,354,000
5 Two And A Half Men -Wed 7.30pm Nine 1,233,000
6 Home And Away Seven 1,133,000
7 Two And A Half Men-Rpt 7pm Nine 1,120,000
8 RPA Nine 1,116,000
9 Money For Jam Nine 1,093,000
10 Nine News Nine 1,079,000
11 Criminal Minds ® Seven 1,061,000
12 ABC News ABC1 1,059,000
13 A Current Affair Nine 1,025,000
14 The Gift Nine 1,005,000
15 The Librarians ABC1 936,000
16 7.30 Report ABC1 885,000
17 The New Inventors ABC1 849,000
18 The Simpsons Wed 8pm Ep 2 Ten 844,000
19 Without ATrace Nine 841,000
20 Neighbours Ten 811,000
21 Ten News At Five Ten 804,000
22 The Simpsons 6pm Ten 741,000
23 United States Of Tara ABC1 737,000
24 The 7pm Project Ten 730,000
25 The Simpsons Wed 7.30pm Ten 720,000
26 Deal Or No Deal Seven 710,000
27 My Name Is Earl Seven 682,000
28 Law a Order: UK Ten 670,000
29 MyNamelsEarl-Ep2 Seven 636,000
30 Hot Seat Nine 608,000

And a few others:
The Cook And The Chef ABC1 604,000
Numb3rs Ten 571,000
Family Guy-Wed ® Seven 515,000
Without A Trace-Rpt Nine 487,000
At The Movies ABC1 410,000
American Dad Seven 407,000
Louis Theroux Seven 203,000
The Ellen Degeneres Show Nine 136,000
Junkyard Wars ABC2 119,000
Fringe Go! 117,000
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Go! 114,000
DrPhil Ten 113,000
The View Nine 110,000
Pro Bull Riding ONE 66,000

Multi Channel Splits
ABC1: 18.6
ABC2: 1.6
Seven: 28.1
Nine: 26.2
GO!: 2.3
Ten: 17.1
ONE: 1.2
SBS1 4.8
SBS2: 0.2

An interesting point with the multi channel spilt is the fact that if Australia had 100% digital take up and GO was available on Foxtel – which it will be for some customers next month – that the ratings for GO would actually exceed the ratings for SBS1. Digital take up is reported as 53% at the moment, and overall ratings for GO are further impeded buy the fact it is not available on Foxtel or Austar which would further enhance the figure. Similarly, ONE would enjoy a boost under the same conditions.

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 not offered for Friday and Saturday nights due to the varying network coverage of AFL and NRL football and the resulting alternate programming in the opposing market. Timeslot order for times that pretty well never 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. Network shares include all extra digital channels for each network. Week so far is the cumulative network share including extra digital channels from Sunday until the day of this report. A figure shown for an individual secondary digital channel such as GO or ONE is an overall percentage share out of total viewers. For example, 9 and GO might be 26.3% together but apart they would be for example 9 24.7% and GO 1.6%. When show not shown in all cities (top 30 list): S = Sydney, B= Brisbane, M = Melbourne, A = Adelaide, P = Perth. Feel free to leave comments and let us know what you think.