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Ratings for Tuesday September 8 2009.

Timeslot Order
6.00pm 1 7 News. 2 9 News. 3 10 Simpsons
6.30pm 1 7 TT. 2 9 ACA. 3 10 Neighbours
7.00pm 1 9 2.5 Men. 2 7 H&A. 3 ABC1 News
7.30pm 1 7 World Food Spectacular. 2 9 20-1. 3 10 Spearman Experiment
8.30pm 1 7 packed to the Rafters. 2 10 NCIS. 3 9 2.5 Men
9.30pm 1 7 All Saints. 2 10 NCIS. 3 9 Movie Goldmember

Network Shares:
1 7 33.4%. 2 9 26.2%. 3 10 22.1%. 4 ABC 14.2%. 5 SBS 4.1%
9-GO spilt: 24.4% / 1.8%

Top 20 Shows.
1 Packed To The Rafters Seven 1,912,000
2 Today Tonight Seven 1,563,000
3 Seven News Seven 1,535,000
4 Two And A Half Men ® 7pm Nine 1,311,000
5 World Food Spectacular Seven 1,228,000
6 20 To 1 ® Nine 1,228,000
7 Home And Away Seven 1,195,000
8 Nine News Nine 1,175,000
9 All Saints Seven 1,163,000
10 A Current Affair Nine 1,106,000
11 The Spearman Experiment Ten 1,039,000
12 ABC News ABC1 1,037,000
13 NCIS Ep 2 ® Ten 946,000
14 NCIS ® Ten 944,000
15 Two And A Half Men 8.30pm Ep1 Nine 871,000
16 Ten News At Five Ten 829,000
17 Two And A Half Men 9.00pm Ep2 Nine 821,000
18 Deal Or No Deal Seven 766,000
19 The 7PM Project Ten  731,000
20 The 7.30 Report ABC1 728,000

Austin Powers: Goldmember -RPT Nine 579,000
East West 101 RPT SBS ONE 126,000
Survivor: Gabon GO! 123,000
Junkyard Wars ABC2 119,000
The Wire ABC2 99,000

Week So Far:
1 Seven – 30.1
2 Nine/GO! – 26.9
3 Ten/ONE – 19.8
4 ABC1/2 – 16.8

5 SBS One/Two – 6.4

Multi Channel Splits

ABC1 – 12.3
ABC2 – 1.9
Seven – 33.4
Nine – 24.4
GO! – 1.8
Ten – 21.3
ONE – 0.8
SBS One – 3.7
SBS Two – 0.4

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 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 Monday September 7 2009

Nine news and ACA have come close to 7 News and TT last night, with very little separating them and with 9 winning in some areas.

But the biggest story of last nights ratings is the almost even spread over 5 networks now seen from 7.30 to 8.30. SBS’s Top Gear is 2nd at 7.30 and 3rd at 8pm while 10’s Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader lands 5th for the hour, behind the other 4 yet still rates over 800,000. Channel 7 should be concerned that the documentaries are not doing well on Monday nights now and is now costing them the win for the night.

Farmer Wants a Wife is closing in on City Homicide, but that is more likely to do with the fact that the series is ending as opposed to the notion of the lead in bringing down City Homicide. Next week, Farmer finishes with a double episode. Even without GO (GO was 1.7%), 9 would have won the night last night, and will most likley win next Monday as well unless 7 addresses their 7.30 problem.

Time slot order:
6.00pm 1 7 News. 2 9 News. 3 Simpsons
6.30pm 1 7 TT. 2 9 ACA. 3 10 Neighbours
7.00pm 1 9 2.5 Men. 2 7 H&A. 3 ABC1 News. 4 10 7pm Project
7.30pm 1 9 2.5 Men. 2 SBS1 Top Gear. 3 7 Relentless Enemies. 4 ABC1 7.30 Report. 5 10 5th Grader
8.00pm 1 ABC1 Australian Story. 2 9 Big Bang. 3 SBS1 Top Gear. 4 7 Relentless Enemies. 5 10 5th Grader
8.30pm 1 7 City Homicide. 2 9 Farmer Wants a Wife. 3 10 Good News Week
9.30pm 1 7 Beyond the Darklands. 2 9 Drop Dead Diva. 3 ABC1 Ashes to Ashes.

Network Shares:
1 9 28.8%. 2 7 26.6%. 3 10 19.6%. 4 ABC 16.8%. 5 SBS 8.2%

Top 30 Shows:
1 Seven News Seven 1,481,000
2 Today Tonight Seven 1,409,000
3 A Current Affair Nine 1,330,000
4 Nine News Nine 1,318,000
5 Two And A Half Men 7.30PM Nine 1,275,000
6 City Homicide-Mon Seven 1,262,000
7 The Farmer Wants A Wife Nine 1,257,000
8 Two And A Half Men-Rpt 7PM Nine 1,244,000
9 Home And Away Seven 1,210,000
10 ABC News ABC1 1,081,000
11 Australian Story ABC1 1,068,000
12 The Big Bang Theory Nine 1,065,000 EXCL A
13 Beyond The Darklands-Mon Seven 1,045,000
14 Top Gear SBS ONE 1,000,000
15 Good News Week Ten 953,000
16 Ten News At Five Ten 926,000
17 Relentless Enemies: Lions And Buffalo Seven 891,000
18 7.30 Report ABC1 889,000
19 Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Ten 832,000
20 The Simpsons Ten 801,000
21 Neighbours Ten 791,000
22 Deal Or No Deal Seven 784,000
23 Four Corners ABC1 769,000
24 Hot Seat Nine 742,000
25 The 7pm Project Ten 720,000
26 Media Watch ABC1 689,000
27 Drop Dead Diva Nine 581,000 S,M,B
28 M*A*S*H Seven 545,000
29 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 541,000
30 Ashes To Ashes ABC1 521,000

Multi Channel Splits

ABC1: 15.2
ABC2: 1.6
Seven: 26.6
Nine: 27.1
GO!: 1.7
Ten: 18.4
ONE: 1.2
SBS1 7.9
SBS2: 0.3

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 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.

Poh Ling Yeow, the cook who captured the hearts of the nation as runner-up on Masterchef, will be the star of ABC TV’s new cooking show to be screened in 2010.

Poh’s Kitchen will be produced in her hometown of Adelaide, and will go into production in November 2009.

Poh says “Entering into the world of food has been something I’ve had a secret obsession with for many years. Now to share my love of cooking as part of the ABC team is quite beyond anything I dared dream of, so it goes without saying that I am absolutely brimming with excitement!”

The show will see Poh travelling throughout Australia on her journey to expand her knowledge of food and to add to her every increasing collection of recipes.

Across the year long series, she will be joined in her kitchen by some of Australia’s leading chefs, who will work alongside her to cook the produce she has sourced.

Jennifer Collins, ABC TV Head of Factual said “Poh brings a natural curiosity, a warmth, an honesty and a terrific sense of humour to the screen. She will share her unique, innovative and exciting approach to food and I’m sure will continue to surprise us.”

The series will be Executive Produced by Margot Phillipson who with the ABC Adelaide production team created and produced The Cook and the Chef.

ABC Books has signed Poh for a two book deal with the first cookbook to be published in late 2010.

Now that Dancing with the Stars has concluded on channel 7, there is a new line up on Sunday nights:

6:30 Sunday Night returns, after nearly 3 months of hiatus.
7:30 Border Security is back
8:00 The Force returns
8:30 Sept 13: Movie: The Bourne Ultimatum.

And a change to Tuesday nights 7.30 hour from Sept 15:

7:30 RSPCA Animal Rescue
8:00 Last Chance Surgery

Want more City Homicide?

There will be additional episodes on Wednesday night September 16 and September 23 at 8.30pm. These are in addition to the Monday night episodes which remain unchanged except for:

The Brownlow Medal 2009 – which will be seen from 7.30pm on Monday September 21 in the AFL states. A yet to be named movie will show in the NRL states. Northern AFL fans can see the Brownlow medal at 11.45pm that night.

And as already mentioned in earlier posts, The Amzaing Race will air double episodes on Sept 17 and 24. Expect a new Thursday night line up from Oct 1. Wonder if they will fast track the new series of the Amazing Race? Possible night for Beauty and the Geek Australia as well.

The last TV Burp will air Thursday Sept 10. Double Take moves to 10.30 Thursdays on the 17th and 24th.

And we are all waiting for the air date of Flash Forward, presumably the show will be fast tracked and possibly air in the last week of September. It premieres in the US on Thursday September 24. An Australian air date of Sunday Sept 27 may be possible. Another option might be Wednesday nights, but Sunday would be more likely to minimise the number of days delay.

Some information here sourced from TV Tonight as well as Media Spy.

Last night on Australian Idol four more contestants were added to the eight who had already made it from the semi final’s rounds the week before last.

Two were chosen by popular vote: Hayley and Toby

And two more were chosen by the judges:  Casey and Tim

So the Australian Idol top 12 is:

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

Each week, one will be eliminated until the final week late November where the Australian Idol for 2009 will be announced. First top 12 elimination is next Sunday at the start of the show. The remaining 11 will sing again, we get to vote, and then another is eliminated the following week. Note that voting is only open on the night of the show until 3am eastern time that night.

Let us know who you think will be the 2009 Australian Idol by voting in our Throng poll. So far, the results of Throng polls have been the same as the popular vote.

Australian Idol airs on Ten Sundays at 6.30pm and is live in the eastern states.

Ratings for Sunday September 6, 2009

Channel 10 is almost out of the picture completely last night, landing 4th in all time slots from 7.30 to 10pm. Australian Idol is down further but may pick up more audience in following weeks now that Dancing with the Stars has finished. Also, the one day cricket on SBS is attracting some of the usual viewers away with shows like Midsomer Murders being down on last weeks’ high but still was first for its time slot once Dancing finished.

As expected, the night was won by 7. Thankfully, Dancing with the Stars only finished 10 minutes late, which is the normal period of lateness with all commercial networks on Sunday night – as is indicated by the odd times in the time slot order. GO also represents a significant portion of 9′s overall share for the night with Go’s Sunday night line up being the best rating night for the channel.

Timeslot order.
6.00pm 1 7 News. 2 9 News. 3 10 Don’t Forget the Lyrics
6.30pm 1 7 Dancing with the Stars. 2 9 Domestic Blitz. 3 10 Australian Idol
7.30pm 1 7 Dancing with the Stars. 2 9 60 minutes. 3 ABC1 Stephen Fry
8.40pm 1 7 Dancing with the Stars. 2 ABC1 Midsomer Murders. 3 9 Rescue Special Ops
9.10pm 1 ABC1 Midsomer Murders. 2 9 Rescue Special Ops. 3 7 The Queen
9.40pm 1 ABC1 Midsomer Murders. 2 7 The Queen. 3 9 CSI: Miami
10.00pm 1 7 The Queen. 2 9 CSI: Miami. 3 10 Me, Myself and Irene.

Network Shares:
1 7 30.3%. 2 9 25.6%. 3 ABC 19.2%. 4 10 17.9%. 5 SBS 6.9%
Multi Channel Splits

ABC1: 18.3
ABC2: 0.9
Seven: 30.3
Nine: 22.6
GO!: 3.0
Ten: 17.0
ONE: 0.9
SBS1 6.7
SBS2: 0.2

Top 30 Shows.
1 Seven News – Sun Seven 1,644,000
2 Dancing With The Stars 9 Seven 1,572,000
3 Nine News Sunday Nine 1,296,000
4 60 Minutes Nine 1,200,000
5 Midsomer Murders-Su ABC1 1,176,000
6 ABC News Up-Date ABC1 1,097,000
7 Seven’s AFL: Qualifying Final 1: St KildaVs Collingwood Seven 1,077,000
8 Domestic Blitz Nine 1,070,000
9 Stephen Fry In America ABC1 986,000
10 Rescue Special Ops Nine 910,000
11 Australian Idol Ten 883,000
12 ABCNews-Su ABC1 875,000
13 M-The Queen Seven 839,000
14 Rove Ten 777,000
15 CSI: Miami Nine 708,000
16 The Einstein Factor ABC1 585,000
17 Ten News At Five Sun Ten 538,000
18 CSI: Miami-Rpt Nine 454,000
19 M-GhostDad Seven 405,000
20 Nine’s Sunday Football Nine 404,000 S,B
21 Weekend Sunrise Seven 394,000
22 Postcards Nine 388,000 M,A
23 Me, Myself And Irene Ten 381,000
24 Dont Forget The Lyrics Ten 375,000
25 The Sunday Footy Show Nine 373,000
26 Compass ABC1 339,000
27 One Day Cricket AusVEngG2S1 SBS ONE 311,000
28 Mercurio’s Menu Seven 280,000 S,P
29 AFL Game Day Seven 264,000 M,A,P
30 Weekend Today-Sunday Nine 256,000

And a few others:
Las Vegas Seven 233,000
Wipeout Go! 205,000
The Big Bang Theory-Rpt Go! 165,000
Seinfeld Go! 97,000
The Nanny Go! 91,000
The Flintstones-Rpt Go! 83,000
The Jetsons -Rpt Go! 82,000
Hornblower ABC2 80,000

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 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. Odd time slot times are based on observation and only used when 2 or more networks and up starting a show at the same time such as 9.40pm. 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 Saturday September 5, 2009

A big night for 10 with the AFL helping the network win the night over the rest. The AFL drew viewers away other shows on at the same time such as the Bill which usually does a lot better than it did last night. The rugby union on 7 typically did not rate well. Competition from the AFL combined with a general lack of following for the game kept the ratings fairly low.

As we move into finals for both NRL and AFL, we will see the channel airing the most popular games winning their respective nights. 10’s AFL will dominate Saturdays while 7’s games on the Friday nights will ensure a win for 7. 9’s NRL on both nights will also do well in the NRL states. The AFL grand final in on channel 10 on Saturday September 26 at 2pm, while the NRL grand final will be seen on 9 on Sunday, October 4 in the evening.

1 Seven News – Sat Seven 1,255,000
2 Ten’s AFL Finals 2009: 2nd Elim. Final Bris v Carl Ten 1,140,000
3 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Nine 1,104,000
4 Nine News – Sat Nine 940,000
5 ABC News – Sat ABC1 831,000
6 Ten News At Five – Sat Ten 807,000
7 Ten’s AFL Finals 2009: 2nd Qual. Final Geel v W Bul Ten 781,000
8 The Great Outdoors Seven 763,000
9 Bill ABC1 689,000
10 East Of Everything ABC1 619,000
11 Gardening Australia ABC1 573,000
12 Before The Game Ten 513,000 M,A,P
13 M-Commando Seven 467,000
14 Seven’s R.U: Tri-Nations: Aus v SA Seven 464,000
15 ABC News Up-Date ABC1 420,000
16 The Lake House Nine 417,000 S,B
17 The Witches-Rpt Nine 412,000
18 Double Time ABC1 346,000
19 Mythbusters SBS ONE 333,000
20 M-Shall We Dance? Seven 326,000 M,A,P
21 Guide To The Good Life Seven 323,000
22 NAB Rising Star Award Ten 299,000
23 M-Johnny Kapahala: Back On Board Seven 292,000
24 Weekend Today-Saturday Nine 286,000
25 The Simpsons Sat Ten 283,000 S,B
26 Ice Age: The Meltdown-Rpt Ten 274,000 S ONLY
27 Talk To The Animals Nine 258,000
28 The Whole Nine Yards-Rpt Nine 255,000 M,A,P
29 Maid In Manhattan-Rpt Nine 255,000 S
30 Saturday Disney Seven 254,000

And a few others:
Rockwiz-Rpt SBS ONE 197,000
The Squiz SBS ONE 170,000
Penelope ABC2 124,000
Adventures Of Bottle Top Bill And His Best Friend ABC2 117,000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Go! 64,000 
Dance Your Ass Off Go! 56,000

Network Shares:
1 10 30.0%. 2 9 26.6%. 3 7 21.5%. 4 ABC 16.7%. 5 SBS 5.2%
And the final result for week 35.
1 7 27.8%. 2 9 27.3%. 3 10 21.8%. 4 ABC 17.8%. 5 SBS 5.2%
Channel 7 wins another week, but only just. 7’s weak Thursday and Saturday has brought their lead down to only 0.5%. 9’s stronger Wednesday and Thursday night line up has helped them edge closer to winning a week over 7.

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 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. 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.

Network Ten are pleased to announce more celebrities confirmed to compete in Celebrity MasterChef.

Veteran Australian actor Steve Bisley, Sydney Swans AFL footballer Ryan O’Keefe, musician Alex Lloyd, Miss Universe contestant Rachael Finch, Aussie lead batsman Simon Katich, Kath & Kim actor comedian Peter Rowsthorn and Network Ten’s Video Hits host Faustina ‘Fuzzy’ Agolley are more celebrities today announced to contend for the Celebrity MasterChef title.

They join already announced celebrities:

Olympic swimmer and world record breaker Eamon Sullivan, leading Australian fashion designer Alex Perry, acclaimed journalist and broadcaster Peter Fitzsimons, The Biggest Loser trainer and fitness expert Michelle Bridges, news anchor, journalist and activist Indira Naidoo, founding member of Australia’s much loved children’s group Hi-5 Kathleen de Leon, and Premier of QLD Anna Bligh.

Filming started on the upcoming series last week in Sydney. In total, there will be 18 celebrity contestants to compete in this series – four yet to be announced.

Celebrity MasterChef is produced by FremantleMedia Australia, and will debut on TEN, Wednesday 30th September at 7:30pm.

Ratings for Friday September 4, 2009.

Football dominates the ratings with AFL in the southern states, NRL in the north. Both helping heir respective networks to good shares of the ratings for the night. Better Homes and Gardens on 7 still gets over a million when shown in only 3 cities. Home and Away was not shown in two cities. Another result of higher football ratings is that George Gently on ABC is down on previous weeks, but still better than 10’s movie.

The 7pm Project fell to another all time low last night, now rating below 600,000. Although 10 have confirmed they will stick with the show for the rest of the year, this should be a worry for the network.

Top show on GO last night was The Nanny, with only 47,000 tuning in.

The night was won by 7, with 9 second but not far behind 7. GO barely would have made any difference last night, with even CSI down at 40,000 viewers.

Network shares:

1 7 29.8%. 2 9 27.5%. 3 10 19.0%. 4 ABC 17.3%. 5 SBS 6.3%

Week so far:

1 7 28.7%. 2 9 27.4%. 3 10 20.6%. 4 ABC 18.0%. 5 SBS 5.2%

If 9 do really well tonight, there is the chance of a win for the week. This weeks’ figure has been helped mostly by their Thursday night, and a higher than usual Wednesday night.

Top 30 Shows:

1 Seven News Seven 1,377,000
2 Two And A Half Men-Rpt 7pm Nine 1,123,000
3 Today Tonight Seven 1,059,000 S,M,B,A
4 Nine News Nine 1,029,000
5 Seven’s AFL: Elimination Final 1: Adelaide Vs Essendon Seven 1,022,000
6 Better Homes And Gardens Seven 1,011,000 S,M,B
7 George Gently ABC1 999,000
8 A Current Affair Nine 985,000
9 ABC News ABC1 889,000
10 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 802,000 S,B
11 Ten News At Five Ten 785,000
12 The Break-Up Rpt Ten 735,000
13 Neighbours Ten 717,000
14 The Simpsons Ten 702,000
15 The Simpsons Fri Ep 2 8pm Ten 696,000
16 Collectors ABC1 693,000
17 Deal Or No Deal Seven 685,000
18 Home And Away Seven 651,000 S,B,P
19 Hot Seat Nine 639,000
20 Stateline ABC1 607,000
21 The Simpsons Fri 7.30pm Ten 606,000
22 The 7pm Project Ten 593,000
23 Two And A Half Men-Fri Nine 580,000 M,A,P
24 Seven’s AFL: Elimination Final 1: Adelaide Vs Essendon-AfterT Seven 556,000
25 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 467,000
26 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 458,000 S,B
27 M*A*S*H Seven 446,000
28 Can We Help? ABC1 445,000
29 Huey’s Cooking Adventures Ten 439,000
30 Antiques Roadshow-Rpt Nine 408,000
So You Think You Can Dance Ten 316,000
Junkyard Wars ABC2 113,000
Torchwood ABC2 81,000
2009 World Rally Championships ONE 49,000
The Nanny GO! 47,000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation GO! 40,000
Blueprint RPT SBS TWO 16,000

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. 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.

Keeping you up to date with what is going on at channel 10, here is the latest summary of programming changes and other relevant information.

1. Sunday September 13. After Rove, scheduled at 9.50pm, Little Britain USA premieres on Ten. This is followed by the premiere of Nurse Jacky at 10.20pm. Note these times may vary by 10 minutes or so depending what happens on Rove and Idol.

2. Sunday September 20. A special episode of Rove, celebrating the 10^th birthday of the show. A myriad of special moments, flash backs and other specially prepared material will feature.

3. Thursday September 17. Glee starts at 7.30pm. The series was previewed after the Masterchef finale back in July. The show comes to its regular time slot of 7.30 Thursdays with the directors’ cut of the pilot episode. Watch out for the cast of Glee on Australian Idol Sunday Sept 20.

4. Monday September 14. James Mathison is guest school mate on Are You Smarter Than a 5^th Grader. He finishes off on the 21^st, then Ian Thorpe joins the class room to find out if he is smarter than a 5^thgrsader.

5. Monday September 21. Ten will show the 61^st Annual Emmy Awards 2009.

6. Wednesday September 23. In the lead up to the return of new episodes of NCIS as well as NCIS LA, the last two episodes of season 6 of NCIS will be shown from 8.30pm. And at 10.30, a special presentation called NCIS: Behind the Scenes will take viewers inside the hit show to see how it ticks.

7. Back to Sunday Sept 6: A sudden change, that some TV guides WILL NOT reflect: Out of the Blue has been taken off Sundays 5.30pm, and replaced with Don’t Forget the Lyrics. Also means no Simpsons at 6pm on Sunday.

8. Friday September 25. AFL markets will see a special Grand Final edition of Before the Game at 7.30. In Sydney and Brisbane, an hour of Simpsons is on.

8. Saturday September 26. AFL Grand Final Day. It all starts at 8am on both Ten and ONE with the 2009 North Melbourne Breakfast. This is followed by the 2009 Season in Review at 9.30, then at 10.30, the Grand Final Day from the MCG. At 12.30 it’s the preview show, then at 1.30 the pre-match entertainment.

At 2pm, the Toyota AFL Grand Final kicks off.

From 6pm on ONE HD, 2009 Toyota AFL Grand Final Review will cover the events of the day in one big grand final show. In eastern states, Ten news will air at 6pm on channel Ten. 5.30 in SA.

These times are eastern standard. In SA, subtract 30 minutes, and in WA subtract 2 hours.