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Shares:
1  Seven 18.4% (nw 27.5%)
2  Nine 18.3%(nw 27.2%)
3  Ten 13.9% (nw 23.7%)
4  ABC1 9.8% (nw 16.2%)
5  ELEVEN 5.5%

6 Gem 5.1%
7 7TWO 4.8%
8 7mate 4.4%
9 SBS ONE 4.4% (nw 5.4%)
10 ONE 4.3%

11 ABC2 3.8%
11 GO! 3.8%
13 ABC3 1.3%
14 ABC News 24 1.3%
15 SBS TWO 1.0%

Top Rating Shows Of The Day

1 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 1,117,000 297,000 260,000 255,000 130,000 176,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 933,000 265,000 213,000 186,000 105,000 163,000
3 NINE NEWS Network 9 887,000 229,000 310,000 205,000 70,000 73,000
4 RECRUITS: PARAMEDICS Network TEN 803,000 243,000 217,000 168,000 93,000 82,000
5 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC1 792,000 212,000 254,000 107,000 99,000 120,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 781,000 217,000 293,000 144,000 64,000 62,000
7 HIGHWAY PATROL-SUMMER Network 7 750,000 210,000 197,000 175,000 70,000 98,000
8 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES Network TEN 725,000 229,000 168,000 170,000 87,000 71,000
9 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Network 9 684,000 198,000 236,000 124,000 50,000 77,000
10 GETAWAY SUMMER SERIES Network 9 597,000 178,000 200,000 118,000 55,000 46,000
11 CSI: NY Network 9 597,000 160,000 134,000 147,000 92,000 64,000
12 7.30-EV Network ABC1 587,000 175,000 154,000 105,000 72,000 82,000
13 THE AMAZING RACE-19 Network 7 581,000 158,000 187,000 96,000 69,000 71,000
14 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Network TEN 571,000 161,000 181,000 88,000 57,000 84,000
15 UNFORGETTABLE -THU Network 9 535,000 153,000 172,000 86,000 47,000 78,000
16 THE PROJECT Network TEN 533,000 130,000 169,000 135,000 48,000 52,000
17 LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT THURS RPT Network TEN 532,000 180,000 144,000 99,000 66,000 43,000
18 HOT SEAT Network 9 475,000 95,000 150,000 164,000 29,000 36,000
19 DEAL OR NO DEAL-SUMMER Network 7 463,000 122,000 112,000 100,000 60,000 69,000
20 JIMMY’S FOOD FACTORY-EV Network ABC1 438,000 135,000 99,000 90,000 44,000 70,000

Top Rating Digital Shows Of The Day

1 NEIGHBOURS Network ELEVEN 314,000 78,000 107,000 65,000 33,000 31,000
2 THE SIMPSONS THURS RPT Network ELEVEN 270,000 44,000 97,000 66,000 26,000 37,000
3 THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW-LE Network ABC2 258,000 71,000 99,000 31,000 23,000 34,000
4 THE BIG BANG THEORY -EV Network GO! 252,000 70,000 65,000 51,000 34,000 32,000
5 THE SIMPSONS RPT Network ELEVEN 241,000 36,000 76,000 57,000 32,000 40,000
6 LOCKDOWN-THUR Network 7mate 222,000 37,000 65,000 36,000 36,000 47,000
7 THE ROYAL-EP.2 Network 7TWO 206,000 43,000 60,000 36,000 28,000 39,000
8 FRIENDS -EV TX3 Network Gem 206,000 45,000 51,000 48,000 23,000 40,000
9 ONE AT THE MOVIES: THE MARINE 2 Network ONE 203,000 41,000 59,000 53,000 27,000 24,000
10 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND RPT Network ELEVEN 200,000 37,000 71,000 34,000 24,000 34,000
11 THE ROYAL Network 7TWO 198,000 33,000 64,000 34,000 29,000 37,000
12 DRIVER DAN’S STORY TRAIN-AM Network ABC2 192,000 75,000 47,000 45,000 18,000 7,000
13 THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK -EV Network Gem 187,000 57,000 37,000 52,000 19,000 22,000
14 RAA RAA! THE NOISY LION-AM Network ABC2 187,000 76,000 39,000 43,000 22,000 7,000
15 ANGELINA BALLERINA: THE NEXT STEPS-PM Network ABC2 184,000 66,000 62,000 22,000 12,000 21,000
16 LITTLE PRINCESS-PM Network ABC2 184,000 63,000 63,000 24,000 21,000 13,000
17 RAA RAA! THE NOISY LION-PM Network ABC2 181,000 70,000 53,000 22,000 13,000 24,000
18 GASPARD AND LISA-PM Network ABC2 179,000 53,000 58,000 33,000 22,000 12,000
19 OLIVIA-AM Network ABC2 178,000 66,000 57,000 31,000 20,000 4,000
20 OPERATION REPO-THUR Network 7mate 174,000 41,000 63,000 18,000 22,000 30,000

Top Rating Subscription Shows Of The Day

1 GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED LifeStyle Channel 83,000
2 GRAND DESIGNS LifeStyle Channel 80,000
3 NCIS TV1 77,000
4 11 KIDS & WANTING MORE LifeStyle YOU 68,000
5 AS THE BELL RINGS Disney Channel 64,000
6 WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE Disney Channel 64,000
7 CORONATION STREET UKTV 64,000
8 GOOD LUCK CHARLIE Disney Channel 62,000
9 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT FOX8 59,000
10 THE SIMPSONS FOX8 59,000
11 BARGAIN HUNT AUSTRALIA LifeStyle Channel 57,000
12 THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS W 57,000
13 SEINFELD TV1 56,000
14 GREAT BRITISH MENU LifeStyle FOOD 56,000
15 SHAKE IT UP Disney Channel 54,000
16 PHINEAS AND FERB Disney Channel 52,000
17 EASTENDERS UKTV 51,000
18 SHARK WEEK: AIR JAWS Discovery Channel 50,000
19 PHINEAS AND FERB Disney Channel 50,000
20 NCIS TV1 50,000

Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2011. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) without the prior written consent of OzTAM.
Program performance and ranking information subject to change when not based on final program logs.

Next week (December 12-14), Ten is airing double episodes of The Glades on Monday night, NCIS: LA on Tuesday night and Hawaii Five-O on Wednesday night.

The 9.30 replays of Offspring move to 11.30pm, pushing Letterman back to 12.30am. Go Girls remains at 10.30pm on these nights.

FOX SPORTS will pay tribute to rugby league icon Arthur Beetson with a 30-minute special presentation ‘In His Own Words’ at 7pm AEDT tonight (Friday).

On the day the pioneering prop is laid to rest in Redcliffe, FOX SPORTS will air an exclusive interview with the larger-than-life Queensland legend as he reflects on his own career from his humble beginnings in Roma to becoming the first indigenous athlete to captain his country in the international sporting arena.

In the 2008 interview with Graham McNeice, ‘Artie’ provides a typically candid insight into his life and career, sharing his story with the down-to-earth persona that made him one of the code’s most admired and revered figures.

M*A*S*H’s Col. Sherman T. Potter, Harry Morgan, died on Wednesday morning.

The actor, who was 96, appeared in more than 100 movies, among them High Noon, Inherit the Wind and How the West Was Won. He also appeared frequently on television, popping up on everything from Gunsmoke to The Simpsons, and playing Officer Bill Gannon in the late-’60s Dragnet update.

But it is M*A*S*H for which he is sure to be most widely — and fondly — remembered. After a showy guest performance on the series, he was brought back to create the new role of Col. Potter — a replacement for the departing McLean Stevenson’s commanding officer, Henry Blake.

“I think it’s the best part I ever had,” the Emmy winner once said. In fact, it was such a good part that not only did he stick with it until M*A*S*H ended its run, he continued it on the short-lived spinoff After M*A*S*H. 

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The quest to unearth Australia’s next sporting hero is about to begin, with FOXTEL announcing the 15 finalists who will appear in CRICKET SUPERSTAR when it launches on Wednesday, January 4 at 7.30pm exclusively on FOX8.

Hosted by Lee Furlong, CRICKET SUPERSTAR is a competitive new sports-reality series following a group of promising young cricketers as they battle it out in a series of gruelling challenges for the chance of a lifetime.

After a nationwide audition tour earlier this year, followed by an intensive selection weekend at Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence, 15 young players were selected to take part in the show.

They are: Justin Avendano (18), Josh Clarke (18), Richard Potter (18) and Jake Scicluna (17) from New South Wales; Sam Brandon (20) and Jackson Smith (19) from Queensland; Chris Chellew (21), Jake Fawcett (21) and David Vernon (21) from Western Australia; Mason Crozier (20) and Ian Holland (21) from Victoria; Alex Frick (19), James Moss (22) and Cameron Williams (20) from South Australia; and Ben Cooper (19) from Tasmania.

Over the course of filming, these young sportsmen live together in a state-of-the-art mansion in Brisbane while competing in a series of carefully devised cricket challenges designed to show off their skills. 

There is also a weekly non-cricket challenge that takes the boys out of their comfort zone in order to reveal their all important characteristics, from skydiving to catwalk modelling, rally driving and even Bollywood dancing.

Judging the boys at every step is cricketing great Allan Border.  As chief judge, Border has the final say on who stays and who goes.  Also on board is former Australian test cricketer Graham Manou, who is responsible for mentoring the boys on their journey from backyard cricket ace to CRICKET SUPERSTAR.  Along the way, cricket legends past and present drop in to their training sessions to give invaluable advice.

The winner of CRICKET SUPERSTAR will earn a rookie contract for the 2012-13 season, as well as a four month scholarship at Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Brisbane.

CRICKET SUPERSTAR is a collaboration between North One Television Australia, FOX8 and Cricket Australia.  The series is an offshoot of the popular Football Superstar franchise (also produced by North One TV), which ran for three successful seasons on FOX8. 

CRICKET SUPERSTAR was filmed in and around Brisbane.  The 10-part series will air exclusively on FOX8 from Wednesday, January 4 at 7.30pm.

Kim Dalton, Director of ABC TV today announced the resignation of ABC TV’s Head of Arts and Entertainment, Amanda Duthie, who will take up the position of CEO and Director of the Adelaide Film Festival in the new year.

Amanda will leave ABC TV at the end of January after eight years with the network, and begin her new position in February.

Kim Dalton said “I would like to congratulate Amanda on her new appointment to one of the most enterprising film festivals in the country. I also want to recognise her many successes during her eight years at the ABC, and in particular, the last four years as ABC TV’s Head of Arts and Entertainment.”

Recent entertainment programs under her stewardship include Spicks & Specks, Gruen Transfer and Gruen Planet, Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey, Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight, and The Chaser’s The Hamster Wheel.

Her arts programming includes Artscape, At the Movies, First Tuesday Book Club, an on-going series of ABC Live concerts, The Bazura Project, and blue ribbon documentaries such as Mrs. Carey’s Concert. She has developed programs such as the landmark Indigenous series Art & Soul, constructed a major arts on-line gateway, and worked closely with the Australia Council for the Arts and regional arts bodies.

 “Amanda leaves ABC TV with an exciting slate in both arts and entertainment programming for 2012 with programs such as Shaun Micallef”s Mad as Hell, Randling with Andrew Denton, Myf Warhurst’s Nice, Photo Finish and Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb,” said Kim Dalton.

Shares:
1  Seven 19.9% (nw 29.5%)
2  Nine 18.2% (nw 26.6%)
3  Ten 11.2% (nw 18.6%)
4  ABC1 11.1% (nw 18.0%)
5  SBS ONE 5.9% (nw 7.2%)

6 ELEVEN 5.2%
7 7TWO 5.1%
8 ABC2 5.0%
9 7mate 4.6%
10 GO! 4.2%

10 Gem 4.2%
12 ONE 2.2%
13 SBS TWO 1.3%
14 ABC News 24 1.2%
15 ABC3 0.7%

Top Rating Shows Of The Day

1 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 1,193,000 310,000 309,000 263,000 128,000 183,000
2 NINE NEWS Network 9 1,009,000 284,000 307,000 268,000 76,000 75,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 986,000 245,000 256,000 213,000 95,000 178,000
4 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC1 847,000 260,000 247,000 106,000 98,000 136,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 836,000 289,000 227,000 201,000 53,000 65,000
6 RBT Network 9 764,000 257,000 187,000 178,000 53,000 89,000
7 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Network 9 728,000 234,000 211,000 153,000 44,000 85,000
8 HIGHWAY PATROL-SUMMER Network 7 704,000 192,000 195,000 152,000 63,000 103,000
9 QI-EV Network ABC1 699,000 216,000 167,000 138,000 79,000 99,000
10 WORLD’S STRICTEST PARENTS-UK Network 7 696,000 216,000 184,000 145,000 62,000 89,000
11 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Network TEN 689,000 200,000 197,000 116,000 67,000 108,000
12 7.30-EV Network ABC1 678,000 201,000 201,000 109,000 72,000 96,000
13 CRIMINAL MINDS (R) Network 7 661,000 206,000 176,000 154,000 54,000 72,000
14 THE PROJECT Network TEN 654,000 195,000 190,000 158,000 55,000 56,000
15 HOT SEAT Network 9 532,000 138,000 155,000 178,000 37,000 24,000
16 SHERLOCK Network 9 526,000 138,000 184,000 93,000 55,000 56,000
17 DEAL OR NO DEAL-SUMMER Network 7 512,000 159,000 134,000 102,000 53,000 64,000
18 ABC NEWS UPDATE-EV Network ABC1 508,000 159,000 148,000 79,000 49,000 74,000
19 AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS-WED Network 7 486,000 154,000 131,000 86,000 58,000 57,000
20 OUTNUMBERED RPT Network ABC1 455,000 143,000 126,000 73,000 50,000 62,000

Top Rating Digital Shows Of The Day

1 HEARTBEAT-WED (R) Network 7TWO 311,000 60,000 90,000 76,000 37,000 48,000
2 NEIGHBOURS Network ELEVEN 308,000 72,000 107,000 67,000 32,000 30,000
3 QUEEN: DAYS OF OUR LIVES-LE Network ABC2 304,000 102,000 112,000 39,000 23,000 27,000
4 AMERICAN PICKERS (R) Network 7mate 272,000 60,000 87,000 53,000 32,000 40,000
5 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND RPT Network ELEVEN 243,000 35,000 84,000 55,000 28,000 41,000
6 THE SIMPSONS Network ELEVEN 235,000 35,000 60,000 71,000 35,000 34,000
7 THE SIMPSONS WED RPT Network ELEVEN 232,000 40,000 69,000 58,000 31,000 35,000
8 BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-PM Network ABC2 225,000 85,000 63,000 52,000 12,000 14,000
9 PLAY SCHOOL-PM Network ABC2 222,000 70,000 74,000 47,000 19,000 12,000
10 LITTLE PRINCESS-PM Network ABC2 220,000 33,000 93,000 49,000 21,000 23,000
11 THE BIG BANG THEORY -EV Network GO! 217,000 44,000 67,000 43,000 35,000 28,000
12 RAA RAA! THE NOISY LION-PM Network ABC2 215,000 66,000 74,000 41,000 18,000 16,000
13 ANGELINA BALLERINA: THE NEXT STEPS-PM Network ABC2 214,000 55,000 79,000 40,000 20,000 19,000
14 FUTURAMA WED RPT Network ELEVEN 212,000 21,000 66,000 66,000 28,000 31,000
15 GASPARD AND LISA-PM Network ABC2 204,000 40,000 82,000 46,000 21,000 16,000
16 SEA PRINCESSES-PM Network ABC2 202,000 67,000 65,000 50,000 7,000 14,000
17 ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Network 7TWO 196,000 39,000 73,000 35,000 20,000 29,000
18 HARDCORE PAWN-WED (R) Network 7mate 193,000 48,000 39,000 41,000 26,000 39,000
19 FRIENDS -EV TX1 Network Gem 191,000 50,000 43,000 39,000 19,000 40,000
20 FUTURAMA WED EP 2 RPT Network ELEVEN 189,000 34,000 60,000 45,000 30,000 20,000

Top Rating Subscription Shows Of The Day

1 RELOCATION RELOCATION AUSTRALIA LifeStyle Channel 92,000
2 BARGAIN HUNT AUSTRALIA LifeStyle Channel 81,000
3 KILLING TIME TV1 79,000
4 CORONATION STREET UKTV 77,000
5 LIVE: CRICKET: ONE DAY SERIES FOX SPORTS 2 73,000
6 KILLING TIME TV1 66,000
7 GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED LifeStyle Channel 66,000
8 EASTENDERS UKTV 65,000
9 GREAT BRITISH MENU LifeStyle FOOD 62,000
10 THE SIMPSONS FOX8 61,000
11 SHARK WEEK: KILLER SHARKS Discovery Channel 55,000
12 PLANET CAKE LifeStyle FOOD 54,000
13 AS THE BELL RINGS Disney Channel 53,000
14 GOOD LUCK CHARLIE Disney Channel 52,000
15 PHINEAS AND FERB Disney Channel 51,000
16 TWO AND A HALF MEN FOX8 50,000
17 WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE Disney Channel 50,000
18 WWE RAW FOX8 49,000
19 SHARK WEEK: RIVER MONSTERS Discovery Channel 48,000
20 THE SIMPSONS FOX8 48,000 

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BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, has announced that the global BBC iPlayer App will be available on iPhone and iPod Touch[1] from 8th December, exclusively from the App Store www.bbc.com/iplayer/tv.

Previously exclusive to iPad, this unique Video on Demand pilot subscription service will now offer many more viewers in Australia – as well as Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Republic of Ireland, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland – the opportunity to delve into an extensive archive of award-winning classic and contemporary British TV programming both at home and on the move. Those who already have a BBC iPlayer subscription on their iPad can use the same subscription to access the content via iPhone or iPod Touch at no extra charge[2].

John Smith, Chief Executive of BBC Worldwide commented: “The global BBC iPlayer has seen great growth since the pilot first launched in Europe in July – both in terms of geographical expansion and technological developments.  Moving to iPhone and iPod Touch allows us to take the service to a significant new potential audience and deliver fantastic programme content from the BBC and the UK’s creative industry.”

“The extension of the BBC Global iPlayer App onto iPhone and iPod Touch is a significant development in our strategy as it will open up the opportunity for a whole new audience to enjoy the best moments from seventy years of brilliant BBC programmes, wherever and whenever they want,” added Jana Bennett, BBC Worldwide President of Worldwide Networks and Global iPlayer. 

“The App is perfect for modern audiences who have incredibly fast paced lifestyles and want to watch their favourite shows when and where they choose, which is increasingly whilst they are on the move. Taking the App to iPhone and iPod Touch was a natural progression following the launch on iPad earlier this year and brings an even greater level of portability and convenience to the service.”

SPOILER ALERT!

Robin from How I Met Your Mother – Is definitely not the mother!

It has been revealed by the producers that Robin actually never goes on to be a mum. The confirmation actually came four years ago, according to exec producer Carter Bays. “I would point people to the episode from Season 3 [titled] ‘Little Boys,’ he says. “In that episode, Robin’s grappling with the fact that she doesn’t particularly like children. And it ends with [Future Ted] explaining that she did go on to eventually like children in the form of Ted’s kids.”

In case there remains any doubt, Bays states for the record that Robin “doesn’t become a mum.” Does that mean she ends up with Barney? Let’s wait and see!

How I Met Your Mother will return in 2012 on Channel Seven.

1 OT, THE – FOX, 19,393,000   
2 NBC Sunday Night Football – NBC , 18,896,000
3 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK – NBC , 14,791
4 NCIS 9P-SPECIAL – CBS , 13,372,000   
5 RUDOLPH RED-NOSE REINDEER – CBS , 12,644,000    
6 60 Minutes – CBS , 11,879,000
7 FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 – NBC , 11,214,000    
8 Blue Bloods – CBS , 11,052,000   
9 SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACIFIC – CBS , 11,047,000    
10 X-FACTOR-WED – FOX , 11,045,000
11 Big Bang Theory, THE – CBS , 10,481,000    
12 CSI: MIAMI – CBS , 10,429,000
13 VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION – CBS , 10,392,000    
14 X-FACTOR-THU     – FOX – 10,340,000
15 Last Man Standing – ABC , 10,316,000    
16 Good Wife, THE     – CBS , 9,938,000    
17 Law And Order:SVU – NBC     , 9,900,000    
18 HARRY’S LAW – NBC , 9,875,000    
19 CSI: NY – CBS , 9,757,000
20 Two and a Half Men – CBS , 9,730,000
21 Once Upon A Time – ABC , 9,658,000    
22 Amazing Race 19 – CBS , 9,585,000    
23 Body Of Proof – ABC , 9,485,000
24 CHRISTMAS-ROCKEFELLER CEN – NBC , 9,429,000    
25 2 Broke Girls – CBS , 9,134,000