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Saturday March 19, 2011

Shares:
1 Seven 21.1% (nw 31.7%)
2 Nine 17.1% (nw 26.9%)
3 ABC1 15.4% (nw 20.1%)
4 Ten 11.9% (nw 15.4%)
5 7TWO 7.4%

6 GO! 6.8%
7 SBS ONE 5.3% (nw 6.0%)
8 7mate 3.1%
9 GEM 3.0%
9 ABC2 3.0%

11 ELEVEN 2.7%
12 ABC News 24 1.2%
13 SBS TWO 0.8%
14 ONE HD 0.7%
15 ABC3 0.5%

Top shows for the day:
1 Seven News – Sat Seven 1,174,000 293,000 270,000 290,000 140,000 182,000
2 ABC News-Sa ABC1 1,001,000 263,000 287,000 201,000 114,000 137,000
3 Nine News Saturday Nine 917,000 224,000 337,000 183,000 100,000 73,000
4 Doc Martin Rpt ABC1 814,000 234,000 219,000 170,000 79,000 112,000
5 M-Bedtime Stories Seven 786,000 191,000 209,000 172,000 94,000 119,000
6 Gardening Australia ABC1 667,000 174,000 180,000 157,000 88,000 68,000
7 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Nine 588,000 143,000 203,000 147,000 77,000 17,000
8 Strike Back ABC1 552,000 137,000 159,000 125,000 58,000 74,000
9 The Day The Earth Stood Still Ten 505,000 145,000 158,000 84,000 68,000 51,000
10 M-Cast Away Seven 491,000 85,000 176,000 92,000 64,000 73,000
11 ICC World Cup Cricket 2011 – 1st Session Nine 488,000 120,000 171,000 90,000 55,000 52,000
12 Doctor Who’s Greatest Moments Cutdowns ABC1 467,000 117,000 132,000 92,000 52,000 74,000
13 Antiques Roadshow Nine 437,000 93,000 182,000 105,000 56,000 0
14 Seven’s V8 Supercars Round 2: Clipsal 500 – D1 Seven 421,000 115,000 76,000 116,000 71,000 43,000
15 Ten News At Five Sat Ten 385,000 102,000 62,000 101,000 44,000 75,000
16 Mrs. Doubtfire Rpt Ten 323,000 76,000 104,000 60,000 28,000 56,000
17 Heartbeat-Sat (R) 7TWO 318,000 82,000 77,000 66,000 58,000 35,000
18 Nine News: First At Five Nine 316,000 90,000 89,000 105,000 31,000 0
19 Jamie’s Thirty Minute Meals Sat Ten 306,000 56,000 70,000 76,000 46,000 57,000
20 Weekend Sunrise – Sat Seven 303,000 76,000 68,000 87,000 38,000 34,000
21 Inspector Morse 7TWO 295,000 95,000 61,000 59,000 37,000 43,000
22 Weekend Today – Saturday Nine 286,000 86,000 84,000 77,000 18,000 21,000
23 Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Go! 265,000 32,000 97,000 71,000 45,000 20,000
24 The Graham Norton Show ABC1 249,000 75,000 74,000 41,000 26,000 33,000
25 Big Daddy Go! 246,000 50,000 83,000 48,000 38,000 27,000
26 Ten Evening News Sat Ten 241,000 44,000 63,000 69,000 33,000 32,000
27 World News Australia SBS ONE 227,000 74,000 64,000 59,000 12,000 18,000
28 Monster Moves Rpt SBS ONE 221,000 67,000 66,000 53,000 13,000 22,000
29 Seven’s V8 Supercars Round 2: Clipsal 500 – Raceday Xtra D1 Seven 218,000 58,000 34,000 81,000 29,000 16,000
30 ICC World Cup Cricket 2011 – 2nd Session Nine 215,000 49,000 88,000 21,000 24,000 33,000

OzTam Five city Live and As Live Preliminary Ratings Figures. Raw data sourced from TV Tonight. Five Cities are Sydney (S), Brisbane (B), Melbourne (M), Adelaide (A) and Perth (P). Figures are shown in order Total, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth. Shows not aired in certain cities denoted by 0 or n/a (not aired).  Does not take into account overruns or extreme last minute programming changes. Shares are 6pm – Midnight unless otherwise stated. Network abreviated to “nw”.

While only Lara Bingle and Brynne Edelstein have officially signed on to compete in Dancing with the Stars this year, there are plenty of rumours regarding other celebrity competitors.

The Morning Show’s Larry Emdur is the latest to be linked to the Channel 7 series, after his co-host Kylie Gillies did so in 2009.

Hugh Sheridan from Packed to the Rafters is also among the names continuing to come up as is Rebecca Breeds from Home and Away.

Kate Richie and Terri Irwin are others who have been rumoured to dance.

Source: The Spy Report

The UK’s Comic Relief fundraiser for Red Nose Day has been taking place over the past week and with it comes a bunch of TV preview clips for upcoming series and specials.

Among them was this preview of the new Chris Lilley series Angry Boys.

SKY NEWS, Australia’s News Channel, will be the only channel to watch next Saturday, March 26, as New South Wales residents head to the polls and the fate of the State is decided.

Labor Premier Kristina Keneally is in for the fight of her political life against Liberal challenger Barry O’Farrell in what is already billed as the most dramatic Australian state election campaign in recent years.

The SKY NEWS election team, headed by Political Editor David Speers, will begin the comprehensive live coverage from 5.30am AEDT – with rolling updates on major announcements.

Throughout the day SKY NEWS reporters Gemma Veness, Celina Edmonds and Vanessa Trezise will be tracking developments and the mood around the state – and in the evening will be with the Premier, the Opposition Leader and in key seats.

SKY NEWS will also release the details of an exclusive SKY NEWS exit poll, conducted by Auspoll, from 5.00pm.

As the results start coming in, Speers and an expert panel, spanning both political camps, will guide viewers through the election night – analysing wins and losses for the parties, key policies and how outcomes will affect NSW residents. 

The unrivalled panel will include the host of SKY News’ own weekly political show “Richo”, former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson, as well as Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke, Labor’s former Federal Minister Joel Fitzgibbons, former State Minister Joel Tripodi, and former Deputy Premier John Watkins. Providing views for the Coalition will be Federal Shadow Minister Senator Helen Coonan, former Liberal Leader Kerry Chikarovski, former Transport Minister Bruce Baird, former Liberal leader Peter Debnam and Shadow Minister Mike Baird. 

SKY News political reporter Keiran Gilbert will be live from the News Centre with Labor strategist Bruce Hawker and former Howard Chief-of-Staff, Grahame Morris.

In addition to the extensive broadcast coverage on SKY NEWS NATIONAL (Channel 601) and SKY NEWS SYDNEY (Channel 600):

SKY NEWS MULTIVIEW will be the only news broadcast to have dedicated screens for all major parties. Plus the latest updates will be streamed via Twitter and Facebook, with SMS alerts as news breaks.

Skynews.com.au will track the vote count in all seats as well as highlighting the latest analysis and comment.

SKY NEWS NATIONAL will also feature a state of the art on-screen ticker with real time vote counts for individual electorates.

SKY NEWS is dedicated 24/7 to the best live coverage of news from around Australia and the world, including on SKY NEWS National, SKY NEWS Business, SKY NEWS LOCAL channels, and the APAC public affairs channel.

Only SKY NEWS offers multi-channel, multi-platform coverage of 2011 NSW State Election.

It’s what every Biggest Loser contestant dreads – a double elimination! Camp Biggest Loser is going to be a whole lot quieter as we lose 2 contestants in tonight’s episode. 

Elimination # 1 – goodbye Jodie Moon, first member of the Commando’s black team to go home – but it wasn’t an ordinary exit.

Hayley announced earlier in the week that there would be a surprise elimination and it came – as a complete surprise – at the end of this week’s obstacle course challenge.

The winning team of the Challenge got to choose which member of the losing team went home. The Westrens were the winners, the Moons, the losers – and with Jodie nearly at her goal weight and missing her family desperately, she was sent home. 

But she leaves 22.4kg of herself behind… 

Elimination # 2 – goodbye Nathaniel Challenor. In a more conventional, but far more dramatic departure for our youngest contestant who turned 19 this week.

And what do teenagers do best? Tantrums!! Having lost only 2.9kg this week, less than either of his family members, he was put up for Elimination – and boy was he not happy about it!

No one can storm out of a room like a teenager and Nathaniel did not disappoint. But as we all learn in life, storming out of a room seldom changes the reason you storm out of a room and with his fate sealed, Nathaniel goes up against Kellie Moon. 

Nathaniel may have entered the competition a boy, but he leaves as a man, a man carrying 36.7kg less baggage as he makes his exit. And as for the teenage tantrum, well, do they really ever end.

Grohl criticizes Glee creator

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is the latest artist to criticize Glee creator Ryan Murphy for “thinking anybody and everybody should want to do” the show. Grohl said: “You shouldn’t have to do f***ing Glee. And then the guy who created Glee is so offended that we’re not, like, begging to be on his f***ing show… I watched ten minutes [of it]. It’s not my thing.”

Entourage actor lands pilot role

Entourage actor Kevin Dillon has joined the new comedy pilot How To Be A Gentleman alongside It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor David Hornsby. Dillon plays Johnny ‘Drama’ Chase on Entourage, which is ending its run of eight seasons this year.

Applegate scores lead role

Christina Applegate has joined the cast of a new comedy pilot from the pen of Saturday Night Live writer Emily Spivey. Applegate has landed the lead role in the project.

US X Factor signs first judge

The US version of The X Factor has confirmed its first judge in record producer L.A. Reid. The Island Def Jam chairman will take up a spot on the panel for the series that begins later this year.

Friday March 18, 2011

Shares:
1 Nine 21.3% (nw 29.4%)
2 Seven 20.5% (nw 29.1%)
3 Ten 13.4% (nw 18.0%)
4 ABC1 13.1% (nw 16.4%)
5 SBS ONE 6.7% (nw 7.1%)

6 7TWO 5.3%
6 GO! 5.3%
8 ELEVEN 3.7%
9 7mate 3.3%
10 GEM 2.9%

11 ABC2 2.1%
12 ONE HD 0.9%
13 ABC3 0.6%
13 ABC News 24 0.6%
15 SBS TWO 0.4%

Top shows for the day:
1 New Tricks ABC1 1,026,000 277,000 310,000 165,000 126,000 148,000
2 Seven News Seven 1,025,000 260,000 252,000 208,000 136,000 169,000
3 Nine News Nine 1,017,000 301,000 332,000 221,000 94,000 70,000
4 Better Homes And Gardens Seven 1,013,000 285,000 333,000 150,000 118,000 127,000
5 Today Tonight Seven 991,000 258,000 227,000 218,000 133,000 155,000
6 A Current Affair Nine 854,000 259,000 293,000 173,000 73,000 56,000
7 ABC News ABC1 838,000 233,000 270,000 122,000 95,000 119,000
8 Home And Away Seven 809,000 212,000 218,000 177,000 121,000 81,000
9 The Biggest Loser Families – Challenge Ten 800,000 182,000 248,000 168,000 82,000 119,000
10 Ten News At Five Ten 700,000 167,000 214,000 121,000 72,000 126,000
11 The 7pm Project Ten 668,000 162,000 225,000 132,000 62,000 87,000
12 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 622,000 347,000 0 275,000 0 0
13 Hot Seat Nine 570,000 180,000 179,000 138,000 45,000 29,000
14 Undercover Boss Fri Ten 518,000 106,000 173,000 97,000 72,000 70,000
15 Two And A Half Men -Rpt Nine 474,000 174,000 203,000 0 37,000 60,000
16 M-The Green Mile Seven 460,000 116,000 154,000 82,000 58,000 51,000
17 Whitechapel Rpt ABC1 440,000 110,000 138,000 80,000 56,000 57,000
18 7.30 ABC1 434,000 0 200,000 98,000 64,000 72,000
19 Deal Or No Deal Seven 423,000 111,000 122,000 78,000 54,000 59,000
20 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 388,000 98,000 114,000 93,000 27,000 55,000
21 Blue Bloods Fri Ten 387,000 78,000 128,000 74,000 45,000 62,000
22 6pm With George Negus Ten 384,000 84,000 153,000 50,000 30,000 67,000
23 Sunrise Seven 373,000 94,000 88,000 100,000 39,000 52,000
24 Miranda ABC1 365,000 0 179,000 71,000 59,000 56,000
25 Today Nine 349,000 124,000 108,000 77,000 25,000 16,000
26 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 325,000 208,000 0 117,000 0 0
27 Neighbours Eleven 320,000 68,000 120,000 61,000 37,000 34,000
28 Good Chef Bad Chef Ten 318,000 86,000 75,000 75,000 28,000 55,000
29 Ten Evening News Ten 313,000 80,000 126,000 34,000 24,000 49,000
30 Coast SBS ONE 306,000 75,000 95,000 63,000 27,000 46,000
31 Escape To The Country 7TWO 296,000 49,000 119,000 38,000 59,000 31,000
32 Nine Afternoon News Nine 296,000 96,000 90,000 68,000 18,000 24,000
33 The Dark Knight Nine 270,000 0 174,000 0 29,000 66,000
34 World War II- Behind Closed Doors Rpt SBS ONE 261,000 68,000 112,000 51,000 30,000 0
35 20 To 1 Nine 255,000 0 164,000 0 43,000 49,000
36 World News Australia Late SBS ONE 245,000 73,000 79,000 40,000 23,000 31,000
37 Lateline ABC1 241,000 69,000 78,000 36,000 34,000 23,000
38 Judge Judy Ten 236,000 90,000 52,000 37,000 22,000 35,000
39 World News Australia SBS ONE 232,000 73,000 74,000 45,000 16,000 23,000
40 60 Minute Makeover 7TWO 230,000 39,000 91,000 31,000 44,000 26,000
41 Seven News At 4.30 Seven 222,000 61,000 62,000 45,000 24,000 29,000
42 Neil Diamond: Solitary Man 7TWO 220,000 40,000 81,000 31,000 43,000 24,000
43 Two Guys And A Girl Ten 215,000 70,000 45,000 42,000 17,000 41,000
44 Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan ABC1 215,000 44,000 73,000 45,000 26,000 28,000
45 My Sex Robot SBS ONE 214,000 85,000 46,000 30,000 26,000 27,000
46 Ten News Late Night Ten 199,000 47,000 66,000 29,000 32,000 26,000
47 A Cinderella Story Go! 197,000 57,000 51,000 32,000 19,000 38,000
48 6pm With George Negus Late Rpt Ten 195,000 44,000 67,000 36,000 21,000 27,000
49 Today-Early Nine 189,000 47,000 46,000 67,000 11,000 18,000
50 Hellboy Go! 179,000 35,000 69,000 29,000 22,000 25,000

OzTam Five city Live and As Live Preliminary Ratings Figures. Raw data sourced from TV Tonight. Five Cities are Sydney (S), Brisbane (B), Melbourne (M), Adelaide (A) and Perth (P). Figures are shown in order Total, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth. Shows not aired in certain cities denoted by 0 or n/a (not aired).  Does not take into account overruns or extreme last minute programming changes. Shares are 6pm – Midnight unless otherwise stated. Network abreviated to “nw”.

SKY News will provide its usual “unrivalled” coverage of the NSW state election next Saturday, March 26. That means the programming for the whole day will be focussed on the NSW election – those in other states though might feel a little left out!

Here’s the press release:

SKY NEWS, Australia’s News Channel, will be the only channel to watch next Saturday, March 26, as New South Wales residents head to the polls and the fate of the State is decided.

Labor Premier Kristina Keneally is in for the fight of her political life against Liberal challenger Barry O’Farrell in what is already billed as the most dramatic Australian state election campaign in recent years.

The SKY NEWS election team, headed by Political Editor David Speers, will begin the comprehensive live coverage from 5.30am AEDT – with rolling updates on major announcements.

Throughout the day SKY NEWS reporters Gemma Veness, Celina Edmonds and Vanessa Trezise will be tracking developments and the mood around the state – and in the evening will be with the Premier, the Opposition Leader and in key seats.

SKY NEWS will also release the details of an exclusive SKY NEWS exit poll, conducted by Auspoll, from 5.00pm.

As the results start coming in, Speers and an expert panel, spanning both political camps, will guide viewers through the election night – analysing wins and losses for the parties, key policies and how outcomes will affect NSW residents.

The unrivalled panel will include the host of SKY News’ own weekly political show “Richo”, former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson, as well as Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke, Labor’s former Federal Minister Joel Fitzgibbons, former State Minister Joel Tripodi, and former Deputy Premier John Watkins. Providing views for the Coalition will be Federal Shadow Minister Senator Helen Coonan, former Liberal Leader Kerry Chikarovski, former Transport Minister Bruce Baird, former Liberal leader Peter Debnam and Shadow Minister Mike Baird.

SKY News political reporter Keiran Gilbert will be live from the News Centre with Labor strategist Bruce Hawker and former Howard Chief-of-Staff, Grahame Morris.

In addition to the extensive broadcast coverage on SKY NEWS NATIONAL (Channel 601) and SKY NEWS SYDNEY (Channel 600):

SKY NEWS MULTIVIEW will be the only news broadcast to have dedicated screens for all major parties. Plus the latest updates will be streamed via Twitter and Facebook, with SMS alerts as news breaks.

Skynews.com.au will track the vote count in all seats as well as highlighting the latest analysis and comment.

SKY NEWS NATIONAL will also feature a state of the art on-screen ticker with real time vote counts for individual electorates.

SKY NEWS is dedicated 24/7 to the best live coverage of news from around Australia and the world, including on SKY NEWS National, SKY NEWS Business, SKY NEWS LOCAL channels, and the APAC public affairs channel.

Only SKY NEWS offers multi-channel, multi-platform coverage of 2011 NSW State Election.

ACA Sunday is back again this weekend in what looks like an ongoing programming move now.

This week, the show will be hosted by Karl Stefanovic and will feature an interview with Year 10 student Casey who fought back a school yard bully this week.

Last Sunday, Nine aired ACA Sunday for the first time, in a move that many viewers believed was to provide extended Japan coverage. The show contained the latest Hey Dad story as well as usual ACA style stories on top of a live cross to Japan.

ACA Sunday is Nine’s attempt to take away some of the shine from Seven’s Sunday night. Given the fact that ACA rates lower then Seven’s Today Tonight on the majority of nights, and the fact that ACA Sunday so far appears no different to its weekday editions, ACA Sunday is, in my opinion, not likely to make any difference to how Sunday Night on Seven performs.

ACA Sunday – 6.30pm Sunday March 20 on Nine.

 Source: TV Tonight

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7mate have added some more first run content to Friday nights with the return of The Event from 9.30pm Friday April 8.

It follows new series The Cape – which premieres in a double episode at 8.30 Friday April 1.

The Cape at 8.30 from April 1, The Event at 9.30 from April 8.

The Event: President Martinez and his long time Chief Of Staff charge the intelligence community with decrypting Thomas’s satellite message, but more importantly determining to whom it was sent. Elsewhere, Sean and Leila get a fresh lead on the whereabouts of Samantha, but it leads them to a dramatic turn in their lives. Starring JASON RITTER, BLAIR UNDERWOOD, ZELJKO IVANEK and LAURA INNES.

The Event was last seen on Seven late 2010. After premiering to solid ratings, figures dropped off for the show, resulting in its move to progressively later and later timeslots.

Like Heroes last year, the returning series gets the rest of its run on a digital channel.