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Even before the show has aired, Seven have back flipped (again) on the Monday night timeslot for Conviction Kitchen.

Set to premiere tonight (Tue Feb 22), at 9.30pm after Packed to the Rafters, Conviction Kitchen was to move to its regular timeslot of 8.30pm Mondays from next week – Mon Feb 28.

Now, it will remain at 9.30 Tuesdays, meaning that Parenthood will not be seen in the interim.

Next Monday, Feb 28 at 8.30 will be Bones, while the following Monday, March 7, 8.30pm is TBA.

Now – I wonder what it was that made Seven change their mind? Was it the fact that Ten are putting House on now at 8.30 Mondays or are they concerned about “feel good” opposition in This Is Your Life on Nine?

Or could it have been the two and a half star review that David Knox gave the show on TV Tonight yesterday that have made Seven decide to leave it after the Rafters?

Honestly, the change is last minute enough – surely they could have at least seen how it rates tonight before making this decision? Just another 24 hours? Yes, Bones will outrate House and yet another show hosted by Eddie, but moving Conviction Kitchen perhaps signifies Seven may not have too much faith in the show.

Third week of official ratings is not even half way through and already, between the three commercial main channels and some of the digitals (namely GO!, GEM and 7mate mostly) we have seen an average of at least one timeslot or program change a day between them all.

And that does not include minor amendments like classification updates or corrections or program story line updates!

Christchurch Coverage Update.

Nine: Rolling coverage continues until 6.00pm Syd/Melb/Bris at this stage. News special at 7pm for one hour Syd/Melb. ACA remains at 6.30pm. Big Bang at 7.30 is out Syd/Melb.

News special at 9.30pm, Ben Elton moved back to 10.30pm, Ramsay out. Today extended to 11am (10am QLD) tomorrow, no Kerry Ann.

Seven: Rolling coverage continues. One hour news at 6pm. TT at 7pm. Home as Away out for the night. Double Home and Away tomorrow night from 7pm. News special at 10.30pm – Cougar Town is out.

Sunrise extended to 10am tomorrow.

Ten: Have returned to regular programming. Late news at 10.30pm for one hour, George Negus encore is out.

Two hour 6am morning news tomorrow.

ABC News 24: Rolling coverage continues.

Sky News: Rolling coverage continues.

ABC1: normal programming

SBS ONE: Normal programming

All rolling coverage is from TV3 New Zealand – so we are in effect, seeing the same feed on 5 channels.

As at 4.20pm Sydney time.

Seven tonight will have a special one hour edition of Seven News, with Today Tonight at 7pm as they provide coverage of the Christchurch earthquake.

Home and Away will not be seen tonight.

In order to catch up with the missing episode, there will be a Home and Away double tomorrow night, Thursday Feb 23, with only one episode of How I Met Your Mother at 8pm.

Meanwhile, rolling news coverage continues on Seven, Nine and Ten , as well as ABC News 24 and Sky News. All are using New Zealand’s TV3 for coverage, except for Ten who are using TV ONE.

The History Channel continues its most ambitious and exciting year of exclusive, local programming with the world premiere of THE IRISH IN AUSTRALIA, to air on St Patrick’s Day at 7.30pm AEDT.

The colourful one-hour special will follow one of Australia’s most popular comedians, Fiona O’Loughlin, as she sets out to discover the history of the Irish in Australia, including the story of her own Irish heritage, which until now she knew little about.

Starting in South Australia where her Irish forefathers first settled, Fiona sets off on her journey by asking the question: “What have the Irish ever done for us?”

Through interviews, re-enactments, visits to key places and archives, THE IRISH IN AUSTRALIA highlights the rich contribution the Irish have made to Australia – and explains what it truly means to be Irish.

In every walk of life, at every stage of Australia’s history, you will find the Irish – it pervades our sport, politics, language, religion, culture and more.

In THE IRISH IN AUSTRALIA, Fiona uncovers a host of fascinating facts about the notable and notorious Irish Australians, from Prime Ministers to the sports field, from criminals to the judge’s bench, from academia and the stage and screen, all who have contributed to Australia and the Australian way of life in so many ways.

Fiona also meets some familiar faces along the way, including writer Thomas Keneally and comedian Dave Callan and visits some significant places where the Irish made their mark, including Vinegar Hill, Glenrowan and the site of the Eureka Stockade.

THE IRISH IN AUSTRALIA is produced by Michael Tear of Bearcage and is exclusive to The History Channel.

American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe has told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that they are introducing online voting for Idol this year.

Lythgoe was quoted in saying: “We are going to introduce online voting.”

While a publicist has said that nothing has been confirmed yet, Lythgoe’s comment was affirmative.

There’s no word yet if this will mean international viewers can place votes.

Source: Rickey.org

It’s “awards season” and Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight is going to the movies.  What with the Grammys, the BAFTAs and the Oscars on the way, Adam has asked the audience to bring in something they’ve won and Hannah Gadsby finds some gems.

Comedian Carl Barron cracks us up with the things grandparents say, and explains how his country upbringing shaped his career; Olympic basketballer Lauren Jackson chats about her international career, being bullied at school, and lets us into some secrets about the physical tussles on the court.

Jon Toogood, lead singer of NZ band Shihad, takes to the stage to perform his version of the Australian Crawl classic, Reckless; and comedian Stephen K. Amos ‘phones it in’ from London.

Jessica Mauboy, who shot to fame on Australian Idol and has since taken Australia by storm, talks about growing up in Darwin, getting just a little bit raunchy with Snoop Dog, and performs her latest single ‘What Happened to Us’.

We follow up with last week’s speed dating couple Susan and Dave; The Royal Australian Airforce band make a surprise appearance and Dave O’Neil ambushes a live theatre performance to give an audience member an acting experience he’ll never forget.

And, what awards night would be complete without some awards – Adam introduces The Gordies! 

Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight screens Wednesday February 23 at 8.30pm on ABC1, and is repeated Saturday February 26 at 7.30pm on ABC2.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has rocked Christchurch, New Zealand, all but destroying the city’s iconic church and causing wide spread damage to the city and surrounds.

Australian TV networks have abandoned regular programming for now to cover this breaking story.

Seven, Nine and Ten all have live news, with reporters on the scene.

Both Sky News and ABC News 24 are using a direct feed of New Zealand’s TV3 for their coverage.

So far, no programming amendments have been issued by any network so it is unclear how long the coverage will continue.

Visit our NZ site to see how New Zealend TV is covering the news. http://www.throng.co.nz/one-news/63-earthquake-christchurch

Click here for more details of the quake.

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When many people read TV ratings these days, they question why shows are rating lower than they used to. Many chose to explain the reason as being due to poor programming or due to other factors such as downloads or other viewing options.

Fact is, there are now 15 free to air channels competing for viewers. While the main concentration of viewers still remains with the main channels, when you start looking at how many are also watching digital channels and then how many are watching each network, you can clearly see that the total number of viewers for free to air TV has not dropped off at all – if anything – it is on the rise.

But the fact remains – shows on main channels will no longer enjoy the huge figures of years gone by. Only a select few that stand out will draw the huge numbers – two of which are on Seven at the moment, and we all know about Masterchef coming to Ten later this year.

The ratings figures for last night, Monday February 21, were missing shows from ABC2. Therefore, without numerous pre school shows in the digital channel top 50, it allows us to see how the commercial digital channels are performing in more timeslots than we usually see.

The table below shows figures for each of the commercial main channels and the digital channels other than ONE, with a total figure for the network. In the case of TEN, an extra 20,000 is added to the network total as a rough guestimate of the average number of viewers watching ONE throughout the night.

Also – a guestimate had to be applied to GO! from 7.30 – 9.30 – with the movie Excess Baggage being watched by fewer than 62,000. That has been put in as 60,000, although it could actually have been a lot lower. Last night was one of GO!’s worst nights in a long time – with a share of just 1.9%. The poor performing movie even brought down The Vampire Diaries, which was watched by 93,000. Top show on GO! was the Daily Video Show – 111,000.

Message to GO! – time to get rid of the Monday evening movies – they may have worked during school holidays and when there was nothing else on, but not anymore.

GO’s woes aside, the figures basically speak for themselves about Seven’s domination of the night – with the main channel, the digital channels, and the network as a whole exceeding the performance of Nine in all timeslots from 6pm – 9.30pm.

Table: Free to air commercial channels – ratings by the half hour.

Notes:
1. Figures are thousands, so 1329 means 1,329,000
2. ONE HD assumed as average of 20,000 for the whole night.
3. GO! From 7.30 – 9.30 assumed as 60,000 average
4. All figures are averages over the duration of a show. Actual half hourly figures would vary, but the averages still serve the purpose of making the point here.
5. Overruns, late finishes, early starts or any variance to show start and end times are not taken into account here. A start time of 9.40 on 7two is still taken as 9.30. Again the variance would be small and not affect the overall point here.
6. Ratings figures are 5 city OzTam preliminary figures.

Monday February 21, 2011

Shares:
1 Seven 25.4% (nw 33.5%)
2 Nine 22.8% (nw 27.4%)
3 Ten 14.0% (nw 18.2%)
4 ABC1 13.6% (nw 16.3%)
5 7TWO 4.4%

6 SBS ONE 4.0% (nw 4.6%)
7 7mate 3.7%
7 ELEVEN 3.7%
9 GEM 2.6%
10 GO! 1.9%

11 ABC2 1.4%
12 ABC News 24 0.7%
13 SBS TWO 0.6%
14 ABC3 0.5%
15 ONE HD 0.4%

Top shows for the day:
Ranking Ch: Program 5 City Metro Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 Ch: 7 MY KITCHEN RULES-MON 1,457,000 399,000 430,000 280,000 167,000 180,000
2 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS 1,329,000 368,000 358,000 239,000 162,000 202,000
3 Ch: 7 TODAY TONIGHT 1,272,000 363,000 311,000 231,000 172,000 194,000
4 Ch: 9 NINE NEWS 1,220,000 323,000 390,000 299,000 113,000 94,000
5 Ch: 7 BONES-MON 1,148,000 356,000 353,000 209,000 116,000 115,000
6 Ch: 7 HOME AND AWAY 1,064,000 310,000 279,000 221,000 125,000 129,000
7 Ch: 9 TWO AND A HALF MEN 1,057,000 307,000 357,000 216,000 86,000 92,000
8 Ch: 9 A CURRENT AFFAIR 1,021,000 264,000 369,000 219,000 89,000 79,000
9 Ch: 9 UNDERBELLY FILES: THE MAN WHO GOT AWAY 1,015,000 281,000 337,000 158,000 113,000 127,000
10 Ch: ABC1 ABC NEWS-EV 987,000 256,000 312,000 160,000 106,000 153,000
11 Ch: TEN GLEE 921,000 223,000 342,000 175,000 58,000 123,000
12 Ch: ABC1 AUSTRALIAN STORY-EV 878,000 223,000 306,000 170,000 67,000 111,000
13 Ch: 9 $#*! MY DAD SAYS 873,000 278,000 272,000 180,000 63,000 81,000
14 Ch: 9 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT 823,000 208,000 289,000 183,000 63,000 80,000
15 Ch: TEN TEN NEWS AT FIVE 792,000 196,000 259,000 164,000 74,000 100,000
16 Ch: 7 BROTHERS & SISTERS 786,000 230,000 270,000 98,000 75,000 114,000
17 Ch: ABC1 FOUR CORNERS-EV 763,000 212,000 242,000 163,000 60,000 86,000
18 Ch: ABC1 7.30 REPORT-EV 757,000 213,000 241,000 140,000 68,000 94,000
19 Ch: TEN NCIS MON RPT 747,000 172,000 207,000 164,000 75,000 129,000
20 Ch: TEN THE 7PM PROJECT 711,000 191,000 215,000 162,000 72,000 70,000
21 Ch: ABC1 MEDIA WATCH-EV 645,000 190,000 198,000 148,000 55,000 53,000
22 Ch: 9 HOT SEAT 614,000 161,000 169,000 190,000 55,000 39,000
23 Ch: 7 DEAL OR NO DEAL 599,000 184,000 171,000 113,000 62,000 69,000
24 Ch: ABC1 Q&A-LE 558,000 167,000 165,000 140,000 51,000 34,000
25 Ch: TEN GOOD NEWS WEEK 487,000 83,000 158,000 103,000 66,000 76,000
26 Ch: TEN THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 425,000 98,000 151,000 80,000 44,000 52,000
27 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS 418,000 102,000 130,000 99,000 31,000 55,000
28 Ch: 9 CRIME INVESTIGATION AUSTRALIA 414,000 123,000 145,000 57,000 46,000 42,000
29 Ch: 7 SUNRISE 387,000 100,000 95,000 93,000 49,000 50,000
30 Ch: ELEVEN NEIGHBOURS 376,000 100,000 117,000 80,000 38,000 41,000
31 Ch: TEN TEN EVENING NEWS 342,000 65,000 102,000 102,000 26,000 47,000
32 Ch: 9 TODAY 300,000 90,000 88,000 68,000 27,000 27,000
33 Ch: ABC1 LATELINE-LE 297,000 92,000 87,000 69,000 28,000 21,000
34 Ch: 7 FAT FAMILY DIET 296,000 76,000 134,000 23,000 36,000 28,000
35 Ch: 7TWO HEARTBEAT (R) 295,000 58,000 88,000 45,000 58,000 46,000
36 Ch: TEN GOOD CHEF BAD CHEF 291,000 68,000 96,000 50,000 39,000 37,000
37 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30 280,000 78,000 73,000 68,000 35,000 26,000
38 Ch: 9 NINE AFTERNOON NEWS 270,000 72,000 82,000 71,000 26,000 19,000
39 Ch: SBS ONE MYTHBUSTERS RPT 260,000 64,000 99,000 40,000 28,000 31,000
40 Ch: 7TWO JONATHAN CREEK 243,000 79,000 63,000 28,000 39,000 35,000
41 Ch: 7mate FAMILY GUY-ALL NEW MON 239,000 38,000 126,000 23,000 34,000 18,000
42 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS LATE RPT 235,000 56,000 76,000 43,000 30,000 31,000
43 Ch: SBS ONE WORLD NEWS AUSTRALIA 224,000 57,000 100,000 37,000 10,000 20,000
44 Ch: ABC1 BEST OF COLLECTORS-EV 223,000 54,000 75,000 43,000 28,000 23,000
45 Ch: TEN JUDGE JUDY 220,000 64,000 52,000 35,000 32,000 37,000
46 Ch: SBS ONE MAN VS WILD RPT 218,000 50,000 99,000 18,000 23,000 29,000
47 Ch: 7mate FAMILY GUY-MON 212,000 39,000 101,000 22,000 29,000 23,000
48 Ch: 7mate AMERICAN DAD-ALL NEW MON 200,000 21,000 113,000 19,000 29,000 18,000
49 Ch: Gem THE ZOO -EV 193,000 36,000 65,000 53,000 19,000 21,000
50 Ch: 7 M-PLAYING FOR KEEPS 191,000 53,000 49,000 40,000 15,000 34,000

Top shows in 16-39s:
Ranking Ch: Program 5 City Metro Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 Ch: 7 MY KITCHEN RULES-MON 517,000 145,000 158,000 96,000 47,000 72,000
2 Ch: TEN GLEE 377,000 77,000 146,000 83,000 18,000 53,000
3 Ch: 7 BONES-MON 374,000 132,000 108,000 69,000 33,000 31,000
4 Ch: 9 UNDERBELLY FILES: THE MAN WHO GOT AWAY 352,000 98,000 120,000 57,000 36,000 42,000
5 Ch: 7 HOME AND AWAY 329,000 101,000 90,000 61,000 28,000 48,000
6 Ch: 9 TWO AND A HALF MEN 314,000 104,000 115,000 52,000 28,000 15,000
7 Ch: 7 BROTHERS & SISTERS 260,000 83,000 91,000 32,000 19,000 34,000
8 Ch: 9 $#*! MY DAD SAYS 259,000 103,000 74,000 47,000 20,000 16,000
9 Ch: 9 NINE NEWS 258,000 84,000 78,000 60,000 16,000 20,000
10 Ch: TEN THE 7PM PROJECT 254,000 67,000 82,000 66,000 20,000 20,000
11 Ch: 7 TODAY TONIGHT 246,000 83,000 54,000 45,000 30,000 35,000
12 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS 233,000 66,000 61,000 59,000 25,000 22,000
13 Ch: 9 A CURRENT AFFAIR 223,000 70,000 81,000 40,000 17,000 15,000
14 Ch: 9 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT 212,000 67,000 79,000 38,000 16,000 12,000
15 Ch: TEN GOOD NEWS WEEK 212,000 42,000 70,000 45,000 24,000 32,000
16 Ch: TEN NCIS MON RPT 192,000 39,000 46,000 50,000 20,000 37,000
17 Ch: TEN TEN NEWS AT FIVE 178,000 48,000 67,000 38,000 14,000 12,000
18 Ch: ELEVEN NEIGHBOURS 166,000 41,000 53,000 35,000 17,000 19,000
19 Ch: 7mate FAMILY GUY-MON 142,000 35,000 64,000 17,000 16,000 11,000
20 Ch: 7mate FAMILY GUY-ALL NEW MON 139,000 25,000 69,000 13,000 19,000 13,000
21 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS 128,000 44,000 36,000 31,000 7,000 10,000
22 Ch: 9 CRIME INVESTIGATION AUSTRALIA 125,000 44,000 40,000 14,000 15,000 12,000
23 Ch: 7mate AMERICAN DAD-ALL NEW MON 124,000 18,000 72,000 12,000 11,000 12,000
24 Ch: 7 DEAL OR NO DEAL 117,000 35,000 33,000 37,000 4,000 8,000
25 Ch: ABC1 FOUR CORNERS-EV 116,000 25,000 41,000 28,000 7,000 15,000
26 Ch: ABC1 MEDIA WATCH-EV 114,000 37,000 37,000 25,000 6,000 9,000
27 Ch: ABC1 ABC NEWS-EV 113,000 18,000 47,000 16,000 9,000 24,000
28 Ch: SBS ONE MYTHBUSTERS RPT 113,000 30,000 42,000 23,000 10,000 7,000
29 Ch: ABC1 Q&A-LE 110,000 35,000 34,000 29,000 9,000 3,000
30 Ch: 7mate AMERICAN DAD-MON 109,000 13,000 52,000 11,000 15,000 18,000
31 Ch: 7 FAT FAMILY DIET 106,000 34,000 49,000 6,000 6,000 10,000
32 Ch: TEN TEN EVENING NEWS 103,000 25,000 27,000 39,000 3,000 9,000
33 Ch: ABC1 AUSTRALIAN STORY-EV 101,000 16,000 52,000 24,000 2,000 7,000
34 Ch: 7mate HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-MON 97,000 7,000 50,000 10,000 22,000 7,000
35 Ch: 7 SUNRISE 96,000 25,000 34,000 15,000 13,000 9,000
36 Ch: 9 HOT SEAT 90,000 26,000 31,000 25,000 1,000 7,000
37 Ch: SBS ONE MAN VS WILD RPT 90,000 16,000 49,000 8,000 4,000 13,000
38 Ch: 7mate THAT ’70S SHOW 89,000 24,000 27,000 19,000 11,000 8,000
39 Ch: ELEVEN SUPERNATURAL 88,000 11,000 29,000 24,000 5,000 19,000
40 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS LATE RPT 84,000 26,000 23,000 19,000 4,000 12,000
41 Ch: ABC1 7.30 REPORT-EV 81,000 17,000 31,000 20,000 4,000 9,000
42 Ch: 7mate SCRUBS-LATE 77,000 7,000 40,000 11,000 10,000 9,000
43 Ch: TEN THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 72,000 15,000 28,000 15,000 10,000 3,000
44 Ch: TEN GOOD CHEF BAD CHEF 68,000 15,000 18,000 16,000 10,000 9,000
45 Ch: ELEVEN EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND 65,000 13,000 28,000 7,000 10,000 8,000
46 Ch: 9 TODAY 64,000 23,000 17,000 14,000 5,000 5,000
47 Ch: ABC1 LATELINE-LE 63,000 20,000 13,000 19,000 10,000 1,000
48 Ch: TEN THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW 59,000 9,000 17,000 22,000 2,000 9,000
49 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30 59,000 13,000 16,000 18,000 6,000 6,000
50 Ch: SBS ONE WORLD NEWS AUSTRALIA 56,000 18,000 32,000 3,000 2,000 2,000

Top shows on digital channels:
Ranking Ch: Program Average Peak
1 Ch: ELEVEN NEIGHBOURS 376,000 467,000
2 Ch: 7TWO HEARTBEAT (R) 295,000 387,000
3 Ch: 7TWO JONATHAN CREEK 243,000 298,000
4 Ch: 7mate FAMILY GUY-ALL NEW MON 239,000 291,000
5 Ch: 7mate FAMILY GUY-MON 212,000 273,000
6 Ch: 7mate AMERICAN DAD-ALL NEW MON 200,000 269,000
7 Ch: Gem THE ZOO -EV 193,000 247,000
8 Ch: ELEVEN SUPERNATURAL 183,000 232,000
9 Ch: ELEVEN EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND 182,000 293,000
10 Ch: 7mate AMERICAN DAD-MON 167,000 224,000
11 Ch: 7TWO MAISIE RAINE 164,000 242,000
12 Ch: Gem THE ZOO -EV TX1 164,000 209,000
13 Ch: 7mate HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-MON 152,000 265,000
14 Ch: 7mate THAT ’70S SHOW 147,000 201,000
15 Ch: ELEVEN DEXTER 138,000 192,000
16 Ch: ELEVEN SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH 128,000 163,000
17 Ch: ELEVEN FUTURAMA MON 126,000 191,000
18 Ch: 7mate SCRUBS-LATE 120,000 182,000
19 Ch: ELEVEN FUTURAMA MON EP 2 120,000 180,000
20 Ch: Gem FRIENDS -EV 112,000 175,000
21 Ch: GO! AUSTRALIA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS – DAILY EDITION -EV 111,000 154,000
22 Ch: Gem ANIMAL EMERGENCY -EV 106,000 146,000
23 Ch: ELEVEN HAPPY DAYS 102,000 160,000
24 Ch: ELEVEN THE BRADY BUNCH 99,000 161,000
25 Ch: 7TWO BARGAIN HUNT 99,000 183,000
26 Ch: Gem THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS -EV 97,000 196,000
27 Ch: GO! THE MIDDLE -EV 96,000 141,000
28 Ch: GO! BEWITCHED -PM 96,000 126,000
29 Ch: ELEVEN MORK AND MINDY 94,000 149,000
30 Ch: 7TWO THE BENNY HILL SHOW 93,000 151,000
31 Ch: GO! THE VAMPIRE DIARIES -EV 93,000 148,000
32 Ch: ELEVEN FAMILY TIES 91,000 192,000
33 Ch: ELEVEN ROSEANNE 91,000 135,000
34 Ch: 7mate SCRUBS 84,000 148,000
35 Ch: ABC3 SHAUN THE SHEEP-EV 81,000 103,000
36 Ch: 7mate ACCORDING TO JIM 80,000 140,000
37 Ch: ELEVEN MACGYVER 79,000 102,000
38 Ch: ABC3 SPLICED!-EV 75,000 94,000
39 Ch: ABC3 THE TWISTED WHISKERS SHOW-PM 75,000 105,000
40 Ch: GO! SEINFELD -EV 75,000 119,000
41 Ch: GO! TWO AND A HALF MEN -LE 73,000 106,000
42 Ch: 7mate ACCORDING TO JIM-DAY 72,000 100,000
43 Ch: ABC3 CJ THE DJ-PM 72,000 85,000
44 Ch: GO! I DREAM OF JEANNIE -PM 70,000 103,000
45 Ch: ABC3 BUGGED-PM 69,000 85,000
46 Ch: Gem THE NANNY -EV 68,000 119,000
47 Ch: 7mate HERCULES-DAY 68,000 112,000
48 Ch: ABC3 STOKED-AM 64,000 84,000
49 Ch: ELEVEN CHEERS 62,000 90,000
50 Ch: ABC3 PRANK PATROL INTERNATIONAL-EV 62,000 83,000

OzTam Five city Live and As Live Preliminary Ratings Figures. 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”.

The new Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby team has proved to be a popular addition to the Australian line-up with record audience numbers watching the team’s opening game on TV last weekend.

The Rebels debut game against the NSW Waratahs had a peak average of 319,000 viewers which makes it the most watched regular season game in Australian Super Rugby history. The average was over double that of the regular audience according to OZTAM ratings.

Source: Herald.co.nz