Throng

Thursday September 2, 2010.

The X Factor wins the night, but at 1,366,000 for top show for the night, it shows not that many people watching TV overall. Second in the 7.30 timeslot was Ten with Bondi Vet and Recruits, while Getaway on Nine was the sacrificial lamb here, down to 873,000 losing some of its audience to X Factor.

At 8.30 - new Cops LAC on Nine debuted to 1,168,000, half a million more than Rush that copped a massive drop as a result of having another Australian cop show on at the same time. It just goes to show there just isn’t enough audience to go round to have two Australian cop based shows on at the same time, or that people are simply over these sorts of shows.
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Wednesday September 1, 2010

Nothing like boobs to get ratings - the Undercover Boss episode featuring Hooters outdid the third night of X Factor auditions overall - but when you look city by city - the overall win is thanks only to Brisbane where it seems an abnormally larger number of viewers chose Undercover Boss over the X Factor.

At 8.30, the ABC continues to dominate with Spicks and Specks and The Gruen Transfer easily being the highest rating shows in the 8.30 hour for the night and whole week if Rafters is excluded. Nine’s Farmer Wants a Wife comes in second, with Lie to Me 3rd, and City Homicides’ two hour average 4th.

9.30 sees Nine take the lead with RPA close to a million, easily above City Homicide’s two hour average, while the long awaited return of United States of Tara after an election hiatus draws 685,000.
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Tuesday August 31, 2010

Given that the X Factor is a week of auditions, and that last night’s show was not that different to Monday nights‘ show, why did it rate so much better - at nearly 1.5 million? Perhaps the encores on 7TWO helped, but more likely, the regular audience of Minute to Win It sticking with their Tuesday night channel Seven routine helped lift the viewers. Monday night’s X Factor ratings were around what Seven was normally doing on a Monday night. Wednesday nights’ show also be strong.
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Monday August 30, 2010.

And so the X Factor begins, after weeks of promotions, sneak peeks, daily media teasers, pop ups and general bombardment all round. But only 1,186,000 tuned in to watch it - I would be guessing Seven would have expected a lot more than that. It did win the timeslot, Undercover Boss was second and Nine third with Hot in Cleveland down at 839,000. Perhaps the X Factor audience will grow as it gets into the main competition. We’ll soon see.
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Sunday August 29, 2010.

A new first, with ONE reaching a record ratings share of 4.6%, matching GO’s typically big Sunday night share also at 4.6% with both digital channels having shares above the entire SBS network. Exclusive to ONE, the Formula One championship race was watched by 365,000 easily making it the most watched show on a digital channel for the night. The pre-race show was watched by 188,000. Most watched on GO was Top Gear at 282,000.

Shares:
1 Seven 29.3% (nw 32.3%)
2 Nine 23.5% (nw 28.1%)
3 Ten 17.6% (nw 22.2%)
4 ABC1 11.7% (nw 13.4%)
Eq 5 ONE and GO! 4.6%

7 SBS ONE 3.6% (nw 4.0%)
8 7TWO 2.9%
9 ABC2 0.9%
Eq 10 ABC3, ABC News 24 % SBS TWO 0.4%

Top shows for the day:
1 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS - SUN 1,744,000 437,000 548,000 341,000 156,000 263,000 Read more

Week 35 (Aug 22-28), 2010

Shares:
1 Seven 27.8% (nw 31.7%)
2 Nine 22.5% (nw 26.7%)
3 Ten 17.5% (nw 18.6%)
4 ABC1 15.0% (nw 17.9%)
5 SBS ONE 4.4% (nw 5.1%)

6 GO! 4.3%
7 7TWO 3.9%
8 ABC2 1.6%
9 ONE 1.1%
Eq 10 ABC News 24 & SBS TWO 0.7%
12 ABC3 0.5%

Seven won every night of the week, as well as all demos.

Top shows for the week:
1 Such Is Life: The Troubled Times Of Ben Cousins-Wed Seven 1,999,000 354,000 783,000 225,000 222,000 415,000
2 Packed To The Rafters Seven 1,917,000 560,000 615,000 307,000 216,000 219,000
3 Such Is Life: The Troubled Times Of Ben Cousins-Thu Seven 1,744,000 318,000 685,000 205,000 194,000 342,000
4 Seven News – Sun Seven 1,732,000 427,000 532,000 366,000 146,000 261,000 Read more

Saturday August 28, 2010.

Shares:
1 Seven 21.4% (nw 29.4%)
2 Nine 21.4% (nw 5.9%)
3 ABC1 14.8% (nw 18.0%)
4 Ten 14.6% (nw 17.9%)
5 7TWO 8.0%

6 SBS ONE 6.3% (nw 7.4%)
7 GO! 5.9%
8 ONE 3.3%
9 ABC2 1.8%
10 SBS TWO 1.1%
11 ABC News 24 0.8%
12 ABC3 0.6%

Top shows for the day:
1 Seven News – Sat Seven 1,254,000 372,000 339,000 279,000 90,000 174,000
2 Nine News Saturday Nine 1,030,000 278,000 391,000 194,000 86,000 81,000
3 New Tricks Rpt ABC1 1,009,000 258,000 305,000 182,000 123,000 141,000
4 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Nine 974,000 271,000 331,000 173,000 92,000 108,000
5 Martin Clunes: Horsepower Seven 865,000 211,000 290,000 193,000 72,000 99,000
6 ABC News-Sa ABC1 837,000 216,000 225,000 157,000 112,000 126,000 Read more

Friday August 27, 2010

Shares:
1 Seven 30.9% (nw 35.3%)
2 Nine 23.2% (nw 27.9%)
3 Ten 14.3% (nw 15.0%)
4 ABC1 13.9% (nw 16.6%)
5 GO! 4.8%

6 7TWO 4.4%
7 SBS ONE 4.4% (nw 5.2%)
8 ABC2 1.4%
9 SBS TWO 0.8%
10 ONE 0.7%
Eq 11 ABC3 & ABC News 24 0.6%

Top shows for the day:
1 Better Homes And Gardens Seven 1,392,000 365,000 476,000 223,000 177,000 152,000
2 Seven News Seven 1,356,000 318,000 433,000 248,000 162,000 195,000
3 Today Tonight Seven 1,247,000 318,000 365,000 250,000 141,000 174,000
4 Nine News Nine 1,202,000 341,000 365,000 260,000 138,000 99,000
5 A Current Affair Nine 1,047,000 249,000 374,000 209,000 132,000 82,000
6 ABC News ABC1 977,000 269,000 350,000 134,000 102,000 122,000 Read more

Ratings Thursday August 26, 2010

Shares:
1 Seven 30.4% (nw 33.8%)
2 Nine 20.8% (nw 26.1%)
3 Ten 17.7% (nw 18.5%)
4 ABC1 13.6% (nw 17.2%)
5 GO! 5.3%

6 SBS ONE 3.9% (nw 4.5%)
7 7TWO 3.4%
8 ABC2 2.5%
9 ONE 0.8%
Eq 10 ABC News 24 & SBS TWO 0.6%
12 ABC3 0.5%

Top shows for the day:
Pos Ch Show Total Syd Melb Bris Adel Perth
1 Ch: 7 SUCH IS LIFE: THE TROUBLED TIMES OF BEN COUSINS-THU 1,744,000 318,000 685,000 205,000 194,000 342,000
2 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS 1,377,000 323,000 448,000 269,000 130,000 207,000
3 Ch: 7 TODAY TONIGHT 1,341,000 361,000 396,000 261,000 129,000 195,000
4 Ch: 9 NINE NEWS 1,191,000 331,000 392,000 246,000 123,000 98,000
5 Ch: ABC1 ABC NEWS-EV 1,142,000 334,000 388,000 160,000 120,000 141,000
6 Ch: 9 A CURRENT AFFAIR 1,138,000 252,000 438,000 233,000 109,000 105,000 Read more

Ratings Wednesday August 25, 2010

Shares:
1 Seven 30.3% (nw 32.9%)
2 Nine 22.7% (nw 25.7%)
3 ABC1 18.6% (nw 21.7%)
4 Ten 15.3% (nw 15.9%)
5 SBS ONE 3.3% (nw 3.9%)

6 GO! 3.0%
7 7TWO 2.6%
8 ABC2 1.9%
Eq 9 ABC3, ABC News 24 & SBS TWO 0.6%
12 ONE 0.5%

Top shows for the day:
1 Ch: 7 SUCH IS LIFE: THE TROUBLED TIMES OF BEN COUSINS-WED 1,996,000 355,000 781,000 226,000 222,000 412,000
2 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS 1,562,000 380,000 507,000 313,000 147,000 214,000
3 Ch: 7 TODAY TONIGHT 1,486,000 379,000 437,000 307,000 145,000 216,000
4 Ch: 7 WORLD'S STRICTEST PARENTS 1,404,000 387,000 441,000 220,000 149,000 207,000
5 Ch: ABC1 THE GRUEN TRANSFER-EV 1,358,000 444,000 415,000 243,000 148,000 107,000
6 Ch: 9 NINE NEWS 1,342,000 362,000 438,000 275,000 141,000 126,000 Read more

Ratings Tuesday August 24, 2010.

Shares:
1 Seven 29.3% (nw 31.2%)
2 Nine 23.4% (nw 26.7%)
3 Ten 20.4% (nw 21.1%)
4 ABC1 13.4% (nw 16.2%)
5 SBS ONE 3.8% (nw 4.8%)

6 GO! 3.2%
7 7TWO 2.0%
8 ABC2 1.7%
9 SBS TWO 1.0%
10 ONE 0.7%
11 ABC3 0.6%
12 ANC News 24 0.5%

Top shows for the day:
Pos Ch Show Total Syd melb Bris Adel Perth
1 Ch: 7 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS 1,917,000 560,000 615,000 307,000 216,000 219,000
2 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS 1,534,000 336,000 532,000 266,000 162,000 238,000
3 Ch: 9 TOP GEAR 1,424,000 369,000 463,000 268,000 162,000 162,000
4 Ch: 7 TODAY TONIGHT 1,394,000 326,000 445,000 254,000 156,000 213,000
5 Ch: 9 NINE NEWS 1,331,000 359,000 408,000 282,000 147,000 135,000
6 Ch: 9 A CURRENT AFFAIR 1,298,000 343,000 435,000 239,000 142,000 139,000 Read more

Ratings Monday August 23, 2010

Shares (6pm - 10.30pm):
1 Seven 24.3% (nw 28.2%)
2 Nine 22.1% (nw 24.2%)
3 Ten 20.6% (nw 21.5%)
4 ABC1 17.3% (nw 20.0%)
5 SBS ONE 5.5% (nw 6.0%)

6 7TWO 3.9%
7 GO! 2.1%
8 ABC2 1.7%
9 ONE 0.9%
10 SBS TWO 0.9%
11 ABC3 0.6%
12 ABC News 24 0.4%

Top shows for the day:
1 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS 1,548,000 350,000 448,000 352,000 172,000 227,000
2 Ch: 7 TODAY TONIGHT 1,497,000 353,000 431,000 323,000 177,000 214,000
3 Ch: 9 NINE NEWS 1,311,000 349,000 418,000 298,000 119,000 128,000
4 Ch: TEN UNDERCOVER BOSS 1,307,000 286,000 444,000 253,000 138,000 185,000
5 Ch: 9 A CURRENT AFFAIR 1,303,000 342,000 461,000 266,000 112,000 122,000
6 Ch: ABC1 ABC NEWS-EV 1,251,000 361,000 390,000 204,000 136,000 161,000
7 Ch: 7 CRIMINAL MINDS-MON (R) 1,111,000 307,000 321,000 186,000 142,000 155,000 Read more

Ratings Sunday August 22, 2010

Shares:
1 Seven 27.8% (nw 31.7%)
2 Nine 22.8% (nw 28.6%)
3 Ten 19.3% (nw 20.1%)
4 ABC 13.2% (nw 15.1%)
5 GO! 5.8%

Ratings Week 34 (Aug 15-21), 2010

Shares:
1 Seven 25.1% (network 29.1%)
2 Nine 23.3% (network 27.8%)
3 Ten 17.5% (network 18.9%)
4 ABC1 16.2% (network 19.1%
5 GO! 4.5%

6 SBS ONE 4.3% (network 5.1%)
7 7TWO 4.0%
Eq 8 ABC2 and ONE 1.4%
Eq 10 SBS TWO and ABC News 24 0.8%
12 ABC3 0.6%

All 3 main demos (16-39, 25-54, 18-49) won by the Nine network. Seven won on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Nine won Wednesday and Thursday, ABC on Saturday.

For the first time in weekly results we see digital channel GO outdo SBS ONE in the overall shares for the week, with 7TWO not far behind.

Top shows for the week:
Pos Show Ch Total Syd Melb Bris Adel Perth
1 Packed To The Rafters Seven 1,904,000 546,000 611,000 292,000 207,000 248,000
2 Seven News – Sun Seven 1,626,000 384,000 500,000 354,000 176,000 211,000 Read more

Ratings Saturday August 21, 2010.

Australia has decided that ABC1 was the clear winner in election coverage for 2010 with an average of over one million watching throughout the night. Nine’s coverage was second and Seven’s third. Ten was deserted in droves as the Election Project, and the AFL watched by less than half a million.

Lewis and Heartbeat on 7TWO were not that far behind Ten’s ratings - with figures of 384,000 and 371,000 respectively. GO!’s movies attracted just shy of 300,000. Both digital channels contributing significantly to their respective network shares as not everyone wants to watch election coverage all night.

Shares:
1 ABC1 27.0% (network 30.8%)
2 Nine 20.3% (network 27.2%)
3 Seven 16.9% (network 24.9%)
4 Ten 10.5% (network 12.6%)
5 7TWO 8.1%