[jono24]

Five Capital City Figures (6pm-midnight)

ABC1/2 - 21.9%
Seven/7TWO - 27.5%
Nine/GO! - 27.3%
Ten/ONE - 16.8%
SBS One/Two - 6.5%

Week Progressive (Sun-Fri)

ABC1/2 -
Nine/GO! -
Ten/ONE -
SBS One/Two -

Multi Channel Splits

ABC1 -
ABC2 -
Seven -
7TWO -
Nine -
GO! -
Ten -
ONE -
SBS One -
SBS Two -

Regional Figures (6pm-midnight)

ABC -
Seven -
Nine -
Ten -
SBS -

Top Programs for the Night - All Channels
1 Better Homes And Gardens Seven 1,314,000 413,000 336,000 257,000 128,000 180,000
2 Midsomer Murders ABC1 1,273,000 384,000 351,000 200,000 164,000 174,000
3 Seven News Seven 1,238,000 336,000 353,000 219,000 148,000 181,000
4 Today Tonight Seven 1,086,000 301,000 273,000 219,000 131,000 163,000
5 Two And A Half Men-Rpt Nine 991,000 238,000 330,000 226,000 84,000 114,000
6 Two And A Half Men -Fri Ep 2 Nine 975,000 212,000 331,000 249,000 72,000 112,000
7 A Current Affair Nine 959,000 228,000 342,000 199,000 105,000 86,000
8 Home And Away Seven 954,000 267,000 260,000 204,000 107,000 116,000
9 Nine News Nine 935,000 251,000 311,000 175,000 111,000 88,000
10 Two And A Half Men -Fri Ep 1 Nine 926,000 197,000 318,000 227,000 77,000 108,000
11 ABC News ABC1 900,000 281,000 260,000 122,000 105,000 131,000
12 Collectors ABC1 795,000 243,000 225,000 128,000 94,000 104,000
13 Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix-Rpt Nine 791,000 233,000 282,000 137,000 75,000 64,000
14 Ten News At Five Ten 786,000 207,000 253,000 126,000 114,000 86,000
15 Stateline ABC1 637,000 204,000 151,000 122,000 83,000 78,000
16 School Of Rock Rpt Ten 634,000 212,000 197,000 108,000 50,000 67,000
17 The Simpsons Ten 582,000 163,000 180,000 88,000 89,000 62,000
18 Impact Seven 581,000 161,000 186,000 109,000 57,000 68,000
19 Neighbours Ten 578,000 171,000 183,000 99,000 75,000 49,000
20 Deal Or No Deal Seven 575,000 165,000 187,000 72,000 74,000 77,000
21 The Simpsons Fri Ep 2 Ten 551,000 163,000 195,000 86,000 58,000 48,000
22 The 7pm Project Ten 542,000 173,000 146,000 96,000 67,000 61,000
23 Hot Seat Nine 534,000 154,000 153,000 121,000 50,000 56,000
24 The Simpsons Fri Ten 522,000 154,000 176,000 71,000 65,000 57,000
25 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 446,000 110,000 158,000 73,000 59,000 45,000
26 Huey's Cooking Adventures Ten 410,000 110,000 146,000 64,000 55,000 35,000
27 M*A*S*H Seven 404,000 113,000 129,000 76,000 40,000 46,000
28 Can We Help? ABC1 401,000 104,000 130,000 61,000 50,000 57,000
29 Sunrise Seven 362,000 106,000 80,000 94,000 31,000 52,000
30 Antiques Roadshow Nine 354,000 105,000 112,000 65,000 33,000 39,000
Today Nine 351,000 139,000 102,000 47,000 27,000 37,000
That Mitchell And Webb Look Rpt ABC1 331,000 94,000 99,000 54,000 37,000 46,000
Top Gear SBS ONE 283,000 84,000 75,000 62,000 23,000 40,000
Trawlermen SBS ONE 280,000 62,000 68,000 64,000 39,000 46,000
Go Girls Ten 273,000 89,000 80,000 50,000 28,000 27,000
Judge Judy Ten 265,000 87,000 72,000 46,000 36,000 23,000
The Oprah Winfrey Show Ten 160,000 39,000 47,000 26,000 22,000 25,000
The Ellen Degeneres Show Nine 137,000 38,000 54,000 27,000 8,000 10,000
The Golden Girls Seven 136,000 41,000 43,000 23,000 9,000 20,000
Days Of Our Lives Nine 128,000 49,000 32,000 20,000 12,000 16,000
The View Nine 123,000 35,000 41,000 27,000 9,000 10,000
Junkyard Wars ABC2 118,000 18,000 39,000 24,000 21,000 16,000

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All data excludes subscription and regional television ratings unless otherwise stated.
Ratings for Media Spy are sourced from various companies and organisations, including OzTam, RegionalTAM, Mediaweek, Tribal Mind, TV Tonight and the various networks.

This post has been edited by jono24: 21 November 2009 - 09:20 AM

[racerboi25]

Seven's movie tanked badly last night, and it's little wonder - even the advertisement's failed to capture any real interest, allowing Nine's screening of 'HP5' to sweep up the timeslot.
H&A down to dangerous lows, even for a Friday. Another boring and somewhat low-rating Friday night.

[bettestreep2008]

Oh please! 3 REPEAT eps of 2.5 men in the Top 10!

Is it any wonder some of us are complaining about this!!!

[racerboi25]

bettestreep2008, on 21 November 2009 - 09:48 AM, said:

Oh please! 3 REPEAT eps of 2.5 men in the Top 10!

Is it any wonder some of us are complaining about this!!!

In the end, it got them a decent share last night. The movie isn't too far removed from TEN and it's three Simpson repeats last night. Clear difference is that 2.5 Men still rates.

This post has been edited by racerboi25: 21 November 2009 - 09:55 AM

[cpandilo]

Seven News delivering a blow-out win last night against Nine News, winning in all metro markets, including in Sydney with Chris Bath where Seven News was watched by 85,000 more viewers than Nine's bulletin.

[Jerome]

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18 Impact Seven 581,000 161,000 186,000 109,000 57,000 68,000

is airing these rubbish telemovies some kind of contract requirement with the output deals? why would 7 bother. couldn't they just have pirates of the carribean 1 last night with #2 tomorrow and #3 premier next friday.

[bulls_eye]

Ten should just buy MASH and screen it at 7pm. Much cheaper and GUARANTEED to rate higher than the very dismal and unappealing 7pm project.

This post has been edited by bulls_eye: 21 November 2009 - 11:39 AM

[TV_Expert]

bulls_eye, on 21 November 2009 - 12:21 PM, said:

Ten should just buy MASH and screen it at 7pm. Much cheaper and GUARANTEED to rate higher.

Well, Ten used to have the rights to MASH up until around the late 90s. Before Neighbours started on Ten in 1986, MASH used to be aired on 7pm weeknights there, based from what I read somewhere.

[Jerome]

this week's top 20 Sun-Fri: 7's australian content dominates, 9's imports are doing them well, NCIS again is ten's only entry

1 Packed To The Rafters Seven 1,804,000
2 The Force - Behind The Line Seven 1,580,000
3 Border Security-Australia's Front Line Seven 1,476,000
4 Two And A Half Men-Mon Nine 1,462,000
5 Bones Seven 1,423,000
6 Better Homes And Gardens Seven 1,314,000
7 NCIS Ten 1,309,000
8 Sunday Night Seven 1,298,000
9 Seven News - Sun Seven 1,293,000
10 RSPCA Animal Rescue Seven 1,285,000

11 Seven News Mon-Fri Seven 1,276,800
12 Midsomer Murders ABC1 1,273,000
13 Border Security-Australia's Front Line-Wed ® Seven 1,271,000
14 The Big Bang Theory Nine 1,239,000
15 Nine News Sunday Nine 1,217,000
16 Today Tonight Mon-Fri Seven 1,210,000
18 Highway Patrol Seven 1,210,000
17 The Mentalist Nine 1,209,000
19 Last Chance Surgery Seven 1,184,000
20 Medical Emergency Seven 1,153,000

[tv guy2]

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5 Bones Seven 1,423,000
7 NCIS Ten 1,309,000

Second week in a row that Bones beats NCIS. Can this become a continuing trend?

This post has been edited by tv guy2: 21 November 2009 - 12:43 PM

[Rus92]

Good to see Nine having some luck with their imports, as well as Ten with NCIS and Seven with Bones. 5 US shows in the top 20, thats a good amount IMO, and good that Australian content dominates. City Homicide and Rush should be in the top 20.

[Mike]

bulls_eye, on 21 November 2009 - 12:21 PM, said:

Ten should just buy MASH and screen it at 7pm. Much cheaper and GUARANTEED to rate higher than the very dismal and unappealing 7pm project.

Yeah I'm sure it would be a hit with Tens viewership.

[country bumkin]

bulls_eye, on 21 November 2009 - 11:21 AM, said:

Ten should just buy MASH and screen it at 7pm. Much cheaper and GUARANTEED to rate higher than the very dismal and unappealing 7pm project.

Oh God no! No more M*A*S*H! 5pm, now you want it at 7pm! There must be thousands of ideas we could come up with, so that means 3 or 4 ideas a team of television programmers can think of.

[Lepatron]

Today has had a good week topped off by a convincing win in Sydney and Melbourne.

[Alco_pop!]

Lepatron, on 21 November 2009 - 05:17 PM, said:

Today has had a good week topped off by a convincing win in Sydney and Melbourne.

Quite a high Sydney figure, especially for a friday

[Michael Westen]

Alco_pop!, on 21 November 2009 - 05:37 PM, said:

Quite a high Sydney figure, especially for a friday

out and about in Sydney yesterday with a concert by Buble. Was a good show. I watched for the first time in ages.

[bulls_eye]

Mike, on 21 November 2009 - 02:57 PM, said:

Yeah I'm sure it would be a hit with Tens viewership.

Yep just like the hit the 7pm project is! Besides Ten's viewership has to broaden out and change, there's no reason why a network can't appeal to all people, rather than just focussing on such a narrow audience and alienating a large chunk like they have been doing.

country bumkin, on 21 November 2009 - 03:10 PM, said:

Oh God no! No more M*A*S*H! 5pm, now you want it at 7pm! There must be thousands of ideas we could come up with, so that means 3 or 4 ideas a team of television programmers can think of.

Of course there is, thousands of ideas not to mention thousands of half an hour shows that have ever been created that could fit into that 7pm slot. Just about any classic show (MASH included) would rate better than the 7pm Project.

[racerboi25]

bulls_eye, on 21 November 2009 - 05:01 PM, said:

Yep just like the hit the 7pm project is! Besides Ten's viewership has to broaden out and change, there's no reason why a network can't appeal to all people, rather than just focussing on such a narrow audience and alienating a large chunk like they have been doing.

I'm fairly certain TEN are ever going to change from their current focus upon the 16-39/18-49 demographics. They've probably had far more sustainable success in the current decade than any other past era.

If you don't like the market TEN targets, then there are another 4 networks which appeal to far older audiences.

[Seriously]

I would prefer The 7PM Project over any "classic" repeated program any day... and repeats would only rate for so long if at all. M*A*S*H would bomb at 7pm, and certainly wouldn't win the under 40's like 7PM does most nights.

[bulls_eye]

racerboi25, on 21 November 2009 - 05:33 PM, said:

I'm fairly certain TEN are ever going to change from their current focus upon the 16-39/18-49 demographics. They've probably had far more sustainable success in the current decade than any other past era.

That's debatable and depends on how you measure success. For a network to have not had one successful Australian drama since their change in tactics in the mid 90's, I'd say they are far from being a success.

They are a network running on the cheap but not appeasing the masses; running the same movies a million times, having cartoons in primetime 6pm and repeating them for the upteenth time, still producing Neighbours despite its years of constant low ratings and lack of popularity in this country (I mean seriously who is watching that these days?), dishing out more programs created by Rove despite all of them having mediocre ratings, having a tryhard "trying to be cool" mentality, style and image filled with mindless programming lacking any real substance with not one intelligent or IMO entertaining show on the network.

They should be putting more effort into creating masterpieces that would be remembered for years to come rather than focussing all their attention on their pathetic attempts at being hip and meaningless. Ten is a network that would only appeal to a small subsection of the youth demographic. It has become a network driven by profits rather than actually creating any good television which they were once renowned for. But if a cheapo network is what you want, that is what you will get.

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If you don't like the market TEN targets, then there are another 4 networks which appeal to far older audiences.

Thank God for that! At least GO! and 7TWO have something for everyone, unlike Ten.

Seriously, on 21 November 2009 - 05:37 PM, said:

I would prefer The 7PM Project over any "classic" repeated program any day... and repeats would only rate for so long if at all. M*A*S*H would bomb at 7pm, and certainly wouldn't win the under 40's like 7PM does most nights.

Of course you would and your name says it all really, "seriously", you would be exactly the type of person the fat cats at Ten would be targetting. But my original point was like it or not is that MASH at 5pm gets close to what the 7pm Project gets at primetime 7pm and if it were on at 7pm would actually get higher ratings than that 7pm "Rove inspired" drivel.