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A Nine try, but Seven touches down.

It was a case of close, but no cigar for the Nine Network as Seven snatched glory in Week 24.

Seven finished 28.3% to Nine’s 27.9%. TEN had 21.7%, the ABC 16.5% and SBS 5.5%.

The week was a nail-biter with Seven and Nine only 0.1% apart after Friday night. All eyes were on Saturday which fell Seven’s way thanks to Seven News attracting 1.5m ahead of Nine’s 1.2m. Seven also took out Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Friday nights. Nine ruled Wednesday and Thursday. It also won Sydney and Brisbane for the week with the southern cities going to Seven.

The last time that Nine aired the State of Origin it won the week, and it should have done likewise this week, but a decision to not air first-run CSI eps on Sunday may have cost it dearly. Morale at the network which also lost The Catch-Up this week must be a challenge….

Seven News continues to boom, attracting its biggest audience on the public holiday, and with interest in the NSW floods. Today Tonight also hit 1.8m on Monday evening too. Next best was It Takes Two, Desperate Housewives, All Saints, Grey’s Anatomy, and the finale of My Name is Earl.

The State of Origin was the week’s top show at 1.9m. 60 Minutes was next for Nine at 1.5m, then RPA: Where Are They Now, Temptation, 1 vs 100, National Nine News and Getaway. The Nation slipped from 772,000 to 610,000failing to make the week’s top 100 shows. Tuesdays remain a problem for Nine. Can Molloy make it to 8 weeks, his last record with the station?

For TEN there was little change from the previous week. NCIS was the best performer. Big Brother hovered around 1.1m. The Simpsons attracted the same. House repeats were only 1m and Law & Order won likewise. With a late start on a long weekend, Rove was under 1m. Teen Fit Camp at only 685,000 was pulled to be replaced by Pirate Master, hosted by Cameron Daddo.

With interest in the State of Origin, both The Chaser and Spicks and Specks were well down for the ABC. Other top shows for Aunty were its News, Robin Hood and Taggart.

Monday was again SBS’ biggest night.

Week 24 ratings.

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