Here is the news …no change to ratings.
Another ratings week sees almost no change in weekly results. Seven wins the week, Underbelly tops the shows and nobody's watching The Cut.
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Another ratings week sees almost no change in the overall weekly results.
Seven was again tops for the week with 28.5% ahead of Nine’s 26.7% and TEN’s 22.7%. The ABC had 16.8% and SBS 5.3%.
Seven won all cities except Brisbane which fell to Nine in the week of its 50th birthday. Seven won four nights: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, while Nine won three: Sunday, Monday and Thursday. Friday was particularly close with just 0.2% between them. Saturday saw a much closer tussle for second place, resulting in Nine landing a morale-losing fourth for the night. Seven would no doubt felt in a similar mood when it came third on Sunday night, especially given it is the night it is pursuing most vigorously.
But there was a shift in three demographic wins with 16-39 won by TEN, 18-49 won by Nine and 25-54 won by Seven.
Top shows for each network remain unchanged with Underbelly 2.17m (Nine), Packed to the Rafters 1.88m (Seven), NCIS 1.35m (TEN), Spicks and Specks 1.19m (ABC) and Top Gear 921,000 (SBS).
In Sydney Nine News narrowed the gap on Thursday night with 336,000 behind Seven’s 358,000, which bettered big losses earlier in the week. There is still much ground to make up to even be considered competitive.
Elsewhere in the week Sunday Night dropped to 1.07m, The Cut continues to underperform at just 381,000 for a first run Australian drama, Bridezillas tanked at 378,000 and The Footy Show recruited just 883,000.
There was better news for Customs 1.43m, Australia’s Got Talent 1.32m, So You Think You Can Dance Australia 1.29m, and the return of The Gruen Transfer 1.12m.
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8 Responses
This rain hasn’t been the same as it was in 1973, blocked drains and creeks and an unusual high tide.
council has opened up some areas that were once perpetually soggy or covered in water, filled it and drained it promising no minor flooding.
I was a building contractor, so I understand a fair bit about drainage and if we had another king tide again, insurance companies would be going to the wall as was the case in 1974. it took a long time for payments to be paid.
we are blaming Elnimo for this and the ozone hole but if the trees were kept the they would suck in a lot of the rubbish and this is why we have so many natural firesalso, it is part of nature and regrowth
ten has done well this week. i havnt seen them have over 22 percent share in a long time. i can see it only getting better, esp when pttr isnt on
The Brisbane win for 9 was due to football, news and sheer luck.
The football rated well, Storm V Broncos.
Their News special “tanked” (so did 7’s networked schedule last night, as of all things, another 50 year old, Brisbane’s disjointed ABC won the night, proving that election coverage can rate well, attention Channel 7’s Brisbane newsroom!)
And sheer luck, that their first 50th special, cushioned the fall.
Wow, those ratings for The Cut are awful. Maybe the ABC should consider hiring a decent writer for its next stab at local drama.
Peter Overton remains the weakest link in Nine’s Sydney News – from my reckoning he is doing no better than Mark Ferguson – if Nine could simply admit thry made a mistake and re-hire Jim Waley. Seven have proved with Rosco that Sydney audiences like experienced and familiar news men and women reading their news. Sydney audiences particulary those who watch Antigues Roadshow would relate to Waley as he has the same appeal as Brian Henderson – Nine have absolutely no idea who they’re targetting and what demographic the’re aiming for – if they want to attract a younger audience with Ferguson or Overton reading the news why precede it with an old ugly show like Antigues Roadshow – but if they feel Antigues is what they want to persist with then expect the audience to be older and get Waley back in the newsreading chair.
The Cut is a good show! It’s a shame people are forgetting to watch it because of Underbelly or turned off after seeing the 1st episode.
Granted I was not that impressed with the 1st ep but I stuck with it and am glad I did, the show has really improved and it’s very ironically funny to the real happenings of the sporting industry.
Maybe it needed more promotion or a different time slot?
How old is the Malcolm Douglas show?
I guess things could change after Easter with new shows coming out.
Malcolm Douglas is doing very well ! Bet they didn’t expect that when they decided to show it, since it’s old and not all that exciting compared to the TV these days. It’s amusing and funny, though.