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Oprah upstages summer ratings battle

Week 51 was a close ratings battle with just 0.3% splitting Seven from Nine -but the week was all about Oprah.

The third week of summer ratings was a close battle as Nine’s Ashes coverage helped it take the fight to Seven. In the end just 0.3% split the two rivals, in Seven’s favour.

Seven’s win was boosted by its performance in digital channels, Nine actually won on primary share. Nine also won all three demos 16 – 39, 18 – 49 and 25 – 54 plus five nights of the week.

But in a week of low audiences, TEN saw Oprah take two of the Top Ten spots, reflecting the excitement of her visit to Australia.

Network:
Seven: 30.5
Nine: 30.2
TEN: 17.3
ABC: 15.4
SBS: 6.7

Primary channels:
Nine: 22.2
Seven: 21.9
TEN: 16.4
ABC1: 12.3
SBS1: 5.7

Digital channels:
7TWO: 5.6
GO!: 4.6
Gem: 3.4
7mate: 3.0
ABC2: 1.8
SBS2: 1.0
ONE: 0.9
ABC3: 0.7
ABC News 24: 0.6

Nine was first in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with Adelaide and Perth falling to Seven.

ABC beat TEN on four nights: Sunday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Top 100
Rnk Description Stn Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 Nine News Saturday Nine 1,541,000 399,000 542,000 273,000 160,000 167,000
2 Oprah! The Interview Ten 1,201,000 354,000 355,000 249,000 128,000 115,000
3 Seven News – Sun Seven 1,191,000 236,000 380,000 287,000 122,000 166,000
4 Nine News Nine 1,168,000 317,000 388,000 235,000 117,000 111,000
5 Seven News Seven 1,154,000 285,000 334,000 232,000 124,000 179,000
6 Oprah’s Ultimate Favourite Things! Ten 1,096,000 301,000 344,000 212,000 119,000 121,000
7 The Ashes: Third Test – Australia V England Session 2 Nine 1,095,000 324,000 345,000 202,000 105,000 119,000
8 Nine News Sunday Nine 1,044,000 260,000 392,000 188,000 128,000 77,000
9 Today Tonight Seven 1,044,000 279,000 307,000 191,000 112,000 155,000
10 The Vicar Of Dibley Christmas Special Seven 1,009,000 188,000 342,000 225,000 128,000 126,000
11 Woolworths’ Carols In The Domain 2010 Seven 988,000 373,000 292,000 139,000 107,000 76,000
12 Seven News – Sat Seven 986,000 226,000 282,000 230,000 91,000 156,000
13 A Current Affair Nine 974,000 263,000 340,000 201,000 90,000 79,000
14 Border Patrol Seven 962,000 209,000 291,000 226,000 127,000 108,000
15 Family Confidential ABC1 917,000 262,000 264,000 182,000 68,000 142,000
16 Rush Ten 910,000 240,000 336,000 129,000 106,000 100,000
17 Undercover Boss Ten 908,000 279,000 300,000 131,000 85,000 114,000
18 ABC News ABC1 891,000 231,000 267,000 156,000 92,000 144,000
19 ICU Seven 888,000 219,000 276,000 200,000 85,000 108,000
20 Criminal Minds-Mon (R) Seven 875,000 243,000 239,000 190,000 100,000 103,000
21 Better Homes And Gardens Summer Seven 867,000 229,000 262,000 151,000 110,000 115,000
22 Coastwatch Seven 857,000 179,000 263,000 208,000 115,000 93,000
23 The Enforcers Nine 857,000 207,000 343,000 157,000 76,000 75,000
24 Criminal Minds-Wed (R) Seven 843,000 266,000 254,000 144,000 83,000 96,000
25 Two And A Half Men -Mon Nine 838,000 214,000 324,000 154,000 74,000 72,000
26 ABC News-Su ABC1 825,000 246,000 219,000 138,000 88,000 134,000
27 Bones (R) Seven 820,000 219,000 233,000 160,000 95,000 111,000
28 The Big Bang Theory Nine 812,000 221,000 279,000 164,000 70,000 78,000
29 Two And A Half Men -Wed Nine 807,000 221,000 282,000 167,000 64,000 74,000
30 Recruits Ten 799,000 205,000 298,000 139,000 78,000 78,000
31 60 Minutes Nine 783,000 173,000 289,000 160,000 60,000 101,000
32 Under The Hammer-Summer Seven 778,000 227,000 235,000 127,000 103,000 85,000
33 Two And A Half Men -Rpt Nine 774,000 210,000 274,000 150,000 71,000 69,000
34 Qi ABC1 768,000 229,000 232,000 140,000 70,000 97,000
35 Customs Nine 756,000 189,000 247,000 162,000 68,000 89,000
36 Bondi Vet Rpt Ten 754,000 185,000 252,000 160,000 86,000 72,000
37 The Amazing Race-17 Seven 749,000 191,000 232,000 156,000 85,000 85,000
38 Raising Hope Ten 739,000 221,000 237,000 142,000 62,000 77,000
39 Glee Mon Rpt Ten 736,000 226,000 205,000 125,000 72,000 107,000
40 M-The Santa Clause 3 Seven 734,000 234,000 230,000 107,000 77,000 86,000
41 NCIS: Los Angeles Rpt Ten 733,000 190,000 247,000 140,000 80,000 75,000
42 Modern Family Wed Rpt Ten 728,000 216,000 242,000 140,000 63,000 68,000
43 Medical Emergency Seven 728,000 187,000 206,000 168,000 94,000 73,000
44 The 7pm Project Ten 719,000 189,000 245,000 142,000 73,000 70,000
45 Animal Squad Seven 711,000 185,000 215,000 165,000 57,000 88,000
46 Law And Order: SVU Rpt Ten 702,000 196,000 241,000 100,000 92,000 73,000
47 ABC News-Sa ABC1 678,000 158,000 219,000 109,000 68,000 124,000
48 Ten News At Five Ten 678,000 184,000 205,000 122,000 70,000 95,000
49 CSI: Miami Nine 668,000 165,000 225,000 99,000 88,000 91,000
50 Top Gear Nine 668,000 188,000 223,000 125,000 62,000 70,000
51 7.30 Report Summer Edition ABC1 661,000 177,000 194,000 136,000 55,000 99,000
52 Stephen Fry In America Rpt ABC1 652,000 165,000 193,000 132,000 57,000 105,000
53 Castle (R) Seven 651,000 171,000 219,000 104,000 79,000 78,000
54 Hamish & Andy’s Reministmas Special Rpt Ten 649,000 144,000 237,000 112,000 84,000 73,000
55 The Ashes: Third Test – Australia V England Session 1 Nine 649,000 187,000 192,000 126,000 68,000 74,000
56 Rake ABC1 647,000 209,000 174,000 121,000 60,000 84,000
57 The Cricket Show Nine 632,000 183,000 202,000 118,000 63,000 66,000
58 The Mentalist Nine 620,000 153,000 245,000 124,000 45,000 52,000
59 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nine 618,000 177,000 265,000 82,000 48,000 46,000
60 CSI: NY Nine 617,000 153,000 218,000 85,000 68,000 93,000
61 Schools Spectacular 2010 ABC1 597,000 236,000 148,000 90,000 54,000 69,000
62 Warnie Nine 596,000 185,000 246,000 72,000 47,000 46,000
63 Good News Week – Best Of Special Rpt Ten 587,000 164,000 189,000 87,000 79,000 68,000
64 The Middle Nine 584,000 147,000 223,000 107,000 58,000 49,000
65 Lie To Me Tues Rpt Ten 579,000 128,000 222,000 97,000 71,000 61,000
66 Spooks ABC1 578,000 129,000 161,000 124,000 76,000 89,000
67 M-The Mummy Returns Seven 573,000 172,000 204,000 126,000 71,000
68 Bed Of Roses S3 ABC1 565,000 159,000 144,000 106,000 70,000 86,000
69 Survivor: Nicaragua Nine 559,000 153,000 198,000 89,000 61,000 59,000
70 I Shouldn’t Be Alive Seven 555,000 138,000 170,000 105,000 50,000 92,000
71 Hot Seat Nine 550,000 135,000 163,000 141,000 42,000 69,000
72 Sleek Geeks ABC1 548,000 147,000 148,000 137,000 50,000 67,000
73 Outlaw Seven 544,000 136,000 199,000 90,000 50,000 69,000
74 The Old Guys ABC1 541,000 132,000 156,000 123,000 48,000 80,000
75 RBT Nine 540,000 298,000 182,000 60,000
76 Death Defying Acts Nine 536,000 174,000 217,000 68,000 40,000 37,000
77 Who Do You Think You Are? SBS ONE 534,000 128,000 184,000 99,000 56,000 67,000
78 Framed ABC1 531,000 160,000 176,000 71,000 50,000 73,000
79 Ten News At Five Sun Ten 529,000 128,000 121,000 120,000 66,000 93,000
80 P.S. I Love You Rpt Ten 527,000 143,000 182,000 87,000 56,000 59,000
81 How I Met Your Mother-Summer Seven 526,000 127,000 147,000 103,000 58,000 90,000
82 No Leave No Life Seven 524,000 124,000 158,000 99,000 53,000 90,000
83 Most Shocking: Top 20 Seven 522,000 168,000 143,000 82,000 66,000 64,000
84 The Silence (UK) ABC1 515,000 143,000 149,000 75,000 76,000 72,000
85 Minute To Win It-USAsa Seven 508,000 117,000 173,000 76,000 62,000 79,000
86 Back To The Future Part II Rpt Ten 500,000 98,000 205,000 75,000 48,000 75,000
87 The Simpsons Fri Ep 2 Ten 491,000 143,000 165,000 86,000 42,000 54,000
88 Neighbours Ten 482,000 111,000 196,000 73,000 49,000 53,000
89 Crocodile Island Seven 474,000 113,000 168,000 106,000 40,000 48,000
90 The Trophy Room ABC1 461,000 112,000 157,000 102,000 36,000 53,000
91 City Homicide-Wed (R) Seven 460,000 137,000 159,000 60,000 52,000 51,000
92 Deal Or No Deal-Summer Seven 457,000 113,000 148,000 96,000 50,000 50,000
93 Willie’s Chocolate Revolution ABC1 452,000 129,000 138,000 68,000 54,000 62,000
94 Rules Of Engagement Sun Ten 451,000 113,000 155,000 91,000 50,000 42,000
95 NCIS: Los Angeles Wed Rpt Ten 424,000 122,000 126,000 79,000 45,000 52,000
96 SAS: The Search For Warriors SBS ONE 423,000 112,000 122,000 65,000 42,000 82,000
97 The Simpsons Ten 420,000 109,000 160,000 64,000 37,000 51,000
98 Chopper Rescue Rpt ABC1 419,000 93,000 131,000 99,000 35,000 59,000
99 Sunrise Seven 417,000 103,000 100,000 108,000 46,000 60,000
100 Ten News At Five Sat Ten 412,000 86,000 116,000 99,000 37,000 74,000

ASTRA Week 51

Week 51

9 Responses

  1. Craig, 9 only cares about winning the ratings, and since only primetime counts towards “daily” share they probably don’t care about Oprah or anything else on during the day (daytime is still the domain of 10, but unfortunately that doesn’t help them in the “daily” ratings).

  2. reesie: be thankful you’re not in Brisbane and/or didn’t watch the “Lord Mayor’s Carols in the City” on 9 the night before.

    I’m still trying to work out what the dude with the gun was supposed to represent during the Dreamworld-themed “12 Days of Christmas” song…

    (p.s. If anybody PVR’d it, drop me a line. It needs to go up on YouTube so the whole world can take the p**s out of it!)

  3. lol @ Carols in the Domain.

    7 are just. terrible. at it.
    the linup, the hosts, the transparent promos and sponsorship fails, it was as cringe worthy as the ARIAs…. Christmas style.

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