Right royal (non) ratings
For a week when supposedly nobody is watching the telly it was a pretty big week. But everybody loves a TV wedding.
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Everybody loves a TV wedding. The Royal Wedding dominated Week 18 with big numbers watching on Friday night.
Technically the best average audience for Channel Seven may have been 1.74m for the earlier portion of the evening, but tallying numbers for the wedding itself on Seven + 7TWO it went over 2.1m.
Amassing all viewers across all metro channels it was over 5 million viewers -and that’s without Regional or Pay TV viewers. And yet they tell us numbers are supposedly down during the Easter non-ratings week…
Seven again won the week with a clear margin.
Best for Nine was its new factual AFP: Australian Federal Police while TEN’s Biggest Loser is on track for a good finish.
From today we are back into official ratings and the beginning of a new MasterChef season. It’s a whole new ballgame now.
Network:
Seven: 31.6
Nine: 25.1
TEN: 20.3
ABC: 18.1
SBS: 4.9
Primary Channel:
Seven: 22.7
Nine: 18.1
TEN: 14.7
ABC1: 14.4
SBS1: 4.1
Multichannels:
7TWO: 5.4
GO!: 3.8
7mate: 3.5
ELEVEN: 3.5
GEM: 3.3
ABC2: 2.5
One: 2.1
ABC News 24: 0.7
SBS2: 0.7
ABC3: 0.6
Seven won key demos 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54.
Seven also won every night of the week. TEN beat Nine on Wednesday and Thursday but the ABC beat TEN on Friday.
Top 100
Rnk Description Stn Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 William And Kate – The Royal Wedding-Evening Seven 1,739,000 572,000 447,000 384,000 133,000 203,000
2 William And Kate – The Royal Wedding-Royal Family Arrival Seven 1,673,000 728,000 *** 480,000 197,000 268,000
3 William And Kate – The Royal Wedding-Late Seven 1,601,000 655,000 161,000 410,000 38,000 337,000
4 William And Kate – The Royal Wedding Seven 1,518,000 756,000 *** 463,000 *** 299,000
5 William And Kate – The Royal Wedding Nine 1,466,000 378,000 612,000 297,000 125,000 54,000
6 Seven News Seven 1,405,000 339,000 413,000 283,000 161,000 209,000
7 Seven News – Sat Seven 1,363,000 331,000 391,000 323,000 136,000 183,000
8 AFP – Australian Federal Police Nine 1,256,000 362,000 373,000 218,000 134,000 170,000
9 Today Tonight Seven 1,185,000 301,000 365,000 217,000 115,000 187,000
10 Nine News Sunday Nine 1,174,000 395,000 306,000 278,000 106,000 89,000
11 The Biggest Loser Families – Contest Ten 1,158,000 311,000 345,000 246,000 102,000 154,000
12 Seven News – Sun Seven 1,141,000 265,000 345,000 224,000 120,000 187,000
13 Nine News Nine 1,103,000 314,000 348,000 262,000 101,000 79,000
14 The Royal Wedding ABC1 1,100,000 287,000 395,000 185,000 113,000 119,000
15 ABC News-Sa ABC1 1,091,000 296,000 355,000 190,000 124,000 127,000
16 Nine News Saturday Nine 1,061,000 272,000 372,000 193,000 124,000 100,000
17 The Force – Behind The Line (R) Seven 1,030,000 265,000 326,000 166,000 113,000 160,000
18 Home And Away Seven 1,023,000 285,000 291,000 202,000 113,000 132,000
19 The Biggest Loser Families – Weigh-In & Elimination Mon Ten 995,000 260,000 325,000 229,000 75,000 105,000
20 Criminal Minds (R) Seven 994,000 312,000 258,000 205,000 84,000 135,000
21 The Biggest Loser Families – Temptation Ten 985,000 288,000 314,000 197,000 70,000 116,000
22 Border Security – Australia’s Front Line (R) Seven 984,000 254,000 305,000 163,000 121,000 140,000
23 Better Homes And Gardens Seven 979,000 275,000 257,000 187,000 116,000 144,000
24 ABC News ABC1 944,000 277,000 300,000 141,000 101,000 125,000
25 William And Kate: Inside The Royal Wedding Seven 909,000 261,000 251,000 169,000 107,000 120,000
26 Customs Nine 904,000 270,000 263,000 166,000 95,000 110,000
27 A Current Affair Nine 902,000 264,000 285,000 190,000 93,000 70,000
28 Sea Patrol: Damage Control Nine 899,000 298,000 241,000 157,000 96,000 106,000
29 Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation Rpt Ten 878,000 291,000 238,000 176,000 83,000 89,000
30 Doctor Who ABC1 865,000 251,000 247,000 162,000 96,000 108,000
31 NCIS Rpt Ten 859,000 254,000 240,000 168,000 98,000 99,000
32 Anzac Day AFL Ten 841,000 84,000 476,000 78,000 107,000 96,000
33 Medical Emergency Seven 837,000 252,000 213,000 182,000 87,000 103,000
34 The Biggest Loser Families – Challenge Sun Ten 836,000 228,000 267,000 169,000 80,000 92,000
35 Sunday Night Seven 825,000 208,000 246,000 133,000 113,000 124,000
36 The Big Bang Theory -Mon Nine 811,000 188,000 238,000 235,000 78,000 72,000
37 The 7pm Project Ten 807,000 196,000 262,000 186,000 66,000 97,000
38 William And Kate – The Royal Wedding-Day Seven 805,000 209,000 233,000 172,000 88,000 103,000
39 Grey’s Anatomy Seven 804,000 248,000 226,000 141,000 103,000 85,000
40 Adam Hills In Gordon St Tonight ABC1 783,000 196,000 278,000 151,000 91,000 68,000
41 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 5: Hawthorn Vs Geelong Seven 779,000 75,000 392,000 58,000 120,000 134,000
42 60 Minutes Nine 767,000 241,000 208,000 148,000 91,000 80,000
43 M-The Queen Seven 759,000 180,000 257,000 133,000 93,000 96,000
44 The Big Bang Theory -Rpt Nine 743,000 206,000 214,000 181,000 57,000 84,000
45 NCIS: Los Angeles Tues Ten 732,000 211,000 206,000 115,000 95,000 105,000
46 Gardening Australia ABC1 731,000 170,000 252,000 124,000 97,000 88,000
47 7.30 ABC1 725,000 224,000 226,000 113,000 82,000 80,000
48 Australian Story ABC1 722,000 201,000 279,000 107,000 66,000 69,000
49 William And Kate – The Royal Wedding -Ceremony Nine 717,000 *** 519,000 *** 134,000 64,000
50 A Current Affair – Sunday Nine 716,000 246,000 214,000 145,000 62,000 49,000
51 Midsomer Murders Rpt ABC1 709,000 179,000 189,000 130,000 95,000 116,000
52 A Royal Romance ABC1 707,000 218,000 197,000 150,000 80,000 63,000
53 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Nine 684,000 157,000 214,000 146,000 81,000 85,000
54 Bones-Mon (R) Seven 682,000 204,000 210,000 124,000 74,000 69,000
55 Q&A: Is The Royal Romance Over? ABC1 675,000 209,000 193,000 131,000 84,000 58,000
56 ABC News-Su ABC1 664,000 172,000 199,000 120,000 82,000 91,000
57 Catalyst ABC1 662,000 166,000 212,000 133,000 69,000 81,000
58 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nine 641,000 204,000 177,000 119,000 81,000 60,000
59 The New Inventors ABC1 640,000 207,000 171,000 104,000 85,000 73,000
60 Desperate Housewives Seven 640,000 188,000 206,000 91,000 75,000 80,000
61 Ten News At Five Ten 639,000 172,000 195,000 107,000 76,000 90,000
62 Bones (R) Seven 638,000 191,000 205,000 93,000 72,000 78,000
63 Doctor Who Confidential ABC1 634,000 181,000 172,000 136,000 66,000 79,000
64 William & Kate: A Modern-Day Fairy Tale Ten 633,000 181,000 200,000 113,000 62,000 77,000
65 Lost Diggers Of Fromelles Seven 632,000 163,000 186,000 119,000 85,000 81,000
66 The Footy Show Nine 630,000 144,000 274,000 59,000 83,000 70,000
67 Hot Seat Nine 599,000 179,000 151,000 169,000 49,000 51,000
68 William And Kate: A Royal Love Story ABC1 595,000 181,000 182,000 98,000 59,000 74,000
69 Brothers & Sisters Seven 593,000 162,000 209,000 104,000 57,000 62,000
70 Bondi Rescue Ten 592,000 152,000 195,000 133,000 45,000 67,000
71 Spooks ABC1 585,000 167,000 175,000 113,000 54,000 77,000
72 Modern Family Rpt Ten 582,000 151,000 198,000 123,000 36,000 74,000
73 Deal Or No Deal Seven 582,000 142,000 158,000 117,000 77,000 88,000
74 William And Kate – The Royal Wedding Nine 581,000 175,000 198,000 154,000 35,000 19,000
75 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Great Debate Ten 567,000 132,000 203,000 139,000 45,000 48,000
76 Antiques Roadshow Nine 566,000 131,000 174,000 117,000 77,000 66,000
77 The Million Dollar Drop Nine 555,000 120,000 206,000 107,000 51,000 71,000
78 Mike & Molly -Mon Nine 550,000 148,000 146,000 135,000 66,000 55,000
79 The Mentalist Nine 542,000 163,000 142,000 135,000 44,000 58,000
80 Four Corners ABC1 535,000 155,000 189,000 95,000 53,000 43,000
81 Castle (R) Seven 534,000 166,000 171,000 78,000 60,000 59,000
82 Foreign Correspondent ABC1 519,000 160,000 148,000 90,000 59,000 62,000
83 Human Planet ABC1 519,000 119,000 155,000 122,000 62,000 61,000
84 William And Kate – The Royal Wedding 7TWO 513,000 *** 380,000 *** 133,000 ***
85 Qi ABC1 513,000 162,000 147,000 97,000 55,000 53,000
86 Detroit 1-8-7 Seven 508,000 135,000 156,000 90,000 55,000 72,000
87 William And Kate – The Royal Wedding-Late 7TWO 502,000 *** 283,000 *** 109,000 110,000
88 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 6: Sydney Vs Carlton Seven 495,000 23,000 249,000 10,000 88,000 126,000
89 Saturday Night AFL Ten 490,000 *** 217,000 59,000 150,000 64,000
90 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 486,000 272,000 *** 214,000 *** ***
91 Q&A ABC1 483,000 161,000 136,000 90,000 61,000 35,000
92 Getaway Nine 478,000 156,000 156,000 93,000 43,000 30,000
93 William And Kate – The Royal Wedding-Royal Family Arrival 7TWO 470,000 *** 405,000 *** 65,000 ***
94 Ten News At Five Sat Ten 463,000 118,000 122,000 54,000 98,000 71,000
95 Nine News: First At Five Nine 460,000 148,000 121,000 104,000 47,000 40,000
96 6.30 With George Negus Ten 459,000 113,000 138,000 121,000 41,000 47,000
97 Media Watch ABC1 458,000 146,000 142,000 94,000 43,000 33,000
98 The Big Bang Theory -Thu Nine 454,000 218,000 *** 135,000 41,000 60,000
99 Thursday Night AFL Ten 454,000 *** 236,000 *** 77,000 140,000
100 M-The Rock Seven 451,000 121,000 166,000 54,000 41,000 69,000
7 Responses
@ lik. Good point i watched Friday Night Football on 7Sport and i was amazed how wet and cold it was i thought that the people of sydney were brave to turn up. The weather was exactly the reason why the royal wedding rated well.
Friday evening was cold and wet in Sydney.
Its good that nines ratings for the wedding were worse than seven cause seven did do a better job
And the real ratings season begins!! Bring it on!
Good think for TEN that last Friday was a non-ratings week then.
In the US it’s different, while like here ratings are kept all year they have ‘Sweeps’ periods through out the year, February, May and September are the most important and most of the top shows on Network TV air in those months.
I didn’t watch much of the wedding but caught the highlights on the news.
Our Aus ratings system baffles me. We are bombarded with shows at the height of summer, then when Easter comes around and daylight savings has ended, there is very little on.
I loved the wedding, along with thousands of others. A wedding is meant to be a religous sacrament.
My local McDonalds was packed out with people stuffing burgers and cones in their faces and gawping at the royal elite. If that was a trend, then the ratings were probably much, much higher.
Proud to say I only saw 10 seconds of the Royal Contract whilst getting a burger. Zero interest. But then, I hate weddings. Especially religious ones.