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July 09: MasterChef triumphs, THIS afternoon, Chaser’s War ends.

David Knox December 29, 2009 2

MasterChef stormed to a mammoth 3.74m in July while other reality contestants wins went unnoticed. The Chaser ended the War, and Nine finally put down THIS afternoon.

Dateline: August 16

David Knox August 13, 2009 0

Sophie McNeill travels to Afghanistan to examine how its women are being treated, just ahead of a Presidential election.

SBS programming update

David Knox August 10, 2009 10

SBS has issued programming changes following the end of its Ashes test this week.

Fight for Sunday night

David Knox August 10, 2009 11

Sunday night was a close race wherever you looked. All the networks had reason to smile.

Ratings: Special Ops leaves Nine dangling

David Knox August 9, 2009 29

Week 32 saw two Channel Nine premieres struggling for an audience with Seven at the top of the weekly ratings rope.

Audiences flock to quality

David Knox August 2, 2009 23

Week 31 belonged comfortably to Seven, but it was the ABC that issued a lesson to commercial networks as audiences flocked to a supposedly niche show, United States of Tara.

TEN wins second historic week

David Knox July 19, 2009 22

It's been three years since TEN won a ratings week, and only the second time since OzTAM began in 2001. Meanwhile Nine comes third in a week with State of Origin.

Gone: Trouble in Paradise

David Knox July 10, 2009 42

There's trouble for Nine's Trouble in Paradise, dumped after just three episodes.

Ashes gives SBS best night of the year

David Knox July 9, 2009 18

Lookout networks, SBS is here with the Ashes, set to upset the daily ratings.

Airdate: 2009 Ashes Series

David Knox April 23, 2009 13

SBS promises "every ball, every run and every wicket will be shown live and free-to-air on SBS1."

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