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Top 25 people: lists v lists

David Knox December 28, 2009 2

Being the end of the year, some media and online sites have been naming their "Top 25" shakers and movers of the year.

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Say bye to variety for me

David Knox November 22, 2009 19

The Noughties will end with variety television closing a chapter after Rove bid his own show farewell last week. But Seven took the night and Week 47 of ratings.

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Are we there yet?

David Knox November 15, 2009 11

Audiences are slipping across the board as we limp to the ratings finish line. But they are hanging on for the Rafter birth, helping Seven to take out another week.

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Race that tops the nation

David Knox November 8, 2009 19

Week 45 saw Seven launch its new digital channel, and the Melbourne Cup delivering it their biggest audience all year. And there were celebrations in Community Television.

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Variety the spice of Nine’s life

David Knox October 25, 2009 22

With the passing of Don Lane, Nine's audience again sent a message that it loves variety television, while Seven's announcement of 7TWO saw it lose another week to Nine/GO!

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Face the factuals. Seven rules the week.

David Knox October 18, 2009 29

Without any events or boosts from digital channels, Channel Seven won the ratings week -thanks largely to its factual slate underpinning consistent programming.

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Sport wins the ratings trophy

David Knox October 11, 2009 19

In a week when our sense of humour was questioned once more, it was sport that ruled the week -but Nine had both shows in question and won the week.

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Variety back on the box

David Knox October 4, 2009 25

Week 40 was a particularly brutal fight in television with a string of big shows led by Hey Hey's reunion. By the time the bell rang, Nine had taken victory -by just 0.1%.

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2.7m tops AFL Grand Final

David Knox September 27, 2009 26

The afternoon AFL finale becomes the second biggest audience of the TV year, but denies TEN primetime glory. For the third week in a row, GO! helps Nine win the ratings week.

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September TV loves sport

David Knox September 20, 2009 23

Two AFL matches roared to over 1.4m giving Seven and TEN some big victories, but it was GO! that again helped Nine across the line to win Week 38.

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Spearman sinks

David Knox September 16, 2009 43

TEN's experiment would appear to have failed with Magda's clip show landing fourth in its timeslot.

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