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Seven on song for a clean sweep

David Knox November 13, 2011 22

Susan Boyle helped Seven win Week 46 in Total People, with the network just millimetres away from claiming every single week of 2011 ratings.

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Photo finish between ABC and TEN

David Knox November 6, 2011 20

It was a photo finish in the race that stopped the nation, and in ratings there was another photo finish, not for first place -but for third.

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Spicks and Specks finale: sneak peek

David Knox November 4, 2011 6

Just three more weeks and it will be all be over... but here's a little something to whet your appetite.

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ABC1 the sweet spot on Wednesday

David Knox November 3, 2011 19

Wednesday was a low-scoring night but ABC1's comedy line-up once again kept us smiling.

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Demos split Seven and Nine by 0.1%

David Knox October 30, 2011 23

Seven and Nine were just 0.1% apart in key demos in Week 44. If it had been this close all year we would have seen a much closer battle.

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Coding your show separately gets you a better headline

David Knox October 27, 2011 27

For the second time this week, Nine has cleverly coded a one hour programme into two titles. All's fair in love and ratings?

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Rumour: ABC’s new word game show

David Knox October 27, 2011 10

Could a new word-based game show be Andrew Denton's opportunity to return to television presenting?

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Ratings brawl between Seven & Nine, TEN & ABC.

David Knox October 23, 2011 23

While Nine battled with Seven last week, there was a much closer tussle going on between TEN and the ABC.

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If it’s Wednesday it must be ABC

David Knox October 20, 2011 28

ABC's Wednesday entertainment line-up again put the commercial networks in their place with Gruen, Spicks and Specks and Hamster Wheel all winners.

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Renovators top Wednesday night

David Knox October 13, 2011 16

The Renovators auction won its timeslot and topped the night, while ABC comedies also pull a good crowd.

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Gruen, still the one.

David Knox October 6, 2011 10

ABC1 led from 8:30pm - 10pm as viewers began to switch off commercial offerings and gravitate to its entertainment line-up.

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If ABC didn’t outsource we would never have had this

David Knox September 27, 2011 10

To outsource or not to outsource? Paper Giants is a prime example of ABC money well spent.

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