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Charlie puts the Sheen on Mondays
What is it about Melbourne viewers and Two and a Half Men? Last night the new episode hauled 635,000 in that city, rising to a big 1.58m viewers -and very probably assuring its place as the week’s top show. No doubt the end of the long weekend in Melbourne helped as viewers settled in for an early night.
Both the Charlie Sheen comedy and My Kitchen Rules have been battling it out for top place recently. Last night Seven’s cooking contest ina pseudo MasterChef kitchen settled with just under 1.4m viewers, still …
When the Today show went to the Wii Olympics
Apparently Ellen DeGeneres has now picked up on a rather fetching moment recently on the Today show when Karl and Lisa played Winter Olympics sports on a Wii.
If you haven’t seen it, the The 7PM Project recently spotted it, as you can see by this clip.
Worth a belated look….
Cooking pips cars on Tuesday
Nine might have to rethink its advertisements for Top Gear touting it as Australia’s new #1 show after last night it was pipped by My Kitchen Rules.
It was a line ball tussle but Seven’s cook-off pulled 1.4m viewers ahead of Nine’s first-run roadtest on 1.38m -well down on its season premiere. Both left Bondi Rescue / The Biggest Loser in their wake (934,000 / 774,000).
Nine’s second episode of Top Gear, which had already aired on SBS, slipped to 1.15m behind NCIS on 1.36m but bettered Grey’s Anatomy on 1.04m.
Other networks battles …
Morning war: the battle for Ipswich
Tuesday marks an important day in morning television.
It isn’t just the first day free of the Olympics, but it marks the return of Kerri-Anne to 9am, which could impact on The Circle. At least TEN’s new show got a few weeks under its belt to help establish itself.
Meanwhile in the war between Sunrise and Today it also means there are no more coding issues in the Brisbane market from tomorrow, which Seven insiders commented had aided Nine’s new show. After losing two weeks to Karl and Lisa, Kochie and Mel won …
Returning: Kerri-Anne
To most of us she is known as KAK (and sometimes affectionately even the KAKster) but from next week she is simply Kerri-Anne as Nine’s morning doyenne returns in a re-named show.
With the Olympics ending next Monday, Kerri-Anne Kennerley returns to Nine for more of her morning magic, but no longer titled as Mornings with Kerri-Anne.
Airing from 9-11am, she will also have a Saturday highlights show, Saturday Kerri-Anne, from 9-10am.
This year the show will also be more closely aligned with Today.
One of TV’s survivors, she will be the longest-running of the …
Today gets by with a little help from the Olympics
Nine’s Today show had its first weekly win over Seven’s Sunrise in six years.
It finished with 359,000 viewers to 343,000, Monday – Friday.
Nine’s win will undoubtedly have been given a shot in the arm by the Olympics, including their live crosses to Vancouver. Last week Today also had 3 days of exterior shoots in Melbourne where it performs best.
But there is no doubt there is a swing back to Nine’s breakfast show, despite Seven revamping its set and format -the latter even got Grant Denyer back for the weather.
Seven has also …
Good News PM
The Prime Minister for Television Appearances will pop up tonight on Good News Week after he paid a visit to their last record.
It follows recent appearances on Sunrise, Q & A, Julia Gillard on Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? and Today.
The Opposition’s Joe Hockey was recently a guest on Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation and Meet the Press.
Rudd’s appearance will go up against Malcolm Turnbull’s appearance on Q & A tonight.
While the political shows are understandable, some are questioning the growing TV appearances by the Government in the …
258,000 viewers agree with David Leckie
258,000 viewers agreed with Seven CEO David Leckie that Cougar Town is a s*** show.
At least, that’s how much the show dropped from the first week to the second.
The Seven comedy still won its slot but it took a dive from 1.34m to 1.08m. The White Room similarly slipped, down to 678,000 allowing So You Think You Can Dance Australia / The Biggest Loser to win on 914,000 / 838,000 while Getaway had to settle for 833,000. Those numbers are low all round, with viewers clearly unhappy with choices. Is that …
Top Gear drives up 1.68m viewers
Nine’s reputedly big fee in hijacking Top Gear from SBS appears to have paid off with a huge 1.68m viewers tuning in for the new episode last night.
The show was the #1 programme for Tuesday, driving right across My Kitchen Rules (1.21m) and The Biggest Loser / Bondi Rescue (722,000 / 966,000).
With all the advertisements Top Gear fans are questioning whether the episode had been trimmed. The BBC delivers a 52 minute international version to its clients. Nine maintains it didn’t edit the show, but it certainly dumped the credits …
Karl Stefanovic juggles Today with 60 Minutes
On Monday the Today show had one of its rare national wins over Sunrise.
While finishing off Tuesday’s show, on location in Melbourne, Karl Stefanovic got word their 390,000 defeated Seven’s 332,000 but wasn’t about to begin the cheering. After all, it is Olympics season and a day’s triumph is not yet a weekly win.
“It’s been a long hard struggle, but we’re not getting over the moon about stuff like that,” he told TV Tonight.
“We’ve been steadily increasing our audience, it’s steady as she goes and we’ve been concentrating on getting …
Seven’s Kitchen on the rise
As 2010 audience trends continue to settle, it’s good news for Seven but not so good for TEN on Mondays. And Nine had good news in the morning.
My Kitchen Rules is rising like a soufflé for the network. The reality show took a cool 1.47m last night, as the night’s #1 show. Seven also introduced 5 new teams to the gameplay surprising both contestants and viewers. The show beat Two and a Half Men / The Big Bang Theory (1.32m / 1.08m) and thrashed The Biggest Loser (658,000). TEN’s reality show …
Julie Goodwin joins Today
Masterchef Australia winner Julie Goodwin joins the Today show as a regular from tomorrow.
Goodwin has been appointed as the show’s cook, and will appear every Tuesday at 8:40am, providing healthy and easy options for family dinners.
Today’s Executive Producer Tom Malone says, “Julie showed with Masterchef, that it’s not all about glitz and glamour and froth and bubble, rather substance and real solutions for healthy family dinners. That fits in perfectly with the Today show ethos – healthy substantial content that has a great aftertaste!”
Goodwin adds, “I am really thrilled about becoming …