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Seven launches new digital channel: 7Mate

Danny Draper — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:39:45 +0000

Today the Seven Network has revealed it will launch a third digital channel to be called 7Mate on September 25 that will cater to the male demographic. The channel will launch on the high definition service, currently titled 7HD it will move from channel 70 to channel 73 on high definition televisions and set-top-boxes.

The channel will broadcast this years AFL Grand Final in High Definition and will target the male 16 – 49 demographic to complement programming on Seven and 7TWO.

CEO of the Seven Network David Leckie said today, “Seven is Australia’s most-watched network and our suite of multi-channels delivers more viewers than anyone else. 7mate is the next step in building on our leadership in broadcast television. 7mate is going to be great. “

7Mate will feature new episodes of Family Guy, American Dad, Parks and Recreation and Last Comic Standing will lead the primetime comedy schedule. 3O Rock, How I Met Your Mother, That 70’S Show, Scrubs and Crank Yankers will also feature strongly on the new channel.

New drama will include the sci-fi series Caprica and the adventure series Warehouse 13 and Stargate Atlantis. The reality slate will feature US ratings hits Jersey Shore and Pawn Stars, along with popular MTV series Punk’d and Gene Simmons Family Jewels, featuring the controversial KISS guitarist and his LA-based family, and Monster Garage with Jesse G. James.

Factual on 7mate will see series such as Fifth Gear, The Universe, Life After People, The Boneyard, AX Men, Jacked: Auto Theft Taskforce, Mega Movers, Mega Structures, Air Crash Investigations and Shockwave in primetime. 7mate will also be the home for first-run big movies for the blokes, including The Ringer, Strangers and Primeval.

“The launch of 7mate delivers us a tremendous platform of channels targeting specific audience demographics, leveraging our primary channel’s success with women and 7TWO’s targeting of a 25+ adult audience.”

“We’re delighted to be the first commercial network to move to three channels. With 7HD we were first into multi-channelling for the commercial networks and this is another significant step for our television business,” Mr Leckie said.

The launch of 7Mate will make Seven the first commercial network to launch a third channel. Network Ten has already stated it knows what its third channel will be, but will not launch it until 2011. The Nine Network is said to have also decided on its channel, but is also expected to hold off until 2011.

Seven’s Director of Programming and Production, Tim Worner, said “We’re using the biggest sports event to launch 7mate but this new channel will be so much more than sport. We are after the most elusive demographic in media and we think we’ve got the offering to get them.”

There is no word at the moment if this channel will be viewable through the Foxtel and Austar platforms from launch date.

Foxtel records $477 million boost in earnings

Danny Draper — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:06:02 +0000

Subscription TV provider Foxtel have today announced a 17.5% jump in earnings to $477 million (from $406m last year) for the financial year ending June 30, 2010. The earnings boost is a result of strong consumer uptake in the Foxtel iQ and Foxtel High Definition services.

Foxtel’s revenue for the year ended 30 June 2010 was up almost 10% to just over $2b which Foxtel is attributing to more subscribers electing to take more services offered by Foxtel. More than 60% of all subscribers to Foxtel are now benefiting from using Foxtel iQ or iQ2. Additionally over a quarter of a million subscribers are now taking Foxtel’s High Definition services.

As of 30 June, 2010, Foxtel had over 1.54m direct subscriber households (including the installation queue), up 3% on the same time last year. However wholesale subscribers continued to decline, total subscriber households, including wholesale, finished at 1.632m.

Foxtel’s Chief Executive Kim Williams said, “We had solid earnings growth over the period and despite challenging economic, general consumer sentiment and competitive settings we continued to grow our direct customer base, albeit at a subdued rate.”

“We continued to invest and innovate including broadcasting in February the most comprehensive Olympics coverage in Australia’s broadcasting history with the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games as well as launching Foxtel Next Generation,” added Williams.

Williams is particularly proud of some of the new offerings from Foxtel adding, “During the financial year Foxtel also announced a range of exciting product initiatives to deliver Foxtel over broadband. These will allow Foxtel to expand our customers’ choice and control over their viewing and enable Foxtel to offer our product on new price points to customer segments not traditionally open to Foxtel.”

Laurie Oakes – “Mark Latham is nothing in every sense”

Danny Draper — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:57:03 +0000

A fired up Laurie Oakes has hit back at comments make by former Labor leader and now part time 60 Minutes reporter for the Nine Network, Mark Latham. During a cross to the 6pm editions of Nine News last night, Oakes spoke about the events that lead up to the war of words between the two.

Latham accused Oakes as being a coward when he walked away from a confrontation that took place at the Liberal party press room in Brisbane over the weekend. Latham wanted to speak to Oakes about his story for 60 Minutes and presumably about the comments made by Oakes on his inappropriate behaviour towards Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Oakes told Nine News, “The reason I walked away, it would have been very bad for the Nine Network if there had been such a confrontation when he had already embarrassed us (Channel Nine) enough I thought.”

Asked how he had been coping with all of the attention surrounding Latham’s attacks, Oakes said, “In this position you develop a pretty thick hide and get used to dealing with some weird people.”

Oakes also went on to say this wasn’t the first time he has had confrontations with political leaders, he went on to note such confrontations with former Prime Minister Paul Keating. “Compared to Paul Keating, Mark Latham is nothing in every sense,” Oakes said.

Most people would remember the now infamous hand shake between Latham and then Prime Minister John Howard during the 2004 election campaign, from then on in Latham has be portrayed as a bully. With the release of his book The Latham Diaries, it made people realise what a bitter man Latham is.

Someone should (I’m surprised it hasn’t been done yet) set up a Twitter account @TheLathamTweets

Oakes sums up the 2004 election campaign best saying, “We did doge a bullet”.

Watch the full Nine News Melbourne interview below.

Monday Ratings Wrap-up: ACA’s ratings bounce

Danny Draper — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:18:25 +0000

On Monday, 11 August it was the Seven Network taking out number one honours for the night with a network share of 27.4%. Nine came in a close second with 27.2%, Ten came third on 19.9% and the ABC had a very good night with 19.1%.

The top programme for the night was Seven News managing to attract 1.569 million viewers over the five city metro area. Coming in second was the A Current Affair; the entire programme was devoted to Lindy Chamberlain rating 1.379 million viewers. Coming in third position was Nine News on 1.365 million viewers.

Capital city top 3:
Sydney – Seven News, Two and a Half Men, A Current Affair
Melbourne – A Current Affair, Seven News, Nine News
Brisbane – Seven News, Nine News, A Current Affair
Adelaide – Today Tonight, Seven News, Nine News
Perth – Seven News, Today Tonight, Undercover Boss

It really was a sad night for television when the top three programmes for the night were Seven News, ACA and Nine News. To top this all off coming in 41^st for the night was the Nine Network’s community service announcement for Crime Stoppers in Melbourne. It rated 346,000 people, while in Sydney Nine’s Lotto draw managed to attract 298,000 viewers coming in 43^rd for the night.

Below are the channel and network shares for last night as well as the top 50 programmes.

CHANNEL SHARE	NETWORK SHARE
ABC1: 15.9	ABC: 19.1
ABC2: 2.0
ABC3: 0.7
ABC News 24: 0.5
SEVEN NETWORK: 23.5	SEVEN NETWORK: 27.4
7TWO: 3.9	SEVEN NETWORK: 27.4
NINE NETWORK: 24.3	NINE NETWORK: 27.2
GO!: 2.9	NINE NETWORK: 27.2
NETWORK TEN: 19.1	NETWORK TEN: 19.9
ONE: 0.8	NETWORK TEN: 19.9
SBS ONE: 5.8	SBS: 6.4
SBS TWO: 0.6	SBS: 6.4

Figures calculated are for Prime-Time between 6:00pm and 10:30pm

TOP 50 PROGRAMMES: TOTAL PEOPLE

#	Net	Programme	5 City Metro	Sydney	Melbourne	Brisbane	Adelaide	Perth
1	Seven	SEVEN NEWS	1,569,000	433,000	438,000	292,000	178,000	229,000
2	Nine	A CURRENT AFFAIR	1,379,000	364,000	467,000	265,000	132,000	151,000
3	Nine	NINE NEWS	1,365,000	364,000	432,000	274,000	147,000	148,000
4	Seven	TODAY TONIGHT	1,341,000	362,000	352,000	261,000	180,000	186,000
5	Nine	TWO AND A HALF MEN -MON	1,300,000	370,000	410,000	242,000	117,000	161,000
6	Nine	HOT IN CLEVELAND	1,204,000	304,000	417,000	236,000	96,000	151,000
7	Nine	TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT	1,146,000	321,000	378,000	196,000	110,000	142,000
8	Ten	UNDERCOVER BOSS	1,107,000	295,000	342,000	171,000	137,000	162,000
9	ABC1	ABC NEWS-EV	1,104,000	328,000	336,000	162,000	121,000	157,000
10	Seven	RSPCA ANIMAL RESCUE-MON	1,091,000	331,000	332,000	185,000	115,000	127,000
11	Seven	CRIMINAL MINDS-MON	1,072,000	292,000	313,000	187,000	134,000	146,000
12	Seven	HOME AND AWAY	1,067,000	340,000	255,000	192,000	143,000	137,000
13	ABC1	AUSTRALIAN STORY-EV	1,020,000	315,000	303,000	211,000	73,000	117,000
14	Ten	GOOD NEWS WEEK	946,000	252,000	312,000	134,000	113,000	135,000
15	Ten	THE 7PM PROJECT	945,000	224,000	312,000	188,000	98,000	122,000
16	Seven	UNDER THE HAMMER	904,000	250,000	301,000	145,000	112,000	96,000
17	ABC1	7.30 REPORT-EV	870,000	268,000	226,000	180,000	90,000	105,000
18	Ten	TEN NEWS AT FIVE	865,000	254,000	243,000	146,000	92,000	129,000
19	ABC1	Q & A-LE	841,000	263,000	263,000	153,000	104,000	58,000
20	Seven	CRIMINAL MINDS-MON (R)	804,000	229,000	234,000	137,000	102,000	102,000
21	Nine	CSI: MIAMI	741,000	178,000	248,000	128,000	94,000	92,000
22	ABC1	MEDIA WATCH-EV	734,000	246,000	194,000	156,000	72,000	67,000
23	ABC1	FOUR CORNERS-EV	717,000	236,000	184,000	151,000	61,000	85,000
24	Nine	HOT SEAT	695,000	190,000	199,000	177,000	75,000	55,000
25	Ten	THE SIMPSONS	691,000	185,000	205,000	109,000	86,000	106,000
26	Seven	DEAL OR NO DEAL	675,000	207,000	185,000	118,000	78,000	87,000
27	Ten	NEIGHBOURS	656,000	172,000	180,000	123,000	86,000	95,000
28	SBS ONE	MAN VS WILD	485,000	120,000	156,000	76,000	57,000	76,000
29	Ten	THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL	454,000	123,000	140,000	88,000	54,000	49,000
30	Ten	COPS	448,000	122,000	159,000	50,000	61,000	56,000
31	Nine	ANTIQUES ROADSHOW	448,000	90,000	138,000	110,000	55,000	56,000
32	Nine	RESCUE SPECIAL OPS	431,000	0	0	180,000	121,000	131,000
33	ABC1	TALKING HEADS-EV	413,000	124,000	138,000	64,000	34,000	54,000
34	ABC1	LATELINE-LE	408,000	129,000	135,000	72,000	39,000	33,000
35	Ten	HUEY’S KITCHEN	393,000	102,000	111,000	82,000	51,000	47,000
36	SBS ONE	MYTHBUSTERS	387,000	95,000	126,000	55,000	52,000	59,000
37	Seven	SUNRISE	376,000	116,000	70,000	100,000	40,000	51,000
38	Seven	SCRUBS (R)	371,000	102,000	126,000	44,000	55,000	44,000
39	Seven	MAS*H	365,000	114,000	93,000	82,000	37,000	39,000
40	Ten	DHARMA & GREG RPT	351,000	101,000	91,000	69,000	46,000	45,000
41	Nine	CRIME STOPPERS	346,000	0	346,000	0	0	0
42	Nine	TODAY	315,000	94,000	93,000	75,000	21,000	31,000
43	Nine	LOTTO	298,000	298,000	0	0	0	0
44	Ten	JUDGE JUDY	286,000	83,000	79,000	52,000	42,000	30,000
45	7TWO	HEARTBEAT	281,000	61,000	73,000	46,000	56,000	45,000
46	Nine	FOOTY CLASSIFIED	279,000	0	174,000	0	60,000	44,000
47	Ten	TEN LATE NEWS WITH SPORTS TONIGHT	278,000	91,000	91,000	26,000	34,000	36,000
48	Seven	SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30	272,000	84,000	69,000	57,000	30,000	32,000
49	Nine	NINE AFTERNOON NEWS	266,000	69,000	80,000	67,000	25,000	25,000
50	Nine	CSI: NY	252,000	127,000	0	124,000	0	0

It’s our birthday: Telling you what’s on THE TUBE for four years

Danny Draper — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:00:51 +0000

While the Nine Network’s GO! channel celebrates one year of being on the air, today here at THE TUBE we are proud to be celebrating four years on the net. This year has seen a significant change, only a few weeks ago the decision was made to change our name from ‘What’s On The Tube’ to simply THE TUBE.

With the name change of the website a new address was created with our new home located at thetubetv.net, this was mostly due to our well publicised website hosting issues (if you’re following us on Twitter). In the mean time our old home whatsonthetube.net continues to display our old website, in the coming days once that address is transferred to our new host it will automatically re-direct to the new site.

Since last year the website has grown stronger, our Printable TV Guide exceeded expectations with the number of people downloading the guide every week. Unfortunately the decision was made to discontinue the guide mostly due to the amount of time needed to devote to the construction of the guide every week, and the number of amendments made by the networks on a daily basis. Put simply it was becoming a full time occupation.

One of our most popular pages on the website continues to be the Audience and Contestant Information page, a unique feature no other site offers displaying as many opportunities as possible to people wishing to take part in a show. The page is so popular now that we have people working close to shows being made directly submitting audience and contestant opportunities via our contact page.

Of course the website couldn’t be a success without the support of you the reader and we thank you for your on going support of the website as well as putting up with our many frustrations, especially over the last couple of weeks.

With the changes that have occurred as outlined above, when the switch is flicked and the old website starts redirecting to the new site we will lose about three years worth of our archives. We wanted to make sure before the switch was made we at least had most of the 2010 content up and running and that has been achieved.

Normally it would have been a simple process of transferring everything over from one web host to another, however due to a horrible support from the web host that will remain unnamed this was not able to happen. The main thing is that we are looking forward and not back so hopefully the loss of all our past content will not impact too much on people finding our site.

Once again thank you for your patients and continued support over these four years. Feel free to interact and engage with other readers by posting comments on any news posted on the website. You can also contact us through the contact form on the website, and of course in this age of social media we can alway be contacted on Twitter @THETUBEtv. If you have a question and want a fast response Twitter is your friend, messages are pushed instantly to my phone. Of course also you can follow us on Facebook.

Thanks again,

Daniel

Raising funds for Breast Cancer, That’s What I’m Walkin’ About

Danny Draper — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:49:01 +0000

The AFL Footy Show regular and Brownlow medallist Shane Crawford is gearing up for the challenge of his life when he sets out to run from Adelaide to Melbourne on Father’s Day to raise money for Breast Cancer research. The event called That’s What I’m Walkin’ About, titled from his catch phrase ‘That’s What I’m Talkin’ About’, will see Crawford will run more than 760km.

During the course of his travels he will have to average more than 60 kilometres a day, to raise funds and awareness for Breast Cancer sufferers around the country.

Crawford will start from Rundle Mall in Adelaide on Sunday, September 5, running through towns including Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Keith, Bordertown, Nhill, Dimboola, Horsham, Stawell, Ararat, Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh.

If all goes to plan he will shuffle into Melbourne’s GTV Channel 9 studios 12 days later for The Footy Show on Thursday, September 16.

“As a footy player I encountered some pretty physical encounters over the years but nothing compares to what I am about to embark on,” Crawford said. “I don’t know what I’m in for but every time I think about how tough it will be I think about the people I am running for and how hard their battle has been. My pain is nothing compared to what they’re going through.”

“At first I was just focused on raising as much money as possible, but having met several survivors and discussed their journeys it has so much more purpose now,” he added.

Crawford has been training for his big marathon run clocking up 30 km a day in preparation, “In my footy days I could end up running twenty kilometres in a match. Now I set out at 9am for a run and limp back in the door at 4pm. I feel like Australia’s version of Forest Gump!” he said.

“It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to train for, physically and mentally I really don’t know what to expect.”

Fans can support That’s What I’m Walkin’ About by holding their own fundraising event, with all money raised going to the Breast Cancer Network Australia. This will ensure women affected by breast cancer receive the best information, treatment, care and support possible.

Julia Gillard & Tony Abbott answer your questions on SKY NEWS

Danny Draper — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:27:36 +0000

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott, have agreed to face voters’ questions on Wednesday night in a forum organised by Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph which will air exclusively live on SKY NEWS. The two leaders will also feature on the ABC’s Q and A, Gillard on Monday 9 August and Abbott on the following Monday.

Both leaders have agreed to appear in a town hall-style public forum hosted by SKY NEWS Political Editor David Speers that will air live on SKY NEWS (Channel 601) on FOXTEL and Austar on Wednesday, August 11 at 6:00pm.

Speers said “Modern election campaigns have been criticised for being too controlled. We’re bringing back some old fashioned face-to-face campaigning to give voters a good look at the real Julia Gillard and real Tony Abbott.”

With only two weeks remaining until the federal election, Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott have agreed to appear together at Rooty Hill RSL in the heart of Western Sydney in a battle to win over undecided voters.

200 undecided voters chosen by the Galaxy polling company will question the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition separately on their policies and topics that matter to them including the economy, education and health care as well as both leaders’ vision for the country’s future.

You can catch the action live on SKY NEWS (Channel 601) on FOXTEL and Austar Wednesday, August 11 at 6:00pm.

New Nine telemovie: Panic At Rock Island

Danny Draper — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:13:26 +0000

The Nine Network has announced the line-up for a new telemovie which has started production in Sudney. Grant Bowler best known as host of Border Security and The Mole as well as his guest appearances in True Blood and Ugly Betty, has returned to Australia to co-star with Vince Colosimo in Panic at Rock Island.

The telemovie features an all-star cast including Damian Walshe-Holwing from Nine’s Customs and Underbelly, Jessica Tovey from Home and Away, Dee Smart from Nine’s police drama Water Rats, Simone Kessell from Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and the movie Frost/Nixon and Anna Hutchinson also from Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.

Panic At Rock Island tells the story of a hot summer’s day when a lineup of top acts play for music fans from around the world. It’s all idyllic until unimaginable disaster strikes when a deadly virus is discovered on the island. Its symptoms are shocking and it brings swift and painful death.

Reading that synopsis it may bring back memories from other failed Nine Network telemovie franchises, one of those failures was Scorched (Nine claims it was top rating). The producers and director of that telemovie, Rosemary Blight and Tony Tilse will also produce Panic At Rock Island. The telemovie will also include performances by high-profile Australian rock bands You Am I and Spiderbait.

Director Tony Tilse, whose work includes Underbelly, Scorched, Lockie Leonard and A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne, is also the producer, along with Rosemary Blight from leading Australia production company Goalpost Pictures Australia.

Blight has produced several films and television dramas including Clubland, Small Claims, Stepfather of the Bride and Love is a Four Letter Word. She was also executive producer of the Cannes Film Festival sensation, The Tree.

Jo Horsburgh, Head of Nine Drama said, “It’s a pleasure to be working with Rosemary Blight and Tony Tilse again, as producers, and in Tony’s case, also director. They bring great passion and excitement to the process. Panic is an ambitious, star-studded, rollicking telemovie set to entertain and thrill the audience.”

Rosemary Blight added, “Panic at Rock Island is high-concept, thrilling television drama and we are delighted to have drawn together such an all-star cast, music talent and production team, with the tremendous support of Channel Nine and our other international partners.”

Panic at Rock Island will screen on the Nine Network later this year.

Auditions: The Amazing Race Australia

Danny Draper — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:21:56 +0000

The Seven Network has teamed up with Disney to produce Australia’s first local edition of the Emmy Award winning reality series The Amazing Race. As a part of this agreement, Disney and Seven are collaborating to produce a world-class Australian version of one of the most universally popular reality competition shows ever.

“The US version of “The Amazing Race’ has had a huge following on Seven and we are thrilled to be working with Disney on ‘The Amazing Race Australia’ which promises to capture the excitement of the original series,” said Brad Lyons, Seven’s Head of Production.

The series will feature teams of comprising Australian couples and will be shot in various locations around the world. Production will commence later this year and Australia joins other countries and regions including Asia, Brazil, China, Israel and Latin America in producing a local version of the worldwide smash hit reality show.

“Audiences in Australia have shown an enormous appetite for high-quality, locally produced shows in recent years. ‘The Amazing Race Australia’ is another great milestone in our long-standing relationship with Channel Seven in bringing programs that resonate with viewers here,” said Rob Gilby, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Disney Media Distribution Asia Pacific.

For more detailed information about ‘The Amazing Race Australia’ and audition opportunities, visit www.yahoo7.com.au/amazingrace

Wednesday Ratings Wrap-up: Gruen Nation popular again

Danny Draper — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:02:31 +0000

(Network shares to come later)

The top programme for the night was Seven News managing to attract 1.526 million viewers over the five city metro area. Coming in second was the ABC’s Gruen Nation sill impressing audiences with 1.503 million people tuning in. Coming third for the night was Today Tonight with 1.490 million viewers.

Capital city top 3:
Sydney – Gruen Nation, Seven News, World’s Strictest Parents
Melbourne – Two and a Half Men, The Farmer Wants A Wife, Seven News
Brisbane – Today Tonight, Seven News, Nine News
Adelaide – World’s Strictest parents, Gruen Nation, Spicks and Specks
Perth – Seven News, Today Tonight, Gruen Nation

The Chaser may have already lost its appeal to some viewers with numbers shrinking from last weeks premiere high, last night 1.297 million viewers tuned into Yes We Canberra!. It was another shocking night for Ten with its highest programme rating only 956,000, that was for a new episode of The Simpsons.

#	Net	Programme	5 City Metro	Sydney	Melbourne	Brisbane	Adelaide	Perth
1	Seven	SEVEN NEWS	1,526,000	421,000	440,000	290,000	164,000	211,000
2	ABC1	GRUEN NATION-EV	1,503,000	459,000	419,000	258,000	176,000	191,000
3	Seven	TODAY TONIGHT	1,490,000	406,000	417,000	309,000	164,000	194,000
4	Seven	WORLD’S STRICTEST PARENTS	1,382,000	414,000	399,000	212,000	185,000	171,000
5	ABC1	SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV	1,366,000	390,000	388,000	239,000	169,000	180,000
6	Nine	THE FARMER WANTS A WIFE	1,343,000	403,000	443,000	238,000	131,000	128,000
7	Nine	TWO AND A HALF MEN -WED	1,337,000	345,000	474,000	259,000	100,000	158,000
8	Nine	NINE NEWS	1,314,000	341,000	427,000	261,000	148,000	137,000
9	ABC1	YES WE CANBERRA!-LE	1,297,000	397,000	392,000	203,000	160,000	146,000
10	Nine	A CURRENT AFFAIR	1,255,000	329,000	434,000	241,000	121,000	129,000
11	Nine	HOT PROPERTY	1,199,000	321,000	408,000	248,000	105,000	117,000
12	Nine	TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT	1,182,000	323,000	393,000	219,000	98,000	150,000
13	Seven	HOME AND AWAY	1,092,000	372,000	297,000	184,000	121,000	117,000
14	ABC1	ABC NEWS-EV	1,051,000	287,000	305,000	190,000	122,000	148,000
15	Ten	THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS EP 2	956,000	266,000	290,000	185,000	97,000	117,000
16	Seven	CITY HOMICIDE	923,000	267,000	295,000	131,000	94,000	137,000
17	Nine	RPA	920,000	243,000	325,000	151,000	113,000	87,000
18	ABC1	7.30 REPORT-EV	912,000	266,000	237,000	191,000	106,000	112,000
19	Ten	THE 7PM PROJECT	904,000	212,000	295,000	193,000	107,000	96,000
20	Ten	LIE TO ME	850,000	252,000	266,000	147,000	97,000	88,000
21	Ten	THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS	850,000	230,000	266,000	163,000	103,000	88,000
22	Ten	TEN NEWS AT FIVE	827,000	212,000	250,000	143,000	101,000	122,000
23	ABC1	THE NEW INVENTORS-EV	780,000	248,000	218,000	140,000	83,000	90,000
24	Ten	LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT	743,000	214,000	260,000	112,000	86,000	72,000
25	Nine	HOT SEAT	730,000	215,000	231,000	160,000	75,000	50,000
26	Ten	THE SIMPSONS	695,000	150,000	265,000	113,000	79,000	88,000
27	Seven	DEAL OR NO DEAL	682,000	184,000	217,000	114,000	79,000	89,000
28	Ten	NEIGHBOURS	666,000	140,000	252,000	120,000	74,000	80,000
29	ABC1	LATELINE-LE	546,000	188,000	144,000	98,000	72,000	44,000
30	Nine	EMBARRASSING BODIES	497,000	157,000	186,000	65,000	48,000	42,000
31	Seven	THE SUSPECTS – TRUE AUSTRALIAN THRILLERS	477,000	128,000	156,000	66,000	53,000	74,000
32	Ten	THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL	465,000	109,000	158,000	84,000	64,000	49,000
33	Nine	ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -RPT	447,000	125,000	153,000	78,000	51,000	40,000
34	ABC1	POH’S KITCHEN-EV	430,000	123,000	136,000	55,000	52,000	65,000
35	Ten	HUEY’S KITCHEN	428,000	117,000	151,000	64,000	59,000	36,000
36	Seven	SUNRISE	383,000	126,000	70,000	93,000	39,000	54,000
37	Seven	MAS*H	381,000	111,000	126,000	80,000	41,000	22,000
38	Ten	TEN LATE NEWS WITH SPORTS TONIGHT	335,000	81,000	119,000	59,000	53,000	22,000
39	Nine	TODAY	326,000	100,000	97,000	72,000	25,000	32,000
40	Ten	DHARMA & GREG RPT	312,000	96,000	91,000	48,000	50,000	28,000
41	Seven	AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS-WED	293,000	64,000	98,000	63,000	30,000	37,000
42	Seven	SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30	291,000	85,000	85,000	60,000	31,000	30,000
43	SBS ONE	INSPECTOR REX RPT	285,000	84,000	69,000	48,000	28,000	56,000
44	Ten	JUDGE JUDY	259,000	75,000	82,000	33,000	42,000	27,000
45	Nine	NINE AFTERNOON NEWS	245,000	80,000	77,000	38,000	26,000	24,000
46	Seven	M-LONE RIDER	242,000	55,000	67,000	60,000	30,000	31,000
47	Seven	ALL SAINTS-DAY	199,000	49,000	61,000	41,000	26,000	21,000
48	ABC2	DIRTY JOBS-EV	198,000	37,000	71,000	32,000	38,000	19,000
49	ABC1	THE WOTWOTS-AM	196,000	68,000	86,000	5,000	16,000	21,000
50	ABC1	CHEESE SLICES-EV	194,000	61,000	60,000	31,000	19,000	23,000

Tuesday Ratings Wrap-up: Seven’s Rafters hold up 2 million viewers

Danny Draper — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:52:31 +0000

On Tuesday, 3 August it was the Seven Network taking out number one honours for the night with a network share of 33.1% thanks to taking out the top four shows for the night. Coming in second was Nine with 25.3%, rounding out the top three was Ten with a disappointing 20.5%.

The top programme for the night was Packed To The Rafters with a massive audience share of 2.017 million people over the five city metro area. Coming in second position for the night was Seven News with 1.482 million people, and giving a new meaning to ‘what were you thinking Australia’, coming in third position was Minute To Win It with 1.437 million viewers.

Capital city top 3:
Sydney – Packed To The Rafters, Minute To Win it, Seven News
Melbourne – Packed To The Rafters, A Current Affair, Top Gear
Brisbane – Packed To The Rafters, Today Tonight, Seven News
Adelaide – Packed To The Rafters, Minute To Win It, Seven News
Perth – Packed To The Rafters, Seven News, Today Tonight

Network Ten continues to struggle with the top programme for the night for the network coming in eighth position, that programme was Modern Family with 1,213,000 viewers over the five cities.

Below are the channel and network shares for last night as well as the top 50 programmes.

CHANNEL SHARE	NETWORK SHARE
ABC1: 13.6	ABC: 16.6
ABC2: 1.8
ABC3: 0.6
ABC News 24: 0.6
SEVEN NETWORK: 31.4	SEVEN NETWORK: 33.1
7TWO: 1.7	SEVEN NETWORK: 33.1
NINE NETWORK: 23.1	NINE NETWORK: 25.3
GO!: 2.2	NINE NETWORK: 25.3
NETWORK TEN: 19.7	NETWORK TEN: 20.5
ONE: 0.8	NETWORK TEN: 20.5
SBS ONE: 3.6	SBS: 4.3
SBS TWO: 0.7	SBS: 4.3

Figures calculated are for Prime-Time between 6:00pm and 10:30pm

TOP 50 PROGRAMMES: TOTAL PEOPLE

#	Net	Programme	5 City Metro	Sydney	Melbourne	Brisbane	Adelaide	Perth
1	Seven	PACKED TO THE RAFTERS	2,017,000	623,000	599,000	311,000	220,000	265,000
2	Seven	SEVEN NEWS	1,482,000	414,000	403,000	266,000	165,000	235,000
3	Seven	MINUTE TO WIN IT	1,437,000	445,000	395,000	238,000	166,000	192,000
4	Seven	TODAY TONIGHT	1,417,000	399,000	382,000	272,000	143,000	222,000
5	Nine	TOP GEAR	1,336,000	365,000	434,000	253,000	134,000	150,000
6	Nine	NINE NEWS	1,306,000	367,000	404,000	250,000	154,000	131,000
7	Nine	A CURRENT AFFAIR	1,263,000	329,000	435,000	226,000	147,000	126,000
8	Nine	TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT	1,239,000	363,000	420,000	196,000	122,000	138,000
9	Ten	MODERN FAMILY	1,213,000	301,000	431,000	195,000	123,000	164,000
10	ABC1	ABC NEWS-EV	1,093,000	322,000	321,000	166,000	120,000	163,000
11	Seven	HOME AND AWAY	1,043,000	295,000	290,000	195,000	119,000	144,000
12	Ten	RULES OF ENGAGEMENT	996,000	216,000	352,000	169,000	101,000	158,000
13	Ten	NCIS RPT	957,000	247,000	305,000	178,000	113,000	114,000
14	Ten	NCIS EP 2 RPT	956,000	245,000	335,000	151,000	115,000	111,000
15	Ten	THE 7PM PROJECT	920,000	211,000	344,000	179,000	96,000	90,000
16	Ten	TEN NEWS AT FIVE	842,000	225,000	255,000	126,000	108,000	128,000
17	Seven	THANK GOD YOU’RE HERE (R)	817,000	229,000	265,000	130,000	103,000	90,000
18	ABC1	7.30 REPORT-EV	782,000	255,000	215,000	146,000	84,000	82,000
19	Nine	HOT SEAT	719,000	210,000	222,000	162,000	69,000	56,000
20	Seven	DEAL OR NO DEAL	687,000	184,000	226,000	107,000	77,000	92,000
21	ABC1	NICHOLAS CRANE’S BRITANNIA-EV	676,000	214,000	193,000	122,000	79,000	68,000
22	ABC1	QI-LE	651,000	190,000	197,000	109,000	102,000	53,000
23	Ten	THE SIMPSONS	645,000	153,000	275,000	79,000	55,000	84,000
24	ABC1	FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV	608,000	169,000	173,000	132,000	72,000	62,000
25	Ten	NEIGHBOURS	596,000	129,000	225,000	105,000	59,000	78,000
26	Nine	ADULTS ONLY 20 TO 1 -RPT	537,000	170,000	221,000	0	54,000	93,000
27	Ten	THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL	464,000	132,000	135,000	83,000	51,000	64,000
28	Nine	ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -RPT	460,000	119,000	159,000	75,000	54,000	53,000
29	Ten	HUEY’S KITCHEN	426,000	138,000	117,000	73,000	52,000	45,000
30	Nine	COMMERCIAL BREAKDOWN ADULTS ONLY -RPT	426,000	97,000	149,000	77,000	47,000	56,000
31	Ten	TEN LATE NEWS WITH SPORTS TONIGHT	399,000	100,000	148,000	71,000	45,000	35,000
32	Seven	SUNRISE	388,000	123,000	82,000	95,000	39,000	49,000
33	ABC1	THREE MEN GO TO IRELAND-PM	365,000	103,000	117,000	57,000	37,000	51,000
34	Seven	MAS*H	350,000	98,000	109,000	74,000	43,000	26,000
35	Ten	DHARMA & GREG RPT	337,000	106,000	106,000	64,000	36,000	26,000
36	ABC1	FIRST TUESDAY BOOK CLUB-LE	334,000	124,000	102,000	52,000	33,000	23,000
37	Ten	JUDGE JUDY	325,000	108,000	104,000	48,000	35,000	29,000
38	Seven	SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30	319,000	92,000	107,000	47,000	45,000	29,000
39	Nine	TODAY	317,000	93,000	89,000	88,000	21,000	26,000
40	Nine	KITCHEN NIGHTMARES U.S.A. -RPT	288,000	60,000	107,000	47,000	40,000	34,000
41	Seven	SCRUBS (R)	283,000	68,000	92,000	60,000	36,000	28,000
42	Nine	NINE AFTERNOON NEWS	262,000	92,000	68,000	43,000	31,000	28,000
43	ABC1	GRANDPA IN MY POCKET-AM	252,000	75,000	103,000	24,000	19,000	31,000
44	SBS ONE	ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE	247,000	54,000	92,000	47,000	27,000	27,000
45	ABC1	THE WOTWOTS-AM	237,000	57,000	90,000	26,000	31,000	32,000
46	ABC1	SESAME STREET-AM	222,000	55,000	106,000	19,000	17,000	26,000
47	SBS ONE	INSIGHT	213,000	71,000	67,000	36,000	15,000	24,000
48	Seven	ALL SAINTS-DAY	203,000	63,000	67,000	30,000	28,000	15,000
49	ABC1	YO GABBA GABBA!-AM	198,000	46,000	86,000	22,000	19,000	26,000
50	Ten	READY STEADY COOK	189,000	63,000	66,000	28,000	19,000	12,000

Monday Ratings Wrap-up: News, News & News

Danny Draper — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:57:00 +0000

On Monday, 2 August it was the Seven Network taking out number one honours for the night with a network share of 28.4% over the five city metro area. Coming in second place for the night was Nine with a share of 25.6%, and coming in third was Ten with 21.1%.

The top programme for the night was Seven News with an audience share of 1,658,000 people over the five city metro area. Coming in second place was Seven’s current affairs programme Today Tonight with 1,403,000 viewers. Rounding out the top three was Nine News with 1,402,000 people.

Capital city top 3:
Sydney – Seven News, A Current Affair, Nine News
Melbourne – Nine News, Two and a Half Men, A Current Affair
Brisbane – Seven News, Today Tonight, Nine News
Adelaide – Seven News, Today Tonight, Undercover Boss
Perth – Seven News, Today Tonight, Undercover Boss

Network Ten’s Undercover Boss held its audience well last night coming in fourth for the night with an audience of 1,337,000 people over the five cities. Also holding its audience from last weeks premiere was Nine’s new comedy Hot in Cleveland, it managed an audience of 1,130,000.

Below are the channel and network shares for last night as well as the top 50 programmes.

CHANNEL SHARE	NETWORK SHARE
ABC1: 14.9	ABC: 18.1
ABC2: 2.1
ABC3: 0.8
ABC News 24: 0.3
SEVEN NETWORK: 24.4	SEVEN NETWORK: 28.4
7TWO: 4.0	SEVEN NETWORK: 28.4
NINE NETWORK: 23.3	NINE NETWORK: 25.6
GO!: 2.3	NINE NETWORK: 25.6
NETWORK TEN: 20.3	NETWORK TEN: 21.1
ONE: 0.8	NETWORK TEN: 21.1
SBS ONE: 6.1	SBS: 6.7
SBS TWO: 0.6	SBS: 6.7

Figures calculated are for Prime-Time between 6:00pm and 10:30pm

TOP 50 PROGRAMMES: TOTAL PEOPLE

#	Net	Programme	5 City Metro	Sydney	Melbourne	Brisbane	Adelaide	Perth
1	Seven	SEVEN NEWS	1,658,000	470,000	438,000	331,000	163,000	255,000
2	Seven	TODAY TONIGHT	1,403,000	384,000	361,000	279,000	152,000	228,000
3	Nine	NINE NEWS	1,402,000	392,000	474,000	277,000	131,000	128,000
4	Ten	UNDERCOVER BOSS	1,337,000	333,000	440,000	231,000	145,000	189,000
5	Nine	A CURRENT AFFAIR	1,334,000	396,000	443,000	260,000	101,000	135,000
6	Nine	TWO AND A HALF MEN -MON	1,255,000	317,000	465,000	217,000	97,000	160,000
7	Nine	TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT	1,165,000	316,000	420,000	205,000	76,000	148,000
8	Seven	CRIMINAL MINDS-MON	1,137,000	366,000	339,000	157,000	139,000	136,000
9	Nine	HOT IN CLEVELAND	1,130,000	302,000	408,000	209,000	77,000	134,000
10	ABC1	ABC NEWS-EV	1,066,000	286,000	325,000	188,000	122,000	146,000
11	Seven	HOME AND AWAY	1,053,000	354,000	254,000	207,000	113,000	125,000
12	Seven	RSPCA ANIMAL RESCUE-MON	990,000	294,000	296,000	190,000	103,000	107,000
13	Nine	RESCUE SPECIAL OPS	990,000	261,000	323,000	189,000	95,000	122,000
14	Ten	GOOD NEWS WEEK	924,000	207,000	326,000	159,000	106,000	124,000
15	Seven	CRIMINAL MINDS-MON (R)	918,000	268,000	275,000	134,000	122,000	120,000
16	Ten	THE 7PM PROJECT	918,000	208,000	332,000	171,000	111,000	96,000
17	Ten	TEN NEWS AT FIVE	907,000	293,000	242,000	147,000	98,000	128,000
18	Seven	UNDER THE HAMMER	899,000	257,000	306,000	135,000	114,000	88,000
19	ABC1	AUSTRALIAN STORY-EV	882,000	232,000	294,000	161,000	77,000	118,000
20	ABC1	7.30 REPORT-EV	787,000	217,000	247,000	154,000	81,000	87,000
21	ABC1	FOUR CORNERS-EV	765,000	209,000	225,000	158,000	55,000	117,000
22	Ten	THE SIMPSONS	727,000	184,000	288,000	72,000	96,000	88,000
23	Seven	DEAL OR NO DEAL	721,000	221,000	203,000	131,000	74,000	91,000
24	Ten	NEIGHBOURS	718,000	192,000	278,000	104,000	73,000	72,000
25	ABC1	Q & A-LE	716,000	210,000	214,000	155,000	67,000	69,000
26	Nine	HOT SEAT	712,000	190,000	217,000	178,000	65,000	63,000
27	ABC1	MEDIA WATCH-EV	705,000	205,000	219,000	137,000	66,000	78,000
28	Nine	CSI: MIAMI	660,000	174,000	199,000	125,000	75,000	87,000
29	SBS ONE	MAN VS WILD	508,000	128,000	208,000	67,000	53,000	52,000
30	Ten	THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL	462,000	141,000	133,000	78,000	58,000	52,000
31	Ten	COPS	445,000	125,000	166,000	44,000	59,000	51,000
32	Nine	ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -RPT	427,000	103,000	150,000	92,000	38,000	44,000
33	Ten	HUEY’S KITCHEN	419,000	124,000	125,000	71,000	56,000	43,000
34	ABC1	TALKING HEADS-EV	398,000	103,000	126,000	86,000	36,000	48,000
35	Seven	MAS*H	394,000	103,000	100,000	108,000	47,000	36,000
36	Seven	SUNRISE	382,000	109,000	82,000	105,000	38,000	48,000
37	ABC1	LATELINE-LE	370,000	116,000	107,000	73,000	33,000	41,000
38	Ten	JUDGE JUDY	343,000	107,000	105,000	53,000	37,000	40,000
39	Ten	DHARMA & GREG RPT	337,000	96,000	110,000	46,000	43,000	42,000
40	SBS ONE	MYTHBUSTERS	333,000	94,000	88,000	53,000	53,000	44,000
41	Seven	SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30	330,000	102,000	86,000	78,000	28,000	36,000
42	Seven	SCRUBS (R)	320,000	66,000	127,000	34,000	51,000	41,000
43	7TWO	HEARTBEAT	311,000	84,000	65,000	52,000	61,000	49,000
44	Nine	TODAY	308,000	84,000	105,000	67,000	21,000	31,000
45	Nine	NINE AFTERNOON NEWS	256,000	75,000	81,000	56,000	20,000	25,000
46	7TWO	KINGDOM	242,000	87,000	55,000	39,000	33,000	28,000
47	Nine	FOOTY CLASSIFIED	240,000	0	150,000	0	47,000	43,000
48	Seven	ALL SAINTS-DAY	225,000	69,000	68,000	47,000	24,000	17,000
49	ABC2	DIRTY JOBS-EV	225,000	56,000	86,000	45,000	19,000	19,000
50	SBS ONE	WORLD NEWS AUSTRALIA LATE	220,000	45,000	102,000	36,000	17,000	21,000

Thursday Ratings Wrap-up: A boring night for television

Danny Draper — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:53:48 +0000

On Thursday, 29 July it was the Nine Network taking out number one honours for the night with a network share of 31.1% over the five city metro area. Coming in second position was Seven with 25.8%, followed by Ten on 20.1%. The stand out for the night was GO! with a channel share of 6.2% beating the network share of SBS.

The top programme for the night was Today Tonight 1,319,000 viewers with Seven News taking out second position with 1,312,000 viewers over the five city metro area. Nine News rounded out the top three for the night with 1,219,000 viewers.

Capital city top 3:
Sydney – Today Tonight, Seven News, Sea Patrol
Melbourne – Nine News, ACA, Getaway
Brisbane – Today Tonight, Seven News, Nine News
Adelaide – Seven News, Getaway, Today Tonight
Perth – Seven News, Today Tonight, Bondi Vet

In what was a night of low ratings across the board, the series finale of Sea Patrol could only manage 1,049,000 viewers, while the top programme for Ten was Bondi Vet with an audience of 1,088,000 viewers.

Below are the channel and network shares for last night as well as the top 50 programmes.

CHANNEL SHARE	NETWORK SHARE
ABC1: 14.8	ABC: 18.3
ABC2: 2.7
ABC3: 0.8
ABC News 24: 0.0 n/a
SEVEN NETWORK: 22.8	SEVEN NETWORK: 25.8
7TWO: 3.0	SEVEN NETWORK: 25.8
NINE NETWORK: 24.9	NINE NETWORK: 31.1
GO!: 6.2	NINE NETWORK: 31.1
NETWORK TEN: 19.5	NETWORK TEN: 20.1
ONE: 0.6	NETWORK TEN: 20.1
SBS ONE: 4.3	SBS: 4.7
SBS TWO: 0.4	SBS: 4.7

Figures calculated are for Prime-Time between 6:00pm and 10:30pm

TOP 50 PROGRAMMES: TOTAL PEOPLE

#	Net	Programme	5 City Metro	Sydney	Melbourne	Brisbane	Adelaide	Perth
1	Seven	TODAY TONIGHT	1,319,000	381,000	352,000	246,000	130,000	211,000
2	Seven	SEVEN NEWS	1,312,000	361,000	343,000	245,000	142,000	221,000
3	Nine	NINE NEWS	1,219,000	325,000	443,000	243,000	109,000	99,000
4	Nine	A CURRENT AFFAIR	1,182,000	293,000	437,000	228,000	110,000	114,000
5	Nine	GETAWAY	1,109,000	311,000	369,000	182,000	135,000	112,000
6	ABC1	ABC NEWS-EV	1,093,000	283,000	322,000	221,000	117,000	150,000
7	Ten	BONDI VET	1,088,000	302,000	294,000	200,000	125,000	168,000
8	Nine	SEA PATROL	1,049,000	344,000	290,000	182,000	127,000	106,000
9	Seven	HOME AND AWAY	1,037,000	326,000	283,000	182,000	118,000	127,000
10	Ten	RECRUITS	996,000	260,000	307,000	172,000	108,000	148,000
11	Nine	TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT	983,000	271,000	341,000	161,000	91,000	118,000
12	Seven	HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER	879,000	217,000	283,000	157,000	73,000	150,000
13	Ten	THE 7PM PROJECT	851,000	212,000	244,000	176,000	91,000	127,000
14	Ten	RUSH	836,000	179,000	299,000	141,000	88,000	130,000
15	Seven	HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-THU (R)	822,000	192,000	261,000	132,000	89,000	148,000
16	ABC1	7.30 REPORT-EV	788,000	225,000	229,000	155,000	85,000	95,000
17	Ten	TEN NEWS AT FIVE	762,000	206,000	246,000	118,000	78,000	115,000
18	Nine	THE FOOTY SHOW	759,000	153,000	324,000	106,000	94,000	82,000
19	Ten	LAW AND ORDER: SVU	748,000	224,000	201,000	144,000	88,000	92,000
20	ABC1	THE MAKING OF MODERN AUSTRALIA-EV	736,000	226,000	180,000	156,000	94,000	80,000
21	Nine	HOT SEAT	692,000	199,000	222,000	151,000	68,000	53,000
22	ABC1	CATALYST-EV	653,000	196,000	179,000	135,000	67,000	76,000
23	Ten	THE SIMPSONS	622,000	156,000	225,000	92,000	64,000	86,000
24	Seven	DEAL OR NO DEAL	607,000	169,000	158,000	129,000	70,000	82,000
25	Ten	NEIGHBOURS	592,000	154,000	195,000	100,000	60,000	84,000
26	ABC1	GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED-EV	524,000	127,000	169,000	99,000	58,000	71,000
27	Seven	A TOUCH OF FROST	467,000	0	220,000	0	107,000	140,000
28	Seven	THE MATTY JOHNS SHOW	444,000	290,000	0	153,000	0	0
29	Ten	THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL	433,000	94,000	139,000	87,000	54,000	60,000
30	Nine	ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -RPT	428,000	103,000	144,000	90,000	55,000	34,000
31	GO!	THE BIG BANG THEORY -EV TX1	416,000	101,000	142,000	58,000	67,000	47,000
32	ABC1	FEDERAL ELECTION 2010 ANNOUNCEMENT: THE COALITION-EV	411,000	122,000	111,000	73,000	48,000	57,000
33	Ten	HUEY’S KITCHEN	387,000	102,000	119,000	69,000	48,000	49,000
34	Nine	TODAY	369,000	108,000	120,000	82,000	22,000	36,000
35	ABC1	THE BOTANY OF DESIRE-LE	365,000	116,000	90,000	65,000	52,000	42,000
36	GO!	THE BIG BANG THEORY -EV	364,000	93,000	134,000	52,000	48,000	38,000
37	Seven	MAS*H	354,000	121,000	78,000	76,000	43,000	36,000
38	Seven	SUNRISE	353,000	98,000	66,000	90,000	41,000	57,000
39	Seven	COUGAR TOWN	316,000	109,000	64,000	68,000	33,000	42,000
40	Seven	SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30	305,000	120,000	60,000	62,000	31,000	32,000
41	Ten	DHARMA & GREG RPT	299,000	79,000	74,000	63,000	40,000	42,000
42	GO!	TOP GEAR -EV	294,000	63,000	91,000	58,000	36,000	46,000
43	Ten	TEN LATE NEWS WITH SPORTS TONIGHT	292,000	85,000	90,000	47,000	45,000	26,000
44	GO!	DIRTY DANCING -EV	283,000	47,000	109,000	56,000	47,000	25,000
45	Seven	HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-THU (R) LATE	276,000	176,000	0	99,000	0	0
46	Ten	JUDGE JUDY	275,000	71,000	76,000	49,000	41,000	38,000
47	SBS ONE	SUPERSIZERS GO…	269,000	80,000	104,000	57,000	20,000	8,000
48	SBS ONE	MY FAMILY FEAST	258,000	89,000	73,000	39,000	20,000	37,000
49	Nine	NINE AFTERNOON NEWS	253,000	74,000	81,000	45,000	28,000	25,000
50	ABC1	LATELINE-LE	244,000	92,000	68,000	37,000	28,000	18,000

Wednesday Ratings Wrap-up: ABC claims top 3 shows

Danny Draper — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:14:50 +0000

On Wednesday, 28 July it was the Nine Network taking out number one honours for the night with a network share of 27.1%. It was a fantastic night for the ABC coming in second position with a network share of 25.6%. Seven nearly beat the ABC to second but could only manage third with a share of 25.1%. Life without MasterChef continues to hurt Ten, the network came fourth with a share of 17.7%. SBS 4.5%.

The top programme for the night was Gruen Nation with 1.6 million viewers over the five city metro area. The ABC took a clean sweep of the top three programmes for the night with music trivia show Spicks and Specks coming in second place for the night with 1.499 million viewers. The Chaser’s return on Yes We Canberra! came in third place with 1.499 million viewers.

Kim Dalton, Director of ABC TV said “Last night’s combination of comedy, political satire and Australian creative talent brought us some fabulous television and our audience loved every minute of it. So stay tuned to ABC TV for the rest of the election period.”

Capital city top 3:
Sydney – Yes We Canberra, Gruen Nation, Spicks and Specks
Melbourne – Nine News, Gruen Nation, The Farmer Wants A Wife
Brisbane – Gruen Nation, Seven News, Today Tonight
Adelaide – Gruen Nation, Yes We Canberra, Spicks and Specks
Perth – Seven News, Today Tonight, Two and a Half Men

While all of today’s headlines will be about the achievements of the ABC, it was Nine taking out the night with consistent performances across the night with The Farmer Wants A Wife and Hot Property. The other big news however will be the shocking performance of Ten. The networks top programme for the night came in 16^th position with 934,000, it was The 7pm Project. Life returns to normal for Ten after MasterChef.

#	Net	Programme	5 City Metro	Sydney	Melbourne	Brisbane	Adelaide	Perth
1	ABC1	GRUEN NATION-EV	1,600,000	493,000	449,000	305,000	188,000	165,000
2	ABC1	SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV	1,499,000	474,000	434,000	271,000	158,000	161,000
3	ABC1	YES WE CANBERRA!-LE	1,493,000	501,000	433,000	249,000	182,000	128,000
4	Seven	SEVEN NEWS	1,454,000	387,000	390,000	289,000	152,000	236,000
5	Seven	TODAY TONIGHT	1,421,000	367,000	419,000	274,000	152,000	210,000
6	Nine	NINE NEWS	1,339,000	359,000	450,000	267,000	130,000	133,000
7	Seven	WORLD’S STRICTEST PARENTS	1,277,000	389,000	366,000	199,000	157,000	166,000
8	Nine	TWO AND A HALF MEN -WED	1,207,000	278,000	420,000	247,000	89,000	173,000
9	Nine	THE FARMER WANTS A WIFE	1,192,000	325,000	439,000	178,000	109,000	140,000
10	Nine	A CURRENT AFFAIR	1,159,000	283,000	387,000	261,000	100,000	128,000
11	Nine	HOT PROPERTY	1,158,000	287,000	427,000	208,000	88,000	149,000
12	ABC1	ABC NEWS-EV	1,099,000	315,000	354,000	174,000	101,000	155,000
13	Nine	TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT	1,057,000	255,000	391,000	208,000	73,000	130,000
14	Seven	HOME AND AWAY	1,045,000	311,000	307,000	178,000	128,000	120,000
15	ABC1	7.30 REPORT-EV	1,011,000	307,000	279,000	211,000	96,000	119,000
16	Ten	THE 7PM PROJECT	934,000	232,000	274,000	204,000	100,000	123,000
17	Seven	CITY HOMICIDE	911,000	274,000	301,000	124,000	91,000	121,000
18	Ten	THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS EP 2	900,000	254,000	298,000	152,000	90,000	105,000
19	Ten	THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS	894,000	237,000	328,000	156,000	75,000	99,000
20	Ten	TEN NEWS AT FIVE	890,000	245,000	275,000	138,000	89,000	143,000
21	ABC1	THE NEW INVENTORS-EV	883,000	273,000	266,000	172,000	87,000	86,000
22	Ten	LIE TO ME	769,000	189,000	259,000	136,000	96,000	90,000
23	Nine	HOT SEAT	761,000	219,000	246,000	169,000	66,000	61,000
24	Ten	THE SIMPSONS	724,000	171,000	274,000	121,000	62,000	97,000
25	Ten	NEIGHBOURS	710,000	201,000	222,000	124,000	67,000	96,000
26	Seven	DEAL OR NO DEAL	654,000	171,000	189,000	121,000	77,000	96,000
27	ABC1	LATELINE-LE	591,000	198,000	178,000	100,000	75,000	39,000
28	Ten	LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT	587,000	158,000	182,000	113,000	66,000	68,000
29	Seven	THE SUSPECTS – TRUE AUSTRALIAN THRILLERS	553,000	138,000	167,000	83,000	79,000	86,000
30	Ten	THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL	536,000	148,000	167,000	92,000	67,000	62,000
31	Nine	ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -RPT	490,000	104,000	182,000	101,000	54,000	49,000
32	Nine	SEX AND THE CITY	460,000	133,000	169,000	64,000	46,000	48,000
33	Ten	HUEY’S KITCHEN	452,000	117,000	140,000	76,000	55,000	64,000
34	ABC1	POH’S KITCHEN-EV	439,000	117,000	159,000	66,000	33,000	64,000
35	Seven	SUNRISE	384,000	129,000	68,000	94,000	48,000	45,000
36	Seven	MAS*H	381,000	116,000	111,000	68,000	38,000	47,000
37	Ten	DHARMA & GREG RPT	365,000	92,000	98,000	66,000	40,000	68,000
38	Nine	TODAY	363,000	86,000	124,000	94,000	23,000	36,000
39	Ten	JUDGE JUDY	329,000	95,000	104,000	47,000	38,000	47,000
40	SBS ONE	INSPECTOR REX RPT	329,000	100,000	87,000	54,000	24,000	63,000
41	Seven	SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30	300,000	99,000	78,000	54,000	28,000	41,000
42	Ten	TEN LATE NEWS WITH SPORTS TONIGHT	278,000	70,000	109,000	52,000	31,000	16,000
43	Nine	NINE AFTERNOON NEWS	262,000	76,000	82,000	61,000	21,000	22,000
44	ABC1	LATELINE BUSINESS-LE	230,000	50,000	78,000	53,000	35,000	13,000
45	Seven	M-THE LOVE LETTER	217,000	66,000	66,000	46,000	12,000	26,000
46	Seven	THE MORNING SHOW	209,000	67,000	57,000	40,000	22,000	23,000
47	ABC1	CHEESE SLICES-EV	208,000	47,000	96,000	26,000	17,000	22,000
48	ABC1	GRANDPA IN MY POCKET-AM	198,000	33,000	110,000	6,000	19,000	31,000
49	SBS ONE	UNEXPLAINED RPT	197,000	45,000	66,000	24,000	15,000	47,000
50	Seven	DAREDEVILS	196,000	42,000	63,000	34,000	25,000	33,000

ABC News 24: Pick up your game!

Danny Draper — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:54:42 +0000

The ABC’s new 24 hour news channel ABC News 24 is winning a lot of praise for bringing a 24 hour news channel to the free-to-air television platform, including from this site. The launch night went off without a hitch, but since then the channel has had its fair share of small problems behind the scenes which are making their way on the air.

Below is a video we have uploaded to You Tube containing errors in presentation on Wednesday 28 July, 2010 during the programme Afternoon Live with Ali Moore and Jeremy Fernandez. Just these three situations all happened within the space of 35 minutes.

Additionally what that video didn’t capture was when crossing back to Ali Moore after the bottled water story she was labelled as Claudia Saunders… Student.

It’s understandable that a new channel especially of this nature would have teething problems from the start and that time is needed to adjust. However in the case of ABC News 24, simple mistakes like this will begin to get on the nerves of the viewing audience and the channel cannot afford that when up against Sky News. The channel has been on air for a week now and prior to launch several weeks of rehearsals took place as if the channel was live on air.

Furthermore on Tuesday morning’s coverage of Julia Gillard’s press conference live from Brisbane, the channel amazingly could only manage to provide a very shonky broadband internet connection to the press conference. The feed had to be aborted mid way through when the connection dropped out and in the mean time Joe O’Brien moved onto another story only to return to the same press conference again announcing, “we have that link back”.

As you can see from the images above that link was far more superior to the first link via the internet. On closer inspection however you can see that link is coming from rival Sky News, exactly 1 minute and 2 seconds into that feed, ABC News 24 suddenly had to leave that press conference.

So much for the ABC News 24 promo, ‘we’ll bring you news as it breaks’. Media Watch will love this.