2009 Australian Free-to-air T V Thread, Ratings, programming and general TV news Options

[johnson]

Ratings for Tuesday, December 15 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
Seven/7TWO 27.0%
Nine/GO! 27.0%
Ten/ONE 21.2%
ABC1/2/3 19.0%
SBSONE/TWO 5.8%

National top programs: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,194,000 (279,000 326,000 245,000 169,000 175,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,166,000 (274,000 313,000 234,000 160,000 185,000)
3 NINE NEWS Nine 988,000 (283,000 298,000 208,000 95,000 104,000)
4 ABC NEWS ABC1 953,000 (279,000 249,000 187,000 104,000 133,000)
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 932,000 (266,000 285,000 193,000 74,000 114,000)
6 BACKSTAIRS BILLY: THE QUEEN MUM'S BUTLER ABC1 930,000 (291,000 223,000 178,000 99,000 139,000)
7 THE AMAZING RACE 15 - TUE Seven 833,000 (281,000 267,000 131,000 80,000 73,000)
8 NCIS RPT Ten 831,000 (214,000 226,000 170,000 113,000 108,000)
9 SURVIVOR: SAMOA -EP2 Nine 829,000 (245,000 301,000 123,000 57,000 103,000)
10 CHRISTMAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE: AN OPRAH SPECIAL Ten 816,000 (246,000 215,000 158,000 101,000 95,000)
11 7.30 REPORT ABC1 815,000 (241,000 189,000 175,000 97,000 112,000)
12 GRUMPY OLD MEN RPT ABC1 810,000 (261,000 173,000 181,000 85,000 111,000)
13 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-SUMMER Seven 805,000 (219,000 225,000 136,000 106,000 120,000)
14 SURVIVOR: SAMOA -EP1 Nine 783,000 (226,000 259,000 148,000 53,000 98,000)
15 PRIVATE PRACTICE-TUE Seven 782,000 (221,000 241,000 140,000 97,000 82,000)
16 GARY UNMARRIED-TUE Seven 776,000 (194,000 240,000 124,000 118,000 100,000)
17 WHACKED OUT SPORTS Seven 755,000 (194,000 236,000 129,000 113,000 82,000)
18 WHITE COLLAR TUES Ten 731,000 (167,000 232,000 132,000 94,000 107,000)
19 AUSTRALIA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS: DAILY EDITION Nine 726,000 (185,000 247,000 135,000 70,000 90,000)
20 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 714,000 (164,000 206,000 118,000 117,000 110,000)
21 MOVIE: MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING -RPT Nine 629,000 (196,000 205,000 84,000 75,000 69,000)
22 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 608,000 (153,000 193,000 109,000 94,000 60,000)
23 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE RPT Ten 576,000 (130,000 205,000 89,000 99,000 54,000)
24 THE SIMPSONS RPT Ten 531,000 (119,000 172,000 76,000 102,000 63,000)
25 HOT SEAT -RPT Nine 511,000 (124,000 136,000 153,000 48,000 50,000)
26 DEAL OR NO DEAL RPT Seven 493,000 (121,000 135,000 93,000 77,000 66,000)
27 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 415,000 (105,000 113,000 78,000 59,000 59,000)
28 FAMILY BRAT CAMP RPT ABC1 395,000 (138,000 85,000 80,000 36,000 85,000)
29 30 ROCK RPT Seven 358,000 (90,000 120,000 76,000 37,000 34,000)
30 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -RPT Nine 352,000 (82,000 105,000 79,000 40,000 46,000)
SUNRISE Seven 343,000 (89,000 67,000 96,000 36,000 55,000)
TODAY Nine 308,000 (96,000 101,000 62,000 17,000 32,000)
LATELINE ABC1 263,000 (104,000 73,000 46,000 21,000 20,000)
GAVIN STAMP'S ORIENT EXPRESS ABC1 258,000 (77,000 60,000 57,000 28,000 36,000)
NIGHTLINE Nine 23,000 (S 71,000 M 115,000 B 43,000)
53 THE CIRCUIT SBS ONE 205,000 (56,000 54,000 37,000 28,000 29,000)
PARKS AND RECREATION Seven 189,000 (45,000 60,000 37,000 22,000 26,000)
62 MOTHER AND SON RPT 7TWO 173,000 (44,000 51,000 31,000 23,000 23,000)
69 UGLY BETTY 7TWO 142,000 (45,000 39,000 21,000 16,000 21,000)
IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA Seven 135,000 (26,000 48,000 30,000 15,000 16,000)
REAPER 7TWO 116,000 (17,000 40,000 27,000 21,000 12,000)
LA VIDA LOCA SBSONE 109,000 (29,000 33,000 29,000 8,000 10,000)
SEINFELD RPT GO! 107,000 (17,000 36,000 15,000 25,000 14,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: MediaSpy forum, The Sydney Morning Herald website

Seven and Nine tied for first place last night, Seven winning in key demographics. The Survivor double did well for Nine, as did the finale of TAR15 for Seven (it was also No.1 in 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54).
Oprah Winfrey's interview with US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, which aired only one day after the US, won the timeslot in total people and over-50s for Ten.

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The oprah special was good interesting

[johnson]

Ratings for Wednesday, December 16 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
Nine/GO! 31.9%
Seven/7TWO 29.3%
Ten/ONE 19.1%
ABC1/2/3 14.2%
SBSONE/TWO 5.5%

Week to date:
Seven/7TWO 29.1%
Nine/GO! 27.7%
Ten/ONE 19.4%
ABC1/2/3 16.8%
SBSONE/TWO 7.0%

National top programs: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,350,000 (334,000 395,000 249,000 164,000 209,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,279,000 (319,000 380,000 203,000 178,000 199,000)
3 NINE NEWS Nine 1,134,000 (296,000 376,000 228,000 141,000 94,000)
4 COLD CASE Nine 1,000,000 (249,000 348,000 145,000 134,000 123,000)
5 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-SUMMER Seven 933,000 (237,000 295,000 177,000 95,000 128,000)
6 ABC NEWS ABC1 897,000 (217,000 306,000 142,000 84,000 149,000)
7 AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS-WED Seven 885,000 (226,000 235,000 170,000 111,000 142,000)
8 CITY HOMICIDE-WED RPT Seven 833,000 (219,000 247,000 189,000 78,000 101,000)
9 FUTURAMA WED Ten 749,000 (198,000 249,000 137,000 80,000 86,000)
10 THE CLEVELAND SHOW Ten 730,000 (208,000 233,000 133,000 64,000 91,000)
11 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 720,000 (160,000 270,000 98,000 92,000 98,000)
12 THE COMMANDER Nine 701,000 (186,000 237,000 87,000 92,000 99,000)
13 THE SIMPSONS RPT 7.30pm Ten 699,000 (170,000 237,000 136,000 77,000 79,000)
14 THE SIMPSONS RPT 9pm Ten 697,000 (175,000 251,000 125,000 56,000 90,000)
15 7.30 REPORT ABC1 676,000 (209,000 189,000 127,000 63,000 88,000)
16 CRICKET: THIRD TEST - AUSTRALIA V WEST INDIES Nine 670,000 (177,000 255,000 116,000 74,000 49,000)
17 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 616,000 (183,000 186,000 108,000 72,000 68,000)
18 DEAL OR NO DEAL RPT Seven 591,000 (146,000 167,000 101,000 94,000 84,000)
19 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Ten 587,000 (153,000 203,000 100,000 61,000 70,000)
20 LITTLE BRITAIN USA WED RPT Ten 576,000 (131,000 237,000 97,000 45,000 66,000)
21 MY FAMILY ABC1 575,000 (145,000 146,000 132,000 68,000 83,000)
22 CRIMINAL MINDS RPT Seven 552,000 (192,000 M not shown 190,000 83,000 88,000)
23 THE SIMPSONS RPT 6pm Ten 524,000 (126,000 179,000 72,000 70,000 78,000)
24 CALIFORNICATION WED Ten 417,000 (102,000 167,000 67,000 43,000 38,000)
25 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ABC1 408,000 (114,000 117,000 72,000 47,000 58,000)
26 THE CRICKET SHOW Nine 395,000 (104,000 173,000 73,000 44,000 P not shown)
27 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 392,000 (119,000 125,000 48,000 53,000 47,000)
28 SUNRISE Seven 341,000 (100,000 62,000 82,000 38,000 60,000)
29 CREATURE COMFORTS ABC1 330,000 (97,000 84,000 53,000 45,000 51,000)
30 WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU -RPT Nine (B 133,000 A 100,000 P 96,000)
BAND OF BROTHERS RPT Seven 315,000 (71,000 98,000 72,000 44,000 29,000)
TODAY Nine 296,000 (102,000 103,000 51,000 17,000 24,000)
THE BEST IN AUSTRALIA ABC1 265,000 (47,000 107,000 48,000 26,000 38,000)
41 CHANDON PICTURES ABC1 263,000 (80,000 87,000 41,000 29,000 27,000)
STAR STORIES ABC1 226,000 (72,000 77,000 32,000 25,000 20,000)
REX IN ROME SBSONE 220,000 (71,000 57,000 33,000 20,000 39,000)
THE MORNING SHOW Seven 188,000 (52,000 44,000 39,000 24,000 30,000)
TIN MAN 7TWO 143,000 (37,000 46,000 20,000 18,000 22,000)
MOTHER AND SON RPT 7TWO 121,000 (23,000 34,000 40,000 13,000 10,000)
PLAY SCHOOL ABC2 105,000 (34,000 36,000 15,000 10,000 9,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald website

Nine won the night, partly helped by the cricket shown in all cities except Perth in primetime. Despite the cricket lead-in, Nine News only won in Brisbane.
TT was Seven's most-watched program of the night, and Futurama the most-watched program for Ten.

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[johnson]

Ratings for Thursday, December 17 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
Seven/7TWO 32.4%
Nine/GO! 27.7%
Ten/ONE 18.0%
ABC1/2/3 16.7%
SBSONE/TWO 5.2%

National top programs: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,389,000 (346,000 433,000 267,000 155,000 188,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,286,000 (369,000 414,000 198,000 114,000 190,000)
3 NINE NEWS Nine 1,055,000 (268,000 356,000 217,000 140,000 74,000)
4 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-SUMMER Seven 912,000 (224,000 266,000 213,000 94,000 116,000)
5 WHACKED OUT SPORTS Seven 829,000 (216,000 259,000 176,000 76,000 103,000)
6 MOVIE: DIE HARD RPT Seven 810,000 (205,000 271,000 153,000 87,000 94,000)
7 ABC NEWS ABC1 794,000 (238,000 251,000 129,000 77,000 99,000)
8 RESCUE SPECIAL OPS -RPT Nine 771,000 (198,000 265,000 125,000 97,000 87,000)
9 GARY UNMARRIED-THU Seven 767,000 (191,000 209,000 177,000 88,000 102,000)
10 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 702,000 (165,000 231,000 138,000 81,000 86,000)
11 7.30 REPORT ABC1 671,000 (204,000 190,000 130,000 61,000 86,000)
12 CRICKET: THIRD TEST - AUSTRALIA V WEST INDIES Nine 670,000 (185,000 240,000 122,000 67,000 56,000)
13 STAR OF BETHLEHEM: BEHIND THE MYTH ABC1 666,000 (224,000 154,000 144,000 63,000 81,000)
14 LIE TO ME THURS RPT Ten 661,000 (194,000 201,000 139,000 64,000 63,000)
15 FRANCESCO'S MEDITERRANEAN VOYAGE ABC1 623,000 (205,000 137,000 155,000 47,000 78,000)
16 ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE THURS Ten 607,000 (158,000 221,000 106,000 60,000 63,000)
17 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 592,000 (174,000 217,000 93,000 53,000 54,000)
18 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE RPT Ten 569,000 (164,000 230,000 67,000 63,000 44,000)
19 DEAL OR NO DEAL RPT Seven 556,000 (154,000 183,000 86,000 66,000 67,000)
20 CSI: NY Nine 554,000 (133,000 174,000 87,000 91,000 69,000)
21 LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT RPT Ten 526,000 (139,000 174,000 108,000 52,000 53,000)
22 THE OFFICE THURS Ten 515,000 (140,000 165,000 108,000 49,000 52,000)
23 THE SIMPSONS RPT Ten 511,000 (130,000 202,000 66,000 65,000 47,000)
24 NATURAL MYSTERIES ABC1 447,000 (144,000 117,000 84,000 41,000 61,000)
25 THE CRICKET SHOW Nine 407,000 (114,000 164,000 78,000 50,000 P not shown)
26 CSI: NY -RPT Nine 404,000 (108,000 113,000 60,000 72,000 50,000)
27 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 403,000 (97,000 140,000 68,000 46,000 53,000)
28 SUNRISE Seven 361,000 (104,000 78,000 86,000 39,000 56,000)
29 OZ AND JAMES'S BIG WINE ADVENTURE SBS ONE 333,000 (90,000 120,000 63,000 29,000 30,000)
30 LUKE NGUYEN'S VIETNAM SBS ONE 315,000 (100,000 121,000 45,000 24,000 25,000)
31 TEN LATE NEWS WITH SPORTS TONIGHT Ten 297,000 (63,000 103,000 71,000 34,000 25,000)
TODAY Nine 289,000 (87,000 88,000 57,000 21,000 37,000)
THE MORNING SHOW Seven 216,000 (49,000 62,000 52,000 30,000 22,000)
LAST CHANCE SALOON SBS ONE 195,000 (57,000 63,000 40,000 15,000 19,000)
51 STARGATE ATLANTIS 7TWO 183,000 (44,000 56,000 38,000 23,000 23,000)
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW ABC2 106,000 (36,000 29,000 20,000 13,000 8,000)
DESIGNER PEOPLE SBS ONE 102,000 (33,000 35,000 16,000 12,000 5,000)
UFC WIRED One 99,000 (13,000 49,000 16,000 18,000 3,000)
SEINFELD RPT GO! 92,000 25,000 23,000 17,000 17,000 10,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald website

Seven won the night, its line-up boosted by people not interested in the cricket.
Ten struggled throughout the night.

Programming update
SBS
SBS will air a documentary that looks at the image of Santa around the world, how he differs and comparing mythology. The Legends of Santa airs Wednesday, 23 December at 8:30pm on SBS ONE.
SBS ONE will also air the long-awaited third season of HBO drama Big Love. It will be shown on a new night, on Tuesday, 12 January at 8.30pm.

ABC
The third season of Torchwood, which previously screened on UKTV, make its free-to-air premiere on 8:30pm Friday January 8 on ABC2. BBC has just commissioned season 4.
Hungry Beast will return to same ABC timeslot in February with another ten episodes, but will slim down its on air presenting team to just four of its young faces. The lucky four will be revealed in the new year. Others from the show's 19 recruits may still appear from time to time in various stories.
It returns Wednesday February 10 at 9pm on ABC1 -a turnaround that will leave only a very short break in production.

Channel Ten
The 7th episode of White Collar will air on January 5 and that will bring us up to date with America. The show then goes on a hiatus in America until January 19.
Ten has changed its Friday night schedule (yet again) after a disastrous 14.1% share last Friday (December 11). Bondi Vet repeats, Law and Order (which had just 2 episodes remaining) and The Hothouse are all out of the schedule. The new line-up will be:

7:00 The 7pm Project
8:00 Malcolm in the Middle (repeats)
8:30 MOVIES
10:30 Outrageous Fortune (new time)
A Channel Ten spokesperson has told eBroadcast that Law and Order and The Hothouse are officially out of the schedule and no return date is set for either of the shows.
As many have predicted, Stargate Universe will air at 8:30pm from Monday December 21 to be followed by Supernatural at 9:30pm.
The UK version of Gordon Ramsay show Hell's Kitchen is coming to Ten late night on a Saturday night. Nine has the rights to the US version.
From Boxing Day, Merlin will move back an hour to 6:30pm with movies from 7:30pm. Don't Forget the Lyrics is out.

Channel Nine
Another double episode of Survivor: Samoa is scheduled for January 12th at 7:30pm. This will leave just two episodes to go, although the final episode is 3 hours long, so it is unclear whether Nine will air a four hour finale or air the show over two weeks as a single episode and then the three hour finale. The recap episode titled The First 27 Days will not screen in Australia. The final episode will air about a month after its American screening which is December 20.
CSI: Miami is returning but will now air on Monday nights from Monday December 21. It returns with “Wolfe in Sheep’s Clothing” in Sydney / Brisbane and “Seeing Red” in Melbourne which is the finale for Season 7. That means Flashpoint is gone with no return date advised.
New CSI: New York is added to Sundays at 9:30pm from January 3 with “She’s Not There.” Another new episode airs at 9:30pm on Thursday January 5 at 9:30pm with a repeat.

GO!
GO! will finally get around to the latest season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, including the appearances by the cast of Seinfeld, as they were intended. Nine played two out of sequence episodes in an effort to capitalise on the cast's appearances. The seventh season of CYE begins Sunday, December 27 at 9.30pm.
The finale of The Bachelorette will screen on Tuesday January 12 in its usual timeslot of 10:30pm. However this is not the final episode. The special, After the Final Rose will air the following week to wrap up the series. GO! is now up to date with America in regards to this series.
US police drama series New Amsterdam will premiere on December 30 at 9.30pm. It had only eight episodes and was axed in early 2008. (New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that later became the city now known as New York City)

Channel Seven
Seven was so pumped by the 1.2m viewers for The Vicar of Dibley on Sunday that it has added more repeats of the sitcom to summer. It will return at 6:30pm Sunday December 27, which at 70 mins pushes back other programming for the night by about 10 minutes. It will replace a Mighty Ships special.
Another is scheduled for 8:30pm Saturday January 9.
The first season of Kingdom will conclude on Saturday 9th January at 7:30pm. No word on if or when Seven will screen season 2.
Seven will air the second last episode of the first season of Gary Unmarried on Thursday January 14 at 7:30pm. At this stage, it appears Seven have no plans to screen the final episode anytime soon.
The season final of No Leave, No Life will air on Saturday January 16 at 6:30pm.
Home and Away will return on February 1, after the Australian Open tennis (as was the case in 2008). There was speculation that the soap will commence on January 25 during the second week of AO. The season has been pushed back due to night session of AO starting at 7pm instead of 7.30pm.

7TWO
The first season of Gavin and Stacey concludes on Monday January 4 at 8:30pm. Seven do not own the rights to season 2, which can now be seen on ABC.
The first season of American Gladiators comes to an end on Wednesday January 6 at 7:30pm. The following week it will be replaced in the timeslot by new series I Survived a Japanese Game Show.
The fourth season finale of Stargate: Atlantis will air on Thursday January 7 at 8:30pm. It will move into the fifth and final season with the premiere airing Thursday January 21 at 8:30pm. Shark will follow with its 4th last episode at 9:30pm.
The final episode of Not Going Out season 1 will air Monday January 11 at 9pm, and will move straight into season 2.
Shark is moving to Wednesdays on January 13 at 9.30pm. Mini series Tin Man was going to conclude with a double episode that night but instead it will air a single episode and conclude the following week.
60 Minute Makeover and How Not to Decorate will migrate to Friday nights on January 15.
Judge John Deed will move to a new night which will be Saturdays beginning Saturday January 16.
Heartbeat will air on Sunday January 17 AND Monday January 18 at 7:30pm. Whilst there is no confirmation that this is permanent, it does make sense as Seven have many, many episodes up their sleeve.
BBC documentary Michael Palin's New Europe will get a full screening on 7TWO in 2010. This show, which only aired a couple of episodes on the main channel late last year, starts from the beginning on Saturday January 16 at 7:30pm followed by a repeat screening of the Aussie version of 10 Years Younger in 10 Days at 8.30pm.
Defunct Aussie soap Headland will move to 11am weekdays from Monday January 18. The last of the repeats will air on Thursday of that week with new episodes starting Friday January 22.
The Jay Leno Show is moving to midday from Monday January 18 and will air weekdays in this slot.
7Two has bought the rights to US soap All My Children. Starting from 2007 episodes, it is scheduled for weekdays at 1pm starting on Monday January 18 as well.
The Martha Stewart Show is moving to 3:30pm weekdays from January 4. The other cooking shows will just move forward to fill the gap.
The popular late 80's alien Alf is back starting from the very first episode. He will air weeknights at 6pm from Monday January 18. It will be followed by popular 90's comedy Full House at 6.30pm.
British comedy-drama Benidorm will air 8:30pm Mondays from January 18. The series revolves around the world of package holidays and is set in the Spanish resort of Benidorm.
The final two episodes of The Unit will air at 8:30pm on Tuesday January 19. The show has been canceled and this brings the show to a close. Reaper has the week off.
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Aaron @ ebroadcast TV Guide

[johnson]

Ratings for Friday, December 18 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
Nine/GO! 29.1%
Seven/7TWO 28.8%
Ten/ONE 18.0%
ABC1/2/3 16.6%
SBSONE/TWO 7.4%

National top programs: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 NINE NEWS Nine 1,100,000 (302,000 347,000 250,000 112,000 89,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,053,000 (311,000 288,000 183,000 112,000 158,000)
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,039,000 (317,000 282,000 188,000 120,000 131,000)
4 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS SUMMER Seven 921,000 (282,000 269,000 159,000 103,000 108,000)
5 ABC NEWS ABC1 791,000 (242,000 239,000 150,000 64,000 97,000)
6 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-SUMMER Seven 753,000 (208,000 230,000 150,000 77,000 88,000)
7 CRICKET: THIRD TEST - AUSTRALIA V WEST INDIES Nine 681,000 (192,000 214,000 138,000 74,000 63,000)
8 MOVIE: THE FIRST WIVES CLUB RPT Ten 668,000 (185,000 215,000 119,000 66,000 83,000)
9 MOVIE: HEIST -RPT Nine 619,000 (157,000 230,000 104,000 71,000 56,000)
10 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 598,000 (162,000 168,000 119,000 76,000 74,000)
11 7.30 REPORT ABC1 583,000 (161,000 183,000 128,000 46,000 65,000)
12 MOVIE: FLOOD RPT Seven 552,000 (166,000 141,000 117,000 67,000 61,000)
13 WIRE IN THE BLOOD RPT ABC1 542,000 (143,000 184,000 89,000 53,000 73,000)
14 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE RPT FRI Ten 507,000 (156,000 173,000 88,000 52,000 38,000)
15 DEAL OR NO DEAL Seven 499,000 (151,000 130,000 98,000 62,000 58,000)
16 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 483,000 (135,000 159,000 73,000 59,000 57,000)
17 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE RPT Ten 477,000 (146,000 154,000 72,000 51,000 55,000)
18 THE CRICKET SHOW Nine 454,000 (145,000 150,000 103,000 56,000 P not shown)
19 TOP GEAR SBS ONE 423,000 (137,000 119,000 87,000 38,000 42,000)
20 THE SIMPSONS RPT Ten 410,000 (121,000 123,000 76,000 51,000 39,000)
21 ROBBIE THE REINDEER: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE HERD ABC1 396,000 (99,000 105,000 96,000 35,000 61,000)
22 SUNRISE Seven 370,000 (112,000 78,000 88,000 37,000 54,000)
23 NIGHTLINE Nine 369,000 (109,000 200,000 60,000 A not shown P not shown)
24 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 322,000 (96,000 82,000 62,000 32,000 49,000)
25 TODAY Nine 294,000 (90,000 96,000 54,000 17,000 37,000)
26 DESTINATION: FIFA WORLD CUP RPT SBS ONE 293,000 (103,000 74,000 62,000 21,000 33,000)
27 THE WORST CHRISTMAS OF MY LIFE RPT ABC1 276,000 (63,000 95,000 50,000 27,000 41,000)
28 FUN WITH CLAUDE ABC1 261,000 (100,000 70,000 41,000 16,000 34,000)
29 DHARMA & GREG RPT Ten 243,000 (76,000 58,000 51,000 28,000 30,000)
30 SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30 Seven 239,000 (73,000 73,000 42,000 27,000 24,000)
LATELINE ABC1 231,000 (67,000 73,000 43,000 20,000 28,000)
OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE Ten 217,000 (61,000 75,000 30,000 25,000 27,000)
EROTIC TALES RPT SBS ONE 211,000 (61,000 68,000 37,000 23,000 21,000)
THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA ABC1 204,000 (54,000 60,000 42,000 25,000 24,000)
THE MORNING SHOW Seven 197,000 (63,000 52,000 40,000 19,000 23,000)
CAROLS IN THE CITY Nine 174,000 (Brisbane only)
MOVIE: TO SIR WITH LOVE -RPT Nine 167,000 (43,000 65,000 18,000 24,000 16,000)
TOP DOGS: ADVENTURES IN WAR, SEA AND ICE SBS ONE 163,000 (57,000 24,000 36,000 23,000 23,000)
60 MOTHER AND SON RPT 7TWO 135,000 (28,000 52,000 29,000 12,000 13,000)
70 DOCTOR WHO: THE NEXT DOCTOR ABC2 117,000 (22,000 35,000 31,000 16,000 13,000)
AIRLINE USA 7TWO 107,000 (24,000 25,000 22,000 14,000 22,000)
79 MOVIE: BULLETPROOF MONK RPT GO! 105,000 (21,000 42,000 10,000 11,000 21,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald website

Boosted by the cricket lead-in, Nine News won Melbourne and Brisbane, and tied with Seven News in Adelaide.
Not even a live broadcast from Crown Casino can help Sunrise winning in Melbourne.
Ten's early evening line-up failed again on Fridays.

[johnson]

Ratings for Saturday, December 19 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
Seven/7TWO 30.8%
Nine/GO! 29.5%
ABC1/2 17.5%
Ten/ONE 14.9%
SBSONE/TWO 7.2%

National top programs: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,088,000 (265,000 326,000 230,000 130,000 137,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,084,000 (256,000 325,000 215,000 112,000 176,000)
3 WOOLWORTHS CAROLS IN THE DOMAIN Seven 1,007,000 (361,000 323,000 128,000 112,000 84,000)
4 CRICKET: THIRD TEST - AUSTRALIA V WEST INDIES Nine 811,000 (234,000 249,000 165,000 83,000 80,000)
5 NO LEAVE NO LIFE Seven 726,000 (179,000 216,000 134,000 88,000 108,000)
6 ABC NEWS-SAT ABC1 694,000 (198,000 186,000 126,000 75,000 109,000)
7 MOVIE: IRRESISTIBLE Nine 694,000 (224,000 292,000 68,000 63,000 47,000)
8 BORDERLINE Seven 640,000 (148,000 219,000 120,000 68,000 84,000)
9 KINGDOM Seven 636,000 (187,000 209,000 88,000 62,000 90,000)
10 TAGGART ABC1 634,000 (130,000 163,000 127,000 85,000 129,000)
11 THE BILL ABC1 616,000 (155,000 152,000 129,000 59,000 122,000)
12 THE CRICKET SHOW Nine 565,000 (165,000 193,000 134,000 72,000 P not shown)
13 SPECTACLED BEARS: SHADOWS OF THE FOREST ABC1 490,000 (109,000 128,000 122,000 49,000 81,000)
14 ABC NEWS UPDATE 8.30pm ABC1 473,000 (115,000 127,000 85,000 59,000 87,000)
15 ABC NEWS UPDATE 9.30pm ABC1 445,000 (118,000 114,000 97,000 40,000 77,000)
16 TEN NEWS AT SAT Ten 442,000 (101,000 101,000 104,000 44,000 92,000)
17 MOVIE: KING KONG RPT Ten 439,000 (143,000 136,000 60,000 45,000 56,000)
18 BEST OF GARDENING AUSTRALIA ABC1 395,000 (98,000 131,000 71,000 43,000 52,000)
19 REBUS RPT ABC1 378,000 (92,000 110,000 57,000 51,000 68,000)
20 MERLIN SAT RPT Ten 372,000 (92,000 122,000 70,000 36,000 52,000)
21 MOVIE: ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA: QUEEN OF THE DESERT Seven 356,000 (110,000 114,000 43,000 53,000 34,000)
22 DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS SAT Ten 354,000 (89,000 107,000 74,000 38,000 46,000)
23 THE SIMPSONS RPT Ten 315,000 (70,000 116,000 58,000 32,000 40,000)
24 MYTHBUSTERS RPT SBS ONE 293,000 (108,000 62,000 62,000 32,000 30,000)
25 SPORTS TONIGHT SAT Ten 283,000 (66,000 73,000 70,000 27,000 47,000)
26 WEEKEND TODAY-SATURDAY Nine 280,000 (91,000 78,000 61,000 24,000 25,000)
27 MOVIE: CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS -RPT Nine 267,000 (B 191,000 P 76,000)
28 MOVIE: MURDER BY NUMBERS -RPT Nine 251,000 (62,000 118,000 14,000 28,000 30,000)
29 TOON DISNEY RPT Seven 250,000 (71,000 85,000 48,000 22,000 24,000)
30 ROCKWIZ SBS ONE 249,000 (82,000 63,000 41,000 20,000 43,000)
RAGE: GUEST PROGRAMMER ABC1 129,000 (24,000 44,000 35,000 16,000 11,000)
52 MOVIE: THE CROCODILE HUNTER RPT 7TWO 111,000 (19,000 37,000 18,000 18,000 18,000)
IN THE BUSH WITH MALCOLM DOUGLAS 7TWO 105,000 (27,000 34,000 19,000 10,000 15,000)
THE NANNY RPT GO! 99,000 (37,000 29,000 7,000 6,000 20,000)
ADVENTURES OF BOTTLE TOP BILL AND HIS BEST FRIEND ABC2 94,000 (34,000 39,000 4,000 10,000 8,000)
SEINFELD RPT GO! 92,000 (18,000 26,000 18.000 17,000 12,000)
72 GET SMART RPT GO! 90,000 (25,000 33,000 10,000 11,000 11,000)
SEVEN'S MOTORSPORT: MINI CHALLENGE Seven 88,000 (25,000 28,000 13,000 15,000 7,000)
MOVIE: THE HOST SBS ONE 87,000 (19,000 30,000 18,000 9,000 11,000)
HAMISH MACBETH RPT ABC2 70,000 (24,000 11,000 14,000 10,000 10,000)
108 BERT AND ERNIE'S GREAT ADVENTURES ABC2 59,000 (28,000 19,000 1,000 2,000 9,000)
157 RAGE ABC1 42,000 (12,000 9,000 10,000 5,000 5,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald website

Despite guest appearance by Katherine Jenkins and Ronan Keating, audience for Carols in the Domain were 137,000 down from last year, mainly due to cricket from Perth finishing at 9.40pm AEDT, eating into the Carols' ratings in Sydney and Melbourne.
Ten News and Sports Tonight posted their lowest figures on a Saturday this year.

Ratings for the week ending December 19 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
Seven/7TWO 29.8%
Nine/GO! 28.1%
Ten/ONE 18.4%
ABC1/2/3 16.9%
SBSONE/TWO 6.8%

Seven finished first in all cities except Melbourne, where Nine won.
Seven also won Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Nine took Wednesday and Friday with both networks tieing for Tuesday.

National top programs:
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 THE VICAR OF DIBLEY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Seven 1,288,000 316,000 436,000 224,000 146,000 166,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,237,000 322,000 357,000 233,000 149,000 176,000
3 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,234,000 312,000 349,000 264,000 147,000 163,000
4 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,205,000 327,000 348,000 207,000 138,000 185,000
5 BORDER PATROL-SUN Seven 1,198,000 326,000 371,000 247,000 119,000 136,000
6 BONES RPT Seven 1,127,000 274,000 327,000 236,000 125,000 167,000
7 THE MENTALIST -RPT Nine 1,109,000 291,000 389,000 196,000 116,000 116,000
8 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,088,000 265,000 326,000 230,000 130,000 137,000
9 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,084,000 256,000 325,000 215,000 112,000 176,000
10 NINE NEWS Nine 1,068,000 291,000 339,000 226,000 118,000 94,000
11 WOOLWORTHS CAROLS IN THE DOMAIN Seven 1,007,000 361,000 323,000 128,000 112,000 84,000
12 THE FORCE MON RPT Seven 992,000 295,000 280,000 210,000 74,000 134,000
13 DESTROYED IN SECONDS Seven 989,000 276,000 271,000 224,000 96,000 122,000
14 OUTBACK WILDLIFE RESCUE Seven 987,000 249,000 299,000 220,000 96,000 122,000
15 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT MON Nine 964,000 295,000 273,000 209,000 78,000 111,000
16 COLD CASE Nine 962,000 224,000 319,000 151,000 138,000 130,000
17 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 950,000 265,000 302,000 181,000 117,000 86,000
18 THE MIDDLE Nine 949,000 262,000 319,000 182,000 81,000 104,000
19 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 946,000 278,000 284,000 203,000 76,000 106,000
20 BACKSTAIRS BILLY: THE QUEEN MUM'S BUTLER ABC1 923,000 289,000 222,000 177,000 98,000 138,000
21 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS SUMMER Seven 921,000 282,000 269,000 159,000 103,000 108,000
22 AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS-WED Seven 885,000 226,000 235,000 170,000 111,000 142,000
23 ABC NEWS ABC1 883,000 256,000 267,000 156,000 84,000 120,000
24 CASTLE RPT Seven 881,000 214,000 286,000 158,000 104,000 119,000
25 GLEE Ten 870,000 220,000 298,000 179,000 69,000 103,000
26 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-SUMMER Seven 865,000 225,000 263,000 171,000 96,000 110,000
27 CITY HOMICIDE-WED RPT Seven 833,000 219,000 247,000 189,000 78,000 101,000
28 THE AMAZING RACE 15 - TUE Seven 833,000 281,000 267,000 131,000 80,000 73,000
29 NCIS RPT Ten 831,000 214,000 226,000 170,000 113,000 108,000
30 SURVIVOR: SAMOA -EP2 Nine 830,000 246,000 301,000 123,000 57,000 103,000
86 TOP GEAR SBS ONE 541,000 171,000 142,000 115,000 55,000 58,000
125 OZ AND JAMES'S BIG WINE ADVENTURE SBS ONE 330,000 89,000 118,000 64,000 29,000 30,000
179 HEARTBEAT 7TWO 216,000 53,000 62,000 28,000 37,000 36,000
196 STARGATE ATLANTIS 7TWO 183,000 44,000 56,000 38,000 23,000 23,000
230 MOTHER AND SON RPT 7TWO 147,000 30,000 49,000 31,000 20,000 16,000
233 WIPEOUT GO! 145,000 25,000 50,000 28,000 22,000 20,000
236 RED DWARF SPECIAL 2009: BACK TO EARTH ABC2 144,000 44,000 29,000 15,000 33,000 23,000
(OzTAM mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald website

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[Bernadette]

[i]SBS
SBS will air a documentary that looks at the image of Santa around the world, how he differs and comparing mythology. The Legends of Santa airs Wednesday, 23 December at 8:30pm on SBS ONE.
[i]
That sounds interesting! Ill record that lol

SBS ONE will also air the long-awaited third season of HBO drama Big Love. It will be shown on a new night, on Tuesday, 12 January at 8.30pm.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL YEAR FOR THAT YES YES YES!!!!! I CANT WAIT

[kirkitus]

OMG FULL HOUSE! HAHA yay

[johnson]

Ratings for Sunday, December 20 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
Seven/7TWO 33.3%
Nine/GO! 25.0%
Ten/ONE 17.7%
ABC1/2/3 17.2%
SBSONE/TWO 6.8%

National top programs: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 THE VICAR OF DIBLEY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Seven 1,284,000 (362,000 421,000 238,000 133,000 130,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,194,000 (302,000 342,000 293,000 128,000 129,000)
3 BORDER PATROL-SUN Seven 1,159,000 (327,000 332,000 235,000 132,000 133,000)
4 SPICKS AND SPECKS: A VERY SPECKY CHRISTMAS ABC1 1,034,000 (315,000 332,000 201,000 85,000 101,000)
5 BONES RPT Seven 1,005,000 (284,000 238,000 220,000 134,000 129,000)
6 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 959,000 (280,000 290,000 204,000 83,000 103,000)
7 HAMISH & ANDY RE-GIFTED RPT Ten 808,000 (198,000 300,000 180,000 58,000 72,000)
8 CASTLE RPT Seven 793,000 (216,000 233,000 140,000 109,000 95,000)
9 ABC NEWS SUNDAY ABC1 690,000 211,000 193,000 137,000 56,000 93,000)
10 MOVIE: TEARS OF THE SUN -RPT Nine 683,000 (172,000 181,000 160,000 78,000 92,000)
11 TEN NEWS AT FIVE SUN Ten 601,000 (129,000 148,000 159,000 65,000 100,000)
12 OLIVER TWIST ABC1 540,000 (182,000 182,000 68,000 48,000 60,000)
13 CRICKET: THIRD TEST - AUSTRALIA V WEST INDIES Nine 482,000 (138,000 166,000 101,000 47,000 31,000)
14 MOVIE: ABOUT A BOY RPT Ten 479,000 (114,000 188,000 77,000 47,000 53,000)
15 SPORTS TONIGHT SUN Ten 444,000 (102,000 135,000 102,000 48,000 57,000)
16 GLEE RPT Ten 437,000 (143,000 121,000 90,000 35,000 48,000)
17 DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS SUN Ten 381,000 (87,000 106,000 109,000 42,000 36,000)
18 THE SIMPSONS RPT Ten 364,000 (97,000 107,000 92,000 34,000 33,000)
19 BAND OF BROTHERS RPT Seven 345,000 (90,000 109,000 57,000 47,000 42,000)
20 WEEKEND SUNRISE Seven 318,000 (100,000 83,000 75,000 25,000 35,000)
21 COMPASS ABC1 312,000 (114,000 109,000 35,000 29,000 25,000)
22 A HISTORY OF SCOTLAND SBS ONE 302,000 (77,000 83,000 73,000 30,000 40,000)
23 ABC NEWS UPDATE ABC1 294,000 (94,000 97,000 43,000 32,000 28,000)
24 THE CRICKET SHOW Nine 283,000 (91,000 120,000 42,000 31,000 P not shown)
25 HESTON'S FEASTS SBS ONE 267,000 (81,000 86,000 48,000 22,000 30,000)
26 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S LIFE IN COLD BLOOD -RPT Nine 259,000 (B 174,000 P 86,000)
27 WEEKEND TODAY - SUNDAY Nine 240,000 (71,000 70,000 53,000 16,000 30,000)
28 THE DAGG SEA SCROLLS ABC1 227,000 (56,000 61,000 57,000 28,000 25,000)
29 TRUE CSI: COLD BLOOD -RPT Nine 222,000 (50,000 90,000 33,000 20,000 29,000)
30 THE RICH LIST RPT Seven 218,000 (S 112,000 M 106,000)
JOHN ADAMS SBS ONE 172,000 (61,000 47,000 22,000 24,000 19,000)
CAROLS IN THE CITY Nine 163,000 (57,000 34,000 19,000 11,000 42,000)
44 WIPEOUT AUSTRALIA GO! 154,000 (29,000 65,000 3,000 22,000 35,000)
THE BIG BANG THEORY GO! 133,000 (30,000 57,000 12,000 15,000 19,000)
52 WIPEOUT RPT GO! 125,000 (23,000 44,000 32,000 8,000 18,000)
54 GILLIGAN'S ISLAND -RPT Nine 114,000 (S 58,000 M 32,000 B 24,000)
THE 2009 XXXX GOLD OLD 20TH ANNIVERSARY VARIETY BASH Seven 97,000 (22,000 19,000 34,000 11,000 10,000)
62 THE NANNY RPT GO! 93,000 (22,000 28,000 17,000 8,000 19,000)
CHARLIE AND LOLA ABC2 90,000 (23,000 34,000 8,000 7,000 18,000)
77 GIDGET GOES HAWAIIAN GO! 82,000 (28,000 15,000 13,000 7,000 19,000)
85 GIDGET GO! 78,000 (19,000 23,000 12,000 7,000 18,000)
BINDI: THE JUNGLE GIRL ABC1 73,000 (12,000 28,000 16,000 2,000 15,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald website

With cricket finishing early, Seven really dominated the night, with The Vicar of Dibley repeat, Border Patrol and Bones doing well.
The repeat of Hamish and Andy Re-Gifted did well for Ten, not so for repeats of Glee (especially since new episodes finished last week) and movie About a Boy.

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[johnson]

Ratings for Monday, December 21 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
Seven/7TWO 29.4%
Nine/GO! 27.6%
Ten/ONE 16.5%
ABC1/2/3 16.2%
SBSONE/TWO 10.3%

National top programs: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,263,000 (352,000 361,000 230,000 159,000 162,000)
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,169,000 (328,000 301,000 233,000 151,000 157,000)
3 THE MENTALIST -RPT Nine 1,131,000 (277,000 370,000 241,000 116,000 128,000)
4 NINE NEWS Nine 1,087,000 (320,000 313,000 223,000 123,000 110,000)
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,021,000 (309,000 295,000 216,000 105,000 95,000)
6 DESTROYED IN SECONDS Seven 998,000 (293,000 249,000 197,000 101,000 159,000)
7 ABC NEWS ABC1 915,000 (260,000 280,000 168,000 94,000 113,000)
8 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT MON Nine 884,000 (261,000 235,000 216,000 74,000 99,000)
9 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-SUMMER Seven 874,000 (236,000 249,000 167,000 106,000 116,000)
10 THE FORCE MON RPT Seven 869,000 (220,000 244,000 169,000 95,000 141,000)
11 THE MIDDLE Nine 859,000 (242,000 269,000 169,000 80,000 100,000)
12 MOVIE: SURVIVING CHRISTMAS Seven 856,000 (272,000 268,000 137,000 86,000 92,000)
13 CSI: MIAMI Nine 850,000 (207,000 278,000 147,000 119,000 99,000)
14 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 778,000 (212,000 249,000 127,000 89,000 102,000)
15 AUSTRALIA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS - DAILY EDITION Nine 710,000 (218,000 183,000 165,000 61,000 83,000)
16 ELDERS WITH ANDREW DENTON ABC1 686,000 (214,000 200,000 128,000 69,000 75,000)
17 7.30 REPORT ABC1 685,000 (218,000 200,000 123,000 69,000 76,000)
18 TOP GEAR SBS ONE 681,000 (234,000 178,000 150,000 66,000 53,000)
19 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE RPT Ten 608,000 (172,000 215,000 89,000 52,000 80,000)
20 MAN VS WILD SBS ONE 593,000 (164,000 166,000 140,000 61,000 63,000)
21 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 592,000 (180,000 198,000 112,000 53,000 50,000)
22 STARGATE UNIVERSE Ten 558,000 (181,000 138,000 113,000 65,000 61,000)
23 DEAL OR NO DEAL RPT Seven 545,000 (158,000 169,000 70,000 84,000 64,000)
24 THE SIMPSONS RPT Ten 531,000 (153,000 175,000 74,000 57,000 73,000)
25 30 ROCK RPT Seven 515,000 (148,000 192,000 89,000 48,000 37,000)
26 DESTINATION: FIFA WORLD CUP SBS ONE 509,000 (169,000 160,000 92,000 44,000 44,000)
27 LILIES ABC1 491,000 (171,000 123,000 72,000 58,000 66,000)
28 HOT SEAT -RPT Nine 486,000 (119,000 143,000 109,000 53,000 61,000)
29 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT RPT Ten 476,000 (132,000 147,000 88,000 51,000 58,000)
30 SUPERNATURAL Ten 461,000 (143,000 129,000 94,000 52,000 43,000)
31 MAKE 'EM LAUGH: THE FUNNY BUSINESS OF AMERICA ABC1 409,000 (140,000 118,000 72,000 38,000 42,000)
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 403,000 (91,000 135,000 62,000 56,000 59,000)
34 SUNRISE Seven 347,000 (95,000 71,000 91,000 34,000 55,000)
39 TODAY Nine 303,000 (98,000 98,000 54,000 22,000 31,000)
42 PARKS AND RECREATION Seven 294,000 (81,000 102,000 65,000 24,000 24,000)
BURYING BRIAN Nine 290,000 (76,000 88,000 45,000 37,000 45,000)
THE BOY WHO SEES WITHOUT EYES ABC1 223,000 (71,000 72,000 31,000 37,000 12,000)
IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA Seven 201,000 (48,000 78,000 40,000 17,000 17,000)
THE 7PM PROJECT LATE RPT Ten 197,000 (49,000 63,000 37,000 31,000 17,000)
67 HEARTBEAT 7TWO 166,000 (36,000 51,000 35,000 28,000 16,000)
THE FIXER SBS ONE 130,000 (36,000 43,000 16,000 19,000 16,000)
83 MOTHER AND SON RPT 7TWO 126,000 (22,000 45,000 26,000 19,000 14,000)
MISTER MAKER ABC2 113,000 (36,000 44,000 4,000 13,000 15,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald website

30 Rock posted its highest ratings in Australia for new and repeated episodes.
Seven and Nine were neck and neck between 7.30pm and 8.30pm. Two and a Half Men took a tumble, but The Middle kept most of the lead-in.
SG:U lost over 180,000 viewers from last week's episode, partly due to the Rules of Engagement lead-in.
SBS did well, capturing 10% share of last night's audience.

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[kirkitus]

Why did 30 Rock post such high numbers? It's great but I don't understand what made last night so special?

[johnson]

^ I don't know, maybe due to lack of competition at 10.30pm?

[johnson]

Ratings for Tuesday, December 22 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
Nine/GO! 26.8%
Seven/7TWO 26.1%
Ten/ONE 20.9%
ABC1/2 19.6%
SBSONE/TWO 6.7%

National top programs: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,242,000 (348,000 363,000 214,000 127,000 191,000)
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,153,000 (330,000 330,000 219,000 120,000 154,000)
3 NINE NEWS Nine 985,000 (265,000 273,000 238,000 112,000 96,000)
4 ABC NEWS ABC1 923,000 (225,000 290,000 192,000 96,000 120,000)
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 879,000 (218,000 275,000 209,000 89,000 88,000)
7 HITLER'S FAVOURITE ROYAL ABC1 878,000 (256,000 240,000 177,000 86,000 118,000)
13 SURVIVOR: SAMOA -EP2 Nine 762,000 (277,000 223,000 106,000 60,000 96,000)
15 WHITE COLLAR TUES Ten 753,000 (186,000 236,000 158,000 91,000 83,000)
16 SURVIVOR: SAMOA -EP1 Nine 702,000 (252,000 184,000 135,000 49,000 83,000)
17 PRIVATE PRACTICE Seven 682,000 (180,000 193,000 117,000 110,000 82,000)
19 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE RPT Ten 635,000 (190,000 215,000 80,000 73,000 77,000)
21 ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE Ten 604,000 (154,000 237,000 98,000 49,000 66,000)
23 DANNII MINOGUE: MY STORY Seven 585,000 (130,000 181,000 88,000 105,000 81,000)
27 THE OFFICE TUES Ten 481,000 (138,000 172,000 75,000 46,000 49,000)
58 THE CIRCUIT SBS ONE 193,000 (64,000 40,000 38,000 29,000 22,000)
78 MOTHER AND SON RPT 7TWO 130,000 (32,000 45,000 27,000 13,000 15,000)
96 SEINFELD RPT GO! 101,000 (28,000 35,000 12,000 17,000 8,000)
101 UGLY BETTY 7TWO 96,000 (27,000 30,000 16,000 10,000 14,000)
105 TOOL ACADEMY GO! 94,000 (22,000 34,000 16,000 9,000 13,000)
110 LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Ten 92,000 (22,000 20,000 25,000 15,000 10,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: MediaSpy forum, The Sydney Morning Herald website

This post has been edited by johnson: Dec 26 2009, 12:16 AM

[Bernadette]

do you think the Aussie rating period needs to be shorter than what it is? randomn question lol because it seems massively long

[johnson]

Ratings for Wednesday, December 23 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
Nine/GO! 29.1%
Seven/7TWO 28.8%
Ten/ONE 20.3%
ABC1/2/3 15.5%
SBSONE/TWO 6.3%

National top programs: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,096,000 (257,000 339,000 177,000 154,000 170,000)
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,062,000 263,000 312,000 205,000 138,000 144,000)
3 NINE NEWS Nine 1,026,000 (284,000 341,000 174,000 115,000 111,000)
4 ABC NEWS ABC1 900,000 (255,000 277,000 156,000 93,000 119,000)
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 849,000 (237,000 283,000 165,000 75,000 90,000)
6 AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS-WED Seven 804,000 (204,000 252,000 148,000 84,000 116,000)
7 SUPERSTARS OF DANCE Nine 797,000 (197,000 254,000 146,000 79,000 121,000)
8 CITY HOMICIDE-WED RPT Seven 790,000 (232,000 222,000 147,000 93,000 97,000)
9 COLD CASE -EP1 RPT Nine 776,000 (180,000 256,000 136,000 99,000 105,000)
12 FUTURAMA WED Ten 692,000 (185,000 201,000 126,000 87,000 93,000)
14 THE CLEVELAND SHOW Ten 637,000 (169,000 231,000 72,000 79,000 85,000)
21 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE RPT Ten 572,000 (132,000 196,000 83,000 61,000 100,000)
27 CALIFORNICATION WED Ten 416,000 (119,000 161,000 57,000 47,000 31,000)
49 REX IN ROME SBS ONE 219,000 (66,000 68,000 24,000 31,000 30,000)
87 MOTHER AND SON RPT 7TWO 128,000 (28,000 50,000 27,000 13,000 10,000)
98 THE UNIT 7TWO 114,000 (17,000 43,000 36,000 10,000 8,000)
128 TIN MAN 7TWO 81,000 (14,000 24,000 23,000 10,000 10,000)
134 FRINGE GO! 77,000 (22,000 27,000 15,000 7,000 7,000)
194 RICHARD HAMMOND'S BLAST LAB ABC3 40,000 (26,000 0 0 2,000 13,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)

Ratings for Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
ABC1/2/3 11.4%
Seven/7TWO 21.1%
Nine/GO! 45.9%
Ten/ONE 16.9%
SBS ONE/TWO 4.8%

National top programs: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT Nine 1,774,000 (430,000 793,000 238,000 162,000 152,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,052,000 (284,000 301,000 203,000 120,000 143,000)
3 SHREK THE HALLS -RPT Nine 968,000 (234,000 385,000 163,000 62,000 124,000)
4 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 940,000 (250,000 266,000 184,000 116,000 123,000)
5 NINE NEWS Nine 937,000 (271,000 311,000 165,000 85,000 105,000)
6 ABC NEWS ABC1 804,000 (202,000 240,000 176,000 78,000 108,000)
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 796,000 (222,000 275,000 153,000 57,000 90,000)
9 THE NATIVITY STORY Nine 690,000 (166,000 320,000 77,000 74,000 53,000)
12 TALKIN' 'BOUT YOUR GENERATION - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL RPT Ten 573,000 (128,000 185,000 110,000 70,000 80,000)
21 VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW 2009 Ten 405,000 (94,000 140,000 79,000 45,000 47,000)
22 CAROLS FROM ST GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL 2009 ABC1 403,000 (111,000 124,000 77,000 25,000 68,000)
27 A VERY MARRIED CHRISTMAS Ten 330,000 (89,000 116,000 45,000 39,000 41,000)
28 CLASH OF THE SANTAS ABC1 301,000 (68,000 92,000 67,000 33,000 42,000)
33 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS Ten 262,000 (76,000 84,000 40,000 30,000 32,000)
40 STEALING CHRISTMAS RPT Ten 231,000 (63,000 73,000 36,000 34,000 24,000)
46 PEPPA'S CHRISTMAS-AM ABC1 196,000 (73,000 69,000 20,000 16,000 17,000)
51 HOW MANY MORE MINUTES UNTIL CHRISTMAS? (CHARLIE AND LOLA) ABC1 166,000 (61,000 44,000 25,000 21,000 15,000)
59 WORLD CHAMPION SANTA ABC1 143,000 (45,000 32,000 27,000 20,000 19,000)
67 STARGATE ATLANTIS 7TWO 129,000 (19,000 37,000 25,000 26,000 22,000)
81 THE NANNY RPT GO! 112,000 (18,000 40,000 31,000 8,000 15,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: MediaSpy forum, The Sydney Morning Herald website

Huge figures for Carols by Candlelight (especially in Melbourne where nearly 800,000 people watched the telecast). However it was the lowest audience since 2002 (1.73 million).
CBC alone helped Nine to a massive 45% share for the night and sealing the final ratings week for 2009 with 3 nights to go. Ten's line-up of TBYG Xmas special and Victoria's Secret lingerie show was trounced by CBC.

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probably such a high number of people watching in melbourne cos it was raining so they didn't go

[johnson]

Ratings for the week ending December 26 (non-ratings period)
Audience share:
Nine/GO! 29.8%
Seven/7TWO 26.9%
Ten/ONE 18.4%
ABC1/2/3 17.6%
SBSONE/TWO 7.3%

Nine won the final ratings week of 2009 mainly thanks to Carols by Candlelight.
Below are the shares and selected top programs for Christmas Day and Boxing Day:

Audience share for December 25:
Nine/GO! 29.7%
Seven/7TWO 22.3%
ABC1/2/3 21.9%
Ten/ONE 17.1%
SBSONE/TWO 9.0%

National top programs for December 25: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 723,000 (184,000 205,000 169,000 62,000 104,000)
2 ABC NEWS ABC1 717,000 (253,000 198,000 132,000 62,000 74,000)
3 MOVIE: ELF -RPT Nine 682,000 (192,000 235,000 113,000 64,000 78,000)
4 THE QUEEN'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2009 ABC1 650,000 (199,000 194,000 117,000 57,000 83,000)
5 NINE NEWS Nine 641,000
9 MY FAMILY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (2008) ABC1 536,000 (128,000 172,000 114,000 52,000 71,000)
12 LANNY AND WAYNE THE CHRISTMAS ELVES IN PREP & LANDING Seven 434,000 (106,000 152,000 88,000 36,000 53,000)
21 THE GRINCH RPT Ten 278,000 (101,000 87,000 38,000 16,000 35,000)
23 THE WORST CHRISTMAS OF MY LIFE RPT ABC1 246,000 (67,000 76,000 49,000 25,000 30,000)
27 MOVIE: THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS PRESENT Seven 194,000 (62,000 45,000 52,000 12,000 23,000)
28 THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Seven 193,000 (82,000 41,000 33,000 18,000 18,000)
30 CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT RPT Nine 191,000 (38,000 83,000 25,000 15,000 30,000)
33 CHRISTMAS AT THE RIVIERA RPT ABC1 168,000 (39,000 50,000 36,000 22,000 21,000)
34 MOVIE: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET RPT Ten 154,000 (33,000 66,000 27,000 13,000 16,000)
37 SILENT NIGHT - THE STORY OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS -RPT Nine 139,000 (32,000 46,000 27,000 17,000 17,000)
38 2009 QUEEN'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE Nine 136,000 (11,000 47,000 17,000 32,000 31,000)
40 MOVIE: BAD SANTA GO! 127,000 (26,000 33,000 25,000 24,000 18,000)
44 MOVIE: A CHRISTMAS STORY -RPT Nine 119,000 (51,000 59,000 10,000)
48 A MISER BROTHER'S CHRISTMAS Nine 107,000 (12,000 52,000 9,000 11,000 23,000)
57 JAMIE COOKS CHRISTMAS RPT Ten 90,000 (14,000 30,000 12,000 11,000 23,000)
58 THE KOALA BROTHERS OUTBACK CHRISTMAS-AM ABC1 88,000 (36,000 24,000 5,000 10,000 12,000)
67 BAH HUMDUCK! LOONEY CHRISTMAS -RPT Nine 71,000 (23,000 17,000 20,000 11,000)
69 BLACKADDER'S CHRISTMAS CAROL GO! 71,000 (20,000 16,000 19,000 7,000 9,000)
75 CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS 2009 Ten 64,000 (14,000 25,000 7,000 3,000 15,000)
78 THE CHRIST FILES Seven 62,000 (11,000 21,000 13,000 8,000 9,000)
79 SANTA CLAUS PARADE 2009 Ten 62,000 (23,000 4,000 23,000 3,000 9,000)
89 A VERY BARRY CHRISTMAS ABC1 50,000 (16,000 16,000 9,000 6,000 4,000)
94 LETTERS TO SANTA - A MUPPETS CHRISTMAS Seven 48,000 (18,000 14,000 7,000 4,000 7,000)
98 MOVIE: BLINKY BILL'S WHITE CHRISTMAS Seven 43,000 (21,000 8,000 6,000 2,000 6,000)
101 CAROLS IN THE DOMAIN RPT 7TWO 41,000 (14,000 16,000 7,000 1,000 3,000)
111 CHRISTMAS EVE MASS ABC1 37,000 (10,000 11,000 7,000 4,000 6,000)
114 THE DIFFERENCE CHRISTMAS MAKES Seven 35,000 (3,000 9,000 7,000 8,000 8,000)
115 BOB THE BUILDER: A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER-AM ABC2 34,000 (7,000 4,000 13,000 3,000 7,000)
121 PETER SERAFINOWICZ SHOW CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ABC2 33,000 (16,000 5,000 4,000 5,000 3,000)
124 IN SEARCH OF SANTA CLAUS RPT SBS ONE 32,000 (8,000 5,000 7,000 2,000 10,000)
127 MR. ST. NICK -RPT Nine 31,000 (7,000 11,000 5,000 2,000 6,000)
133 CHRISTMAS PAGEANT WITH THE CITY OF PERTH Seven 28,000 (Perth only)

Audience share for December 26:
Seven/7TWO 25.7%
Nine/GO! 23.6%
ABC1/2/3 23.5%
Ten/ONE 19.4%
SBSONE/TWO 7.9%

National top programs for December 26: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,213,000 (342,000 444,000 205,000 138,000 84,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,076,000 (324,000 260,000 232,000 106,000 154,000)
3 CRICKET: FIRST TEST - AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN Nine 1,035,000 (304,000 311,000 189,000 110,000 121,000)
4 ABC NEWS-SAT ABC1 820,000 (236,000 246,000 163,000 89,000 85,000)
5 NO LEAVE NO LIFE Seven 796,000 (235,000 202,000 145,000 95,000 120,000)
6 WIPEOUT Nine 738,000 (213,000 229,000 138,000 88,000 71,000)
7 THE CRICKET SHOW Nine 711,000 (208,000 236,000 123,000 69,000 75,000)
8 TAGGART ABC1 702,000 (192,000 197,000 102,000 100,000 110,000)
9 THE BILL ABC1 697,000 (204,000 179,000 121,000 80,000 112,000)
10 BORDERLINE Seven 696,000 (166,000 216,000 128,000 78,000 108,000)
11 KINGDOM Seven 639,000 (153,000 228,000 112,000 60,000 86,000)
12 FINAL CHANCE TO SAVE THE ORANGUTANS WITH JOANNA LUMLEY ABC1 621,000 (169,000 156,000 148,000 75,000 73,000)
15 MOVIE: THAT THING YOU DO! RPT Ten 524,000 (172,000 124,000 92,000 71,000 66,000)
17 WALLANDER Seven 520,000 (156,000 192,000 67,000 62,000 44,000)
19 CRUSOE Nine 510,000 (115,000 170,000 103,000 57,000 65,000)
20 WALLACE AND GROMIT'S CRACKING CONTRAPTIONS ABC1 508,000 (147,000 134,000 104,000 54,000 69,000)
22 ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE 2009 Seven 458,000 (206,000 108,000 65,000 48,000 31,000)
61 THE OUTDOOR ROOM WITH JAMIE DURIE 7TWO 96,000 (18,000 44,000 14,000 6,000 15,000)
62 60 MINUTE MAKEOVER 7TWO 95,000 (24,000 33,000 16,000 10,000 12,000)
63 GET SMART GO! 94,000 (23,000 31,000 22,000 11,000 8,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald website

The opening day of the Boxing Day cricket test did very well for Nine, however it was 200,000 lower than last year when the Aussies hosted South Africa.

This post has been edited by johnson: Dec 30 2009, 04:12 PM