Most watched programs
1  Prime News Monday to Friday  PRIME  68000
2 Seven News Monday to Friday PRIME 58000

3 NBN Evening News Sunday NBN 54000

4 McLeods Daughters NBN 53000

5 Friday Night Football Panthers v Eagles NBN 52000

6 60 Minutes NBN 49000

7 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation NBN 49000

8 Friday Night Football Dragons v Broncos NBN 47000

9 Where Are They Now PRIME 45000

10 Seven News Sunday PRIME 45000

Popularity: 1%

Most Watched Programs
1  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation  NBN  115000
2 60 Minutes NBN 109000
3 Spicks & Specks ABC 107000

4 The Chasers War on Everything ABC 101000

5 NBN Evening News Monday to Friday NBN 98000

6 1 VS 100 NBN 95000

7 NBN Evening News Sunday NBN 94000
8 A Current Affair NBN 93000

9 CSI: Miami NBN 93000

10 Friday Night Football Panthers v Eagles NBN 87000

Station Ratings

                Week 22
2007 Week 22
2006 Prog
2007 Prog
2006

NBN         36.8                 36.0                 34.8         36.5

PRIME     23.7                 20.9                 26.1         22.7

TEN         17.4                 21.7                 16.9         19.9

ABC         16.0                 15.5                 16.4         16.0

SBS         6.1                   5.9                  5.8             5.0

Popularity: 1%

Channel Ten had a poor week all round, averaging just 21 per cent of the prime time audience. Thanks to Tuesday singing and Friday AFL, Seven won the week with 29.2 per cent, while Nine got 28.1, ABC 16.2, and SBS 5.5.

What Australia watched, week ending June 2

1 60 MINUTES Nine 1,703,000
2 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,670,000
3 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION Nine 1,629,000
4 GREY’S ANATOMY Seven 1,554,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,529,000
6 IT TAKES TWO Seven 1,526,000
7 SPICKS AND SPECKS ABC 1,517,000
8 CSI: MIAMI Nine 1,484,000
9 THE CHASER’S WAR ON EVERYTHING ABC 1,472,000
10 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Seven 1,466,000
11 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,463,000
12 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,456,000
13 NCIS Ten 1,434,000
14 WHERE ARE THEY NOW Seven 1,401,000
15 HOUSE Ten 1,349,000

Popularity: 1%

Fill-in Seven News presenter and Melbourne-based reporter Rebecca Maddern has been announced as the new Weekend Sunrise newsreader. Executive Producer Adam Boland also revealed game show host and current news presenter Simon Reeve would be moving into the sports role.

Maddern, who will commute to Sydney each weekend, was described as “one of the real talents of our network” by Boland. Former sports presenter Kylie Gillies has been apppointed co-host of Seven’s The Morning Show, which will start at 9am on June 18, with Larry Emdur. Gillies is also in contention for the co-host role on Weekend Sunrise, after Lisa Wilkinson defected to the Nine Network’s Today Show.

Boland, who says over 50 people have applied for the position from within Seven and other networks, has not ruled out Gillies becoming the permanent co-host of Weekend Sunrise, in addition to her Morning Show commitments.

Meanwhile, Seven Morning News with Ann Sanders will be presented from Melbourne for the next two weeks, while rehearsals are done for The Morning Show. With the Martin Place Seven headquarters comprising of the news studio, Sunrise and The Morning Show, rehearsals couldn’t be done between 9am and 11am without preempting the 10:30am news.

While Rebecca Maddern will read the morning news from Melbourne for two-weeks leading up to The Morning Show’s debut, Ann Sanders will takeover from 11:30am on June 18, leaving half an hour for a studio transformation between The Morning Show and Seven Morning News.

Info from Media Spy and The Herald Sun

Popularity: 1%

Local online web "channel" Hunter’s Best continues to grow at a rapid rate. Launched on 1 January 2007 the site has grown to become one of the highest profile websites in the Hunter Region during the last 5 months.

The Hunter’s Best concept mixes hi-frequency television advertising with a unique online presence to provide businesses with a cost-effective new way to reach potential consumers. Advertising has been running consistently on NBN, Prime and TEN since day one, urging consumers to visit the website to meet more of the Hunter’s Best businesses. And it has been working, with web traffic doubling every month to the point that the site is approaching 3/4 million hits.

The site itself offers a variety of reasons to visit. An up-to-date News Ticker lets you know the latest happenings and events, live weather and marine reports are available for the whole region, movies and the arts are well catered to, surfers can read daily reports from crack reporter Sandy Toggs, plus there is a growing business directory with clever profile pages.

A new innovation is the use of streaming video…check out the latest movie releases and trailers, surf action and more.

Hunter’s Best has just closed entries on competition to win a $12,000 champagne diamond ring in association with the Sunny Days Foundation, and the winner will be drawn this week. The competition attracted thousands of entries.

Hunter’s Best offers a real alternative to businesses looking to raise their profile. They offer TV commercials from $60 per spot including production, with online profiles included.

(Note: author has an interest in Hunter’s Best)

Popularity: 10%

Media Hunter has been picking up a lot of readers from Northern NSW, so we thought it might help to occassionally drop in ratings figures for this region. What is interesting is the difference in results from region to region. NBN has long enjoyed a very dominant position in the Hunter Region. Prime rates very well inland, while TEN fights well above its weight on the North Coast. It illustrates how regionality plays a big part in viewing habits, as these results are all vastly different to the national ratings landscape. Please note that these results are for the week of State of Origin 1 and therefore are very strong for NBN.

North Coast NSW

                Week 21
2007     Week 21 2006     Prog 2007     Prog 2006

NBN         32.5                     32.1                     29.2             28.5

PRIME     19.4                     25.2                     24.8             24.8

TEN         24.2                     24.5                     25.6             27.5

ABC         12.6                     8.6                     11.0              10.8

SBS         11.2                     9.5                     9.3                 8.4

New England/North West/Mid North Coast

                Week 21
2007     Week 21
2006     Prog
2007     Prog
2006

NBN         33.1                     36.7                 30.7                 32.3

PRIME     30.1                     28.6                 31.8                 30.0

TEN         20.6                     17.8                 20.0                 20.7

ABC         11.1                     11.7                 12.5                12.7

SBS         5.1                     5.2                     5.0                   4.4

Newcastle

                Week 21
2007     Week 21
2006     Prog
2007     Prog
2006

NBN         37.8                     40.9                 34.6                 36.6

PRIME     22.9                     20.8                 26.3                 22.8

TEN         18.5                     16.7                 16.8                 19.7

ABC         14.8                     14.4                 16.4                 16.0

SBS         6.0                         7.2                 5.8                    4.9

Popularity: 5%

A tipster has suggested to Media Spy that an interesting change may be reported next week by Channel Nine and WIN Television.

The tipster says Nine and WIN will announce a joint venture to become a single entity, to maximise exposure for buyers. A one-stop-shop for sales between metropolitan and regional Nine stations has previously been mooted.

With the merged network run out of Willoughby, our tipster says the WIN brand may be phased out in time.

Popularity: 1%