50/50 or can I Phone a Real Friend…

3Mar09

Newcastle TV ratings week 9, 2009

If you were to only look at the most watched programs in the Hunter for last week, you would make the following judgements: NBN and Prime are head to head at 50% on the leader board. Prime is really catching up. As for the reality of that tale, when you look at the ratings figures, this is a different story, why?
Reality! that’s is exactly right. Newcastle loves its reality shows. Apart from again the leader of the week, Underbelly2 (although technically this is based on true events) and Pack To The Rafters (which is set around the reality of today’s family), the 10 most watched programs of last week and nearly every week, has some how to do with what’s happening in our world today… We still like to watch ourselves..

Most Watched Programs:
1 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities NBN 124000
2 Packed To The Rafters PRIME 89000
3 NBN Evening News Monday to Friday NBN 88000
4 Find My Family PRIME 86000
5 RSPCA Animal Rescue PRIME 86000
6 NBN Evening News Sunday NBN 78000
7 A Current Affair NBN 76000
8 Gangs of Oz PRIME 76000
9 Criminal Minds PRIME 75000
10 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation NBN 75000

Week 9 2009  Week 9 2008   Prog 2009   Prog 2008
NBN         32.3                  29.9                   34.1               31.2
PRIME       21.7                 27.9                   21.5               26.8
TEN         19.9                  17.5                   18.7               17.7
ABC         18.5                  17.3                   18.0               17.4
SBS          6.6                   7.4                      6.8                 7.0

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