The Newcastle Ratings Week 24, week ending 13 June 2009

A year ago to this date, the ratings figures where some what completely different. SC Ten was struggling to make a decent 17, 18%. NBN was dominant, nearly reaching the 40′s and Prime, well, was always in a definite second place to NBN that was never challenged. Fast forward today and the figures have gone haywire. NBN still a clear winner, but not pulling the viewing numbers it used to. SC Ten has jumped on board the ‘Why be Third when you can be Second Train’ and Prime is slowly sinking in ratings before our eyes, although it did rise 1% from last week? Interesting…

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The Newcastle Ratings Week 23, week ending 06 June 2009

Last week the ratings figures took a dramatic change, with SC TEN jumping over Prime for a strong second. Again this week SC TEN has done it again, beating Prime for the second place position on the stations ratings. NBN and SC TEN seem to be going up in figures, however, Prime seems to be going down? As for the most watched programs, SC Ten has managed to get two of its programs up on the NBN dominated board.

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The Newcastle Ratings Week 22, week ending 30 May 2009

With the Newcastle Ratings this week, some interesting shows pop up. Apart from our weekly NBN News favourite, its changed focus from Underbelly, shows such as Find My Family or the common contender The Zoo, to mixing it up with the ABC programs. Masterchef on SC TEN is still managing to stay in the top ten each week it airs and also an old favourite, Getaway, has crept back into the chart. Maybe that’s got something to do with people dreaming of a holiday, that at the present time is unachievable?

The Stations Ratings are also quite fascinating, well the battle for second, third and fourth place, between Prime, SC Ten and ABC is anyway. SC Ten has finished a strong 2nd while ABC actually pipped Prime. I can’t remember the last time that happened.

Hmmm, Should Prime be worried?
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Newcastle Ratings Week 19 2009

For the Newcastle ratings last week it was a killer. NBN beating runner up Prime by pretty much a 10. point lead. It must be something about this time of year, as the results were similar last year.
As for the most watched programs, Underbelly for its finally week, got to go out with one more bang as leader of the programs watched. Now that the footy season is in full swing, its not surprising we are seeing NBN’s Friday Night Football back up on the most watched chart, being one of NBN’s high raters when in season. I was surprised to see the Logies didn’t even make it on the leader board, although on the other hand, the red carpet was probably the only part being viewed by most females out there.
Read on for some interesting Newcastle Ratings and Top 10′s for last week:

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The Newcastle Ratings, week 18 ending May 02

Just like our National Ratings, it seems Newcastle likes its Finales as well. Although we seem to be more interested in how much weight people can loose in the shortest amount of time, rather than how well people can dance. The only show that could knock Underbelly’s reigning first spot every week, was the Sunday News, now its the Biggest Loser Finales. In fact, Prime didn’t make it on the most watched leader board last week at all. Even though it didn’t bump up TEN’s ratings to beat NBN, it was however enough to overtake Prime’s constant second position in the ratings figures, bumping it up four points from just last weeks ratings. I wonder if the Underbelly Finale tonight will bring up changing numbers for next week.
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The Newcastle Ratings, week ending April 25

Back to rating. Our local stations broke for the Easter holidays and now we are back in business. NBN is still embarrassingly smashing its competition, are you surprised?
It seems over our Easter break we got so used to re-runs, that we started switching over to more of what is going on in the world and more importantly, our town. Beating Underbelly for the first time since it started airing all those weeks ago, is the local NBN Sunday News. In fact, if it wasn’t for Primes ‘Australia’s Got Talent’ and ABC’s new program ‘The Gruen Transfer’, NBN filled every other top ten position on the most watched programs for last week. Check out the latest figures to compare who have gone up since last year or last week and who have gone down:

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Newcastle TV ratings week 12, 2009

Last week we discussed that it was all about NBN. We’ll deja vu again Newcastle, NBN is not going no where, in fact if it’s going anywhere it’s going up – the ratings that is. NBN is clearing the board again with 8 out 10 ‘Most Watched Programs’ on the leader board and on ‘The Ratings’, almost 10 killing points ahead of Prime, with a 9.8 lead.

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Newcastle TV ratings week 12, 2009

Would you call it ‘Needs NBN’ or ‘Lives NBN’… Newcastle goes Nuts over NBN?
Which one would you rather read it off? The ‘Ratings’ itself or the ‘Most Watched Programs’ list?
Where ever you choose, once again you will see NBN at the top. Top of the ratings and all over the top ten shows the Hunter watched for last week. NBN had the top 10 list filled with 8 of its programs. The only other programs to make a glimpse on the list was good old ABC with Spicks and Specs and just making the cut, Find My Family for Prime. What is going on? What is NBN doing that the other stations seem to not be?
NBN stands for “Newcastle’s Basic Need”. Have a look for yourself:

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Newcastle TV ratings week 11, 2009

They try and sell to us in this economic crisis to stay in and save by watching more TV. According to last weeks ratings, what Newcastle did was stay in and watch anything to do with crime. It seems the Hunter is a little obsessed with crime on our local streets or frankly on anyone’s streets. In the most watched programs leader board for last week, lists the first top 7 shows as crime related. As for cute little distressed animals, farmers falling in love and families finding each other…well it seems we were not that interested last week.

As for the numbers game for the ratings… well I just don’t get it. Take the ratings nationally, Seven is kicking Nine’s hiney. Although in Newcastle, Prime has absolutely no chance of even sneaking a peak at the number one prize?? How odd..

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Newcastle TV ratings week 10, 2009

As the weeks go by the Hunter ratings get more interesting. NBN last week was a clear winner with a 10.6 lead over Prime. This week that lead rises even higher to a 12.5 win. The most watched programs ladder says it all – NBN splashing 6 out of the 10 most watched programs with Prime only 3 on the board with the ABC and its new show ‘New Tricks’ jumping on to join the ride. It seems Novacastrian’s enjoy watching Australian made reality shows…….:Note to self.

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