NBN Media Release:

The latest incarnation of this series is set a generation before the Melbourne
gangland wars erupted and last night’s 2 Hour Series Premiere of Underbelly: A
Tale of Two Cities captivated Newcastle with its raw emotive brilliance out rating
even the premiere of last years’ series.

Underbelly: Tale of Two Cities is the highest rating drama in the Newcastle market, year
to date; premiering with a peak audience of over 168,000 (average 154,000) viewers
watching this compelling tale of Australian crime in 1976.

At the programme’s peak a massive 74% of people watching commercial television
were watching NBN.

NBN also convincingly won the night with a 50.5% (6pm – 12mn / 5 station) share.
Underbelly: Tale of Two Cities continues next Monday @ 8.30pm.

If you missed last night’s premiere or want to see a sneak preview of next week’s
episode then go online now to ninemsn.com.au/underbelly for the only legal and free
downloads of the show. The site includes never been seen photo galleries taken on
location, behind the scenes footage and exclusive interviews with the cast.

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Newcastle TV Ratings

The Ratings this week presented a slightly different angle than most other weeks. It seems the Newcastle region are more interested in Crime and News on both the fact and fictional side of life rather than drama or comedy. NBN taking out 6 of the top ten most watched programs for the week with a 6.1 lead over rival channel Prime. Although this time NBN News – weekdays, weekends, Current Affair and Crime Investigation Australia took out spots in the top ten and also CSI. Primes top ten contender was the long standing favourite Pack To The Rafters.

A year ago Prime and Ten were close running behind NBN, however fast forward to today and the numbers appear to be dropping -

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NBN is clearing the table week after week when it comes to the ratings number game. The channel leader cleared the board with a 9.5 win over rival station Prime and SC Ten coming in a furter 10.9 points behind NBN. Even with Prime having top 3 most watched programs – with ‘The Zoo’ taking out the no.1 spot for the first time. NBN claimed 6 of the 10 spots on the most watched programs board, SC Ten not even making the top ten for last week.

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Newcastle must have had all eyes glued to NBN Monday night to watch the number one most watched program of the week, Domestic Blitz. The Domestic Blitz team were back to bring some well-earned joy to the lives of a family that touched the hearts of the nation in a 90-minute special episode of Nine’s hit lifestyle series on Monday at 7.30pm. The leader boards constant winner - Packed to The Rafters was shafted down two spots last week with Domestic Blitz and The Zoo jumping up the ratings as most watched programs. Compared to a 3.1 lead the week before for the ratings winner NBN, this week wiping the board with a 7.4 point lead over rival channel Prime.

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The Melbourne Cup was both the most talked about and watched program in Newcastle last week. Swapping the average day to day routine, for glamorous hats and the hopeful punt. Prime took first place on the leader board for having the highest amount of Novacastrians watching in dear hope they would score a small fortune, or for some lucky ones a large win! However unlike Bauer, NBN did take the win by more than a nose, leading the ratings game by 3.1 over Prime and a big 6.9 over TEN.

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Last weeks ratings game tells a tale similar to Primes most popular show, Pack To The Rafters. Prime again a clear leader on the board, takes 5 out of the 10 top most watched shows for last week. NBN coming in with a close 4 spots on the chart, however when it comes to what really matters – the numbers NBN takes out the ratings again for the week that was. What can we say though, a packed house full of relatable dramas and a tear jerker show about reuniting families that will break even the hardest soul, we just can’t get enough of. What’s even more brilliant to see though is that 9 out of the 10 most watched programs in Newcastle are Aussie. Oi Oi Oi. Read the rest of this entry »

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A year ago this week in 2007 Prime was thought to have finally caught the NBN dogs tail missing out on its first head to head battle with the leading rated station by 0.5. Fast forward a year and the ratings tell a much different story with NBN the clear overall leader. However Prime does have 5 of the Top Ten rating shows – and Packed To The Rafters a definite winner.

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Newcastle TV ratings week 42, 2008

Just when Prime thought it was within striking distance, they have had a bad week and lost ground on NBN again. SC TEN even clawed back some audience against Prime last week despite the Seven affiliate hving 4 programs in the Top 10.

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Newcastle TV ratings week 41, 2008 (revised 14/10/08 due to incorrect data being sent)

We might see a repeat of last year’s end of season ratings race as Prime continues to creep closer to NBN.

Last week Prime snuck within 2.6 point of NBN with SC Ten a very distant third. Prime had 6 of the top ten programs in Newcastle, while NBN had the other 4.

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Newcastle TV ratings week 40, 2008

The first week without Friday night football has seen a sudden change in the ratings numbers for Newcastle TV. This time last year Prime staged a late season charge at NBN, coming within a whisker of winning a non-Olympics week for the first time ever. Last week’s result indicate that this may happen again in the next month.

Its also worth noting that with the finer spring weather, viewing numbers have dropped.

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