Curse of the Sci-Fi
5Oct09

The National Ratings
Week ending October 03
Source: David Dale, Sun Herald Blogs

The curse of sci-fi is happening already — Flash Forward lost 300,000 viewers on its second outing. At this point in the week, the prime time audience shares are: Nine&GO 31.5, Seven&Still-no-new-station-because-they-keep-farting-around 25.5, Ten&ONE 17.7, ABC1&2 18.7, SBS1&2 6.7.

What Australia Watched:

1 FLASHFORWARD Seven 1,478,000

2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,478,000

3 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,367,000

4 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,325,000

5 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 1,302,000

6 HIGHWAY PATROL Seven 1,296,000

7 NINE NEWS Nine 1,243,000

8 DESTROYED IN SECONDS Seven 1,225,000

9 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,154,000

10 TWO AND A HALF MEN -MON Nine 1,131,000

11 THE BIG BANG THEORY Nine 1,128,000

12 THE MENTALIST Nine 1,084,000

14 AUSTRALIAN STORY ABC1 870,000

15 TOP GEAR SBS ONE 864,000

Popularity: 5%

Posted under National TV Ratings, Television, Television Shows

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Craig Wilson is managing director of Sticky, a digital agency based in Newcastle, Australia that has evolved to encompass:

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