Easter non-ratings come to an end – National TV Ratings

19Apr09

Source: David Dale, Sun Herald blogs

You can tell it’s a non-ratings period when the most watched show of the week is the news, when six of the week’s top 20 are repeats, and when the ABC’s best performer is a repeat of a whodunit first shown on Channel Nine in 1999.

Seven’s collection of repeats earned it 26.7 per cent of the prime time audience, Nine managed 24.2 per cent, Ten 23.5, the ABC 19.4 (a big boost, due largely to Midsomer, Gruen, Specks and Poirot) and SBS 6.1 (thanks mainly to Top Gear, Trawlermen and Mad Men). Can any reader explain why Trawlermen would pull 442,000 to SBS?

The Easter silly season is over now, and normal competition recommences tonight.

What Australia watched, week ending April 18

1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,518,000
2 AUSTRALIA’S GOT TALENT Seven 1,509,000
3 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 1,455,000
4 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,440,000
5 NCIS RPT Ten 1,425,000
6 BONDI RESCUE Ten 1,424,000
7 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,421,000
8 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,396,000
9 NCIS EP 2 RPT Ten 1,395,000
10 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,274,000
11 CRIMINAL MINDS (R) Seven 1,242,000
12 MIDSOMER MURDERS ABC1 1,234,000
13 60 MINUTES Nine 1,221,000
14 RSPCA ANIMAL RESCUE (R) Seven 1,212,000
15 THE GRUEN TRANSFER ABC1 1,210,000

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