Fact Against Fiction Rates Highly 08 Dec 2008

8Dec08

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 -

Most Watched Programs:
1 NBN Evening News Sunday NBN 100
2 Packed To The Rafters PRIME 97
3 NBN Evening News Monday to Friday NBN 86
4 Top Gear SBS 83
5 NBN Evening News Saturday NBN 81
6 Criminal Minds PRIME 80
7 A Current Affair NBN 77
8 Crime Investigation Australia NBN 73
9 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation NBN 68
10 NCIS TEN 67

Week 48 2008  Week 48 2007  Prog 2008  Prog 2007
NBN          31.1                   31.0                  33.2              33.8
PRIME       24.4                    27.2                  23.6              25.4
TEN          18.8                    21.0                  19.0              18.6
ABC          18.2                    15.6                  17.4              16.4
SBS            6.8                     5.3                   6.5                 5.9

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