National TV ratings week ending 23 Feb

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Source: David Dale, Sun Herald Blogs

Australians haven’t exactly greeted the official ratings season with
open arms, causing us to wonder if they’ve found better things to do
than watch TV. Apart from Underbelly and So You Think You Can Dance,
the only programs that could be described as "hits” (as in, attracting
more than 1.3 million in the mainland capitals) are fly-on-the-wall
family fare such as RSPCA Animal Rescue, The Force, Border Security, RPA and Bondi Rescue. Pure dagsville.

The ABC averaged a healthy 16.8 per cent of the prime time audience,
thanks to the 1.2 million who hoped to see John Howard savaged by his
former colleagues on Four Corners. SBS managed 6 per cent, thanks to a double dose of Top Gear (815,000 on Monday and 570,000 on Saturday). But Seven emerged the winner, with 28 per cent to Nine’s 26.8 and Ten’s 22.3.

Now that Nine has done the first axing of the year — Monster House – Seven’s executioner may be coming for Glenn Robbins on Thursday’s Out of the Question.

What Australia watched, week ending February 23
1 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,606,000
2 RSPCA ANIMAL RESCUE Seven 1,594,000
3 ONE DAY CRICKET – AUS V INDIA – GAME 7 SESSION 2 Nine 1,526,000
4 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE AUSTRALIA Ten 1,523,000
5 CSI Nine 1,449,000
6 THE FORCE Seven 1,441,000
7 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,403,000
8 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE AUSTRALIA – RESULTS Ten 1,400,000
9 BORDER SECURITY Seven 1,392,000
10 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,388,000
11 RPA Nine 1,348,000
12 BONDI RESCUE Ten 1,345,000
13 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,324,000
14 UNDERBELLY Nine 1,300,000
15 IT TAKES TWO Seven 1,293,000

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