National TV Ratings W/ending 28 April

30Apr07

It should have been The One Week Of The Year for Channel Ten. The combination of a Biggest Loser finale and a Big Brother launch was supposed to give Ten the biggest audience share of all the networks. But in the end, it couldn’t even come second.

Channel Seven emerged the winner, just as it has done every other week of the ratings year, with 27.4 per cent of the prime time audience. With no special programming, Nine managed 26.6 per cent, while Ten ended up with 23.7 per cent, the ABC got 16.4 and SBS got 5.8.

What went wrong? The ABC’s Wednesday lineup of Spicks and Specks and The Chaser’s War On Everything beat Ten’s House, and Big Brother is performing well below expectations.

What Australia watched, week ending April 28

1 THE BIGGEST LOSER – FINALE Ten 2,023,000

2 DANCING WITH THE STARS 6 Seven 1,899,000

3 60 MINUTES Nine 1,617,000

4 BIG BROTHER – OPENING NIGHT Ten 1,548,000

5 NATIONAL NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,513,000

6 ALL SAINTS Seven 1,496,000

7 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,493,000

8 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,457,000

9 AUSTRALIA’S GOT TALENT Seven 1,408,000

10 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,399,000

11 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV ABC 1,393,000

12 MCLEOD’S DAUGHTERS Nine 1,361,000

13 THE CHASER’S WAR ON EVERYTHING-EV ABC 1,355,000

14 BIG BROTHER – GAME ON Ten 1,341,000

15 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,335,000

16 1 VS 100 Nine 1,334,000

17 HOUSE Ten 1,314,000

18 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Seven 1,308,000

19 POLICE FILES – UNLOCKED Seven 1,298,000

20 GREY’S ANATOMY Seven 1,293,000

What Australia watched, Sunday
29 May
1 60 MINUTES Nine 1,679,000
2 CSI Nine 1,641,000
3 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,614,000
4 AUSTRALIA’S GOT TALENT Seven 1,601,000
5 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,589,000
6 GREY’S ANATOMY Seven 1,442,000
7 CSI: MIAMI Nine 1,423,000
8 BIG BROTHER – FULL HOUSE Ten 1,402,000
9 20 TO 1 Nine 1,376,000
10 UGLY BETTY Seven 1,359,000
11 BIG BROTHER SUN Ten 1,166,000
12 ROBIN HOOD-EV ABC 1,046,000
16 ROVE Ten 876,000

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