National TV Ratings

22Oct07

Source: David Dale, Sydney Morning Herald

The ABC is going gangbusters at the moment. Last week it captured
more than 18 per cent of the prime time audience, coming close to
replacing Channel Ten as Network Number Three. You already know about
the success of Spicks and Specks, The Chaser’s War on Everything and Summer Heights High, but nobody expected the crime comedy, New Tricks, to pull 1.4 million viewers on Saturday night.

And election fever is keeping the audience for ABC news well above a
million most nights, while doing nothing for Channel Nine, which can no
longer bill itself as the most trusted source for news.

Channel Seven won the week, with 30 per cent of the prime time audience, while Nine got  25.7, Ten (with Australian Idol sinking fast) got 20.8, the ABC got 18.4 and SBS got 5.1.

What Australia watched, week ending October 20
1 KATH & KIM Seven 2,338,000
2 BORDER SECURITY Seven 1,904,000
3 THE FORCE Seven 1,877,000
4 DANCING WITH THE STARS Seven 1,811,000
5 CITY HOMICIDE Seven 1,695,000
6 HOUSE Ten 1,565,000
7 THE CHASER’S WAR ON EVERYTHING ABC 1,504,000
8 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 1,462,000
9 SPICKS AND SPECKS ABC 1,408,000
10 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,376,000
11 NEW TRICKS ABC 1,361,000
12 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,354,000
13 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,350,000
14 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,348,000
15 HOT PROPERTY Seven 1,323,000

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