Race to the Ratings

26Apr09

Source: David Dale, Sun Herald blogs

You can always rely on old Bill. When your audience is sinking, bring out Mr Connolly and he’ll put you back on top. Channel Seven, lacking Packed To The Rafters and with Ten eating away at its audience, was neck and neck with Nine for most of the week. But after Saturday, it ended with 28.0 per cent of the prime time audience, while Nine got 26.1 per cent, Ten got 22.8, the ABC got 17.4, and SBS got 5.7.

Ten has a shot at the top this week, with the finals of the dancing and the losing. But Seven launches Thank God You’re Here on Wednesday.

What Australia Watched, week ending April 25:
1 UNDERBELLY: A TALE OF TWO CITIES -EP1 Nine 1,813,000
2 UNDERBELLY: A TALE OF TWO CITIES -EP2 Nine 1,803,000
3 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,649,000
4 AUSTRALIA’S GOT TALENT Seven 1,610,000
5 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,605,000
6 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,522,000
7 60 MINUTES Nine 1,507,000
8 FIND MY FAMILY Seven 1,488,000
9 THE FORCE – BEHIND THE LINE Seven 1,482,000
10 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 1,477,000
11 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,448,000
12 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,384,000
13 NCIS RPT Ten 1,378,000
14 BORDER SECURITY USA Seven 1,366,000
15 MISSING PIECES Nine 1,349,000

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