Seven in Heaven

8Mar09

National TV ratings week ending 07 March 2009

Source: David Dale, Sun Herald blogs

Channel Seven easily won the first “normal” week of the ratings year, averaging 30.0 per cent of the prime time audience, to Nine’s 27.0 (Ten 21.7 thanks to NCIS and SYTYCDA, ABC 15.4, thanks to Spicks and Specks, and SBS 5.5, thanks to Top Gear).

This is likely to be the pattern for the first half. Nine is already so resigned to losing that it does not even quote the “total people” results in its weekly release, restricting itself to narrower audience bands such as 16-39 and 25-54, where it does better.

What Australia watched, week ending March 7
1 UNDERBELLY: A TALE OF TWO CITIES Nine 2,234,000
2 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Seven 1,875,000
3 FIND MY FAMILY Seven 1,641,000
4 RSPCA ANIMAL RESCUE Seven 1,546,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,514,000
6 BORDER SECURITY Seven 1,490,000
7 NCIS Ten 1,480,000
8 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,473,000
9 CUSTOMS Nine 1,374,000
10 CRIMINAL MINDS Seven 1,361,000
11 AUSTRALIA’S GOT TALENT Seven 1,343,000
12 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,341,000
13 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 1,335,000
14 TRIPLE ZERO HEROES Seven 1,320,000
15 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE AUSTRALIA Ten 1,296,000

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