Well they are under medical supervision so we can assume these professionals deem it healthy.

Eew. Newstopia's ratings are dreadfully low.

I'm actually not watching much TV these days because there's absolutely NOTHING on.

And when the hell are TEN going to bring back The Simpsons?

I was gonna say, what's happening to Australian TV is everyone switching off? Ratings haven't really been that high this year.

perhaps more people signing up with pay tv?

According to http://www.afc.gov.au/gtp/wptvsubsxops.html mid last year there were 2.1 million subscribers nationwide to the 3 providers (they are all the same really).  So that was 2.1 million watching on average 60% of their television on foxtel, only 40% of viewing time on free to air (i can't back up this percentage officially, and am not gonna spend the time reviewing the dvtforum website for more details).

Now that was mid last year. And now foxtel has gone digital and had a mass advertising campaign to go with it. so i'm assuming a further jump in viewer numbers? unfortunately i can't find them.... but this could be the cause of ratings downturn? mind you, Monday doesnt seem to be struggling too much, the top 12 shows have constantly been over 1million viewers.

Go you good thing!!  


Swing to ABC
Article from: The Sunday Tasmanian

    
TIM MARTAIN

March 09, 2008 12:00am

SOUTHERN Tasmanian TV viewers are turning away from American comedy and drama and increasingly tuning in to the ABC.

Survey results for the first three weeks of this year's ratings season show the ABC competing strongly with its commercial counterparts and in two weeks outrating both WIN and Southern Cross in the South.

Friends of the ABC president Melissa Sharpe said although the ABC should not concern itself with chasing high ratings, it was a positive sign that the community supported the public broadcaster.

"It signals that sufficient funding to the ABC should be continued in order to keep up this good programming," she said.

The ABC's top-rating shows include English offerings The Bill, Doc Martin, Dalziel and Pascoe, Robin Hood and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple as well as Australian music quiz show Spicks and Specks.

In the first ratings week (February 10 to 16) for the South of the state, ABC won a total audience share of 32.1 per cent, while last year's ratings winner Southern Cross reached 27.2 per cent and the one-day international cricket helped WIN reach 32.6.

In the second week (February 17-23) ABC led the way on 34.7 per cent, followed by Southern Cross on 29.5 per cent and WIN on 28.9.

And in the third week the split was ABC 32.3 per cent, Southern Cross 30.5 and WIN 29.7.

Southern Cross program manager Gill Wilson said ABC's ratings were traditionally stronger in the South and the latest increase could be due to ABC tailoring its programming to appeal to a much broader market.

"The ABC used to be a very academic market with a strong emphasis on documentaries," she said.

"But now that the ABC is carrying programs with a broader appeal, their ratings have increased greatly around the country, it's not just happening here."

WIN promotions and publicity manager for Victoria and Tasmania Cameron Best said the Channel Nine-affiliated network was not concerned about ABC's ratings spike.

"That sort of result could easily be the result of our four-station analogue ratings system and the fact that we have such a small sample of viewers in Tasmania," he said.

In statewide terms, ABC slipped behind Southern Cross again for those first three weeks, rating 28.8 per cent, 31 and 29.3.

Southern Cross rated 33 per cent, 34.9 and 36.8 statewide for each week, while WIN rated 30 per cent, 26.3 and 26.1.

Very few of the highly promoted new US TV series made an appearance in the top 20 programs for the first three weeks.

Instead, the top performers tended to be reality shows such as Southern Cross's RSPCA Animal Rescue, Border Security, The Force and The Real Seachange.

Ms Wilson said series like Desperate Housewives or Underbelly often dropped slightly in the ratings after their initial screenings due to their episodic nature.

Ms Sharpe said her only concern was that the ABC did not get caught up in a ratings battle.

"The ABC needs to remain free of any pressure from commercial or government sectors and as long as it maintains a good quality of entertainment it's a good thing," she said.

http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23344385-3462,00.html

Quoted from Tasman

Go you good thing!!  


Swing to ABC
Article from: The Sunday Tasmanian

    
TIM MARTAIN

March 09, 2008 12:00am

SOUTHERN Tasmanian TV viewers are turning away from American comedy and drama and increasingly tuning in to the ABC.

Bahaha some might turn away right there ;p

Nine Network press release:



RATINGS RESULTS – SURVEY WEEK 11
Sunday, March 9 to Saturday, March 15, 2008

Nine Wins the Week in People 25 – 54 Nationally
Nine Wins the Week in Total People Along the East Coast

The Nine Network has completed the fifth week of official survey for 2008 with solid wins in the key demographics of People 25-54, People 16-39 and People 18-49 nationally.

People 25-54
• Nine claimed victory across the advertiser-preferred demographic of People 25-54 with wins on the East Coast, 5 City Metro, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.
• Nine was first in the PBL Media-owned stations on the East Coast with a 29.8% share, up 1.7 points on the corresponding week in 2007, and ahead of Seven (27.4%) and Ten (25.4%). Seven is down 4.4 points on the same week last year.
• Nine scored a national 5 City Metro win with 29.6%, placing ahead of Seven (27.5%) and Ten (25.8%). Nine’s 5 City Metro share is up 1.8 points on the same week last year while Seven is down 3.9 points.
• In Sydney, Nine (29.6%) won, followed by Seven (27.5%) and Ten (24.7%). Seven is down 5.4 share points on the same week last year.
• In Melbourne, Nine (30.0%) demonstrated its strength across the demo ahead of Seven (26.1%) and Ten (25.8%). Seven is down 5.1 share points on the same week last year.
• Nine was first in Brisbane with a 29.9% share, (Seven 28.9%, Ten 25.6%), and also led in Adelaide with 30.5% (Seven 27.6%, Ten 26.7%). Seven is down 1.7 share points on the same week last year in Brisbane and down 2.5 share points on the same week last year in Adelaide.
• Nine has increased its share in every market on the same week last year for People 25 - 54.
• Nine took out 4 of the Top 5 programs in People 25 – 54 nationally with Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, Kitchen Nightmares USA, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Underbelly (only airing in 4 markets).
• Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares was the week’s number one program attracting 925,000 viewers nationally. It was also the number one program in Melbourne (316,000) and along the East Coast (715,000).
• Kitchen Nightmares USA was the number 3 program for the week with 736,000 viewers nationally and along the East Coast (574,000).
• Underbelly was the week’s number one program in Sydney (295,000), Brisbane (190,000), Adelaide (108,000) and Perth (127,000). Despite only screening in four markets (due to a court suppression order in Melbourne forbidding its broadcast), Underbelly demonstrated its popularity with a Top 25 performance across the 5 City Metro in People 25-54 (5th, 720,000).
• CSI Crime Scene Investigation was the fourth most watched show of the week attracting 728,000 nationally.
• Also in the Top 25 for Nine was The Footy Show, The Chopping Block, The Wedding Crashers and CSI: NY.
• The debut of The Footy Show proved popular with an increase in viewers of 30.7% on the launch show last year.

People 16-39
• Nine won across People 16-39 nationally, along the East Coast, in Sydney and Brisbane.
• Nine was first in the 16-39s for the 5 City Metro (30.7%) up 4.7 share points on the corresponding week last year. Nine was also first on the East Coast with a 31.5% share, up 4.5 points on the corresponding week last year.
• In Sydney, Nine (32.7%) won and was up 5.2 points on the corresponding week last year.
• In Brisbane, Nine (31.7%) won and was up 6.3 points week-on-week (week 4 2007 v week 4 200.

People 18-49
• Nine won across People 18-49 in the 5 City Metro, along the East Coast and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.
• Nine was first on the East Coast in People 18-49 with a 30.5% share.
• In the 5 City Metro, Nine held the winning share with 30.0%, ahead of Ten with 27.9% and Seven with 26.4%. Nine has increased its share by 3 points nationally on the corresponding week last year.
• Nine won in Sydney (30.7%), Melbourne (30.3%), Brisbane (31.5%) and Adelaide (29.7%).

People 35- 64
• Nine had wins in Melbourne (30.0%) and Adelaide (29.5%) in People 35 -64.

Total People
• Nine won Week 11 along the East Coast (28.1%) and in Melbourne (27.8%). Nine's share of 27.6% was only 0.6 of a share point behind Seven (28.2%) nationally. Seven won the week in total viewers solely due to solid growth in People 55+.
• Nine had two of the Top 3 program’s for the week with CSI Crime Scene Investigation (1.56 million viewers) and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (1.538 million viewers).
• Also performing in the Top 25 nationally for Nine was the premiere episode of 60 Minutes (1.244 million), Underbelly (1.234 million and only airing in 4 markets), CSI NY (1.198 million), Kitchen Nightmares USA (1.16 million) and National Nine News (1.15 million).

Year-on-Year
• The Nine Network has increased its share year-on-year in All People and across key demographics, while Channel Seven has declined. In 25-54s, Nine is up 5.6%, while Seven is down 13.9%. In People 16 - 39, Nine is up 13% and Ten is up 6.9% whilst Seven is down 21.1%. In People 18 - 49, Nine is up 8.4% and Ten is 6.4% while Seven is down 16.7%.

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SOUTHERN Tasmanian TV viewers are turning away from American comedy and drama and increasingly tuning in to the ABC.

Smart people!

Hey just wondering...

is the easter non ratings week this week, or next week, or both lol?

I'm guessing both weeks? Why on earth would they take off Desperate Housewives and replace it with some crappy movie?

This thread isn't so popular this year..

I think that may be because this site has to much competition with more members on the other sites which leads to more discussion. I know I frequent eBlah alot less than I used to, IDK what can be done to improve it?

Another reason could be because it has been a non-ratings period the last two weeks?

Yeah, other sites have more active contribution, or are a lot more focused on tv ratings where as this site has a lot more variety and this thread gets a little neglected. Dont know how or if it can be improved let alone fixed.

On your comment Seriously about it being non ratings, that may explain the last two weeks but the last two nights of this weeks ratings period have been pretty interesting with Gladiators getting 1.85 mill viewers and The Power of 10 bombing with 700,000 viewers.

at the Power of 10... another failed quiz show for Channel 9 (lets hope Temptation doesn't stay that way). I flicked over to it a couple of times last night while watching Dance, and it was B-oring!

Speaking of quiz shows and the sort on Channel 9, I heard a rumour Channel 9 have picked up Wheel of Fortune.

Well, variety is good. At least this site isn't Nazi's like neighboursfans.com.
Oh man, if Gladiators did well, that probably means that TBL bombed
@ nine.