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Bondi Rescue Breathes Life Into 8pm Tuesdays

TEN is riding high after last night's series return of Bondi Rescue attracted a peak audience of 1.87 million.

Over the half-hour, the popular surf life saving show posted an average audience of 1.47 million - 484,000 more than last year's debut - making it the highest rated episode since the show began in 2006.

Bondi Rescue comfortably won its timeslot in all major demographics, including the all important 18-49 bracket where the show picked up over 50 per cent of the commercial audience.

TEN's chief programming officer, David Mott, said: "Bondi Rescue is compulsive viewing as these numbers testify. It has all the components for a hit TV show: great drama, great characters and is set on one of the best stages in the world."

Meanwhile, a 37.1% share helped TEN to the No.1 spot Tuesday evening.

The Biggest Loser continued to rate well winning its timeslot in all major demographics with 1.16m viewers.

Similarly, encore performances of NCIS won its slot in all major demographics pulling 1.35m viewers.

In 18-49, the top three programs of the night belonged to TEN with Bondi Rescue at No.1, followed by NCIS and The Biggest Loser.

Source: http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/ten/Bondi-Rescue-Breathes-Life-Into-8pm-Tuesdays-060208.html

^ Bondi Rescue did really well this week, I hope it can keep those figures although I doubt it against It Takes Two next week (it should still woop Nine's Monster House though).

Now for yesterday's ratings...
TOTAL PEOPLE SHARES FOR WEDNESDAY 6PM - MIDNIGHT

TEN: 28.5%
NINE: 19.6%
SEVEN: 29.9%
ABC: 17.5%
SBS: 4.4%

SUN-WED PROGRESSIVE

TEN: 27.8%
NINE: 23.5%
SEVEN: 27.4%
ABC: 15.7%
SBS: 5.7%

18-49 COMMERCIAL SHARE 6PM - 10.30PM

TEN: 48.4%
NINE: 24.7%
SEVEN: 26.9%

50+ COMMERCIAL SHARE 6PM - 10.30PM

TEN: 16.3%
NINE: 27.3%
SEVEN: 56.5%

FRIENDS REPEAT (6.01PM-6.31PM)
666,000 (18-49 31.4%) (50+ 5.4%)
NINE: 1,126,000 (26.4%) (44.1%)
SEVEN: 1,496,000 (42.2%) (50.6%)

NEIGHBOURS (6.31PM-7.01PM)
812,000 (36.9%) (9.5%)
NINE: 997,000 (27.0%) (41.6%)
SEVEN: 1,226,000 (36.1%) (48.9%)

BIGGEST LOSER (7.01PM-7.32PM)
1,093,000 (40.9%) (18.5%)
NINE: 771,000 (22.0%) (33.3%)
SEVEN: 1,249,000 (37.1%) (48.2%)

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (7.32PM-9.09PM)
1,642,000 (59.0%) (25.8%)
NINE: 647,000 (19.6%) (21.8%)
SEVEN: 1,063,000 (21.5%) (52.4%)

BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY REPEAT (9.09PM-11.13PM)
753,000 (45.3%) (14.8%)
NINE: 599,000 (33.1%) (17.6%)
SEVEN: 978,000 (21.6%) (67.6%)

Source: CJM43 @ TVAus


THE RATINGS RACE: Tells us what you thought of The Chopping Block

Ten's talent quest we must abbreviate to SYTYCDA is holding its audience comfortably, while Nine's reworking of My Restaurant Rules could manage only 718,000 in the mainland capitals -- nearly 300,000 fewer than the fan base of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Clearly Camilla Rowntree and Matt Moran will need to add more expletives to their dialogue.

Nine can't afford a single misstep this year. How long before The Chopping Block becomes a prophetic name?

What Australia watched, Wednesday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE AUSTRALIA - AUDITION 3 Ten 1,628,000 439,000 487,000 329,000 176,000 197,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,483,000 413,000 400,000 271,000 187,000 213,000
3 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,251,000 390,000 301,000 242,000 144,000 174,000
4 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,238,000 351,000 332,000 194,000 161,000 201,000
5 ABC NEWS ABC 1,193,000 360,000 355,000 230,000 108,000 140,000
6 A TOUCH OF FROST (R) Seven 1,124,000 311,000 339,000 185,000 139,000 150,000
7 NINE NEWS Nine 1,117,000 283,000 335,000 282,000 124,000 93,000
8 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) Ten 1,093,000 263,000 394,000 185,000 130,000 122,000
9 SPICKS AND SPECKS ABC 1,022,000 300,000 290,000 194,000 115,000 122,000
10 THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME Seven 1,006,000 290,000 252,000 230,000 100,000 134,000
11 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 995,000 262,000 310,000 248,000 105,000 70,000
12 LITTLE BRITAIN ABROAD ABC 958,000 281,000 289,000 171,000 100,000 118,000
18 BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY RPT Ten 738,000 214,000 266,000 109,000 60,000 89,000
19 THE NEW INVENTORS ABC 737,000 191,000 210,000 163,000 81,000 92,000
20 THE CHOPPING BLOCK Nine 718,000 194,000 248,000 110,000 89,000 77,000
24 NIGELLA FEASTS ABC 532,000 149,000 165,000 87,000 65,000 66,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)

Source: SMH Blogs


TEN has won every night this week in 18-49's and are still No.1 over the week so far in total people (although I suspect that their line-up post 8.30 tonight may bomb). SYTYCDA is doing great guns and is really going to help their first half, which I think is deserved, its a great show.

Nine had a bad night, The Chopping Block not having a great start - nothing post 7.30 reaching 1mil.

The oldies continue to watch Seven on a Wednesday and it works for them in total viewers.

Thanks Seriously! A great round-up.

Looks like Dance is holding it's own - great numbers for an audition round. I can remember the first season of Idol dipping to around 1 million during the auditions, and then bounced up to 2 million for the finals - so who knows what Dance will do in the finals. It's a great show though.

Nine would be dissappointed with The Chopping Block - stiff competition in a similiar genre. Let's see what it does next week against Ten's new sitcoms.

Ten has had a 28ish share for four nights in a row now - surely their best start to the year.. ever.

RATINGS HIGHLIGHTS / WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2008  
Network Ten

So You Think You Can Dance Australia was again the night's top performer peaking at 1.94m viewers and averaging 1.64m over its timeslot.  The show won its slot in all major demographics including the all important 18-49 bracket where it picked up 59.0% of the comm audience

TEN won the night in 18-49 with a 48.4% share

Neighbours won timeslot in 18-49 against A Current Affair and  Today Tonight

The Biggest Loser dominated timeslot in 18-49 with a 40.9% share;  consistently pulls over 1m viewers

TEN's movie, Bridget Jones's Diary, outshone the competition in timeslot in 18-49 (45.3% share)

Five TEN shows make the 18-49 top ten including Dance Australia at  No.1, The Biggest Loser at No.2

Nine's new reality TV show, The Chopping Block, could well be on its way to the "chopping block" as it languished in its timeslot drawing a mere 718,000 viewers

More breakdowns from Ten --> http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/ten/TEN---Dance-rocks-the-block-070208.html

Wow, I thought the Chopping Block would have done a whole lot better than that. I imagine it will dip even further with RSPCA Animal Rescue and The Real Sea Change returning in that timeslot. Wednesdays seem to have become 7's "oldie" night but it performed well over the non ratings period. SYTYCD is doing fantastic and it is actually a good quality show......far better than Idol.

Well done to channel ten with So You Think You Can Dance. It is such a great show that everyone can enjoy!!

Lost is on channel 7 tonight...i wonder how many viewers it can pull??

Apparently the latest season of Lost is getting rave reviews in the US. One critic claiming it had got its mojo back. Whether it lost it in the first place is another thread.

Would you believe I have never watched a single episode of it...  

Neither have I lol
Ooh go 10

Thursday 8 Feb 2008

Nationally (NRP)

Nine 30.0%
Seven 27.7%
Ten 22.6%
ABC 13.5%
SBS 6.2%

Oztam

18-49 COMMERCIAL SHARE 6PM - 10.30PM

TEN: 31.0%
NINE: 31.5%
SEVEN: 37.6%

50+ COMMERCIAL SHARE 6PM - 10.30PM

TEN: 21.8%
NINE: 46.6%
SEVEN: 31.6%

16-39 COMMERCIAL SHARE 6PM - 10.30PM

TEN: 33.7%
NINE: 27.7%
SEVEN: 38.7%

25-54 COMMERCIAL SHARE 6PM - 10.30PM

TEN: 29.4%
NINE: 34.4%
SEVEN: 36.2%

FRIENDS (6.00PM-6.30PM)
586,000 (18-49 29.4%) (50+ 5.6%)
NINE: 1,165,000 (32.8%) (45%)
SEVEN: 1,359,000 (37.9%) (49.4%)

NEIGHBOURS (6.30PM-7.00PM)
808,000 (36.4%) (8.4%)
NINE: 1,096,000 (30.1%) (42.5%)
SEVEN: 1,268,000 (33.5%) (49.1%)


Biggest Loser: (7.00PM-8.03PM)
957,000 (38.4%) (17.8%)
Nine: 949,000 (25.1%) (44.6%)
Seven: 1,122,000 (36.5%) (37.6%)

Saving Kids: (8.03PM-8.36PM)
823,000 (30.2%) (21.6%)
Nine: 1,094,000 (27.7%) (52.8%)
Seven: 1,062,000 (42.1%) (25.6%)

SVU RPT (8.36PM-9.35PM)
1,005,000 (29.0%) (31.3%)
Nine: 1,389,000 (34.2%) (52.3%)
Seven: 932,000 (36.8%) (16.4%)

Medium RPT (9.35PM-10.36PM)
820,000 (24.2%) (38.6%)
Nine: 1,065,000 (37.1%) (40.6%)
Seven: 930,000 (38.7%) (20.8%)

CJM43

What Australia watched, Thursday, February 7
RNK Description STN Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 RPA Nine 1,379,000 396,000 435,000 231,000 155,000 163,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,356,000 411,000 323,000 279,000 126,000 216,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,275,000 404,000 308,000 239,000 136,000 187,000
4 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,222,000 351,000 301,000 288,000 119,000 162,000
5 NATIONAL NINE NEWS Nine 1,158,000 377,000 312,000 228,000 132,000 108,000
6 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,105,000 299,000 328,000 229,000 113,000 136,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,093,000 305,000 354,000 227,000 112,000 93,000
8 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES U.S.A. Nine 1,088,000 297,000 370,000 144,000 139,000 138,000
9 THE AMAZING RACE Seven 1,027,000 238,000 327,000 227,000 113,000 121,000
10 GETAWAY Nine 1,021,000 309,000 310,000 200,000 80,000 121,000
11 LAW AND ORDER: SVU RPT Ten 1,005,000 295,000 273,000 189,000 119,000 129,000
12 OUT OF THE QUESTION Seven 997,000 290,000 306,000 174,000 104,000 123,000
13 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) Ten 957,000 267,000 300,000 159,000 102,000 129,000
14 TWO AND A HALF MEN Nine 934,000 273,000 278,000 196,000 88,000 99,000
15 LOST Seven 912,000 239,000 294,000 180,000 98,000 102,000
16 FAMILY GUY Seven 893,000 230,000 285,000 161,000 109,000 108,000
17 7.30 REPORT-EV ABC 873,000 259,000 255,000 182,000 73,000 105,000
18 SLEEK GEEKS-EV ABC 843,000 254,000 221,000 171,000 77,000 120,000
19 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 833,000 237,000 238,000 136,000 84,000 138,000
20 SAVING KIDS WITH DAMIEN LEITH Ten 823,000 236,000 259,000 115,000 105,000 108,000
21 MEDIUM THURS RPT Ten 820,000 248,000 229,000 124,000 100,000 119,000
22 NEIGHBOURS Ten 809,000 184,000 298,000 141,000 77,000 109,000
23 DEAL OR NO DEAL Seven 756,000 246,000 197,000 144,000 71,000 98,000
24 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW -RPT Nine 609,000 184,000 172,000 87,000 101,000 65,000
25 FRIENDS Ten 587,000 141,000 206,000 91,000 57,000 92,000
26 AMAZING MEDICAL STORIES Nine 546,000 179,000 205,000 94,000 69,000
27 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 515,000 181,000 139,000 86,000 41,000 69,000
28 AMERICAN DAD Seven 506,000 141,000 139,000 87,000 71,000 68,000
29 BARGAIN HUNT Nine 496,000 154,000 141,000 81,000 66,000 54,000
30 IN THE COMPANY OF ACTORS-EV ABC 466,000 150,000 131,000 81,000 41,000 64,000

Oztam
TribalMind

I thought Saving Kids would have done better - it was a compelling half hour. And Damien Leith is a revelation as a TV host - very sincere.

Maybe it would be better suited to a Bondi Rescue / Saving Babies double act?

I saw glimpses of Saving Kids and liked his performance as host too.  The concept of the show is so overdone with too many similar shows that its poor ratings aren't a surprise.

Biggest Loser got crappy ratings, didn't it?

Yeah I watched saving kids, it was good, Damien Leith was good, omigosh @ them pulling back her whole face :O
Friends did better at 7
Haha TBL bombed but, even I skipped that episode it looked boring ;p

Saving Kids did do pretty poor, but I expect it to pick up over a few weeks (it did pretty much the same figures as Saving Babies last year).

Paula, TBL didn't do that badly actually, it is a Thursday night after all. It still beat Nine in the slot, was less than 200K behind Seven, and won in 18-49's.

Move LOST to 8.30!!!

Quoted from Seriously

... Paula, TBL didn't do that badly actually, it is a Thursday night after all. It still beat Nine in the slot, was less than 200K behind Seven, and won in 18-49's.

Sorry, but what's a Thursday night got to do with anything?  As it was beaten by the following, it did badly.

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8 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES U.S.A. Nine 1,088,000 297,000 370,000 144,000 139,000 138,000
9 THE AMAZING RACE Seven 1,027,000 238,000 327,000 227,000 113,000 121,000
10 GETAWAY Nine 1,021,000 309,000 310,000 200,000 80,000 121,000
11 LAW AND ORDER: SVU RPT Ten 1,005,000 295,000 273,000 189,000 119,000 129,000
12 OUT OF THE QUESTION Seven 997,000 290,000 306,000 174,000 104,000 123,000

Apart from the repeat, the rest are not exactly scintillating viewing.

Quoted from Paula

Sorry, but what's a Thursday night got to do with anything?  As it was beaten by the following, it did badly.

Because its late-night shopping night and earlier shows suffer because of this. This is even more evident on TEN, they appeal to the younger audience who are more likely to be out shopping. Every show on TEN between 6pm and 8.30 on a Thursday are evidence of this. Neighbours always dips on a Thursday, The Simpsons at 6 always did and now Friends does to, TBL is just another example of this (TBL isn't as bad as Big Brother though as its audience is a little more spread than BB).

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Apart from the repeat, the rest are not exactly scintillating viewing.

The rest aren't in the same slot except for the first half of The Amazing Race (which it beat in 18-49's) and Getaway (which it actually beat in its first half hour in total viewers and in 18-49's).

TOTAL PEOPLE SHARES FOR FRIDAY 6PM - MIDNIGHT

TEN: 18.9%
NINE: 28.1%
SEVEN: 29.1%
ABC: 17.4%
SBS: 6.4%

SUN-FRI PROGRESSIVE

TEN: 25.6%
NINE: 25.2%
SEVEN: 27.7%
ABC: 15.6%
SBS: 5.9%

Source: CJM43 @ TVAus

What Australia watched, Friday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 NINE NEWS Nine 1,266,000 408,000 380,000 253,000 125,000 100,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,238,000 354,000 332,000 218,000 152,000 183,000
3 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUS V SRI LANKA - GAME 3 SESSION 2 Nine 1,190,000 370,000 364,000 227,000 113,000 115,000
4 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,164,000 354,000 289,000 213,000 151,000 157,000
5 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,148,000 365,000 320,000 183,000 109,000 170,000
6 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS SUMMER Seven 1,123,000 391,000 308,000 189,000 96,000 140,000
7 M-LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER Seven 970,000 315,000 281,000 153,000 104,000 117,000
8 THE MURDER ROOM RPT ABC 885,000 244,000 250,000 171,000 102,000 119,000
12 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) Ten 732,000 183,000 273,000 102,000 88,000 86,000
13 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V SRI LANKA - GAME 3 SESSION 1 Nine 713,000 239,000 216,000 121,000 79,000 57,000
15 NEIGHBOURS Ten 631,000 166,000 204,000 102,000 67,000 92,000
16 JAM AND JERUSALEM SPECIAL ABC 611,000 203,000 138,000 120,000 67,000 83,000
21 FRIENDS Ten 529,000 145,000 162,000 79,000 74,000 69,000
22 SAMANTHA WHO? (Rpt) Seven 437,000 139,000 124,000 60,000 50,000 64,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Source: SMH Blogs

Paula, you will be happy, TBL officially bombed last night. It must of been against the cricket, but still 700K is pretty bad, no doubt it will bounce back Sunday with the first Weigh In and the picking of teams.

Ouch for Ten - Friends/Neighbours ratings certainly didn't help TBL. But I think that's kinda normal for Friday.

Loser certainly is just as good this year in quality as it was last year IMO.

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Paula, you will be happy, TBL officially bombed last night.

Yes!  *does happy dance and pumps air with fist

Quoted from Seriously

Because its late-night shopping night and earlier shows suffer because of this...

I dunno about where you live, but it's late night shopping (to 9 pm) Monday to Friday here, so it won't make an iota of difference.

Yeah but 10 always does best in Adelaide anyway ;p
Everyone knows Friday is a ratings killer though.
Yeah late night shopping is thursday, people work, shop etc, way lower numbers. And Paula, look!!
13 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) Ten 957,000 267,000 300,000 159,000 102,000 129,000
14 TWO AND A HALF MEN Nine 934,000 273,000 278,000 196,000 88,000 99,000
15 LOST Seven 912,000 239,000 294,000 180,000 98,000 102,000

Lost is meant to be appealing to the younger people, guess it failed!

Quoted from n Dara

And Paula, look!!

Yes, pretty crappy ratings, I know!  

Looks like we are all going to point out things to Paula from now on

Looking at Friday's figures though - EVERYTHING seems about 200k down on normal. So really, TBL is probably just affected by the Friday night blues..

Quoted from GlenTheAdmin

Looking at Friday's figures though - EVERYTHING seems about 200k down on normal. So really, TBL is probably just affected by the Friday night blues..

Pfft, pfft, pfft.  It's because fewer people are watching and more have seen the error of their ways.    

Nuh uh
We'll see on sunday won't we
Did friends get axed for simpsons?

Quoted from kiwi

Did friends get axed for simpsons?

Not yet. It is probably getting around about the same figures as The Simpsons, and it is still kinda strong in the targetted demo that Ten wants. It is good to give The Simpsons a rest too.

You see, what Ten wants out of that 6pm slot is the alternative advertising dollars. Nine and Seven have swamped the news-demo dollars for that slot and so Ten are very happy to take the news-demo dollars at 5pm then pocket the alternative dollars at 6pm. That's why you don't see three news services at 6pm anymore.

Well here are the percentages for the last week of Summer.

ABC1 16.7%
Seven 27.6%
Nine 25.1%
Ten 24.6%
SBS 6.1%

Source: Oztam and MediaSPY

A very close week, I hope it stays close throughout the year, I love it when its more competitive. But I think TEN and SBS' share will go down and the other three's up unfortunately.

Wow, I cant believe ten didnt atleast come second for the week. Yeah ten will probably dip this week with seven and nine improving.

I reckon Grey's could get around 1.5 mill tonight but I would love for it to be higher. Then again that all depends on how Dance goes in its second week

Woah I thought ten would have done better it did well this week :O

Quoted from Seriously

Looks like we are all going to point out things to Paula from now on

Haha, point away.  I'l just point back, neener!  

Quoted from Seriously

Well here are the percentages for the last week of Summer.

ABC1 16.7%
Seven 27.6%
Nine 25.1%
Ten 24.6%
SBS 6.1%
...

Go 7 and ABC1!

SBS did okay.

Very, very close race - if this trend continues it's anyones guess who will survive: the station with the least US scripted imports perhaps?

Quoted from GlenTheAdmin

Very, very close race - if this trend continues it's anyones guess who will survive: the station with the least US scripted imports perhaps?

Nah seven will easily win. They may have the most US scripted imports but they also have a s**t load of hit aussie content too.

Not to mention this strike looks like it could be resolved very soon, it will probably be another 2 months before new episodes of US shows start coming through - we already have atleast 2 months worth of US shows so we shouldnt be largely affected. Once again that is only if this is resolved within the next couple of weeks.

Seven is Kath&Kim-less though this year - a huge 2million+ draw card for them in 2007. However I agree - they are still very strong across the board, especially in the early evening now.