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Network Ten - TEN's second-best week of year   Author: Network Ten | Jun 5, 2006, 11:31

TEN builds on its second-best weekly result of 2006 with another big Sunday night win.

TEN finished first in 16-39 Sunday night, eight share points ahead of second-placed Channel 9 (12 share points ahead of Seven), and won the night in 16-54.

The Big Brother Live Double Eviction was Sunday's most watched show with under-40s, followed by Big Brother.

A huge share in people 55+ again carried It Takes Two home, amid a drop of 120,000 viewers week on week:


Nat'l Comm Share (1830-1929)

16-39 25-54 Ppl 55+ Ttl Ppl 000s

Big Brother TEN 44.5% 32.7% 7.1% 1.16m

Backyard Blitz 9 27.0% 32.6% 35.2% 1.24m

It Takes Two 7 28.5% 34.7% 57.7% 1.66m

TEN won 6.30-7.30pm in 16-54 (TEN = 36.4%; Seven = 33.9%; Nine = 29.7%)

The Big Brother Live Double Eviction won the timeslot convincingly in 16-39 AND 25-54 against 60 Minutes/Charlie's Angels II and It Takes Two/the Blue Heelers finale:

Nat'l Comm Share (1930-2116)

16-39 25-54 Ppl 55+ Ttl Ppl 000s

BB Live Dbl Evic TEN 46.3% 35.4% 10.3% 1.39m

60 Minutes/movie 9 28.2% 32.7% 38.1% 1.39m

Takes 2/Heelers fin'l 7 25.4% 31.8% 51.5% 1.61m

Law & Order: SVU had an average audience of 1.0m vs Nine's movie and the Heelers finale.

TEN convincingly won Sunday night in 16-39 and 16-54:

Nat'l Prime Time Comm Share (1800-2230)

16-39 25-54 16-54

TEN 39.9% 31.3% 34.3%

Nine 32.0% 34.8% 32.9%

Seven 28.1% 33.9% 32.8%


Top Programs (16-39) Sunday 4 June

1. Big Brother Double Live Eviction TEN - also #6 in total people top ten

2. Big Brother TEN - also # 8 in total people top ten

3. Charlie's Angels (movie) 9

4. National Nine News 9

5. Blue Heelers finale 7

6. 60 Minutes 9

7. Law & Order: SVU TEN

8. It Takes Two 7

9. Backyard Blitz 9

10. Seven News 7

With a 42.6% share in 16-39 last week, it was TEN's second best win of the year.

TEN remains the only commercial network to post year on year gains in every major demo.

All data: OzTAM.

Top programs based on OzTAM preliminary times and subject to change with confirmed program logs.

Share figures relate to national commercial share

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