It’s official – Australians just can’t get enough of Crime TV.

CSI and Law & Order made up 3 of the top 5 shows in the latest Oztam ratings. Even repeats of SVU managed to score over 1.5 million viewers.

The popularity of these series helped Nine to another ratings victory, whilst Ten pulled away from Seven to secure a firm second place.

Seven’s best performer was the 3rd Shutdown in My Restaurant Rules.

The national top 20 shows were:

1 NATIONAL NINE NEWS SUNDAY, Channel 9 - 1,893,245 viewers
2 60 MINUTES, Channel 9 - 1,776,132 viewers
3 LAW AND ORDER: SVU, Channel TEN - 1,769,874 viewers
4 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION -RPT, Channel 9 - 1,711,632 viewers
5 LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT, Channel TEN - 1,683,959 viewers
6 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD, Channel 9 - 1,670,345 viewers
7 NATIONAL NINE NEWS SATURDAY, Channel 9 - 1,582,934 viewers
8 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, Channel 9 - 1,541,697 viewers
9 MY RESTAURANT RULES: SHUTDOWN 3, Channel 7 - 1,537,060 viewers
10 SEVEN NEWS - SUN, Channel 7 - 1,533,479 viewers
11 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, Channel 9 - 1,530,668 viewers
12 LAW AND ORDER: SVU RPT, Channel TEN - 1,520,731 viewers
13 E.R., Channel 9 - 1,516,305 viewers
14 NATIONAL NINE NEWS, Channel 9 - 1,504,909 viewers
15 THE BLOCK, Channel 9 - 1,479,297 viewers
16 BECKER, Channel TEN - 1,433,595 viewers
17 FRIENDS -RPT, Channel 9 - 1,427,043 viewers
18 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND TUES, Channel TEN - 1,422,812 viewers
19 W.A.U: MONGOOSE, Channel 7 - 1,400,821 viewers
20 GETAWAY, Channel 9 - 1,387,594 viewers

The national primetime share was:

ABC -15.4%, Seven -19.8%, Nine - 27.1%, Ten - 21.2%, SBS - 3.9%, Pay TV - 9.7%

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