Channel Seven is enjoying a much needed ratings boost from the Athens Olympic Games.

Millions of viewers have tuned in around the clock in the first few days, peaking at 2.3 million viewers for the Saturday morning Opening Ceremony.

Seven News also benefited from the Olympic fever with the Saturday broadcast reaching over 2.2 million Australians.

The national top 20 TV shows in the latest Oztam ratings survey were:

1 SEVEN'S ATHENS OLYMPICS: OPENING CEREMONY (R), Channel 7 - 2,304,129 viewers
2 SEVEN NEWS - SAT, Channel 7 - 2,210,563 viewers
3 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Channel 9 - 2,126,213 viewers
4 SEVEN'S ATHENS OLYMPICS: D1 PRIMETIME, Channel 7 - 2,008,733 viewers
5 60 MINUTES, Channel 9 - 1,969,655 viewers
6 NATIONAL NINE NEWS SUNDAY, Channel 9 - 1,863,448 viewers
7 SEVEN'S ATHENS OLYMPICS: D1 AFTERNOON, Channel 7 - 1,858,002 viewers
8 BACKYARD BLITZ, Channel 9 - 1,843,183 viewers
9 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION -RPT, Channel 9 - 1,803,280 viewers
10 LAW AND ORDER: SVU RPT EP 1, Channel TEN - 1,693,684 viewers
11 AUSTRALIAN IDOL - THE LIVE VERDICT, Channel TEN - 1,690,674 viewers
12 AUSTRALIAN IDOL - SEMI FINAL 1, Channel TEN - 1,659,681 viewers
13 CSI: MIAMI 9 1,605,501 422,207 515,541 304,115 177,756 185,882
14 OCEAN'S ELEVEN, Channel 9 - 1,595,379 viewers
15 MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS, Channel 9 - 1,593,462 viewers
16 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, Channel 9 - 1,568,564 viewers
17 LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT, Channel TEN - 1,553,134 viewers
18 NATIONAL NINE NEWS, Channel 9 - 1,551,998 viewers
19 WITHOUT A TRACE, Channel 9 - 1,507,970 viewers
20 BURKE'S BACKYARD, Channel 9 - 1,469,117 viewers

The national primetime network share was:

ABC -14.0%, Seven - 23.2%, Nine - 27.5%, Ten - 19.0%, SBS - 4.0% Pay TV - 9.4%

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