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Reality TV ratings go through roof
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Aug 4, 2004, 11:06

If there was any doubt that reality television had gone off the boil, it was dispelled in the latest Oztam ratings survey.

Nearly 3 million viewers tuned into the final episode of Big Brother 4, making it the second most popular season for the Big Brother series so far.

Nine’s The Block also scored through the roof with over 2.2 million viewers nationwide.

And the Idol phenomenon shows no signs of fizzing out, with over 1.7 million people watching the Top 100 episode.

The national top 20 TV shows were:

1 BIG BROTHER - THE WINNER ANNOUNCED, Channel TEN - 2,863,546 viewers
2 THE BLOCK THE AUCTION, Channel 9 - 2,275,511 viewers
3 BIG BROTHER - THE FINAL EVICTION, Channel TEN - 2,168,545 viewers
4 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Channel 9 - 1,952,001 viewers
5 THE BLOCK OPEN FOR INSPECTION, Channel 9 - 1,944,949 viewers
6 NATIONAL NINE NEWS SUNDAY, Channel 9 - 1,875,454 viewers
7 BIG BROTHER LIVE EVICTION, Channel TEN - 1,817,856 viewers
8 AUSTRALIAN IDOL - TOP 100, Channel TEN - 1,737,256 viewers
9 LAW AND ORDER: SVU RPT EP 1, Channel TEN - 1,710,474 viewers
10 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION -RPT, Channel 9 - 1,592,700 viewers
11 MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS, Channel 9 - 1,512,094 viewers
12 WITHOUT A TRACE, Channel 9 - 1,500,440 viewers
13 60 MINUTES, Channel 9 - 1,496,586 viewers
14 CSI: MIAMI, Channel 9 - 1,492,421 viewers
15 LAW AND ORDER: SVU RPT EP 2, Channel TEN - 1,469,457 viewers
16 BLUE HEELERS, Channel 7 - 1,469,297 viewers
17 NATIONAL NINE NEWS, Channel 9 - 1,459,358 viewers
18 NATIONAL NINE NEWS SATURDAY, Channel 9 - 1,418,048 viewers
19 SEVEN NEWS, Channel 7 - 1,377,585 viewers
20 SEVEN NEWS - SUN, Channel 7 - 1,370,143 viewers

The national primetime share was:

ABC - 15.3%, Seven - 19.8%, Nine - 26.0%, TEN - 22.5%, SBS - 3.8%, Pay TV - 9.6%



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