Down to the wire
Seven and Nine were just 0.3% apart as they faced the battle for Saturday and the week. It would be a winner take all fight, which fell to Seven.
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The third week of ratings went down to the wire between Seven and Nine, with a battle for the final night deciding the week. The networks went into Saturday just 0.3% apart.
In the end, Seven won Saturday thanks to shows like In the Bush with Malcolm Douglas beating Australia’s Funniest Home Videos.
Seven finished with 28.5% to Nine’s 27.9%. TEN had 21.3%, the ABC 16.1% and SBS 6.1%.
Seven won Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday with Nine taking Sunday, Monday and Thursday. Nine also won the week in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, with Seven coming home in Adelaide and Perth.
Nine also won 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54 demographics.
With the exception of The Cut’s debut, it was a good week for Aussie drama. Underbelly was again the top show for the week with 2.29m viewers. Seven’s best was Packed to the Rafters on 1.83m. NCIS was tops for TEN. 1.05m watched ABC’s Spicks and Specks and an extended Top Gear also nudged past the 1m mark for SBS.
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Spot on NK
And then Underbelly finishes… 9 comes 3rd… 7 and 10 in front. ABC close 4th…
Has nine won every demo under 55 for the ratings year so far?
Maybe people are finally realising that Malcolm Douglas is much more interesting than Shelley Craft. And honestly the videos and voiceovers are pretty poor.
sorry if this is a spoiler… but down to the wire could also describe today’s biggest loser… man that was intense!
Great to see Malcome Douglas back. They should get the Bushtucker man too.
“…a battle for the final night deciding the week. The networks went into Saturday just 0.3% apart.”
Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Like a sporting contest! Only here, you, the viewers, are the “ball”.
The saddest part about all this is these two networks are battling it out, hour by hour, day by day, week by week and year by year, as though they are cutting-edge American FTA networks with a massive market to try and dominate. Instead of the reality, which is two faded, desperate, out-of-touch and increasingly audience-less corporates with TV licences whose only goal in life is to “win” against the company they perceive as their “enemy”, in no small part due to the defection of one loud-mouthed, ego-driven executive from one network to the other.
The losers, of course, are the poor viewers.
Oztam should be dismantled immediately, and the networks should get back to the task of serving the viewers, something for which they are lucky enough to have been given broadcasting licences to do.
It’s going to be a close year.
I guess we can assume Nine won the under 55 demos.
well malcom douglas sure has been a silent achiever, it has been growing every week and now it’s winning its timeslot against a AFHVS. could end up being a hit.