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Seven cooks up a ratings storm

Seven's cooking contest served up a ratings win for the network in Total People, but Nine went home with the demographic desserts in Week 13.

Seven cooked up another weekly win in Total People this week led by the grand final of its latest reality contest, and threw down the gauntlet with new sports entertainment contenders. Seven has strategically coded its new AFL / NRL shows as a single programme as ‘Seven’s Footy Show’ to combine figures for both shows and net 1.15m viewers, just as Nine does. In terms of figures The Matty Johns Show was the more successful while critically The Bounce probably had the edge.

In Week 13 the Seven Network won with a 31.0% share over Nine’s 29.0% and TEN’s 20.7%. The ABC had 15.8% and SBS 5.4%.

In digital channels GO! was 3.6%, 7TWO 3.2%, ONE 1.7%m ABC2 1.3%, ABC3 0.5% and SBS TWO 0.4%.

Seven won all  nights except Thursday and all five cities with the exception of Sydney, which fell to Nine thanks to NRL. The ABC topped TEN on Friday and Saturday.

But Nine won all three of the key demo groups 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54.

#1 show of the week was My Kitchen Rules‘ grand final on 1.53m viewers, despite figures in Perth being affected by a severe storm.

Queenslanders Veronica and Shadi took home $100,000 for their efforts, even though Hot Seat quietly gave away $250,000 on the same night. Those who claimed Seven’s show was inspired by TEN’s MasterChef Australia saw similaries right down to the closing shots. In reality it was a show more reminiscent of Come Dine with Me which airs on both LifeStyle and Seven, with its My Restaurant Rules state twist.

Rnk Description Stn Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 My Kitchen Rules-Mon Seven 1,530,000 457,000 543,000 293,000 180,000 56,000
2 NCIS Ten 1,503,000 419,000 432,000 279,000 158,000 214,000
3 Air Ways Seven 1,462,000 380,000 466,000 270,000 158,000 187,000
4 Bones Seven 1,450,000 367,000 424,000 310,000 159,000 190,000
5 Seven News – Sun Seven 1,407,000 314,000 446,000 320,000 124,000 204,000
6 Border Security – Australia’s Front Line-Tue (R) Seven 1,397,000 416,000 390,000 249,000 157,000 185,000
7 Border Security – Australia’s Front Line Seven 1,384,000 354,000 443,000 262,000 147,000 180,000
8 Top Gear Nine 1,360,000 341,000 468,000 252,000 162,000 137,000
9 Customs Nine 1,358,000 401,000 400,000 177,000 169,000 211,000
10 Nine News Sunday Nine 1,325,000 438,000 341,000 263,000 167,000 117,000
11 Seven News Seven 1,324,000 346,000 374,000 242,000 146,000 215,000
12 Two And A Half Men Nine 1,310,000 387,000 498,000 201,000 105,000 120,000
13 The Force – Behind The Line (R) Seven 1,286,000 359,000 362,000 215,000 138,000 213,000
14 Today Tonight Seven 1,256,000 333,000 353,000 230,000 144,000 197,000
15 Seven News – Sat Seven 1,223,000 278,000 419,000 252,000 117,000 157,000
16 Criminal Minds Seven 1,203,000 303,000 345,000 257,000 140,000 158,000
17 Better Homes And Gardens Seven 1,190,000 302,000 412,000 183,000 137,000 156,000
18 The Mentalist Nine 1,171,000 368,000 402,000 215,000 101,000 85,000
19 RSPCA Animal Rescue Seven 1,166,000 337,000 290,000 269,000 122,000 149,000
20 60 Minutes Nine 1,157,000 337,000 348,000 253,000 90,000 128,000
21 A Current Affair Nine 1,155,000 336,000 380,000 235,000 90,000 115,000
22 Seven’s Footy Show Seven 1,150,000 396,000 329,000 199,000 110,000 115,000
23 RPA Nine 1,128,000 327,000 349,000 168,000 152,000 132,000
24 Sunday Night Seven 1,120,000 250,000 388,000 219,000 118,000 145,000
25 Two And A Half Men -Wed Nine 1,118,000 328,000 411,000 154,000 97,000 127,000
26 Nine News Nine 1,112,000 307,000 352,000 232,000 103,000 118,000
27 Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation Ten 1,102,000 352,000 306,000 186,000 131,000 127,000
28 The Big Bang Theory Nine 1,095,000 337,000 373,000 202,000 104,000 79,000
29 Desperate Housewives Seven 1,088,000 307,000 362,000 190,000 109,000 121,000
30 The Good Wife Ten 1,086,000 328,000 331,000 192,000 126,000 110,000
31 Spicks And Specks ABC1 1,067,000 342,000 285,000 196,000 112,000 133,000
32 Two And A Half Men -Rpt Nine 1,056,000 299,000 359,000 193,000 84,000 122,000
33 The Mentalist -Rpt Nine 1,055,000 282,000 363,000 201,000 106,000 103,000
34 Crash Investigation Unit Seven 1,015,000 275,000 260,000 243,000 108,000 129,000
35 Castle Seven 998,000 267,000 304,000 189,000 120,000 117,000
36 Home And Away Seven 990,000 289,000 270,000 175,000 127,000 129,000
37 ABC News ABC1 986,000 266,000 325,000 155,000 101,000 138,000
38 Bondi Rescue Ten 965,000 315,000 275,000 198,000 77,000 100,000
39 Domestic Blitz Nine 953,000 292,000 257,000 212,000 96,000 96,000
40 The Biggest Loser (Aus) – The Weigh-In Ten 952,000 294,000 246,000 196,000 75,000 141,000
41 Grey’s Anatomy Seven 943,000 248,000 276,000 174,000 99,000 144,000
42 Criminal Minds (R) Seven 936,000 248,000 274,000 192,000 115,000 107,000
43 Getaway Nine 924,000 280,000 279,000 197,000 74,000 95,000
44 ABC News-Sa ABC1 914,000 263,000 310,000 162,000 93,000 86,000
45 NCIS: Los Angeles Ten 897,000 231,000 293,000 139,000 97,000 137,000
46 Nine News Saturday Nine 892,000 259,000 302,000 165,000 84,000 81,000
47 ABC News-Su ABC1 872,000 197,000 281,000 165,000 108,000 122,000
48 Whitechapel ABC1 861,000 279,000 234,000 127,000 114,000 107,000
49 V Nine 859,000 285,000 244,000 148,000 89,000 93,000
50 CSI: Miami Nine 834,000 246,000 279,000 122,000 101,000 86,000
51 Ten News At Five Ten 822,000 202,000 252,000 152,000 87,000 130,000
52 So You Think You Can Dance Australia Ten 818,000 261,000 257,000 160,000 60,000 80,000
53 House Ten 817,000 217,000 287,000 126,000 105,000 81,000
54 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala 2010 Ten 806,000 175,000 342,000 128,000 93,000 67,000
55 Survivor: Heroes Vs Villains -Ep1 Nine 802,000 235,000 286,000 140,000 75,000 66,000
56 Rivers With Griff Rhys Jones ABC1 792,000 221,000 263,000 116,000 92,000 100,000
57 Cougar Town Seven 791,000 246,000 204,000 160,000 86,000 95,000
58 Private Practice Seven 787,000 212,000 235,000 155,000 78,000 107,000
59 Australian Story ABC1 783,000 214,000 270,000 145,000 76,000 78,000
60 How I Met Your Mother Seven 777,000 212,000 212,000 170,000 86,000 97,000
61 The Biggest Loser (Aus) – Elimination Ten 772,000 221,000 252,000 171,000 51,000 75,000
62 Brothers & Sisters Seven 762,000 218,000 275,000 122,000 66,000 81,000
63 Survivor: Heroes Vs Villains -Ep2 Nine 760,000 242,000 251,000 128,000 63,000 76,000
64 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Nine 745,000 217,000 223,000 152,000 77,000 77,000
65 7.30 Report ABC1 741,000 229,000 216,000 132,000 76,000 88,000
66 Bill ABC1 718,000 213,000 204,000 120,000 87,000 94,000
67 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 1: Geelong Vs Essendon Seven 710,000 17,000 467,000 7,000 110,000 109,000
68 The Biggest Loser (Aus) Ten 707,000 191,000 208,000 159,000 54,000 95,000
69 Cold Case Nine 697,000 157,000 281,000 84,000 91,000 85,000
70 Saturday Night AFL Ten 693,000 82,000 295,000 85,000 74,000 156,000
71 Ten News At Five Sun Ten 689,000 177,000 158,000 137,000 90,000 127,000
72 M-Alice In Wonderland Seven 686,000 225,000 218,000 81,000 74,000 88,000
73 The Footy Show Nine 683,000 151,000 296,000 90,000 75,000 71,000
74 Place Of Execution ABC1 681,000 213,000 198,000 94,000 88,000 89,000
75 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 654,000 399,000 *** 254,000 *** ***
76 Hungry Beast ABC1 649,000 198,000 179,000 103,000 66,000 103,000
77 The 7pm Project Ten 648,000 168,000 173,000 168,000 55,000 84,000
78 Human Journey ABC1 646,000 234,000 177,000 109,000 51,000 75,000
79 Crocodile Dundee -Rpt Nine 639,000 203,000 198,000 119,000 53,000 66,000
80 So You Think You Can Dance Australia – Results Ten 636,000 216,000 143,000 160,000 40,000 77,000
81 The New Inventors ABC1 628,000 211,000 155,000 135,000 61,000 65,000
82 Catalyst ABC1 628,000 225,000 166,000 103,000 58,000 76,000
83 Bed Of Roses ABC1 617,000 187,000 190,000 114,000 67,000 59,000
84 Blue Murder ABC1 615,000 188,000 153,000 95,000 91,000 88,000
85 Gardening Australia ABC1 608,000 182,000 205,000 121,000 60,000 40,000
86 Four Corners ABC1 597,000 194,000 176,000 110,000 57,000 60,000
87 Collectors ABC1 585,000 195,000 156,000 89,000 85,000 60,000
88 Qi ABC1 584,000 171,000 186,000 76,000 80,000 72,000
89 NCIS Fri Rpt Ten 581,000 133,000 170,000 131,000 49,000 98,000
90 Media Watch ABC1 579,000 191,000 175,000 101,000 59,000 53,000
91 Stateline ABC1 575,000 166,000 194,000 81,000 69,000 65,000
92 Deal Or No Deal Seven 574,000 140,000 193,000 88,000 68,000 84,000
93 Foreign Correspondent ABC1 553,000 147,000 167,000 94,000 67,000 78,000
94 Thank God You’re Here (R) Seven 539,000 155,000 181,000 73,000 57,000 72,000
95 Nine’s Sunday Football Nine 532,000 339,000 *** 193,000 *** ***
96 The Simpsons Ten 523,000 122,000 194,000 89,000 56,000 62,000
97 Hot Seat Nine 518,000 139,000 153,000 133,000 48,000 44,000
98 Thursday Night AFL Ten 515,000 *** 382,000 *** 84,000 49,000
99 Neighbours Ten 514,000 131,000 165,000 103,000 56,000 58,000
100 Highway Patrol (R) Seven 505,000 147,000 183,000 80,000 55,000 40,000

Pay TV

1 Live: AFL Brisbane Lions V West Coast FOX Sports 1 157,000
2 Live: NRL Panthers V Storm FOX Sports 2 139,000
3 Live: NRL Eels V Sea Eagles FOX Sports 2 134,000
4 Live: NRL Raiders V Broncos FOX Sports 2 130,000
5 Live: NRL Sea Eagles V Knights FOX Sports 2 112,000
6 Live: AFL Melbourne V Hawthorn FOX Sports 1 111,000
7 Live: Cricket: Test NZ V Aus 1st Test Day 3 S2 FOX Sports 3 93,000
8 Live: Cricket: Test NZ V Aus 2nd Test FOX Sports 3 88,000
9 Live: Cricket: Test NZ V Aus 1st Test Day 3 S3 FOX Sports 3 87,000
10 Live: NRL Titans V Raiders FOX Sports 2 86,000
11 Live: Rugby Union: S14 Waratahs V Blues FOX Sports 3 76,000
12 Live: Cricket: Test NZ V Aus 1st Test Day 3 S1 FOX Sports 3 70,000
13 Live: Cricket: Test NZ V Aus 1st Test Day 4 S2 FOX Sports 3 68,000
14 Live: Rugby Union: S14 Brumbies V Chiefs FOX Sports 3 65,000
15 Live: Cricket: Test NZ V Aus 1st Test Day 5 S1 FOX Sports 3 58,000
16 Live: Cricket: Test NZ V Aus 1st Test Day 4 S1 FOX Sports 3 50,000
17 Live: Cricket: Test NZ V Aus 1st Test Day 4 S3 FOX Sports 3 49,000
18 Live: NRL On FOX FOX Sports 2 47,000
19 Live: NRL Saturday Pre Game Show FOX Sports 2 47,000
20 Live: NRL Saturday Post Game Show FOX Sports 2 44,000
21 Live: NRL Sunday Pre Game Show FOX Sports 2 43,000
22 NRL Roosters V West Tigers FOX Sports 2 41,000
23 Live: NRL Monday Post Game Show FOX Sports 2 41,000
24 AFL: Before The Bounce FOX Sports 1 39,000
25 Live: Rugby Union: S14 Hurr V Sharks FOX Sports 3 39,000
26 Live: AFL Pre Game Show FOX Sports 1 38,000
27 Poirot: The Abc Murders 13th Street 38,000
28 Live: Rugby Union: S14 Force V Bulls FOX Sports 3 37,000
29 Doctor Who UKTV 37,000
30 Are You Being Served? Comedy Channel 37,000
31 Legend Of The Seeker FOX8 36,000
32 The Boston Strangler FOX Classics 36,000
33 America’s Next Top Model FOX8 35,000
34 Cruise Ship Attack Crime & Investigation 35,000
35 Live: Rugby Union: S14 H’landers V Lions FOX Sports 3 34,000
36 Cricket: World Series Classics FOX Sports 3 33,000
37 Midsomer Murders UKTV 33,000
38 Project Runway Arena 33,000
39 The Simpsons FOX8 32,000
40 Dcom: Hatching Pete Disney Channel 32,000
41 New Tricks UKTV 31,000
42 Rspca Animal Rescue Lifestyle Channel 31,000
43 Beauty And The Geek FOX8 31,000
44 Uncle Buck Tv1 31,000
45 The Wrestler Showtime 31,000
46 Yes, Prime Minister Comedy Channel 31,000
47 American Idol Performance Show FOX8 30,000
48 Family Guy FOX8 30,000
49 Live: Football: Epl Man Utd V Liverpool FOX Sports 3 29,000
50 The Comancheros FOX Classics 29,000
51 Silent Witness UKTV 29,000
52 NCIS Tv1 28,000
53 Football: Epl Preview FOX Sports 1 28,000
54 Live: Rugby Union: S14 Post Game Show FOX Sports 3 28,000
55 Secret Life Of The American Teenager FOX8 28,000
56 The Day Of The Jackal FOX Classics 28,000
57 Wwe Smackdown! FOX8 28,000
58 Waking The Dead UKTV 27,000
59 As The Bell Rings Disney Channel 26,000
60 Live: AFL Saturday Pre Game Show FOX Sports 1 26,000
61 Men In Black Sci Fi 26,000
62 The Lizzie Mcguire Movie Disney Channel 26,000
63 Live: Rugby League: Toyota Cup FOX Sports 2 26,000
64 Doctor Who Confidential UKTV 26,000
65 AFL Geelong V Essendon FOX Sports 1 25,000
66 The Leaders’ Health Debate Sky News Australia 25,000
67 H2o: The Movie 2 Disney Channel 25,000
68 Law & Order: Svu Tv1 25,000
69 American Idol Results Show FOX8 25,000
70 Absolutely Fabulous Comedy Channel 25,000
71 Blackadder Comedy Channel 24,000
72 Make It Or Break It FOX8 24,000
73 Futurama FOX8 24,000
74 Invitation To A Gunfighter FOX Classics 24,000
75 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Tv1 24,000
76 Hell’s Kitchen Usa Lifestyle Channel 24,000
77 College Road Trip Disney Channel 24,000
78 American Dad! FOX8 23,000
79 Property Ladder Lifestyle Channel 23,000
80 Murder Investigation Team 13th Street 23,000
81 Cricket: Test NZ V Aus 1st Test Day 3 FOX Sports 2 23,000
82 Demolition Man Movie Greats 23,000
83 Bad Company FOX Classics 23,000
84 Bride Wars Showtime 2 23,000
85 Hale & Pace Comedy Channel 22,000
86 Live: Rugby Union: S14 Pre Game Show FOX Sports 3 22,000
87 The Hunt For Red October Showtime Action 22,000
88 French And Saunders Comedy Channel 22,000
89 Gossip Girl FOX8 22,000
90 Pushing Tin Showtime Drama 22,000
91 The Weakest Link UKTV 22,000
92 The Reader Movie One 22,000
93 Robocop Movie Greats 22,000
94 Dora The Explorer – Dance To The Rescue Nick Jr 21,000
95 Seesaw 13th Street 21,000
96 What Women Want: Mel Gibson Starpics 1 21,000
97 WWEe Raw FOX8 21,000
98 Football: Epl Highlights FOX Sports 1 21,000
99 Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid FOX Classics 21,000
100 I’m In The Band Disney Channel 21,000

ASTRA Week 13

Week 13

17 Responses

  1. A question, are viewers who watched both The Bounce and The Matty Johns Show counted twice? It seems to give 7 an unfair edge if they are.

  2. the bounce will plummit in the ratings this week. matty johns show will stay steady

    neighbors has to be canned. it’s dead and a useless show that the story writers are simply lost for ieas

  3. @ Mike. The NRL and AFL Footy Show’s are combined every week. It’s nothing new, and hardly a farce or fail. Neither The Bounce or Matty Johns flopped, infact both were quite strong in their primetime markets, particularly Matty in Brisbane and Sydney.

    Impressive results for NCIS and Bones. Both excellent dramas.

  4. It’s a sad week for TV, 2 scripted shows in the top 10, 5 in the top 20. The days of quality TV are gone, and all we have to look forward to is “behind the scenes” of every crappy whichway job losers hold these days….

    I got a good idea! Let’s get Border Security and shove it in a classroom! We’ll call it Classroom Security Patrol!

  5. It would be nice if ten did what seven does for afl in Sydney, and not show the Matches live, rather repeat them at a later time, I don’t want to watch afl on a saturday night, I’d much prefer a movie.

  6. Ten should put neighbours at 6pm and move the 7pm project to 630pm. That way they can directly compete with aca and today tonight and be the first high quality show at 630 pm in a long time

  7. i agree. Having both afl and nrl show’s on seperate night’s (for this week), then combining them, is just plain silly for Seven

    And i agree about Ten’s early shows. Ten needs to fix it up. Less than 500k for The Simpsons; 514,000 for Neighbours and 648,000 for 7pm aren’t helping Ten at all

  8. Mike do you have any idea how these footy shows work because your post suggests you don’t. The Matty Johns show was the number one show in sydney on thursday night… hardly a fail. it is shown after midnight in melb, ade and perth. the bounce is shown primetime only in mel, ade and perth. the totals for each of the primetime shows are added together – as nine does with its different footy shows. should be much easier for you to grasp next week when they are both on the same night perhaps… dear me.

  9. What a farce. Combing both Seven footy shows together when seperately they flopped big time. Hell they couldn’t even manage to help Seven win their nightly share. Fail.

    Is Ten actually doing to do anything with their terrible schedule or just hope Masterchef comes to the rescue and fixes all of their ailing shows?

  10. was expecting to see a bigger increase for The Bill.

    Neighbours near the bottom again, I know Thursday had some issues, but how much longer can TEN let this go on.

    Yes I am aware that TEN is more legally obliged to air Neighbours in primetime, but seriously how long can they just sit back & take that?

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