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Seven upbeat about first ratings week

If it's the last day of the working week it must be Friday graph day.

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First Friday of the ratings year sees the first network graph for the year, with Seven upbeat about its opening gambit for 2016.

This unusual graph charts Week 7 results for the last decade, showing Seven averaging a 34.1% share for the week ahead of Nine’s 25.6% and TEN’s 17.3%. There’s no doubt it will claim the first week of the ratings year.

Networks were closest in 2008 when all three were less than 4% apart.

Seven, Nine, TEN, Free to Air share Week 7 (Sun – Thu) 2006 – 2016 6pm – midnight.

17 Responses

  1. It’s the same every year. Seven added elements of Come Dine With Me to the failed MRR to produce MKR. They launch MKR on the back of the Australian Open and stagger it across the competitions shows. Then for week 1 of ratings they add a popular drama event for the first couple of Sundays and blitz the first fortnight in the ratings.

    It can cause problems though. The later start for evening shows means that people who aren’t fans of MKR tend to skip or timeshift shows after it. So if MKR fans aren’t enamoured with a show it doesn’t do well e.g. Winter.

  2. Ch 7 will always work the numbers when it comes to ratings. They are on the slide down. Ch9 this year will over take them ( there news product is miles better than the ch7 product. ie: sex in the city sunrise ) ch10 have also positioned themselves far more competitive.

  3. 7 always seem to start with a bang but although a strong 7.30 – 9.30 timeslot, they have cause for a lot of concern – Sunrise, 7 news, Home & Away all not performing that well….

          1. money is the big three, not the little two.

            If you can’t win Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, you ain’t getting the dollars.

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