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This week the top three shows were evenly distributed.
TEN managed the week’s top show with Thank God You’re Here snaring an impressive 1.84m viewers, just ahead of Seven’s Border Security (1.83m). And Nine will be smiling at Sea Patrol (1.79m) rising after a small dip in its second week.
Overall however, it was again Seven that won Week 29, just, with 27.5% to Nine’s 27.0%, TEN’s 22.5%, the ABC’s 16.7% and SBS’ 6.3%. Seven won Monday, Tuesday and Friday nights. Nine won Sunday, Thursday and Saturday, leaving Wednesday as a win for TEN.
Seven won Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and tied for Melbourne with Nine. Nine again won Brisbane.
Seven continues to thrive from its locally-produced observational shows, with the new RSPCA Animal Rescue and Medical Emergency beating Nine’s new Tuesday competition Things To Try Before You Die. Surf Patrol also put in a strong performance in its second week, buoyed by the lead in of Border Security. Once again Seven News and Today Tonight dominated nightly viewing, with Desperate Housewives’ finale, Grey’s Anatomy, Home and Away, All Saints, Better Homes and Gardens, Where Are They Now and That 70’s Show all solid. Thursdays continue to be Seven’s weakest night but Lost will end in the coming week.
Aside from its new drama, 60 Minutes was Nine’s next best. Elsewhere it was Getaway, News, A Current Affair, Things to Try Before You Die. The new show managed to turn Nine’s poor Tuesdays around, but it still lost to Seven. On Sunday the CSI franchise was dented by the ABC’s Midsomer Murders. Meanwhile Victoria Beckham tanked and Nine’s The Nation is at a paltry 363,000 – what is Nine waiting for? More positively, The Footy Show passed the million mark.
Following TGYH, Ten’s new House episode was tops –it must be relieved The Chaser boys are resting. It also had it’s biggest Big Brother eviction this year, thanks to a stunt involving Kyle Sandilands as a lead-in. It’s a good sign as the show enters its final full week. The Simpsons was again popular, then the acronymous NCIS, SVU and CI. Thursdays are a problem for TEN, with Pirate Master’s poor 620,000 seeing it removed from schedule.
The ABC surprised everybody with Midsomer Murders strong faring on Sunday, and its top show of the week. It even passed Spicks and Specks. Next were Silent Witness, ABC News and Worst Jobs in History.
Top Gear’s 900,000 was its best ever figure for SBS, suggesting that viewers are disillusioned with commercial offerings at the same time. It was in the same league as 20 to 1 on Nine, and Big Brother nominations. It helped lift SBS’ share on Mondays to 8%.
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Pirate Master as a game show was worth watching..at least it had a plot, the challenges were good BUT had to put up with The Simpsons…TOTAL CRUD!!! Am I the only person who is not “smokin pot?”..CH 7 deleted the Rich List, now CH 10 gives us a “Crappe Cartoon – Simpsons – in favor of great TV. You must think that I am simple!..Sri CH 10 only watched for Pirate Master and the occasional golf….back to FOX I go, at least I have a choice! Simpletons like the Simpsons are not in my vocabulary! Very annoyed!