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Pay TV Ratings: week 35

Bledisloe Cup, NRL, AFL, Australia’s Next Top Model, Eastenders, Project Runway Australia top Week 35 -but where are Spirited and SLiDE?

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In Week 35 top shows included the Rugby Union Bledisloe Cup, NRL, AFL, Australia’s Next Top Model, Eastenders, Project Runway Australia and The Simpsons.

But there is no sign of numbers for flagship local dramas Spirited and SLiDE.

METRO+ REGIONAL Avg. highest premiere broadcast (000s):
1 Live: Rugby Union: Bledisloe Cup Fox Sports 3 425
2 Live: NRL Knights V Broncos Fox Sports 2 333
3 Live: NRL Bulldogs V Knights Fox Sports 2 254
4 Live: NRL Sea Eagles V Bulldogs Fox Sports 2 246
5 Live: NRL Cowboys V Sharks Fox Sports 2 245
6 Live: AFL Melbourne V Richmond Fox Sports 1 233
7 Live: AFL Geelong V Sydney Fox Sports 1 198
8 Live: AFL Sydney V St Kilda Fox Sports 1 177
9 Live: AFL Sunday Pre Game Show Fox Sports 1 161
10 Live: AFL Brisbane V West Coast Fox Sports 1 135
11 Live: AFL: On The Couch Fox Sports 1 128
12 Australia’s Next Top Model Fox8 112
13 NRL Raiders V Panthers Fox Sports 2 105
14 Eastenders UKTV 102
15 Live: NRL Monday Post Game Show Fox Sports 2 101
16 Live: AFL: After The Bounce Fox Sports 1 99
17 Project Runway Australia Arena 98
18 The Simpsons Fox8 98
19 Coronation Street UKTV 95
20 Live: NRL Saturday Pre Game Show Fox Sports 2 91
21 Kirstie & Phil’s Vacation… Lifestyle 91
22 Deadliest Catch Discovery Channel 88
23 Live: Cricket: ODI Sri V Aus Game 5 S1 Fox Sports 3 83
24 Live: AFL Teams Fox Sports 1 82
25 Ratatouille Disney Channel 80
26 Live: AFL 360 Fox Sports 1 77
27 The Green Mile TV1 76
28 Predators Showtime Premiere 75
29 Good Luck Charlie Disney Channel 75
30 Qi UKTV 75
31 Family Guy Fox8 73
32 As The Bell Rings Disney Channel 69
33 Futurama Fox8 69
34 Live: AFL Saturday Pre Game Show Fox Sports 1 67
35 Live: NRL Pre Game Show Fox Sports 2 67
36 NCIS TV1 66
37 Dora The Explorer Nick Jr. 65
38 Pair Of Kings Disney Channel 64
39 Live: Rugby Union: Tri Nations Rsa V NZ Game 2 Fox Sports 1 64
40 The Suite Life On Deck Disney Channel 64
41 Torchwood: Miracle Day UKTV 64
42 A.N.T. Farm Disney Channel 63
43 Bubble Guppies Nick Jr. 62
44 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Cartoon Network 62
45 The Big Bang Theory Comedy Channel 62
46 Falling Skies Fox8 61
47 Come Dine With Me Lifestyle Food 61
48 Law & Order: SVU TV1 61
49 Spongebob Squarepants Nickelodeon 61
50 iCarly Nickelodeon 60

METRO (Avg all broadcasts):
1 Live: Rugby Union: Bledisloe Cup Fox Sports 3 244,000
2 Live: NRL Knights V Broncos Fox Sports 2 212,000
3 Live: AFL Melbourne V Richmond Fox Sports 1 166,000
4 Live: NRL Sea Eagles V Bulldogs Fox Sports 2 164,000
5 Live: AFL Geelong V Sydney Fox Sports 1 162,000
6 Live: NRL Bulldogs V Knights Fox Sports 2 144,000
7 Live: NRL Cowboys V Sharks Fox Sports 2 140,000
8 Live: AFL Sydney V St Kilda Fox Sports 1 133,000
9 Live: AFL Brisbane V West Coast Fox Sports 1 120,000
10 Live: AFL: On The Couch Fox Sports 1 104,000
11 Live: AFL: After The Bounce Fox Sports 1 72,000
12 Live: AFL Teams Fox Sports 1 66,000
13 Live: AFL Sunday Pre Game Show Fox Sports 1 63,000
14 NRL Raiders V Panthers Fox Sports 2 62,000
15 Live: NRL Monday Post Game Show Fox Sports 2 62,000
16 Live: Cricket: ODI Sri V Aus Game 5 S1 Fox Sports 3 60,000
17 Live: AFL 360 Fox Sports 1 55,000
18 Live: NRL Saturday Pre Game Show Fox Sports 2 51,000
19 Live: The Rugby Club Fox Sports 1 44,000
20 Live: AFL Saturday Pre Game Show Fox Sports 1 43,000
21 Football: EPL Highlights Show Fox Sports 1 42,000
22 Live: Rugby Union: Tri Nations Rsa V NZ Game 2 Fox Sports 1 42,000
23 Predators Showtime Premiere 41,000
24 Live: NRL Pre Game Show Fox Sports 2 40,000
25 Ratatouille Disney Channel 38,000
26 Strassman: Get Chuck’d Tour Comedy Channel 36,000
27 Doc Martin UKTV 35,000
28 Raceday Saturday Sky Racing 35,000
29 Live: Football: EPL Chelsea V Nwich City Fox Sports 2 34,000
30 AFL St Kilda V North Melbourne Fox Sports 1 34,000
31 Live: Football: EPL Chelsea V West Brom Fox Sports 2 34,000
32 Live: Football: EPL Man Utd V Tottenham Fox Sports 3 33,000
33 The Vicar Of Dibley Comedy Channel 31,000
34 Live: Cricket: ODI Sri V Aus Game 5 S2 Fox Sports 3 30,000
35 Cycling: USA Pro Cycling Challenge Fox Sports 1 29,000
36 Death At A Funeral Showtime Premiere 29,000
37 Good Luck Charlie Disney Channel 29,000
38 A.N.T. Farm Disney Channel 29,000
39 Eastenders UKTV 29,000
40 Live: NRL On Fox Fox Sports 2 28,000
41 Torchwood: Miracle Day UKTV 28,000
42 NCIS TV1 28,000
43 Hareport Disney Channel 28,000
44 Inside 9/11: End Game National Geographic 28,000
45 Live: NRL Super Saturday Preview Fox Sports 2 27,000
46 The Green Mile TV1 26,000
47 Legend Of The Guardians Fmc – Family Movie Channel 26,000
48 Live: NRL Monday Pre Game Show Fox Sports 2 26,000
49 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries UKTV 26,000
50 Live: The League Lounge Fox Sports 2 26,000
51 True Blood S4 Ep2 Showcase 25,000
52 Midsomer Murders UKTV 25,000
53 The A-Team Showtime Premiere 25,000
54 Showbiz Sky News 25,000
55 CBS News Sky News 25,000
56 Kirstie & Phil’s Vacation… Lifestyle Channel 25,000
57 Jagged Edge Fox Classics 25,000
58 The Simpsons Fox8 24,000
59 Tom And Jerry Blast Off To Mars Cartoon Network 24,000
60 Australia’s Next Top Model Fox8 24,000
61 Coronation Street UKTV 24,000
62 Live: Football: EPL Norwich V Stoke Fox Sports 2 24,000
63 Law & Order: SVU TV1 24,000
64 Serial Killer Sunday Crime & Investigation 24,000
65 Pair Of Kings Disney Channel 24,000
66 Millionaire Matchmaker Arena 24,000
67 ABC World News Sky News 24,000
68 Shake It Up Disney Channel 24,000
69 The Nation With David Speers Sky News 24,000
70 The Medici History Channel 24,000
71 AM Agenda Sky News 24,000
72 Hannah Montana Forever Disney Channel 24,000
73 Harry Brown Showtime Premiere 23,000
74 Location, Location, Location Lifestyle Channel 23,000
75 Bonanza Fox Classics 22,000
76 So Random Disney Channel 22,000
77 Father Ted Comedy Channel 22,000
78 The Soup E! 22,000
79 Good Morning Scoobydoo! Cartoon Network 22,000
80 WWE Raw Fox8 22,000
81 Live: Cricket: Test Eng V Ind Pre Match Fox Sports 3 22,000
82 Goldeneye Fox Classics 22,000
83 NRL Sea Eagles V Storm Fox Sports 2 21,000
84 M*A*S*H Fox Classics 21,000
85 Wild Bill Fox Classics 21,000
86 Crime Investigation Australia Crime & Investigation 21,000
87 The Big Bang Theory Comedy Channel 21,000
88 Football: EPL Classic Match Fox Sports 2 21,000
89 Paul Murray Live Sky News 21,000
90 Project Runway Australia Arena 21,000
91 Meet The Robinsons Disney Junior 21,000
92 Lewis UKTV 20,000
93 Tough Nuts:Australia’s Hardest Criminals Crime & Investigation 20,000
94 Lunchtime Agenda Sky News 20,000
95 Rugby Union: Tri Nations Fox Sports 3 20,000
96 My Big Fat Royal Gypsy Wedding Lifestyle You 20,000
97 Rugby Union: Bledisloe Cup Classic Fox Sports 1 20,000
98 Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV1 20,000
99 Live: Cricket: ODI Sri V Aus Pre Match Fox Sports 3 19,000
100 Richo Sky News 19,000

Week 35

10 Responses

  1. No, SLiDE pretty much sucks. I’m in the “demo” for it and it’s so untrue and the characters are just caricatures. The situations are just overblown and the acting is just crap. People know a stinker when they see one and dropping so much of your audience from weeks 1 to 2 shows to me that people aren’t dumb, they know crap when they see it.

  2. Tishamikah has no idea!
    If he only knew of the deceitful and underhanded ways in which that sportRU) has tried to stop/limit the growth of rugby league on a world scale then he might change his comments!
    RL is by far the most potent sport for television in Australia, and dare I suggest, if given a fair go, the world!

  3. Love SLiDE- and so do all of my friends. It does, however, fall into the ‘teens as perceived by adults’ point of view and so far it hasn’t had much depth, but my God it is entertaining and great to see my home town showcased. Sucks to see it drop from its good premiere into oblivion. However, the ads for the show are horrendously put together. Yes, they’re initially appealing, but the song is too heavily featured- and there is no real drive to watch the show because the ads show no form of plot or anything.

    Why would people want to tune into a show that is being marketted as an almost music video about teenagers running amuck? Not only does it limit its audience dramatically, but it doesn’t help grab its limited audience by having no reasoning to watch- or plot points to be sucked into.

    Take this example: This week, they Easily could have done a promo about Tammy and Ed being trapped- or Tammy’s internship- or the dark side to Eva’s relationship. Instead, they blasted promo’s with the same repetitive song, and featured a supporting character repetitively offering Ed a blow job.
    Don’t get me wrong, I love the show, but the marketting is doing absolutely nothing to help it.

  5. @Nick… who says Rugby isn’t a main stream sport??? and who are these people
    getting on the bandwagon”???.
    Just because it isn’t shown on FTA doesn’t mean it isn’t followed-
    1) Rugby has a bigger following then league and AFL around the world.
    2) Crowds @ Warratahs games in Sydney are actually higher then most NRL games
    3) the Reds final this year was the Highest rating pay TV this year @ the time

    the ARU killed any FTA hope in the game years ago, when channel 7 had the coverage, yet they signed over the rights to every game live to fox sports.
    why bother watching it on FTA when you can see it ad free on Fox??
    And thats what happened…. FTA ratings dropped off massivly to the point seven dropped its coverage right back…and then dropped it altogether.
    And this is what AFL has done….mark my words….FTA coverage will suffer now Fox has all the games live…

    And yes.. I’m a Sydney sider living in Melbourne, and even though I think it was shown on GEM down here I was always going to watch it on Fox….ad free and in HD

  6. I have yet to meet a teenager who says they have anything in common at all with the characters in SLIDE. To them its an adult’s perception of what a teenager is, and ultimately offensive. I have also yet to meet anyone who gives two hoots about Spirited. All such pretentious rubbish.

  7. Gee, Rugby Union isn’t a mainstream sport but lots of people are willing to jump on the bandwagon.

    Over half a million a month ago and now close to it again.

  8. I got so sick of the constant commercials for Slide and the backing music that I hit the mute button all the time. Then didn’t end up watching it when it premiered, by then I couldn’t be bothered.

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