Entertainment under 700,000
Ratings: Despite a city still in curfew, entertainment shows were modest last night.
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No entertainment show could crack 700,000 metro viewers last night, despite Melbourne still under 8pm curfew.
The Block was the top entertainment show at 687,000. It outranked Hard Quiz (682,000), 7:30 (571,000), The Bachelor (549,000), and Highway Patrol (440,000 / 407,000).
Later Mad as Hell led at 588,000 then Emergency (522,000).
Nine network won Wednesday with 28.1% then Seven 27.7%, 10 17.6%, ABC 17.2% and SBS 9.4%.
Nine News drew 1.03m / 922,000 for Nine then A Current Affair (710,000) and Hot Seat (497,000 / 317,000). Botched drew 279,000.
Seven News was #1 at 1.1m / 1.05m for Seven. The Chase (633,000 / 397,000) and Home & Away (592,000) followed. Movie: Kingsman: The Secret Service was 346,000.
The Project drew 536,000 / 344,000 for 10. 10 News First was 382,000 / 250,000. Bull managed 233,000 / 170,000.
ABC News led its slot at 711,000. Utopia (362,000), Planet America (322,000) and The Drum (193,000) followed.
On SBS it was Sydney’s Super Tunnel (219,000), Arabia with Levison Wood (184,000), SBS World News (183,000), Tour de France (141,000) and Mastermind (68,000).
NCIS topped multichannels with 216,000.
Sunrise: 285,000
Today: 244,000
News Breakfast: 145,000 / 53,000
OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 9 September 2020
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18 Responses
During lockdown a lot of my friends & relatives who are over 50 learned how to use streaming services. Channels like Gem & 7Two who re-run to death 1980’s UK Dramas are no longer appealing. I think 7Two is in auto-pilot mode.
Sorry, a bit late, David, but are there any figures for the farewell doco on Schitts Creek on Tuesday? My husband and I both had little tears, it was a wonderful “episode”
No it would be under 44k. After Spicks & Specks it is all downhill.
Thanks
If you’re wondering where the audience is wer’e all watching streaming services or youtube. Not sure if networks csn wheel out the same old stuff and keep it rating like it was before. Also ratings should include repeats and streamed watches etc as we all aren’t watching a show just on at one particular time or on one platform anymore. The block may get 700000 on that particular night but another few hundred thousand on catchup TV or repeating it at another time. The thing about streaming services is you can watch your show whenever you want.
How would 7 be feeling about 7 year old Highway Patrol episodes out rating their own expensive exercise in POO. Disheartened probably. It shows people enjoy watching bogans getting pulled over more than Plate of Origin. Time to get some new Highway Patrol episodes into production!
I have an even better idea. C.O.P. (COvid Patrol). You’re welcome Seven.
Or the test pattern.
The Weekly w Charlie had a COVID patrol segment, but as a factual it could work….
7 have very little left in the cabinet once AFL concludes (big bash 7 days a week?)
They have no idea re developing new content.
It shows that the low ratings could be affected by poor quality programming production and concepts, and may not be entirely due to Netflix and other similar services. Hard Quiz rating almost as much as The Block is indicative of how good programming can bring in the ratings.
These figures are a worrying trend for commercial television. I have no answers…meanwhile over on Netflix.
Umpteenth re-run of “Kingsman” did reasonably well, helped Seven’s share. Within ~30k of a Plate of Origin number the other night!
Why would the masses flock to streaming when there is such an irresistible selection of fine content on FTA?
The emojis and dancing segments on The Block are enough to bring in several million viewers each episode surely?
Can we please have a second season of Sydney’s Super Tunnel.
It’s a fabulous show. Yes a follow up a bit further down the line would be great
Yeah, I have enjoyed it too! A great series!