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Search, Rescue and Fire win for Seven but Nine holds 25-54s with The Big Bang Theory

Screen Shot 2013-12-10 at 9.58.57 AMChannel Seven’s lineup of real-life and fictional rescue drama with Dog Patrol, Air Rescue and Chicago Fire won in all people last night, however Nine held onto the most 25-54 year old viewers with repeat episodes of The Big Bang Theory.

Preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam show The Big Bang Theory was the top program in the key ad demographic, as well as winning the 7.30pm timeslot.

Meanwhile Dog Patrol averaged 762,000 for Seven, just 8,000 less in all people, and a repeat of Modern Family had 462,000 viewers on Ten.

Seven’s Air Rescue won the 8pm timeslot, followed by The Big Bang Theory and another repeat of Modern Family which went up to 573,000 total viewers for Ten, and was ninth in people 25-54.

Chicago Fire won the 8.30pm timeslot and was fourth in people 25-54 as Nine’s audience dropped to 542,000 for a repeat episode of 2 Broke Girls and Ten’s Homeland averaged 382,000 for a new episode.

Meanwhile Rick Stein’s India was third in the timeslot and 22nd for the night with 513,000 total metro viewers.

Nine News was the top program of the night with an extended one hour bulletin in Sydney pushing A Current Affair back to 7pm. while Better Homes and Gardens Summer averaged 775,000 for Seven.

The Ashes also made the top 15 programs as the second test wrapped up in Adelaide, with 660,000 metro viewers tuning in to see Australia rout a sorry England team.

Sunrise topped Today in the morning battle with 329,000 viewers on Channel Seven above 294,000 for Today on Channel Nine. The Morning Show averaged 173,000 for Seven in the five cities while Nine’s Mornings averaged 138,000.

Seven won the night with 21.6 per cent of the audience share as Nine’s share was 19 per cent and Ten’s 11.4 per cent, again behind ABC1’s 12 per cent.

Monday’s top 15 shows:

  1. Nine News Nine 1.114m
  2. Seven News Seven 1.072m
  3. Today Tonight Seven 1.032m
  4. A Current Affair Nine 962,000
  5. ABC News ABC1 845,000
  6. Chicago Fire Seven 797,000
  7. Air Rescue Seven 784,000
  8. 7.30 ABC1 782,000
  9. Better Homes and Gardens Summer Seven 775,000
  10. The Big Bang Theory Rpt Ep1 Nine 770,000
  11. Dog Patrol Seven 762,000
  12. Ten Eyewitness News Ten 691,000
  13. Chicago Fire Ep2 Seven 689,000
  14. The Ashes: Second Test Australia v England Session 1 Nine 660,000
  15. The Big Bang Theory Rpt Nine 650,000

Monday’s share:

  • Seven 21.6%
  • Nine 19.0%
  • ABC1 12.0%
  • Ten 11.4%
  • ONE 5.3%
  • GO! 4.3%
  • SBS ONE 4.0%
  • 7TWO 4.0%
  • ABC2 3.8%
  • Gem 3.6%
  • ELEVEN 3.5%
  • 7mate 3.5%
  • ABC News 24 1.5%
  • ABC3 1.1%
  • SBS 2 0.9%
  • NITV 0.5%

Ratings data is copyright OzTAM and may not be reproduced, published or communicated without the prior written consent of OzTAM.

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