Return of NCIS pulls 1m and Charlie’s Angels fail to fly

Ten welcomed the return of NCIS last night attracting just over 1 million viewers, a rare pull for the network over the last month.   

With the exception of the launch of the second series of Junior Masterchef, Ten shows have recently failed to crack the 1 million mark.

The network will be hoping for a lift in ratings when the Spielberg-directed sci-fi series Terra Nova debuts on Sunday.

Over on Nine, the second episode of Two and a Half Men featuring Ashton Kutcher received 1.252 million, according to preliminary metro ratings from OzTam. The debut episode featuring the new character last week received 2.293 million.

At 7:30, the debut of Nine’s heavily-promoted new show Charlie’s Angels fell short with 815,000. It was beaten, along with Two and a Half Men at 8:30 and Joy of Sets at 9pm, by a two-hour episode of The X Factor on Seven which won the night with 1.41 million.

Despite following a relatively strong audience from Two and a Half Men, Joy of Sets fell back dramatically from its debut audience of 1.165 million to 545,000.

Tuesday’s top 15 shows:

1. The X Factor – Seven – 1.410m
2. Today Tonight – Seven – 1.263m
3. Two and a Half Men – 8:30pm – Nine – 1.252m
4. Seven News – Seven – 1.240m
5. Home and Away – Seven – 1.160m
6. NCIS – Ten – 1.069m
7. Nine News – Nine – 0.974m
8. NCIS: Los Angeles – Ten – 0.899m
9. A Current Affair – Nine – 0.892m
10. ABC News ABC – 0.891m
11. Charlie’s Angels – Nine – 0.815m
12. The Renovators – Ten – 0.803m
13. The 7PM Project – Ten – 0.768m
14. Two and a Half Men – 7:00pm – Nine – 0.723m
15. 7:30 – ABC – 0.64m

Tuesday’s metro channel share:

• Seven: 25.7%
• Ten: 18.7%
• Nine: 18.1%
• ABC1: 9.8%
• Eleven: 4.5%
• SBS1: 4.3%
• 7TWO: 3.8%
• 7mate: 3%
• Gem: 2.8%
• Go!: 2.6%
• ABC2: 2.3%
• One: 2%
• SBS2: 1.1%
• ABC3: 0.6%
• ABC News 24: 0.6%

Alice Terlikowski

topics ABC Advertising Charlie's Angels Marketing Media Nine OzTam TV Ratings SBS Seven Ten TV TV ratings Two and a Half Men

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Comments: 1

Elbogrease 29 Sep 11

I watched a bit of Charlies Angles for the “eye candy” but it was so hideously bad i could only endure ten minutes of it.

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