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The Week in TV: The ABC too strong for Ten as Underbelly final is muscled out by pop tweens

The ABC put in a good show on the weekly TV ratings tally in Week 46.

The public broadcaster has had the fourth season of British drama Doc Martin slowly climbing over the past couple of weeks and in Week 46 the show entered the top Five.

Ranking fourth and two spots up from last week Doc Martin captured 1.375m metro viewers according to OzTAM. The show goes to air Saturdays, 7:30pm.

ABC1 had three programs in the top 20. The Gruen Transfer came in 12th with 1.175m and Spicks and Specks garnered 1.103m in 17th place. Aunty’s strong showing pushed it to third spot over all, with Channel Ten only receiving one program, NCIS – Tuesday, at 19th with 1.076m, in the top 20.

Seven and Nine both had eight shows in the top 20. Seven took top spot with Tuesday’s X Factor with 1.572m over Nine’s final Underbelly: Razor which took second place and 1.425m and Nine’s 60 Minute with 1.423m.

Week 46’s Top 20

1. THE X FACTOR – TUESDAY – Seven – 1,572,000
2. UNDERBELLY: RAZOR – Nine – 1,425,000
3. 60 MINUTES – Nine – 1,423,000
4. DOC MARTIN – ABC1 – 1,375,000
5. THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE – CHALLENGE – Nine – 1,359,000
6. THE X FACTOR – MONDAY – Seven – 1,355,000
7. THE BIG BANG THEORY – MONDAY – Nine – 1,342,000
8. FROZEN PLANET – SUNDAY – Nine – 1,291,000
9. THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE – CHALLENGE TWO – Nine – 1,251,000
10. SUNDAY NIGHT – Seven – 1,203,000
11. SEVEN NEWS – SUNDAY – Seven – 1,198,000
12. GRUEN PLANET – ABC1 – 1,175,000
13. SEVEN NEWS – MONDAY-FRIDAY – Seven – 1,139,000
14. NINE NEWS – SUNDAY – Nine – 1,139,000
15. BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS – Seven – 1,124,000
16. BEAUTY AND THE GEEK AUSTRALIA – Seven – 1,119,000
17. SPICKS AND SPECKS – ABC1 – 1,103,000
18. THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE – MONDAY – Nine – 1,094,000
19. NCIS – TUESDAY – Ten – 1,076,000
20. AUSTRALIA’S GOT AMAZING TALENT – Seven – 1,067,000

Week 45’s Top 20

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