Aussie made TV fails to rate
Thursday saw a bad ratings night for Australian made TV content with Ten’s outback doco Keeping Up With The Jonesse dropping below 1m, Seven’s Beauty And The Geek Australia debuting with 969,000 and Ten’s Cops LAC delivering just 487,000 in its new later slot.
Only two programs – Seven News and Today Tonight – brought in audiences of more than 1m, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam.
It was a particularly bad night for Ten’s The 7PM project which rated 625,000.
- Seven News Seven 1.182m
- Today Tonight Seven 1.145m
- Nine News Nine 1.067m
- A Current Affair Nine 0.995m
- Beauty and the Geek Seven 0.969m
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nine 0.957m
- Home and Away Seven 0.943m
- Keeping up with Joneses Ten 0.899m
- The Amazing Race Seven 0.894m
- ABC News ABC 0.886m
- Two and a Half Men Nine 0.857m
- Bondi Vet Ten 0.821m
- Getaway Nine 0.818m
- Rush – Episode 1 Ten 0.774m
- Rush – Episode 2 Ten 0.689m
Thursday’s channel share:
- Seven: 24.6%
- Nine: 21.7%
- Ten: 18.3%
- ABC1: 11.0%
- SBS1: 6.2%
- GO!: 6.1%
- 7TWO 3.1%
- 7mate: 3.1%
- Gem: 1.9%
- ABC2: 1.4%
- One: 0.9%
- ABC3: 0.6%
- ABC News 24: 0.6%
- SBS2: 0.5%
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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Thats what happens when you have 2 weeks off for the bloody commonwealth games. You lose your watchers.
I watched 7pm project every night, as I ate dinner. But now… havent done it in 2 weeks, have different habits.
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Typo: Ten’s Cops LAC.
(It’s meant to be channel 9)
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I’ll never understand why 10 decided to simulcast the games on both their Sports channel and their regular channel. Were the sports shown ever any different?
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All this doesn’t bode well for ABC’s placing of its new legal dramedy, Rake, on Thursdays, starting 4 November. It’s got tremendous star power what with Roxburgh, Weaving, Neill, McCune et al.
But Thursday night? The turf usually topped in season by The Footy Show(s)? Home to travelogues and vets?
I wonder if any consideration was given to it filling the Spicks/Gruen hour, or a Saturday night replacement for The Bill, or even the treasured Sunday night 8.30 slot? It just looks like a waste of potential and talent right now.
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