Cyclone news draws big TV audiences
Ten’s The Biggest Loser was the only entertainment show to deliver an audience of more than a million last night as TV viewers opted for news of Cyclone Yasi.
Seven and Nine’s breakfast programming had huge viewer numbers with Seven’s Sunrise averaging 732,000 and Nine’s Today attracting 516,000. Yesterday saw TV3 in NZ drop normal programming to carry Sunrise’s extended coverage of the aftermath of the cyclone.
The Biggest Loser rated 1.326m for Ten, according to preliminary overnight ratings from OzTam.
Seven News did 1.26m while Nine News attracted 1.107m. Ten’s 6PM With George Negus pulled in 398,000 with the following 6.30pm news bulletin falling away to 362,000.
In Queensland, Seven News was the top rating metro program.
The series return of Grey’s Anatomy rated 963,000 for Seven while the return of Desperate Housewives pulled in 785,000.
Neighbours, on Eleven, was the top multichannel show with 319,000. Go’s The Big Bang Theory was close behind with 298,000, followed by Megastructures on 7Mate with 274,000.
The 2011 ratings season officially begins on Sunday.
Thursday’s top rating shows:
- The Biggest Loser Ten 1.326m
- Seven News Seven 1.260m
- Today Tonight Seven 1.170m
- Nine News Nine 1.107m
- How I Met Your Mother – 8:00pm Seven 0.980m
- Grey’s Anatomy Seven 0.963m
- How I Met Your Mother – 7:30pm Seven 0.927m
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nine 0.927m
- A Current Affair Nine 0.923m
- ABC News ABC 0.896m
- The 7:30 Report ABC 0.868m
- Getaway Nine 0.834m
- RBT Nine 0.816m
- Home and Away (not broadcast in Brisbane) Seven 0.811m
- The Good Wife Ten 0.809m
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The whole thing was a category 5 dissapointment
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HA! How right you are Anon! A lot of hot air I think! BTW does anyone else think the George Negus show is an older version of 7pm project? i havent bothered to watch Negus but just get the feeling it is the same format-snippets of this and that with no deep discussion about anything!
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Of course the ratings were good. It was meant to completely Level Northern Queensland.
BUT IT DIDNT.
Australia: Trolled.
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Damn Nature,
Bloody nature pushed this monster through the best place it could where there would be the least amount of damage and loss of life.
“A category 5 disappointment”… you callous idiot. It was still a category 5 cyclone but you’re disappointed there wasn’t more death and destruction. The typical comment of a chardonnay swilling marketing nob sitting in their trendy inner city apartment.
Hope you never have to face a monster like Yasi
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