Melbourne Cup rides into first place as local drama holds just six slots in top 100
The Melbourne Cup has ridden into first place in week 45’s TV ratings.
Placing in the top three slots across metro-only, the Melbourne Cup was co-coded to stretch across the ratings board. The Race took first place, Race Presentation took second and The Mounting Yard came third, according to OzTAM.
The ratings only registers home televisions so the ‘race that stops the nation’ stopped more than the recorded 2.653m, with office and pub TVs left out of the measure.
Only six local dramas made it into the entire top 100, with Underbelly: Razor the highest rating local drama production, placing 8th overall.
The six productions were:
8. UNDERBELLY: RAZOR – Nine – 1,277,000
32. HOME AND AWAY – Seven – 955,000
36. THE SLAP – ABC1 – 917,000
38. WILDBOYS – Seven – 898,000
66. RUSH – Ten – 677,000
68. CROWNIES – ABC1 – 670,000
Week 45’s Top 20
1. MELBOURNE CUP – THE RACE – Seven – 2,653,000
2. MELBOURNE CUP – RACE PRESENTATION – Seven – 1,964,000
3. MELBOURNE CUP – MOUNTING YARD – Seven – 1,680,000
4. THE X FACTOR – Tuesday – Seven – 1,527,000
5. THE BIG BANG THEORY – Monday – Nine – 1,390,000
6. DOC MARTIN – ABC1 – 1,382,000
7. 60 MINUTES – Nine – 1,358,000
8. UNDERBELLY: RAZOR – Nine – 1,277,000
9. THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE – challenge – Nine – 1,276,000
10. SEVEN NEWS – Sunday – Seven –1,264,000
11. THE X FACTOR – Monday – Seven – 1,231,000
12. SEVEN NEWS – Mon-Fri – Seven – 1,186,000
13. AUSTRALIA’S GOT AMAZING TALENT – Seven – 1,170,000
14. BEAUTY AND THE GEEK AUST. – Seven – 1,143,000
15. THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE – challenge two – Nine – 1,131,000
16. SUNDAY NIGHT – Seven – 1,123,000
17. NCIS – Ten – 1,097,000
18. BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS – Seven – 1,096,000
19. SEVEN NEWS SATURDAY – Seven – 1,093,000
20. FROZEN PLANET – Nine – 1,077,000
