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Melbourne GP helps Ten to top of the TV ratings

Yesterday’s storybook script of new racing team Brawn GP picking up the top two places on the Melbourne podium in its debut race propelled Ten to a narrow TV ratings win for Sunday.  

Despite the early retirement from the race of Aussie driver Mark Webber, the network scored a 27.6% audience share for the day, according to preliminar OzTam ratings. It put the network narrowly ahead of rivals Seven (26.4%) and Nine (25.3%) on the first day of the TV ratings week. The ABC took 17.1% and SBS 3.5%.

Top 15 TV shows:

  1. Border Security – Seven 1.5m
  2. The Biggest Loser – Ten 1.4m
  3. Nine News – Nine 1.4m
  4. Seven News – Seven 1.4m
  5. So You Think You Can Dance – Ten 1.3m
  6. City Homicide – Seven 1.3m
  7. Triple Zero Heroes – Seven 1.2m
  8. 60 Minutes – Nine 1.2m
  9. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Nine 1.1m
  10. Domestic Blitz – Nine 1.1m
  11. Sunday Night – Seven 1m
  12. F1: Australian Grand Prix – Ten 1m
  13. ABC News – ABC 1m
  14. Agatha Christie: Poirot – ABC 1m
  15. CSI: Miami – Nine 1m

Meanwhile, the last TV ratings week was another win for Seven. Last week’s primetime share:

  • Seven – 28.6%
  • Nine – 26.1%
  • Ten – 23.1%
  • ABC – 17%
  • SBS – 5.1%
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