News and current affairs dominate as Kerry Packer’s Australian Story more popular than The Big Bang Theory
Viewers chose news and current affairs over entertainment programs last night, as Kerry Packer’s Australian Story attracted more viewers than The Big Bang Theory on Nine.
Nine News won the biggest audience of the night with 1.268m at 6pm, with 1.186m for the second half hour, and Seven was just behind with 1.183m from 6pm and 1.085m from 6.30pm.
Viewers then turned to ABC1 which dominated the 7pm timeslot with 1.064m for ABC News, and continued to hold the biggest audiences for 7.30 and Australian Story.
That show had the second part of Kerry Packer’s life story told by the people who knew him with 1.062m people watching, more than watched The Big Bang Theory which had 1.015m on Nine.
Monday nights on ABC 1 is great. The packer episodes were really interesting, thoroughly enjoyed them.
Big Bang Theory? Give me hope, although if Abbott had his way we would all be watching tripe like that.
#savetheabc
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Agree completely with watcher above.
Monday night on the ABC is quality TV.
I am glad that ABC1 got the ratings but what is the fascination with Kerry Packer? Am I missing something? he founded a media empire okay!!! there are other interesting people you know…..
Yes, Watcher, and that frightfully balanced Media Watch takes some much-deserved shots at evil Murdoch and co., before we settle in to watch the equally balanced Q&A (though that Tony Jones is a worry; he let an evil Liberal speak a full sentence without interrupting last week. Tony must need a pay rise, poor fellow).
And who’d want to watch the world’s most popular sitcom, even if last night’s episode was a repeat (not mentioned in the story).
If you must watch comedy, please make it of the British variety – I hear that new show Fawlty Towers is quite a hoot – or at the very least those naughty Chaser boys.
Fancy having to apologise to that horrid Oz journalist. He should’ve been grateful they were talking about him at all. The Oz should be taken over by the ABC anyway – a privately funded newspaper has no place within our national media landscape.
Taxpayer funded media is the only way to get truth in journalism.
#privatisetheabc
@far canal His father, Sir Frank Packer founded it. Kerry, and subsequently James inherited it. And, so far James has kept it which is better than some other media heirs managed to do. The fascination is interest in money and power and their interaction. That’s what makes him interesting, just like the other interesting people .
Rupes wont be happy . Save the ABC.
Its such a fascinating story and very well produced, for those who perhaps are not really into to it, you must read the book. “The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer” . And on another note ABc and SBS are doing a great job. And i like One too……