Underbelly top drama as Australian-made TV is most watched by viewers

Underbelly Razor was the only Australian-made drama to rank in the top ten most watched TV programs in Australia last week.

The Nine Network drama was watched by a metro audience of 1.41m, the fifth biggest audience of the week according to OzTam.

Seven’s Wild Boys rated 1.098m, 20th for the week.

However, Australian-produced content in other genres made a strong showing.  

Ten had the three biggest shows of the week with the AFL grand final between Collingwood and Geelong, along with the pre and post match coverage (2.595m; 2.106m; 1.932m). (Nine’s coverage of the NRL grand final on Sunday is not included because the TV week runs from Sunday to Saturday.)

Seven’s The X Factor was fifth with 1.412m.

Two And A Half Men, with 1.25m viewers on Nine was tenth for the week – the only non Australian-made content in the top 20.

Last week’s top 20:

1. THE 2011 GRAND FINAL: COLLINGWOOD V GEELONG Ten 2,595,000
2. THE 2011 GRAND FINAL: POST MATCH PRESENTATION Ten 2,106,000
3. THE 2011 GRAND FINAL: PRE GAME Ten 1,932,000
4. THE X FACTOR – TUESDAY Seven 1,412,000
5. UNDERBELLY: RAZOR Nine 1,410,000
6. THE 2011 GRAND FINAL: PRE MATCH ENTERTAINMENT Ten 1,405,000
7. SEVEN NEWS – SUNDAY Seven 1,319,000
8. SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 1,304,000
9. SEVEN NEWS – MONDAY-FRIDAY Seven 1,253,000
10. TWO AND A HALF MEN – TUESDAY Nine 1,250,000
11. THE X FACTOR – WEDNESDAY Seven 1,234,000
12. TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,174,000
13. BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 1,162,000
14. SEVEN NEWS – SATURDAY Seven 1,162,000
15. NINE NEWS – SUNDAY Nine 1,157,000
16. GRUEN PLANET ABC1 1,151,000
17. JUNIOR MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA – LAUNCH Ten 1,134,000
18. 2011 BROWNLOW MEDAL Seven 1,116,000
19. 60 MINUTES Nine 1,103,000
20. WILD BOYS Seven 1,098,000

Tim Burrowes

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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Comments: 6

Anonymous 4 Oct 11

Underbelly is an incredibly poor excuse for a drama series. This country has so much to learn.

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Jeff 4 Oct 11

Sadly we won’t learn..Cashed Up Bogans are running this country into the ground on every cultural level.

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Writing writers into the picture. 4 Oct 11

Although sport dominates AUS TV psyche – opposite applies in features.

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brian 4 Oct 11

good to see aussie content drawing in the viewers. now maybe our local commerical networks can focus on making more of it, and making what they have already got better.

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Graham 6 Oct 11

Did PTTR not screen?

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Tim Burrowes 6 Oct 11

Hi Graham, I don’t think Rafters aired last week (longer X Factor?). it was back this week though.

Cheers,

Tim – Encore

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