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My Kitchen Rules still leads the pack
On Sunday it was a close tussle between two reality shows, but without their “room reveal” episode, The Block is being convincingly beaten by My Kitchen Rules. That said, it is still Nine’s best...
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Reality battle still squeezing Biggest Loser
The Reality battle at 7:30pm continues to see The Biggest Loser squeezed by My Kitchen Rules and The Block. Despite TEN moving So You Think You Can Dance to Thursdays, it didn’t budge on Loser’s...
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Renewed: NCIS, NCIS: LA, Person of Interest, CSI, Criminal Minds, Elementary,...
CBS has renewed a pile of shows overnight: 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, Two and a Half Men, The Millers, Mom, NCIS, NCIS: LA, Person of Interest, CSI, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds,...
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Seven, Nine still lead with Reality juggernauts.
Cooking and renovation still dominates dieting in the land of Reality TV. My Kitchen Rules saw Christo and Harry eliminated to the tune of 1.66m viewers, while The Block did well with 1.3m viewers. But...
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Resurrection rises to 1.91m viewers for Seven
The marketing campaign for Resurrection paid off handsomely for Seven with a huge 1.91m viewers last night. The US drama even topped My Kitchen Rules, also very strong at 1.72m viewers. Together they...
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Resurrection vs Big Bang equals big ratings
An interesting battle took place last night at around 8:45pm. Last week Resurrection knocked it out of the park with nearly 2m overnight viewers but, as invariably happens with sci-fi content, it has...
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Nine: First week of Easter non-ratings
Next week during non-ratings Nine has a new episode of The Mentalist, RBT, 2 Broke Girls and Top Gear. Sunday 6:30pm David Attenborough’s Wild Secrets of India rpt 7:30pm 60 Minutes 8:30pm The...
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Game on at 5:30
Big numbers were at stake in the 5:30pm timeslot yesterday, as evidence that the lead-up to the 6pm News is still big business. A contestant on Million Dollar Minute walked away with $307,000...
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Second week of Easter non-ratings: Nine
With one more week of non-ratings to go, next week Nine has new eps of The Mentalist, Person of Interest, 2 Broke Girls, CSI and Top Gear. Sunday: 6:30pm David Attenborough’s Wild Secrets on India rpt...
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2.6m watch Bree & Jess win My Kitchen Rules
My Kitchen Rules “The Winner Announced” has pulled the biggest audience of the year so far. It hit 2.6m viewers last night as South Australian mums Bree & Jess were declared the champs over WA...
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The Voice wins it, but cities divide House Rules v Masterchef.
There are some subtle shifts going on in the three way Reality TV battle. While The Voice is dominating to the point of bettering the audiences of House Rules and MasterChef combined, in Sydney and...
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Party Tricks down ahead of TEN Upfronts
Next week TEN will announce its Upfronts with plenty of interest in whether Party Tricks will be renewed and clarify if Offspring is over. Presumably that’s a decision that has already been made, and...
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Party Tricks finale lifts, Australian Story scores for ABC.
TEN’s Party Tricks had its final episode last night (pending possible renewals this week) and finished with 530,000, which was 100,000 up on last week and its best number since its first episode....
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Axed: The Millers
Struggling US sitcom The Millers has been axed by CBS, early -and rarely- into its second season. In a timeslot following 2 Broke Girls the show never performed as well as its first season paired with...
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ABC strong on Monday night
Seven and Nine were neck and neck last night, split by just 0.1% on network shares, in Nine’s favour. But a win is a win. While another night languished under the million viewers (for all but one...
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Seven’s big bucks beaten by Big Bang replay
Last night Seven Network gave away the biggest cash prize in their history, at $1,000,000 to an Adelaide tradie on The Big Adventure. But it will go down as the night they were beaten by a repeat of...
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Nine: first week of summer
Nine’s first week of summer includes first-run episodes of Gotham, Person of Interest, 2 Broke Girls, Mom, plus several specials and factuals. It also premieres 2013 US crime Golden Boy in a late night...
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1.72m as MKR remains undefeated
My Kitchen Rules scored its second highest episode so far this year with 1.72m viewers last night, more than the combined totals of The Block and TEN’s simulcast of I’m a Celebrity Get Me out of Here!...
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2 Broke Girls under fire for casual racism
An episode of Two Broke Girls has attracted headlines after a punchline was deemed ‘casual racism’ towards Aboriginals. The episode “And the Fun Factory,” included a male character chatting up an...
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MKR half a million clear of the pack
Just one title cleared the magic million on Tuesday night: My Kitchen Rules -at 1.47m viewers. Everything else, including news bulletins, fell short of one million last night. Seven network won with...
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Nine’s Q2 highlights ….. where is The Voice?
Nine has confirmed some of its titles for Quarter 2 of 2015 including The Block, Love Child and Reno Rumble -but hasn’t mentioned The Voice as yet. The titles teased to advertisers include: • The...
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Renewed: 2 Broke Girls
CBS has confirmed a fifth season of 2 Broke Girls and confirmed earlier leaks that Mom and Mike and Molly have been renewed. With The Big Bang Theory one year into a three-season pickup, CBS has now...
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MKR still leads the pack
My Kitchen Rules remains the leader of the ratings pack, at 1.57m it was still more than Nine and TEN timeslots combined. But Tuesday did see some good numbers for ABC, while TEN’s network share has...
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GEM helps Nine wins night against Seven
Nine network enjoyed a rare win over Seven’s line-up thanks to GEM’s coverage of the ICC Cricket World Cup. Despite Seven in front on its primary channel, GEM pulled an excellent 7.7% share and tipped...
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Tough Tuesday for ABC
Tuesday proved to be a tough night for the ABC with low numbers for the return of Foreign Correspondent despite a well-made doco on a Palestinian football team scoring against the odds. On social...
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Viewers turn to News bulletins during Sydney storm
Storms battering Sydney drove up News and current affairs bulletins across the board last night. Nine News led the battle, as high as 1.27m viewers over Seven’s 1.1m. But even bulletins on ABC...
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Airdate: Reno Rumble. Returning: Love Child
Now that Seven has confirmed its My Kitchen Rules grand final as 7:30pm Monday, Nine has pitted Reno Rumble’s premiere against the return of House Rules. Both will begin at 7:30pm Tuesday May 5th...
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First MKR semi-final tops Tuesday
The first semi final for My Kitchen Rules was well ahead of the competition last night at 1.5m viewers for Seven, trumping the penultimate episode of The Block (1.14m). Will and Steve defeated Ash and...
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Renewed: The Good Wife, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Odd Couple, Survivor.
CBS has announced a string of renewals ahead of its annual Upfronts. They include The Good Wife, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Odd Couple, Survivor, Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five-0, NCIS: LA, Elementary, Person of...
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Nine restructures Warner Bros output deal
Nine Network has restructured its long-running output deal with Warner Bros Studios, which produces such titles as The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Fringe, The Following, Gotham, Forever, Stalker,...
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Update: Two and a Half Men, Mom, 2 Broke Girls.
IMDb reckons it’s the worst finale ever (oh the humility!) but we are edging closer to the end of Two and a Half Men. Hurrah. On Monday viewers in Sydney and Brisbane are getting two episodes from...
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Report: Mike and Molly to end
US sitcom Mike & Molly is set to end with its sixth season, according to one of the cast members. Rondi Reed, who plays Mike’s mother Margaret “Peggy” Biggs posted on Facebook: “Before you hear it...
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Axed: Angel From Hell
New US series Angel From Hell, starring Jane Lynch and Maggie Lawson, has been axed by CBS. The series, in which Lynch plays a caustic guardian angel to a dermatologist, has aired 5 episodes in the...
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Renewed: NCIS: LA, Madam Secretary, Survivor, Amazing Race.
CBS has renewed a swag of titles ahead of its Upfronts in May. They include: Blue Bloods, Elementary, Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary, Mom, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion, 2 Broke...
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Awkward first date for Kiss Bang Love
Somewhat surprising results today indicate that not all the audience for Seven Year Switch has segued into Kiss Bang Love. The boldly-titled show drew 513,000 last night, fourth in its slot behind...
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Kiss Bang Love struggles but multichannels save Seven’s Tuesday
Multichannels saved Seven’s skin last night. TEN won in primary channels ahead of Nine and Seven -but in an unusual result Seven’s multichannels has pushed them into first place. Credit for that goes...
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Kiss Bang Love, 20 to One drop
Seven will be grateful House Rules did so well last night. It’s 1.02m viewers will help make up for the awful 383,000 by Kiss Bang Love. Losing 637,000 viewers from one show to the next is programmer...
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Multichannels haul Seven over the line
Tuesday proved to be another night where multichannels made all the difference. Despite coming third in primary channels, Seven finished first in network share, thanks largely to 7mate and 7TWO and...
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MasterChef reaches 2016 high, TEN tops primary channel.
Just a day ahead of the return of Offspring, TEN has a spring in its step. Last night it was the leading primary channel, with MasterChef hitting its best numbers all year, at 1.13m viewers. It...
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Seven chases quiet Tuesday
As numbers go, Tuesday was so quiet that The Chase finished up as the top entertainment show of the night, with 726,000 / 453,000 viewers -well ahead of Hot Seat‘s 524,000. Remarkably, Britain’s Got...
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Renewed: Bull, Survivor, Madam Secretary, NCIS: LA, NCIS: NO.
CBS has announced early renewals for a swag of its shows, most of which screen in Australia on TEN. They include renewals for a number of established favourites plus new titles Bull, MacGyver, Man...
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Axed: 2 Broke Girls, Son of Zorn.
US sitcom 2 Broke Girls has been axed after 6 seasons. The series, starring Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs as waitresses at in a Brooklyn diner, averaged 7 million viewers per episode, during its sixth...
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Matildas victory impacts Tuesday viewing
ABC2’s coverage of the Women’s International: Aus vs Brazil appeared to impact a shopping list of shows last night, with almost everyone down compared to last Tuesday. The 2hr game drew 155,000...
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The Block ices competition on Tuesday
Viewer interest in The Block shows no signs of abating with another 1.21m viewers tuning in last night for a Mt. Buller challenge, far removed from its Elsternwick site. Once again it was twice the...
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Netflix orders Dead to Me comedy
Netflix has ordered a new half hour comedy series, Dead to Me. The 10 part series is described as a dark comedy about a powerful friendship that blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free...
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Language In May Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini star in the new comedy-drama, Dead to Me, as two women who meet at a bereavement support group. The show from writer and executive producer Liz...
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Airdate: Comedy Central Movies Special: Rocketman
Several titles coming up on Comedy Central May highlights, including a special looking ahead to Rocketman movie. Comedy Central is available on Fetch. 2 Broke Girls Season 3 (24 x 30mins) Weeknights...
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Renewed: Dead to Me
Netflix dark comedy Dead to Me has been renewed for a second season. The series stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini as friends who meet in a grievance support group. It is described as a...
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2020 Upfronts: 10: Five Bedrooms, Masked Singer, DWTS renewed.
Three new MasterChef judges Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen Renewed: Five Bedrooms, Dancing with the Stars, Kinne Tonight Two x Survivor seasons Drunk History series New local drama The...
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Upfronts 2021: 10 Peach, 10 Bold, 10 Shake
10 Peach: Neighbours 10 Bold: new NCIS: New Orleans, MacGyver, SEAL Team 10 Shake: local kids’ dramas: Dive Club, The Bureau of Magical Things 10 Shake: Inside Amy Schumer, Pimp My Ride, Just Tattoo...
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