Hurricane Sandy triggers US reruns
In the scheme of things, it’s nowhere near as important as what is bearing down on the US east coast right now, but American networks are holding off first run episodes in light of Hurricane Sandy’s...
View Article2.66m watch 2012 Melbourne Cup
A whopping 2.66m viewers watched Green Moon win the 2012 Melbourne Cup yesterday -just pipping the 2.65m who watched in Dunaden’s 2011 win. The number is one of the biggest audiences of 2012, just...
View ArticleSammi’s win nudges 2m viewers in X Factor triumph
Tuesday night was always going to go Seven’s way. The X Factor The Winner Announced scored 1.92m viewers in preliminary figures, but is expected to be adjusted to 2.16m. The bulk of the show was 1.88m...
View ArticleMasterChef burnt in reality cook-off
It was arguably the toughest challenge MasterChef had ever undertaken, but it was overlooked by many of Tuesday’s audience. Two contestants served up a 3 course meal for 120 guests but only one would...
View ArticleAnother 2.18m for My Kitchen Rules
If it’s Monday it must be another stellar night for My Kitchen Rules, and it was -at a huge 2.18m. Ali and Samuel cooked up an impressive meal for their guests but all the focus was on feuding females...
View ArticleSeven snares Tuesday
Tuesday proved to be another easy win for Seven with a distracting My Kitchen Rules wedding proposal pulling 2.07m viewers and Packed to the Rafters at 1.41m. Once again it came at the expense of...
View ArticleResurrection 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...
View ArticleNine: 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...
View ArticleGame 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...
View ArticleSecond 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...
View Article2.6m 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleParty 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...
View ArticleParty 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....
View ArticleAxed: 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...
View ArticleABC 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...
View ArticleSeven’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...
View ArticleNine: 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...
View Article1.72m 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!...
View Article2 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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