damianThis Weeks Top Twenty TV Shows
August 23rd 2006 23:03
Aussie Idol starts to make its impact felt as football returns to the Top Twenty.
Top 20 Metropolitan TV Ratings 13th -19th August
Local Content Score- 14 of top 20
The top of the Twenty was almost as per usual this week with Border Security in at one with 2.27 million viewers but Medical Emergency was bumped out of its traditional third spot by an American hospital with an unexpected bazooka-shell problem. Medical Emergency ended up in at fourth with 1.81 million.
60 Minutes didn’t have a feral kid this week so its audience slipped back to 1.65 million and sixth place while the first of two Aussie Idol Auditions made it to seventh. At 1.616 million viewers Channel 10 could very well be smiling smugly at those decrying the death of reality TV, especially with another Audition in at fourteenth with 1.459 million sets of eyeballs tuned in and, hopefully, just itching to txt away when voting begins.
Eighth was the 20 to 1 repeat (when are they going to make some new ones?) and eleventh saw some Australian drama get a good run with All Saints. From there it was What’s Good for You at thirteenth, the previously mentioned Aussie Idol Audition at fourteenth and Home and Away in at sixteenth with 1.393 million viewers.
Finally there was the football in at seventeenth which, as usual, is a dodgy residence of the Top Twenty due to both codes being lumped in under the one title, yet two time slots. Therefore the 1.389 million viewers isn’t a very complete picture of what’s going on in football land but it does give us a good chance to compare the viewing habits of our two largest capital cities.
It’s an interesting trick of geography but, regardless of its smaller population, Melbournians consistently watch more TV than their northern cousins. Why is this? The gap is between 15 and 25% each program (all except Home and Away interestingly enough), which is not an insignificant number by any means. Are Melburnians a victim of the long cold winter or do they just have less to do at night? Why don’t Sydneysiders watch as much TV? Does Oztam just have more avid TV watchers on their pay roll in Melbourne?
There’s probably an answer out there somewhere but until I get it I’m going to keep the image of cold Melbourne people huddled around their TVs...
To see all the figures head over to Oztam.
Top 20 Metropolitan TV Ratings 13th -19th August
Local Content Score- 14 of top 20
The top of the Twenty was almost as per usual this week with Border Security in at one with 2.27 million viewers but Medical Emergency was bumped out of its traditional third spot by an American hospital with an unexpected bazooka-shell problem. Medical Emergency ended up in at fourth with 1.81 million.
60 Minutes falls this week without feral kid
Eighth was the 20 to 1 repeat (when are they going to make some new ones?) and eleventh saw some Australian drama get a good run with All Saints. From there it was What’s Good for You at thirteenth, the previously mentioned Aussie Idol Audition at fourteenth and Home and Away in at sixteenth with 1.393 million viewers.
Finally there was the football in at seventeenth which, as usual, is a dodgy residence of the Top Twenty due to both codes being lumped in under the one title, yet two time slots. Therefore the 1.389 million viewers isn’t a very complete picture of what’s going on in football land but it does give us a good chance to compare the viewing habits of our two largest capital cities.
Home and Away- one of the few shows where Melbourne doesn't outrate Sydney
It’s an interesting trick of geography but, regardless of its smaller population, Melbournians consistently watch more TV than their northern cousins. Why is this? The gap is between 15 and 25% each program (all except Home and Away interestingly enough), which is not an insignificant number by any means. Are Melburnians a victim of the long cold winter or do they just have less to do at night? Why don’t Sydneysiders watch as much TV? Does Oztam just have more avid TV watchers on their pay roll in Melbourne?
There’s probably an answer out there somewhere but until I get it I’m going to keep the image of cold Melbourne people huddled around their TVs...
To see all the figures head over to Oztam.
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