TV Guide for week ending 18/06/11

TV Guide for week ending 18/06/11

We’re almost at the end of the second ratings period for the year: welcome to Week 25. Downton Abbey continues to rate it’s pants off, as does Australia’s Got Talent. There’s lots of new stuff starting up (hello Lawrence Leung’s...
TV Guide for week ending 11/06/11

TV Guide for week ending 11/06/11

By Week 24 you could expect we’d have trends. Trends in viewing and trends in programming. We do – just they aren’t what you think they should be… Viewing trends are erratic, while programming continues to compete to be the most amazing piece...
TV Guide for week ending 04/06/11

TV Guide for week ending 04/06/11

Week 23. OMG. How did we get here so quickly? Usually the middle of the year is quite predictable: 2 reality shows up against each other, some drama struggling to see light of day in a late timeslot, the occasional movie of note but otherwise nothing. Sounds like...
TV Guide for week ending 14/05/11

TV Guide for week ending 14/05/11

Some more staples return for Week 20 (Dancing With The Stars the most notable), and we even get some new material (welcome Angry Boys). While the first week of the 2nd ratings period of the year was dominated by that cooking show – and expect it to continue for...
TV Guide for week ending 07/05/11

TV Guide for week ending 07/05/11

It’s welcome back to the new ratings period for week 19, and look at the hours of television that lay out before us: MasterChef, Dancing With The Stars, Sea Patrol, Australia’s Got Talent, Spicks and Specks, The Amazing Race Australia, Airways, AFP, Glee,...
TV Guide for week ending 30/04/11

TV Guide for week ending 30/04/11

The second week in the non-ratings break (Week 18), and if the networks could have shifted the period so that their efforts on the Royal Wedding were included in the ratings… Across the networks there are all forms of coverage (but I’ll save that for a...