(5 city metro combined – all figures in millions)

1. Nine News – Nine – 1.559
2. Seven News – Seven – 1.444
3. A Current Affair – Nine – 1.168
4. Today Tonight – Seven – 1.081
5. ABC News – ABC1 – 0.984
6. The Big Bang Theory (LATE CHANGE TO FLOOD DISASTER COVERAGE) – Nine – 0.841
7. 7.30 Report Summer Edition – ABC1 – 0.819
8. Nine News: The Flood Disaster – Nine – 0.807
9. Ten News at Five Special Extended Bulletin – Ten – 0.743
10. Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generatin (rpt) – Ten – 0.727
11. Nine News: The Flood Disaster PM – Nine – 0.677
12. Deal or No Deal (Summer rpt) – Seven – 0.672
13. I Shouldn’t Be Alive – Seven – 0.668
13. The 7pm Project – Ten – 0.668
15. Top Gear (LATE CHANGE TO FLOOD DISASTER COVERAGE) – Nine – 0.630

Sunrise – Seven – 0.513
Sunrise (Extended) – Seven – 0.456
Kerri-Anne Summer Series (LATE CHANGE TO FLOOD DISASTER COVERAGE) – Nine – 0.455
Today – Nine – 0.446
20 To 1 (LATE CHANGE TO FLOOD DISASTER COVERAGE) – Nine – 0.198

SPECIAL NOTE: due to late program changes yesterday to accommodate the live coverage of the flood disaster not all of the programs in the attached are reflective of what was broadcast. A tag has been added to the programs that were not broadcast – ‘LATE CHANGE TO FLOOD DISASTER COVERAGE’.

If Monday was all about the news… then Tuesday trumps it in spades. Channel 7 made the decision after a longer Sunrise to switch to the Medibank Private International Tennis at 10am Qld time while Channel 9 stuck with the coverage. By midday, the tennis had shifted to 7Two and live flood coverage was back on the primary channel. By the end of the day yesterday, the Ch9 News team had been on air (Qld time) from 0430 to 2230 – 18 hours of live coverage. The ratings they have received for their coverage is entirely deserved.