(5 city metro combined – all figures in millions)
Primary Channels
1. One Day Cricket (Australia v England) Session 2 – Nine – 1.768
2. Nine News (Sunday) – Nine – 1.682
3. Seven News (Sunday) – Seven – 1.301
4. One Day Cricket (Australia v England) Session 1 – Nine – 1.037
5. Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World – Seven – 0.832
6. ABC News (Sunday) – ABC1 – 0.805
7. Border Patrol – Seven – 0.789
8. Bones (rpt) – Seven – 0.706
9. South Pacific (rpt) – ABC1 – 0.603
10. Leathal Weapon 2 (rpt) – Nine – 0.601
11. Coastwatch – Seven – 0.586
12. Modern Family (Sun rpt) – Ten – 0.490
13. ABC News Update Evening – ABC1 – 0.483
14. Rally for Relief – Seven – 0.463
15. The Black Balloon (rpt) – ABC1 – 0.438
Immigration Nation – SBS1 – 0.436
The Simpsons (Sunday) – Ten – 0.428
Weekend Sunrise (Sunday) – Seven – 0.381
Ten News at Five (Sunday) – Ten – 0.360
Wallace and Gromit’s World of Invention – ABC1 – 0.339
Mission Impossible 2 (rpt) – Ten – 0.337
Weekend Today (Sunday) – Nine – 0.302
It looks like all the people who’ve been watching the flood coverage have gotten out to volunteer – or at least the Today Show audience have. The One Day International cricket helped win the night for Channel 9 rather convincingly, with people further turning back to regular programming as the shift from survival back to day-to-day continues. Interesting that a lot of people hung around to watch Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon 2 – perhaps looking for some of that famous Ch9 nostalgia to remember Gibson as a wacky mullet-wearing cop with a partner who was “too old for this shit”, instead of the old racist crazy man he’s become.
Digital Multi-channels
1. Escape to the Country (Sunday) – 7Two – 0.247
2. The Big Bang Theory (ep2) – GO! – 0.230
3. The Big Bang Theory (ep1)- GO! – 0.214
4. Cruel Intentions – GO! – 0.196
5. Bargain Hunt (Sunday) – 7Two – 0.165
5. The Middle (ep3) – GO! – 0.165
7. The Middle (ep2) – GO! – 0.153
8. That 70’s Show (Sun) – 7mate – 0.149
9. NZ’s Next Top Model – Eleven – 0.146
10. 10 Years Younger NZ – 7Two – 0.142
11. All Creatures Great and Small – 7Two – 0.139
12. Everybody Loves Raymond (Sun ep2) – Eleven – 0.136
13. Gene Simmons Family Jewels – 7mate – 0.133
13. Mystery Men – 7mate – 0.133
15. Smallville – Eleven – 0.131
As long as there are US sitcom & old British comedies/serials to broadcast, the digital multi-channels will be fine. NZ’s Next Top Model was pretty special – just hearing the cattiness in the NZ accent made it even more special (if that was possible). Smallville debuted not too bad, but not awesome – suggesting it’s target market has already downloaded and viewed the episodes just starting to air on Eleven.