(5 city metro combined – all figures in millions)
Primary Channels
1. Seven News – Seven – 1.285
2. Today Tonight – Seven – 1.215
3. Nine News – Nine – 1.198
4. A Current Affair – Nine – 0.988
5. Seven’s Tennis: 2011 Australian Open (Day 2 Night) – Seven – 0.958
6. ABC News – ABC1 – 0.948
7. Ten News at Five – Ten – 0.863
8. The Big Bang Theory – Nine – 0.830
9. The 7pm Project – Ten – 0.772
10. Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation (rpt) – Ten – 0.755
11. 7:30 Report Summer Edition – ABC1 – 0.702
12. Seven’s Tennis: 2011 Australia Open (Day 2 Night Late) – Seven – 0.692
13. Top Gear (rpt) – Nine – 0.656
14. NCIS: Los Angeles (rpt) – Ten – 0.617
15. Two and a Half Men (rpt) – Nine – 0.551
Sunrise – Seven – 0.401
Today – Nine – 0.348
What a strange time we live in. Channel Nine’s News in Sydney and Brisbane win (convincingly too) however overall it’s 3rd nationally. Read into it what you will that a massive storm swept over BNE yesterday afternoon and at 6pm 20,000 homes were without power. Interesting to note that nearly 700,000 Aussies stayed up to see Lleyton Hewitt lose – when more than half of those could have jumped online and found out the result an hour earlier.
Digital Multi-channels
1. Neighbours – Eleven – 0.319
2. Are You Being Served? – 7Two – 0.266
3. How I Met Your Mother (Tue) – 7mate – 0.263
4. To The Manor Born – 7Two – 0.261
5. Futurama – Eleven – 0.254
6. American Dad – 7mate – 0.253
7. Family Guy (Tue) – 7mate – 0.244
8. Everbody Loves Raymond – Eleven – 0.228
9. The Simpsons – Eleven – 0.205
10. My Name Is Earl – 7mate – 0.204
11. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton – GO! – 0.202
12. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em – 7Two – 0.201
13. How I Met Your Mother (Tue) – 7mate – 0.193
14. Cake – GO! – 0.183
15. Porridge – 7Two – 0.182
A big win for Eleven overnight, with it rating as the top digital multi-channel for the first time since it launched. Add to this a win for Neighbours and you would be forgiven for wondering if people should be looking for the signs of the apocalypse.