THE RATINGS RACE: Week 46

November 7, 2011

Opinion

Only two more weeks to go

To find out what the next decade will be like, go to A feat of futurology.

From Saturday's chart, it looks like the Rockwiz fans still have not discovered that it's a new series on Saturday nights. Are we surprised that the stoners are slow on the uptake?

In the week ending November 12, the prime time audience shares went like this: Seven 17.7 per cent; all Pay TV 16.4; Nine 15.3 per cent; Ten 11.1; ABC1 11.6; SBS1 3.9; 7TWO 3.7; GO! 3.3; 7mate 3.2; Eleven 3.4; Gem 2.4; ONE 1.6; ABC2 2.0; SBS2 0.7; ABCnews24 0.6; ABC3 0.6.

<i>Junior MasterChef</i>'s Anna Gare: ''As soon as I could reach the bench I was making lolly jelly.''

Has this year killed Anna Gare's career? Photo: James Brickwood

This was Pay TV's accoount of itself: "FOX SPORTS 2 attracted 182,000 viewers to LIVE: CRICKET: TEST RSA V AUS 1ST TEST DAY 2 S1 and 165,000 to LIVE: CRICKET: TEST RSA V AUS. The LifeStyle Channel had three broadcasts in the Top 10 Non-Sport Broadcasts: Relocation Relocation Australia (102,000/121,000 *including plus two hours), Grand Designs (96,000/115,000*), and Selling Houses Australia Extreme (86,000/102,000*). Nickelodeon attracted 101,000 viewers with A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up Timmy Turner; FOX8’s ROVE LA continues to draw an audience (98,000/108,000*), followed by Two and a Half Men (85,000/104,000*), America’s Got Talent (84,000/100,000*), Family Guy (82,000/93,000*) and The Simpsons (77,000/95,000*). FOX Classics rounds out the Top 10 Non-Sport Broadcasts with The Guns of Navarone (76,000/88,000*)."

To discuss why The Help, Mr Popper's Penguins and Midnight in Paris are the real hit flicks of 2011, go to When Woody beat Harry.

What Australia watched, Saturday

Dame Helen, the station saver

Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth

1 DOC MARTIN ABC1 1,375,000 405,000 384,000 308,000 124,000 153,000
2 ABC NEWS-SA ABC1 1,004,000 255,000 331,000 214,000 101,000 103,000
3 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 913,000 188,000 201,000 246,000 123,000 156,000
4 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 787,000 227,000 256,000 165,000 85,000 54,000
5 SPICKS AND SPECKS SHORTS ABC1 732,000 208,000 201,000 167,000 64,000 91,000
6 AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT RPT ABC1 631,000 194,000 168,000 130,000 67,000 73,000
7 GARDENING AUSTRALIA ABC1 631,000 153,000 211,000 149,000 74,000 44,000
8 HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK RPT Ten 580,000 163,000 210,000 84,000 56,000 67,000
9 AUSTRALIA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS Nine 493,000 124,000 152,000 117,000 49,000 51,000
10 HAPPY FEET Nine 456,000 123,000 147,000 91,000 38,000 56,000
16 AUSTRALIAN OPEN GOLF 2011 LIVE Ten 315,000 93,000 99,000 59,000 27,000 36,000
23 BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST RPT SBS ONE 229,000 64,000 53,000 46,000 38,000 28,000
24 ROCKWIZ SBS ONE 216,000 69,000 59,000 45,000 19,000 24,000

What Australia watched, week ending November 12

Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 THE X FACTOR-TUE Seven 1,572,000 486,000 435,000 296,000 159,000 196,000
2 UNDERBELLY: RAZOR Nine 1,425,000 485,000 417,000 246,000 138,000 140,000
3 60 MINUTES Nine 1,423,000 370,000 462,000 261,000 159,000 172,000
4 DOC MARTIN ABC1 1,375,000 405,000 384,000 308,000 124,000 153,000
5 THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE - CHALLENGE Nine 1,359,000 458,000 411,000 257,000 91,000 142,000
6 THE X FACTOR-MON Seven 1,355,000 451,000 340,000 270,000 143,000 151,000
7 THE BIG BANG THEORY Nine 1,342,000 417,000 393,000 256,000 113,000 163,000
8 FROZEN PLANET Nine 1,291,000 370,000 432,000 268,000 102,000 118,000
9 THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE - CHALLENGE TWO Nine 1,251,000 367,000 429,000 232,000 86,000 137,000
10 SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 1,203,000 269,000 385,000 232,000 132,000 185,000
11 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,198,000 250,000 334,000 290,000 129,000 196,000
12 GRUEN PLANET ABC1 1,175,000 360,000 324,000 223,000 134,000 135,000
13 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,139,000 274,000 306,000 238,000 130,000 192,000
14 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,139,000 369,000 367,000 225,000 98,000 80,000
15 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 1,124,000 321,000 331,000 214,000 124,000 134,000
16 BEAUTY AND THE GEEK AUSTRALIA Seven 1,119,000 326,000 349,000 204,000 107,000 133,000
17 SPICKS AND SPECKS ABC1 1,103,000 305,000 333,000 226,000 114,000 124,000
18 THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE - MON Nine 1,094,000 377,000 328,000 177,000 72,000 139,000
19 NCIS Ten 1,076,000 352,000 267,000 213,000 109,000 136,000
20 AUSTRALIA'S GOT AMAZING TALENT Seven 1,067,000 356,000 313,000 142,000 122,000 133,000
21 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,065,000 278,000 267,000 218,000 117,000 184,000
22 THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE -TUE Nine 1,047,000 327,000 344,000 186,000 78,000 112,000
23 NINE NEWS Nine 1,024,000 321,000 327,000 208,000 76,000 93,000
24 ABC NEWS-SA ABC1 1,004,000 255,000 331,000 214,000 101,000 103,000
25 HOME AND AWAY Seven 987,000 284,000 250,000 214,000 114,000 126,000
26 THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE -WED Nine 974,000 267,000 340,000 195,000 69,000 103,000
27 THE MENTALIST Nine 962,000 307,000 306,000 179,000 78,000 91,000
28 THE BIG BANG THEORY -TUE EP2 Nine 922,000 281,000 279,000 175,000 60,000 128,000
29 BODY OF PROOF Seven 914,000 303,000 223,000 171,000 93,000 124,000
30 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 913,000 188,000 201,000 246,000 123,000 156,000
31 WILD BOYS Seven 907,000 200,000 300,000 225,000 69,000 114,000
32 THE SLAP ABC1 902,000 264,000 335,000 141,000 71,000 91,000

What Australia watched, Friday

Description    Total    Sydney   Melbourne   Brisbane   Adelaide   Perth
1   BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS   Seven   1,124,000   321,000   331,000   214,000   124,000   134,000
2   SEVEN NEWS   Seven   970,000   225,000   259,000   207,000   117,000   162,000
3   HOME AND AWAY   Seven   874,000   247,000   196,000   207,000   102,000   122,000
4   NINE NEWS   Nine   869,000   320,000   263,000   148,000   59,000   78,000
5   TODAY TONIGHT   Seven   855,000   219,000   180,000   191,000   110,000   156,000
6   MIDSOMER MURDERS    ABC1   740,000   179,000   215,000   136,000   105,000   105,000
7   ABC NEWS    ABC1   734,000   227,000   236,000   89,000   78,000   103,000
8   A CURRENT AFFAIR   Nine   683,000   247,000   169,000   145,000   59,000   63,000
22   HOUSE FRI   Ten   317,000   100,000   100,000   43,000   41,000   34,000
26   THE FIRST WORLD WAR FROM ABOVE RPT   SBS ONE   278,000   81,000   102,000   48,000   24,000   24,000

Channel Ten's decision to move The Simpsons to ELEVEN has done it no good at all. Look at our chart to see how low it has sunk -- even further than Neighbours. Meanwhile Spicks and Specks is thriving as it glides towards an easeful death. And the ABC will be delighted with the next-to-penultimate episode of The Slap, which will pick up another 300,000 in repeats, timeshifting and online. Not bad for a drama in which everyone is either bad or mad.

What Australia watched, Thursday

Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth

1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,122,000 260,000 327,000 255,000 115,000 165,000
2 BEAUTY AND THE GEEK AUSTRALIA Seven 1,119,000 326,000 349,000 204,000 107,000 133,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,073,000 262,000 326,000 217,000 104,000 162,000
4 NINE NEWS Nine 999,000 279,000 349,000 222,000 80,000 70,000
5 HOME AND AWAY Seven 969,000 289,000 265,000 196,000 104,000 116,000
6 THE SLAP ABC1 906,000 266,000 336,000 141,000 71,000 91,000
11 THE AMAZING RACE-19 Seven 723,000 243,000 213,000 114,000 82,000 70,000
14 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES Ten 652,000 152,000 188,000 157,000 74,000 80,000
16 SUSAN BOYLE: AN UNLIKELY SUPERSTAR Seven 610,000 191,000 218,000 87,000 49,000 65,000
17 MICHAEL JACKSON AND THE DOCTOR Nine 572,000 177,000 193,000 123,000 37,000 41,000

What Australia watched, Wednesday
Description   Total   Sydney   Melbourne   Brisbane   Adelaide   Perth
1   THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE - CHALLENGE TWO   Nine   1,252,000   367,000   430,000   232,000   86,000   137,000
2   GRUEN PLANET   ABC1   1,180,000   361,000   325,000   224,000   135,000   135,000
3   SEVEN NEWS   Seven   1,146,000   305,000   291,000   225,000   137,000   188,000
4   TODAY TONIGHT   Seven   1,113,000   316,000   268,000   219,000   126,000   184,000
5   SPICKS AND SPECKS   ABC1   1,110,000   307,000   336,000   228,000   115,000   125,000
6   NINE NEWS   Nine   1,047,000   280,000   352,000   221,000   94,000   100,000
7   HOME AND AWAY   Seven   1,036,000   282,000   259,000   238,000   132,000   126,000
8   THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE -WED   Nine   974,000   267,000   340,000   195,000   69,000   103,000
9   THE HAMSTER WHEEL   ABC1   876,000   301,000   218,000   169,000   90,000   98,000
12   FROZEN PLANET -WED   Nine   799,000   231,000   264,000   125,000   93,000   85,000
13   THE ONE - AUSTRALIA'S MOST GIFTED PSYCHIC   Seven   723,000   205,000   187,000   150,000   80,000   102,000
15   GLEE WED   TEN   660,000   178,000   230,000   115,000   73,000   63,000
25   AT THE MOVIES    ABC1   464,000   148,000   129,000   88,000   43,000   55,000
26   THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL   TEN   404,000   116,000   141,000   60,000   43,000   44,000
27   SUNRISE   Seven   392,000   99,000   117,000   85,000   39,000   52,000
28   PRIME SUSPECT   Nine   364,000   113,000   128,000   52,000   44,000   27,000
29   NEIGHBOURS   ELEVEN   359,000   69,000   129,000   94,000   32,000   34,000
30   TODAY   Nine   347,000   112,000   118,000   68,000   32,000   18,000
31   AMAZON WITH BRUCE PARRY   SBS ONE   337,000   84,000   125,000   70,000   18,000   40,000
34   THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS   ELEVEN   296,000   57,000   83,000   64,000   36,000   57,000

So Australia's got talent and the x-factor. But has it got brains? One answer to the question might be -- yes, look at how the audience for A Current Affair has shrunk. But then again, we're still watching The Celebrity Apprentice.

What Australia watched, Tuesday
Description   Total   Sydney   Melbourne   Brisbane   Adelaide   Perth
1   THE X FACTOR-TUE   Seven   1,574,000   486,000   436,000   298,000   158,000   196,000
2   SEVEN NEWS   Seven   1,236,000   292,000   330,000   245,000   138,000   232,000
3   TODAY TONIGHT   Seven   1,216,000   296,000   299,000   250,000   134,000   238,000
4   AUSTRALIA'S GOT AMAZING TALENT   Seven   1,090,000   363,000   318,000   148,000   124,000   136,000
5   NINE NEWS   Nine   1,080,000   352,000   350,000   205,000   71,000   102,000
6   NCIS   Ten   1,077,000   352,000   267,000   213,000   109,000   136,000
7   THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE -TUE   Nine   1,044,000   327,000   344,000   186,000   78,000   109,000
8   HOME AND AWAY   Seven   1,037,000   315,000   267,000   213,000   108,000   135,000
12   THE BIG BANG THEORY -TUE EP1   Nine   878,000   270,000   262,000   177,000   46,000   123,000
13   A CURRENT AFFAIR   Nine   827,000   278,000   254,000   168,000   54,000   74,000
14   MODERN FAMILY TUES RPT   Ten   814,000   259,000   225,000   148,000   74,000   108,000
16   MODERN FAMILY TUES   Ten   790,000   246,000   247,000   137,000   65,000   95,000
18   PARENTHOOD   Seven   585,000   219,000   169,000   93,000   51,000   53,000
24   THE PROJECT   Ten   513,000   101,000   191,000   119,000   46,000   56,000
27   SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACIFIC   Nine   413,000   147,000   114,000   51,000   52,000   49,000
28   SUNRISE   Seven   410,000   96,000   130,000   90,000   44,000   51,000
30   TODAY   Nine   392,000   129,000   136,000   76,000   25,000   26,000
32   NEIGHBOURS   ELEVEN   313,000   81,000   92,000   70,000   41,000   28,000
37   BREAKING INTO EUROPE   SBS ONE   260,000   94,000   88,000   44,000   15,000   19,000

When Media Watch tops Junior MasterChef, it's tata Channel Ten. So far nobody has speculated that it might be the absence of Matt Preston that is causing Junior MasterChef to slide down the toilet, so let us be the first. JM has now entered the arthouse market normally occupied by the ABC. Meanwhile Celebrity Apprentice is flourishing. Look at the chart for last night and weep that Australia prefers Pauline and Warwick to Anna and George.

What Australia watched, Monday
Description   Total   Sydney   Melbourne   Brisbane   Adelaide   Perth
1   THE X FACTOR-MON   Seven   1,355,000   451,000   340,000   270,000   143,000   151,000
2   THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE - CHALLENGE   Nine   1,351,000   453,000   409,000   256,000   92,000   141,000
3   THE BIG BANG THEORY   Nine   1,346,000   417,000   391,000   258,000   115,000   165,000
4   SEVEN NEWS   Seven   1,223,000   288,000   320,000   261,000   143,000   211,000
5   NINE NEWS   Nine   1,125,000   374,000   320,000   243,000   75,000   113,000
6   THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE - MON   Nine   1,089,000   376,000   326,000   177,000   71,000   138,000
7   TODAY TONIGHT   Seven   1,067,000   297,000   263,000   215,000   110,000   183,000
8   HOME AND AWAY   Seven   1,013,000   286,000   264,000   213,000   122,000   129,000
9   A CURRENT AFFAIR   Nine   982,000   339,000   270,000   189,000   73,000   110,000
10   THE MENTALIST   Nine   960,000   307,000   305,000   178,000   78,000   92,000
11   BODY OF PROOF   Seven   914,000   303,000   223,000   171,000   93,000   124,000
14   Q&A   ABC1   740,000   227,000   233,000   152,000   64,000   63,000
16   MEDIA WATCH   ABC1   702,000   192,000   227,000   144,000   67,000   72,000
17   FOUR CORNERS   ABC1   689,000   200,000   221,000   139,000   52,000   77,000
18   JUNIOR MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON   TEN   661,000   230,000   194,000   99,000   64,000   75,000

It's been a terrible year for the station that was once the Tyrannosaurus Rex of television, but on Sunday night Helen Mirren made Nine (briefly) a winner again with a star turn on 60 Minutes.

What Australia watched, Sunday
Description   Sunday   Sydney   Melbourne   Brisbane   Adelaide   Perth
1   UNDERBELLY: RAZOR   Nine   1,449,000   490,000   431,000   246,000   141,000   142,000
2   60 MINUTES   Nine   1,414,000   363,000   459,000   261,000   157,000   174,000
3   FROZEN PLANET   Nine   1,282,000   370,000   428,000   268,000   102,000   114,000
4   SUNDAY NIGHT   Seven   1,207,000   270,000   386,000   232,000   133,000   186,000
5   SEVEN NEWS - SUN   Seven   1,198,000   250,000   334,000   290,000   129,000   196,000
6   NINE NEWS SUNDAY   Nine   1,132,000   369,000   362,000   225,000   96,000   79,000
7   WILD BOYS   Seven   907,000   199,000   300,000   224,000   70,000   114,000
8   JUNIOR MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SUN   Ten   820,000   272,000   239,000   151,000   72,000   86,000
9   ABC NEWS-SU   ABC1   763,000   229,000   239,000   110,000   79,000   105,000
10   MERLIN   Ten   748,000   230,000   189,000   155,000   71,000   103,000
12   RESTORATION HOME    ABC1   740,000   206,000   245,000   121,000   81,000   87,000
13   THE NO.1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY   ABC1   735,000   191,000   264,000   118,000   80,000   83,000
14   TERRA NOVA   Ten   699,000   161,000   213,000   153,000   66,000   106,000
19   THE BIBLE: A HISTORY   SBS ONE   314,000   104,000   118,000   44,000   17,000   32,000
23   FAWLTY TOWERS (R)   Seven   308,000   60,000   105,000   87,000   17,000   40,000
28   ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY - not Bob Katter's story   7TWO   261,000   53,000   110,000   35,000   43,000   19,000
29   ANTIQUES ROADSHOW - not Tony Windsor's story   Nine   248,000   114,000       96,000       38,000
31   M-FINDING NEVERLAND - not Kevin Rudd's story   Seven   235,000   49,000   67,000   63,000   19,000   37,000
33   JULIE & JULIA - not federal parliament   GEM   219,000   58,000   71,000   32,000   30,000   28,000

(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)

This is the daily update of The Tribal Mind column, by David Dale, which appears in printed form every Saturday in The Sydney Morning Herald, and also as a blog on this website, where it welcomes your comments.

David Dale teaches Communications at UTS, Sydney. He is the author of The Little Book of Australia - A snapshot of Who We Are (Allen and Unwin). For daily updates on Australian attitudes, bookmark The Tribal Mind

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Nine may have won the ratings war last night but they certainly didn't win me. Could they get even more annoying? Is it really necessary to advertise a program immediately before starting it?
Last night I tuned in to watch Frozen Planet. They showed snippets of it before it started with annoying voice over and even more annoying stupid music. I mean, how dumb do they think we are? If you tune in to watch a program you know what is coming up you don't need to be enticed and treated like an idiot.

And another thing. What happend to "Person of Interest"? That has disappeared as I feared it would. Now I will have to chase it around the schedule or download.

I don't know why I ever bother with Nine. They are worse than useless.

Now I've had my rant I shall shut up.

em - November 07, 2011, 11:31AM

By "Arthouse", TM, I assume you mean "little-watched"? Artful it aint.

Anyone believing Nine's story that it hasn't paid BaliBoy for an interview? Not me. I'd bet my televison he's locked in. Not like I'll be needing it next year if 2011's programming is anything to go by.

Is the ratings year over yet? Did it ever begin? Still waiting for Nine to screen 'Episodes' with Matt Le Blac etc.

Looks like next year will be a big one for Ten. I think they should replace Matt Preston, George & Gary with Lord Monkton, Andrew Bolt & Steve Price and get it over with. And get their news fresh off the satellite from FOX.

I'm over 2011. At the stage now where I drink coffee to calm my nerves.

darren - November 08, 2011, 9:43AM

Breathe, Em, Breathe. Wikipedia tells me that episode 6 of Person of Interest ("Witness") broadcast in the US on 3 November but the next episode ("Foe") doesn't broadcast until 17 November. The problem is actually that Nein is doing too good a job of fast-tracking the show, meaning that they have to allow for any gaps in the US scheduling.

Wendell | Live From Planet Earth - November 08, 2011, 11:52AM

That would explain the kiddie MC contestants appearing on The Project last night. Desperate.

Glory Days - November 08, 2011, 3:04PM

I flicked across to Ten to watch Terra Nova on Sunday and was surprised to see J Masterchef was still on. Either I'm not watching Ten and its digital off-shoots enough to see the promos for this show, or Ten has just given up on it.

Let me see, watched Rules of Engagement, Terra Nova, Supernatural, Smallville, Simpsons, NCIS, American Horror Story (BTW, may I say "Yipe!"). I think that's plenty of chances to see even one promo ad.

YS | Canberra - November 08, 2011, 1:39PM

Thanks, Wendell. I should have had a look myself but I was too busy hating Nine. Still, I won't change my opinion of them in a hurry as I still have doubts they will put it back on at a decent time.

Besides any network that puts Warwick Cappa and Pauline Hanson on in the same show deserve my scorn. And then there's the return of Big Brother. Oh and the whole Baliboy thing. Need I say more?

And poor old Ten must be wondering what it's done wrong. Kiddie Chef was such a success last year but I think we're all Masterchefed out at the moment. Doubt we'll see a 3rd season.

em - November 08, 2011, 12:41PM

I actually saw a promo for 'The X Factor' (the title of which, to be blunt, refers to that Indefinable Something), which featured Mel B saying something like: "Wall, oi sore that boy sengin', roight, end oi joost fort to meself, eee by goom, eee's got soomet thair, soomet oi carnt quoit poot me finger on, eh? Soomet yer joost carnt discribe, eh? Dunno whatcha moight carl it, but whatever 'tis, eee's got it..."

So, my answer would be, no. Yes, we have no brains. Or maybe it's just her. And all the others.

darren - November 09, 2011, 4:14PM

Caught half of "American Horror Story" last night. 'twas right up my alley, but was too exhausted to watch the whole thing. (Looking forward to Christmas holidays here...) Will have to source elsewhere to watch it fully and properly. Maybe I'll have some free time around Christmas...

Still reading this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award winner, "That Deadman Dance" by Kim Scott. Finding it a challenging read, but a rewarding one at the same time.

tqd - November 09, 2011, 3:11PM

Ten alone hasn't killed off The Simpsons. It's writers have done a damn fine job of that for the past few seasons. Old Simpsons is clever, witty and funny. New Simpsons is plain awful.

Tuned in last night for a bit as it was the yearly Halloween episode. Well, I last for the first story which was just one long fart joke, then changed over to Glee and stayed there instead. Really, fart jokes are the best they can come up with? I won't watch any new eps ever again.

BTW Glee was pretty good and I had gone off it a bit last season. But seems to have changed this season and is actually good again. Then spent the rest of the night with ABC. Will be so sad to see the end of Spicks!

em - November 10, 2011, 11:57AM

The worst thing 11 has done to the Simpsons is confuse viewers as to when they can expect to see a new episode. It's supposed to be Wednesdays, but then they screen a repeat. Then they try to promote repeat compilations as something new. Creates a bit of a ho-hum factor. Seems to be the same with Futurama, but seeing as I was never a huge fan of that show, I haven't given it the same attention. All of the "new" digital channels had betetr lift their game before the analogue channel switch off.

YS | Canberra - November 10, 2011, 11:55AM

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