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[Johnson]

Ratings for Thursday, February 16
Audience share:
Seven 25.8%
Nine 17.7%
Ten 11.9%
ABC1 9.8%
GO! 6.1%
7TWO 4.8%
SBSONE 4.4%
7mate 4.2%
Eleven 4.0%
Gem 3.4%
ABC2 2.4%
One 2.4%
SBSTWO 1.2%
ABC News 24 0.9%
ABC3 0.7%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-THU Seven 1,797,000 (454,000 589,000 322,000 217,000 216,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,098,000 (252,000 326,000 235,000 120,000 165,000)
3 NINE NEWS Nine 1,025,000 (314,000 348,000 198,000 64,000 100,000)
4 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,024,000 (316,000 280,000 205,000 121,000 103,000)
5 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 992,000 (257,000 277,000 185,000 128,000 145,000)
6 ABC NEWS ABC1 902,000 (265,000 305,000 119,000 92,000 121,000)
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 880,000 (246,000 337,000 139,000 71,000 88,000)
8 GREY'S ANATOMY Seven 776,000 (221,000 272,000 127,000 74,000 81,000)
9 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Nine 714,000 (172,000 277,000 165,000 49,000 51,000)
10 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - CHALLENGE Ten 710,000 (175,000 235,000 150,000 61,000 89,000)
11 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION -EP2 Nine 705,000 (183,000 231,000 136,000 101,000 54,000)
12 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION Nine 643,000 (172,000 191,000 146,000 83,000 52,000)
13 7.30 ABC1 609,000 (199,000 194,000 81,000 58,000 78,000)
14 EARTHFLIGHT Nine 599,000 (184,000 199,000 109,000 64,000 43,000)
15 HOT SEAT Nine 592,000 (154,000 195,000 168,000 35,000 40,000)
16 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 590,000 (177,000 162,000 93,000 65,000 93,000)
17 FAMILY CONFIDENTIAL ABC1 581,000 (202,000 165,000 98,000 40,000 77,000)
18 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Seven 559,000 (197,000 174,000 75,000 57,000 56,000)
19 THE STRAITS ABC1 540,000 (154,000 174,000 91,000 47,000 74,000)
20 MODERN FAMILY THURS RPT Ten 480,000 (127,000 143,000 89,000 53,000 69,000)
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT EP2 GO! 414,000 (81,000 138,000 95,000 39,000 62,000)
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT EP1 GO! 293,000 (67,000 90,000 65,000 22,000 48,000)
MOVIE: FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF RPT GO! 291,000 (73,000 107,000 36,000 38,000 37,000)
NEIGHBOURS Eleven 269,000 (63,000 88,000 46,000 38,000 34,000)
34 PRIVATE PRACTICE Seven 268,000 (106,000 68,000 31,000 35,000 28,000)
OCTONAUTS-PM ABC2 258,000 (57,000 102,000 52,000 21,000 26,000)
A TOUCH OF FROST 7TWO 231,000 (86,000 57,000 30,000 22,000 36,000)
PINGU-PM ABC2 229,000 (51,000 94,000 45,000 16,000 23,000)
HUMF-PM ABC2 225,000 (59,000 91,000 30,000 21,000 24,000)
AMERICAN PICKERS-ALL NEW THUR 7mate 224,000 (20,000 102,000 35,000 34,000 35,000)
GRANDPA IN MY POCKET-PM ABC2 215,000 (44,000 91,000 37,000 18,000 25,000)
WIBBLY PIG-PM ABC2 207,000 (49,000 84,000 26,000 24,000 24,000)
DIRTGIRLWORLD-PM ABC2 204,000 (42,000 94,000 29,000 21,000 18,000)
PAWN STARS-ALL NEW THUR 7mate 199,000 (23,000 67,000 51,000 25,000 33,000)
PLAY SCHOOL-PM ABC2 198,000 (42,000 95,000 25,000 19,000 17,000)
THE ROYAL 7TWO 197,000 (54,000 50,000 30,000 25,000 38,000)
FIVE MINUTES MORE ABC2 184,000 (53,000 61,000 35,000 15,000 19,000)
THE SIMPSONS THURS RPT Eleven 182,000 (47,000 52,000 44,000 15,000 25,000)
SPICKS AND SPECKS ABC2 180,000 (44,000 59,000 37,000 17,000 24,000)
THE WOTWOTS-AM ABC2 179,000 (34,000 93,000 19,000 14,000 18,000)
THE SIMPSONS RPT Eleven 178,000 (44,000 48,000 50,000 10,000 26,000)
58 STAR TREK - NEXT GENERATION RPT Eleven 177,000 (35,000 57,000 51,000 12,000 22,000)
88 30 ROCK Seven 130,000 (44,000 47,000 11,000 12,000 16,000)
91 THE DRUM ABC1 125,000 (35,000 40,000 25,000 12,000 15,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at the National Times

For the second night in a row, MKR single handedly helped Seven to a huge win. The episode, which saw the bottom six teams revealed, was the third most watched episode in series history, below the 1.933 million for Wednesday's episode. The last time a program attracted more than 1.7 million viewers was August 26, 2010 when Seven aired the second part of the documentary on troubled AFL player Ben Cousins:

SUCH IS LIFE: THE TROUBLED TIMES OF BEN COUSINS-THU Seven 1,744,000 318,000 685,000 205,000 194,000 342,000

Outside MKR it was another low-rating night. New BBC bird documentary Earthflight started poorly for Nine, and came a close third in its timeslot. Marg Helgenburger's exit from CSI lifted the drama's figures and her final episode won the 9.30pm timeslot.
Ten had another poor night, TBL was the only program to attract more than 700,000 viewers.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Friday, February 17
Audience share:
Seven 23.4%
Nine 17.6%
ABC1 11.8%
Ten 10.9%
SBSONE 7.3%
GO! 6.6%
7TWO 5.5%
Eleven 3.7%
7mate 3.3%
One 3.2%
Gem 2.5%
ABC2 2.3%
ABC3 0.8%
ABC News 24 0.7%
SBSTWO 0.4%

Week to date:
Seven 26.1%
Nine 20.2%
Ten 13.7%
ABC1 11.1%
SBSONE 4.1%
GO! 4.0%
7TWO 3.9%
7mate 3.5%
Eleven 3.4%
Gem 3.2%
One 2.4%
ABC2 2.1%
SBSTWO 0.9%
ABC3 0.7%
ABC News 24 0.7%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,112,000 (303,000 265,000 245,000 123,000 177,000)
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,075,000 (298,000 264,000 243,000 114,000 156,000)
3 NINE NEWS Nine 979,000 (327,000 297,000 212,000 62,000 81,000)
4 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 921,000 (250,000 227,000 242,000 87,000 115,000)
5 HOME AND AWAY Seven 814,000 (248,000 193,000 190,000 95,000 89,000)
6 ABC NEWS ABC1 750,000 (184,000 253,000 133,000 82,000 97,000)
7 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA GAME 6 SESSION 2 Nine 711,000 (272,000 210,000 139,000 58,000 32,000)
8 INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY RPT ABC1 669,000 (167,000 215,000 137,000 72,000 80,000)
9 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 642,000 (208,000 175,000 114,000 60,000 85,000)
10 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - FRIDAY Ten 607,000 (164,000 164,000 136,000 50,000 92,000)
11 GLEE Ten 556,000 (151,000 138,000 160,000 37,000 69,000)
12 DEAL OR NO DEAL Seven 550,000 (169,000 146,000 113,000 60,000 62,000)
13 MOVIE: FORREST GUMP RPT Seven 529,000 (138,000 151,000 119,000 59,000 62,000)
14 Qi RPT ABC1 506,000 (135,000 152,000 105,000 47,000 66,000)
15 7.30 NSW ABC1 486,000 (134,000 157,000 80,000 47,000 69,000)
16 THE PROJECT Ten 405,000 (109,000 115,000 101,000 44,000 36,000)
17 ONE DAY CRICKET – AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA GAME 6 SESSION 1 Nine 397,000 (148,000 98,000 72,000 38,000 41,000)
18 SUNRISE Seven 395,000 (91,000 101,000 94,000 53,000 56,000)
19 COAST SBS ONE 381,000 (96,000 144,000 78,000 33,000 30,000)
20 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 381,000 (138,000 81,000 75,000 38,000 48,000)
22 SINGAPORE 1942 - END OF EMPIRE SBS ONE 315,000 (102,000 115,000 56,000 17,000 24,000)
44 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 166,000 (39,000 38,000 52,000 21,000 16,000)
53 SEACHANGE 7TWO 156,000 (41,000 50,000 28,000 25,000 12,000)
100 MORNINGS Nine 106,000 (16,000 34,000 41,000 7,000 8,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at the National Times

[Johnson]

Ratings for Saturday, February 18
Audience share:
Seven 21.7%
Nine 16.8%
ABC1 13.7%
Ten 11.5%
7TWO 6.3%
GO! 5.5%
One 4.4%
SBSONE 3.9%
7mate 3.7%
Gem 3.5%
Eleven 3.3%
ABC2 2.6%
ABC News 24 1.2%
ABC3 1.0%
SBSTWO 0.9%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,094,000 (311,000 239,000 224,000 124,000 197,000)
2 NEW TRICKS RPT ABC1 873,000 (252,000 263,000 191,000 70,000 97,000)
3 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 861,000 (268,000 284,000 157,000 83,000 69,000)
4 ABC NEWS-SAT ABC1 796,000 (199,000 281,000 146,000 67,000 103,000)
5 MOVIE: INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK RPT Seven 746,000 (165,000 233,000 172,000 81,000 96,000)
6 AUSTRALIA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS Nine 580,000 (212,000 145,000 103,000 53,000 67,000)
7 ACCUSED ABC1 486,000 (162,000 138,000 65,000 44,000 77,000)
8 THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW Ten 473,000 (101,000 159,000 95,000 55,000 63,000)
9 TEN NEWS AT FIVE SAT Ten 427,000 (109,000 79,000 83,000 53,000 103,000)
10 MOVIE: PATRIOT GAMES RPT Seven 427,000 (133,000 135,000 71,000 40,000 47,000)
11 MOVIE: THE UGLY TRUTH -RPT Nine 408,000 (81,000 152,000 102,000 34,000 39,000)
12 JAMIE DURIE PRESENTS G'DAY CIRQUE DU SOLEIL Nine 381,000 (103,000 103,000 95,000 35,000 43,000)
13 AN IDIOT ABROAD - THE BUCKET LIST Ten 377,000 (99,000 110,000 85,000 44,000 40,000)
14 UNDERCOVER BOSS USA Ten 357,000 (97,000 78,000 88,000 37,000 57,000)
15 MOVIE: THE WEDDING SINGER -RPT Nine 321,000 (68,000 123,000 72,000 27,000 31,000)
16 JAMIE'S THIRTY MINUTE MEALS EP 2 RPT Ten 319,000 (66,000 88,000 74,000 43,000 49,000)
17 WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY Nine 315,000 (113,000 89,000 85,000 16,000 12,000)
18 WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT Seven 304,000 (52,000 81,000 91,000 33,000 47,000)
19 JAMIE'S THIRTY MINUTE MEALS RPT Ten 296,000 (66,000 88,000 66,000 42,000 33,000)
20 HEARTBEAT-SAT RPT 7TWO 273,000 (48,000 82,000 68,000 39,000 37,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au

Seven won the night with the 6pm news and the repeat of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark rating well. The Graham Norton Show did quite well for Ten, winning in 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54 demographics.

Ratings for the week ending February 18
Audience share:
Seven 25.6%
Nine 19.9%
Ten 13.5%
ABC1 11.4%
SBSONE 4.1%
7TWO 4.2%
GO! 4.1%
7mate 3.5%
Eleven 3.4%
Gem 3.2%
One 2.6%
ABC2 2.2%
SBSTWO 0.9%
ABC3 0.7%
ABC News 24 0.7%

National top programs - revised overnight figures:
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 REVENGE-EP.1 Seven 2,067,000 672,000 527,000 406,000 233,000 229,000
2 MY KITCHEN RULES-WED Seven 1,933,000 546,000 536,000 378,000 230,000 241,000
3 MY KITCHEN RULES-THU Seven 1,796,000 453,000 589,000 322,000 217,000 216,000
4 MY KITCHEN RULES-MON Seven 1,673,000 478,000 480,000 310,000 200,000 205,000
5 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE Seven 1,535,000 438,000 423,000 295,000 189,000 191,000
6 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,523,000 505,000 516,000 259,000 121,000 122,000
7 THE BIG BANG THEORY -EP2 Nine 1,512,000 453,000 481,000 320,000 97,000 160,000
8 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Seven 1,445,000 355,000 488,000 251,000 160,000 192,000
9 THE BIG BANG THEORY Nine 1,363,000 392,000 453,000 307,000 91,000 121,000
10 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS-EP.2 Seven 1,250,000 309,000 424,000 211,000 151,000 155,000
11 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS INDIA GAME 4 SESSION 2 Nine 1,225,000 366,000 370,000 249,000 124,000 116,000
12 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,189,000 294,000 315,000 258,000 132,000 190,000
13 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,189,000 259,000 336,000 276,000 113,000 205,000
14 NEW GIRL Ten 1,162,000 330,000 294,000 282,000 106,000 150,000
15 SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 1,139,000 299,000 300,000 262,000 128,000 150,000
16 THE BIG BANG THEORY -TUE Nine 1,138,000 361,000 382,000 189,000 88,000 117,000
17 MODERN FAMILY Ten 1,110,000 317,000 320,000 216,000 106,000 151,000
18 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,107,000 296,000 288,000 232,000 128,000 164,000
19 ALCATRAZ Nine 1,096,000 334,000 361,000 202,000 74,000 125,000
20 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,094,000 311,000 239,000 224,000 124,000 197,000
21 BORDER SECURITY Seven 1,093,000 329,000 298,000 227,000 105,000 135,000
22 NINE NEWS Nine 1,066,000 336,000 338,000 223,000 77,000 93,000
23 THE FORCE Seven 1,045,000 289,000 305,000 201,000 99,000 151,000
24 PLEASE MARRY MY BOY Seven 1,036,000 302,000 262,000 218,000 130,000 123,000
25 ALCATRAZ -EP2 Nine 1,034,000 320,000 340,000 194,000 63,000 117,000
26 BONES Seven 1,033,000 310,000 281,000 208,000 114,000 120,000
27 HOMELAND Ten 981,000 291,000 226,000 218,000 87,000 160,000
28 HOME AND AWAY Seven 979,000 296,000 236,000 214,000 127,000 106,000
29 NCIS Ten 973,000 304,000 241,000 210,000 89,000 130,000
30 NCIS EP 2 Ten 968,000 300,000 270,000 178,000 89,000 131,000
31 2 BROKE GIRLS Nine 967,000 324,000 297,000 157,000 91,000 98,000
GRAND DESIGNS ABC1 934,000
MIDSOMER MURDERS ABC1 890,000
HOMELAND EP 2 Ten 820,000
(OzTAM mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Seven claimed the first ratings week of 2012 thanks to huge ratings for new US drama Revenge and My Kitchen Rules - they were the top five most-watched programs of the week.
Seven won key demos 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54, all five metro cities, and won all nights except Sunday which fell to Nine. ABC beat Ten on Monday.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Sunday, February 19
Audience share:
Nine 24.1%
Seven 22.1%
Ten 14.9%
ABC1 13.5%
SBSTWO 4.4%
GO! 3.9%
SBSONE 3.7%
Gem 3.6%
7mate 3.0%
7TWO 2.8%
Eleven 2.6%
ABC2 2.0%
One 1.9%
ABC3 0.6%
ABC News 24 0.6%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,395,000 (448,000 495,000 228,000 142,000 83,000)
2 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS INDIA GAME 7 SESSION 2 Nine 1,272,000 (418,000 394,000 240,000 119,000 101,000)
3 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,201,000 (255,000 306,000 299,000 132,000 210,000)
4 SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 1,075,000 (287,000 291,000 231,000 110,000 155,000)
5 THE FORCE Seven 1,068,000 (310,000 271,000 201,000 131,000 156,000)
6 MODERN FAMILY Ten 1,036,000 (311,000 321,000 174,000 125,000 105,000)
7 BORDER SECURITY Seven 1,021,000 (306,000 255,000 211,000 109,000 140,000)
8 BONES Seven 989,000 (281,000 260,000 196,000 131,000 120,000)
9 NEW GIRL Ten 953,000 (268,000 252,000 203,000 112,000 118,000)
10 MIDSOMER MURDERS ABC1 943,000 (227,000 315,000 155,000 107,000 139,000)
11 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS INDIA GAME 7 SESSION 1 Nine 928,000 (250,000 286,000 199,000 94,000 99,000)
12 GRAND DESIGNS ABC1 901,000 (232,000 287,000 157,000 84,000 141,000)
13 HOMELAND Ten 876,000 (257,000 232,000 189,000 74,000 123,000)
14 CASTLE Seven 831,000 (239,000 263,000 106,000 113,000 110,000)
15 ABC NEWS-SUN ABC1 761,000 (206,000 253,000 122,000 75,000 105,000)
16 YOUNG TALENT TIME Ten 716,000 (189,000 258,000 136,000 72,000 61,000)
17 ADAM HILLS IN GORDON ST TONIGHT SHORTS ABC1 615,000 (159,000 177,000 122,000 54,000 103,000)
18 CASTLE-EP.2 Seven 534,000 (144,000 168,000 54,000 84,000 83,000)
19 TERROR AT SEA: THE SINKING OF THE CONCORDIA Ten 480,000 (140,000 128,000 98,000 52,000 62,000)
20 ABC NEWS UPDATE ABC1 462,000 (124,000 153,000 66,000 53,000 66,000)
TEN NEWS AT FIVE SUN Ten 402,000
WEEKEND SUNRISE - SUN Seven 342,000
THE PROJECT Ten 308,000
TOO POOR FOR POSH SCHOOL ABC1 305,000
26 A HISTORY OF CELTIC BRITAIN SBS ONE 266,000 (84,000 83,000 52,000 31,000 16,000)
WEEKEND TODAY - SUNDAY 262,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Nine won the night (again) thanks to its coverage of one-day cricket, as most programs on Seven and Ten fell from last week. Now in its fifth week, Ten's Super Sunday line-up is showing serious signs of slippage, with Modern Family now the only program reaching one million viewers.
Grand Designs also slipped from last week but Midsomer Murders went slightly up.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Monday, February 20
Audience share:
Seven 28.0%
Nine 20.8%
Ten 12.5%
ABC1 12.0%
7TWO 3.6%
GO! 3.5%
SBSONE 3.3%
ABC2 3.0%
Eleven 3.0%
7mate 2.6%
One 2.6%
Gem 2.4%
ABC News 24 0.9%
SBSTWO 0.7%
ABC3 0.5%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-MON Seven 1,810,000 (524,000 546,000 317,000 199,000 223,000)
2 REVENGE Seven 1,800,000 (554,000 503,000 314,000 194,000 235,000)
3 THE BIG BANG THEORY Nine 1,374,000 (416,000 432,000 283,000 92,000 150,000)
4 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,312,000 (301,000 347,000 273,000 144,000 248,000)
5 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,167,000 (272,000 333,000 237,000 123,000 202,000)
6 NINE NEWS Nine 1,099,000 (327,000 331,000 240,000 93,000 108,000)
7 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT MON Nine 1,067,000 (333,000 317,000 225,000 79,000 113,000)
8 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,037,000 (333,000 260,000 203,000 113,000 128,000)
9 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,034,000 (337,000 327,000 201,000 80,000 88,000)
10 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,022,000 (290,000 305,000 175,000 121,000 131,000)
11 ALCATRAZ Nine 932,000 (283,000 290,000 196,000 58,000 105,000)
12 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Nine 897,000 (295,000 247,000 197,000 73,000 86,000)
13 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - WEIGH-IN & ELIMINATION Ten 879,000 (229,000 277,000 187,000 64,000 121,000)
14 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Seven 754,000 (208,000 225,000 138,000 81,000 103,000)
15 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 730,000 (224,000 202,000 111,000 76,000 117,000)
16 7.30 ABC1 724,000 (224,000 205,000 134,000 71,000 89,000)
17 Q&A ABC1 666,000 (200,000 236,000 90,000 69,000 70,000)
18 ABC NEWS UPDATE ABC1 652,000 (206,000 227,000 85,000 51,000 82,000)
19 MEDIA WATCH ABC1 626,000 (205,000 224,000 82,000 50,000 66,000)
20 AUSTRALIAN STORY ABC1 621,000
21 PERSON OF INTEREST Nine 603,000 (188,000 202,000 97,000 50,000 65,000)
22 BONDI RESCUE Ten 600,000 (162,000 171,000 118,000 55,000 94,000)
23 FOUR CORNERS ABC1 552,000 (200,000 161,000 87,000 44,000 59,000)
24 SYRIA'S TORTURE MACHINE ABC1 546,000 (204,000 145,000 94,000 41,000 61,000)
NCIS: LOS ANGELES Ten 489,000
PERSON OF INTEREST -EP2 Nine 486,000
THE PROJECT Ten 462,000
HAWAII FIVE-O Ten 433,000
HAPPY ENDINGS-MON Seven 377,000
SUNRISE Seven 362,000
TODAY Nine 344,000
NEIGHBOURS Eleven 302,000 (51,000 97,000 72,000 33,000 49,000)
HEARTBEAT RPT 7TWO 299,000 (55,000 79,000 59,000 56,000 49,000)
SPICKS AND SPECKS RPT ABC2 232,000 (60,000 60,000 51,000 24,000 38,000)
DOCTOR WHO RPT ABC2 217,000 (63,000 64,000 47,000 17,000 25,000)
MR MOON ABC2 189,000 (84,000 31,000 30,000 26,000 17,000)
SPORTS FEVER Seven 188,000
BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-PM ABC2 187,000 (70,000 43,000 35,000 19,000 20,000)
THE MORNING SHOW Seven 187,000
IN THE NIGHT GARDEN ABC2 186,000 (69,000 55,000 18,000 26,000 17,000)
MOVIE: MISS CONGENIALITY RPT GO! 185,000 (41,000 60,000 45,000 27,000 12,000)
DRIVER DAN'S STORY TRAIN ABC2 180,000 (69,000 38,000 25,000 28,000 21,000)
PLAY SCHOOL-PM ABC2 177,000 (24,000 71,000 38,000 23,000 20,000)
THE WOTWOTS-AM ABC2 175,000 (57,000 46,000 29,000 27,000 15,000)
GIGGLE AND HOOT GOODNIGHT ABC2 173,000 (64,000 41,000 28,000 23,000 18,000)
MIKE THE KNIGHT-AM ABC2 171,000 (50,000 40,000 36,000 27,000 19,000)
FRIENDS RPT EP2 Gem 166,000 (49,000 45,000 30,000 12,000 30,000)
SUPERNATURAL Eleven 163,000 (53,000 55,000 35,000 14,000 6,000)
DIRTGIRLWORLD-PM ABC2 160,000 (29,000 55,000 31,000 24,000 21,000)
OCTONAUTS-PM ABC2 160,000 (47,000 40,000 34,000 24,000 15,000)
AKMAL - LIVE & UNCENSORED One 156,000 (31,000 52,000 42,000 18,000 13,000)
GRANDPA IN MY POCKET-PM ABC2 156,000 (38,000 47,000 33,000 25,000 14,000)
THE MR MEN SHOW-PM ABC2 156,000 (22,000 67,000 35,000 16,000 15,000)
MORNINGS Nine 107,000
EXCESS BAGGAGE GO! 96,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Seven had an impressive win thanks to huge ratings for both MKR and Revenge. MKR edged out Revenge to take the top spot, but the drama topped the night in the 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54 demographics despite it losing 200,000 viewers from last week's premiere. HIMYM won its timeslot and did well in the demos as well.
TBBT continued to deliver for Nine, while Alcatraz slipped from last week's premiere to a modest total.
TBL posted its highest total so far this season while Bondi Rescue, NCIS: LA and Hawaii Five-O had small increases from last week but still languished in their timeslots well behind Seven, Nine and even the ABC.

[Brad]

i know no one really posts in this thread but please keep it up Johnson, I find it so interesting.

I've actually given up programmed television for Lent :|

[Johnson]

Ratings for Tuesday, February 21
Audience share:
Seven 28.3%
Nine 18.3%
Ten 14.6%
ABC1 9.4%
Gem 4.3%
SBSONE 4.2%
GO! 3.6%
7TWO 3.5%
ABC2 2.9%
Eleven 2.9%
7mate 2.6%
One 2.5%
SBSTWO 1.4%
ABC News 24 0.8%
ABC3 0.7%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE Seven 1,682,000 (445,000 476,000 335,000 212,000 213,000)
2 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Seven 1,481,000 (369,000 489,000 247,000 184,000 191,000)
3 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,176,000 (253,000 320,000 284,000 126,000 193,000)
4 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,031,000 (243,000 306,000 236,000 101,000 145,000)
5 NINE NEWS Nine 1,017,000 (288,000 366,000 198,000 73,000 93,000)
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 968,000 (264,000 259,000 212,000 120,000 113,000)
7 ABC NEWS ABC1 946,000 (269,000 302,000 149,000 112,000 115,000)
8 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 902,000 (251,000 287,000 218,000 72,000 74,000)
9 NCIS Ten 847,000 (256,000 208,000 165,000 84,000 134,000)
10 2 BROKE GIRLS Nine 816,000 (239,000 271,000 150,000 65,000 91,000)
11 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT TUE Nine 776,000 (240,000 251,000 159,000 55,000 72,000)
12 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Nine 725,000 (207,000 246,000 166,000 53,000 53,000)
13 TWO AND A HALF MEN Nine 706,000 (193,000 227,000 154,000 50,000 83,000)
14 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 673,000 (185,000 174,000 118,000 84,000 111,000)
15 TWO AND A HALF MEN -EP2 Nine 671,000 (180,000 221,000 151,000 50,000 70,000)
16 7.30 ABC1 667,000 (208,000 224,000 90,000 62,000 83,000)
17 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - CONTEST Ten 656,000 (159,000 188,000 168,000 52,000 88,000)
18 CASTLE-TUE Seven 653,000 (182,000 204,000 103,000 88,000 76,000)
19 FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT ABC1 555,000 (173,000 168,000 97,000 47,000 70,000)
20 NCIS EP 2 RPT Ten 540,000 (172,000 140,000 93,000 57,000 78,000)
23 TOP GEAR Nine 484,000 (148,000 164,000 77,000 39,000 56,000)
24 THE PROJECT Ten 480,000 (116,000 167,000 107,000 44,000 45,000)
27 KANGAROO MOB ABC1 430,000 (130,000 145,000 56,000 37,000 62,000)
SUNRISE Seven 349,000
TODAY Nine 327,000
NEIGHBOURS Ten 277,000 (54,000 59,000 84,000 43,000 37,000)
DOCTOR WHO RPT ABC2 250,000 (60,000 90,000 62,000 15,000 23,000)
BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-PM ABC2 241,000 (76,000 79,000 29,000 26,000 32,000)
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? RPT SBS ONE 237,000
38 SPICKS AND SPECKS RPT ABC2 222,000 (63,000 52,000 49,000 22,000 36,000)
THE VICAR OF DIBLEY RPT 7TWO 216,000 (60,000 77,000 37,000 21,000 21,000)
INSIGHT SBS ONE 203,000
ONE DAY CRICKET - INDIA VS SRI LANKA GAME 8 SESSION 2 Gem 201,000 (43,000 67,000 38,000 32,000 22,000)
OCTONAUTS-PM ABC2 199,000 (58,000 69,000 15,000 36,000 20,000)
DRIVER DAN'S STORY TRAIN ABC2 195,000 (63,000 63,000 23,000 13,000 33,000)
MOVIE: 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU RPT GO! 193,000 (17,000 90,000 34,000 27,000 26,000)
MR MOON ABC2 190,000 (65,000 60,000 22,000 11,000 32,000)
IN THE NIGHT GARDEN ABC2 187,000 (72,000 45,000 24,000 12,000 33,000)
GIGGLE AND HOOT GOODNIGHT ABC2 186,000 (66,000 52,000 26,000 12,000 31,000)
PINGU-PM ABC2 166,000 (32,000 70,000 15,000 29,000 20,000)
MIKE THE KNIGHT-AM ABC2 166,000 (56,000 71,000 2,000 16,000 22,000)
GRANDPA IN MY POCKET-PM ABC2 162,000 (32,000 61,000 15,000 30,000 23,000)
PLAY SCHOOL-PM ABC2 161,000 (41,000 69,000 20,000 18,000 14,000)
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND RPT Eleven 155,000 (20,000 54,000 32,000 23,000 26,000)
THE HIVE-AM ABC2 153,000 (51,000 61,000 9,000 19,000 13,000)
DIRTGIRLWORLD-PM ABC2 147,000 (33,000 57,000 13,000 23,000 21,000)
MIFFY AND FRIENDS-PM ABC2 145,000 (51,000 56,000 11,000 16,000 11,000)
DATELINE SBS ONE 136,000
79 FAMILY GUY-ALL NEW TUE 7mate 129,000 (23,000 58,000 19,000 24,000 5,000)
ONE DAY CRICKET - INDIA VS SRI LANKA GAME 8 SESSION 1 Gem 123,000
93 HITLER'S BODYGUARD RPT SBS TWO 116,000 (38,000 40,000 18,000 7,000 13,000)
EXCESS BAGGAGE GO! 74,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Seven won last night with MKR leading the way, even outrating PTTR. A new episode of Castle posted mediocre figures.
2 Broke Girls fell from last week's premiere but did OK in its timeslot. Two and a Half Men had a small increase but the season return of Top Gear rated poorly.
TBL had a big drop from Monday, which had a flow-on effect on the ratings of the rest of Ten's evening line-up, with the reliable performer NCIS slipping below the 900,000 mark.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Wednesday, February 22
Audience share:
Seven 25.9%
Nine 18.7%
Ten 13.0%
ABC1 11.1%
7mate 4.5%
SBSONE 4.5%
7TWO 4.1%
Eleven 3.4%
ABC2 3.2%
GO! 2.8%
Gem 2.6%
One 2.4%
ABC News 24 2.2%
SBSTWO 0.9%
ABC3 0.5%

Week to date:
Seven 26.0%
Nine 20.6%
Ten 13.8%
ABC1 11.7%
SBSONE 3.9%
7TWO 3.5%
GO! 3.5%
Gem 3.2%
7mate 3.1%
Eleven 3.0%
ABC2 2.8%
One 2.3%
ABC News 24 1.1%
SBSTWO 1.0%
ABC3 0.6%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-WED Seven 1,633,000 (454,000 477,000 308,000 201,000 193,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,204,000 (300,000 341,000 252,000 113,000 198,000)
3 NINE NEWS Nine 1,118,000 (326,000 344,000 274,000 90,000 85,000)
4 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,027,000 (239,000 299,000 229,000 107,000 152,000)
5 PLEASE MARRY MY BOY Seven 1,026,000 (297,000 278,000 189,000 134,000 129,000)
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,005,000 (264,000 286,000 213,000 119,000 123,000)
7 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,004,000 (290,000 296,000 187,000 112,000 119,000)
8 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 860,000 (273,000 247,000 196,000 68,000 76,000)
9 7.30 ABC1 744,000 (227,000 221,000 136,000 75,000 85,000)
10 SHERLOCK Nine 729,000 (219,000 237,000 137,000 74,000 61,000)
11 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Nine 725,000 (214,000 252,000 151,000 49,000 59,000)
12 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT WED Nine 694,000 (233,000 197,000 135,000 53,000 76,000)
13 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - TEMPTATION Ten 666,000 (161,000 197,000 158,000 54,000 97,000)
14 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 636,000 (171,000 170,000 106,000 76,000 113,000)
15 TALKIN' 'BOUT YOUR GENERATION Ten 627,000 (161,000 203,000 111,000 61,000 90,000)
16 HOT SEAT Nine 582,000 (141,000 173,000 187,000 40,000 42,000)
17 RBT Nine 558,000 (197,000 167,000 98,000 52,000 45,000)
18 ADAM HILLS IN GORDON ST TONIGHT ABC1 549,000 (132,000 181,000 113,000 64,000 60,000)
19 WOODLEY ABC1 543,000 (135,000 194,000 88,000 58,000 67,000)
20 THE GOOD WIFE Ten 519,000 (152,000 155,000 110,000 43,000 59,000)
21 THE AMAZING RACE 20 Seven 491,000 (152,000 140,000 70,000 76,000 54,000)
THE PROJECT Ten 422,000
28 KITCHEN CABINET: SNEAK PEEK ABC1 320,000 (83,000 88,000 63,000 39,000 48,000)
NEIGHBOURS Eleven 313,000 (55,000 108,000 78,000 40,000 32,000)
HEARTBEAT-WED RPT 7TWO 287,000 (59,000 71,000 47,000 46,000 65,000)
AMERICAN PICKERS-ALL NEW WED 7mate 286,000 (55,000 93,000 47,000 39,000 52,000)
ARCTIC WITH BRUCE PARRY SBS ONE 276,000
THE HIVE-AM ABC2 241,000 (75,000 93,000 37,000 13,000 22,000)
OCTONAUTS-PM ABC2 232,000 (59,000 76,000 54,000 27,000 15,000)
BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-PM ABC2 228,000 (74,000 64,000 46,000 28,000 16,000)
MIKE THE KNIGHT-AM ABC2 227,000 (66,000 92,000 33,000 16,000 19,000)
AMERICAN PICKERS-LATE 7mate 217,000 (45,000 61,000 36,000 37,000 39,000)
SHAUN THE SHEEP-AM ABC2 214,000 (70,000 81,000 29,000 11,000 22,000)
PINGU-PM ABC2 207,000 (46,000 66,000 59,000 23,000 14,000)
DRIVER DAN'S STORY TRAIN ABC2 201,000 (74,000 39,000 40,000 37,000 11,000)
GIGGLE AND HOOT-AM ABC2 193,000 (61,000 78,000 27,000 11,000 16,000)
KITCHEN CABINET ABC2 192,000 (50,000 71,000 23,000 28,000 20,000)
HARDCORE PAWN-ALL NEW WED 7mate 188,000 (34,000 55,000 43,000 19,000 37,000)
GRANDPA IN MY POCKET-PM ABC2 186,000 (45,000 58,000 49,000 20,000 14,000)
SPICKS AND SPECKS RPT ABC2 181,000 (34,000 53,000 49,000 20,000 25,000)
THE WOTWOTS-AM ABC2 179,000 (56,000 73,000 22,000 12,000 16,000)
PLAY SCHOOL-AM ABC2 177,000 (48,000 91,000 17,000 5,000 15,000)
ZOO MIX-AM ABC2 175,000 (53,000 87,000 13,000 6,000 16,000)
DIRTGIRLWORLD-PM ABC2 169,000 (38,000 53,000 41,000 23,000 13,000)
EXCESS BAGGAGE GO! 81,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Most of last night's programs were down from last week, including the ever-conquering MKR (which was 300,000 lower than last week's season high), TBBT and Sherlock. Seven won the night comfortably but there were worrying signs: Seven News lost to Nine News in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and the 20th season of The Amazing Race got off to a low start.
The ABC's line-up continued its struggle with no program pulling 600,000 after 8pm.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Thursday, February 23
Audience share:
Seven 24.9%
Nine 16.5%
Ten 12.4%
ABC1 10.9%
7TWO 4.9%
SBSONE 4.8%
Eleven 4.5%
7mate 4.2%
GO! 3.7%
One 3.5%
Gem 3.4%
ABC2 2.9%
ABC News 24 1.6%
SBSTWO 1.0%
ABC3 0.7%

Week to date:
Seven 25.8%
Nine 19.9%
Ten 13.5%
ABC1 11.5%
SBSONE 4.1%
7TWO 3.7%
GO! 3.5%
7mate 3.3%
Eleven 3.3%
Gem 3.2%
ABC2 2.8%
One 2.6%
ABC News 24 1.2%
SBSTWO 1.0%
ABC3 0.6%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-THU Seven 1,638,000 (434,000 491,000 322,000 206,000 186,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,179,000 (249,000 343,000 282,000 125,000 180,000)
3 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,043,000 (298,000 345,000 174,000 110,000 115,000)
4 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 951,000 (250,000 257,000 211,000 90,000 143,000)
5 NINE NEWS Nine 922,000 (263,000 276,000 236,000 63,000 85,000)
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 868,000 (249,000 200,000 193,000 131,000 95,000)
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 813,000 (230,000 274,000 182,000 51,000 77,000)
8 GREY'S ANATOMY Seven 779,000 (211,000 262,000 147,000 86,000 73,000)
9 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - CHALLENGE Ten 709,000 (178,000 220,000 166,000 45,000 100,000)
10 7.30 ABC1 694,000 (206,000 228,000 118,000 62,000 80,000)
11 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Nine 670,000 (191,000 226,000 140,000 45,000 69,000)
12 FAMILY CONFIDENTIAL ABC1 646,000 (171,000 220,000 101,000 48,000 105,000)
13 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 631,000 (168,000 182,000 117,000 70,000 94,000)
14 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION Nine 626,000 (198,000 200,000 112,000 73,000 43,000)
15 EARTHFLIGHT Nine 557,000 (162,000 182,000 101,000 46,000 66,000)
16 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Seven 537,000 (167,000 175,000 81,000 68,000 45,000)
17 CSI: MIAMI Nine 534,000 (163,000 172,000 96,000 70,000 33,000)
18 MODERN FAMILY THURS RPT Ten 527,000 (142,000 194,000 83,000 31,000 78,000)
19 HOT SEAT Nine 526,000 (141,000 137,000 170,000 38,000 40,000)
20 DEAL OR NO DEAL Seven 494,000 (114,000 154,000 107,000 52,000 68,000)
21 LAW & ORDER: SVU Ten 488,000
22 THE STRAITS ABC1 456,000 (94,000 166,000 73,000 51,000 72,000)
THE PROJECT Ten 411,000
SUNRISE Seven 399,000
LAW & ORDER: SVU RPT Ten 356,000
TODAY Nine 348,000
NEIGHBOURS Eleven 278,000 (56,000 72,000 69,000 38,000 44,000)
24 HOURS IN EMERGENCY SBS ONE 264,000
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT EP2 GO! 262,000 (55,000 64,000 65,000 36,000 42,000)
A TOUCH OF FROST RPT 7TWO 254,000 (84,000 69,000 37,000 35,000 29,000)
PAWN STARS-ALL NEW THUR 7mate 253,000 (62,000 83,000 36,000 38,000 35,000)
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT EP1 GO! 241,000 (64,000 56,000 57,000 30,000 35,000)
THE SIMPSONS RPT Eleven 236,000 (41,000 68,000 51,000 31,000 43,000)
THE SIMPSONS THURS RPT Eleven 234,000 (38,000 70,000 57,000 31,000 39,000)
SHAUN THE SHEEP-AM ABC2 217,000 (68,000 89,000 32,000 14,000 14,000)
THE HIVE-AM ABC2 216,000 (68,000 87,000 26,000 15,000 20,000)
SUNRISE-EARLY Seven 216,000
MIKE THE KNIGHT-AM ABC2 214,000 (67,000 79,000 20,000 22,000 26,000)
GRANDPA IN MY POCKET-PM ABC2 207,000 (24,000 101,000 40,000 24,000 17,000)
TIMMY TIME-AM ABC2 206,000 (64,000 79,000 14,000 21,000 27,000)
PINGU-PM ABC2 203,000 (29,000 106,000 42,000 19,000 6,000)
OCTONAUTS-PM ABC2 188,000 (28,000 94,000 39,000 21,000 7,000)
DOCTOR WHO RPT ABC2 185,000 (26,000 55,000 62,000 17,000 26,000)
GIGGLE AND HOOT-AM ABC2 180,000 (54,000 69,000 18,000 14,000 24,000)
STAR TREK - NEXT GENERATION RPT Eleven 180,000 (27,000 67,000 55,000 11,000 20,000)
MR MOON ABC2 178,000 (84,000 57,000 16,000 16,000 6,000)
OPERATION REPO-ALL NEW THUR 7mate 178,000 (49,000 54,000 20,000 24,000 31,000)
DIRTGIRLWORLD-PM ABC2 176,000 (24,000 76,000 35,000 22,000 19,000)
TODAY-EARLY Nine 170,000
80 DAMAGES Nine 148,000 (33,000 54,000 28,000 19,000 13,000)
81 ONE MOMENT IN TIME: THE LIFE OF WHITNEY HOUSTON Gem 139,000 (19,000 43,000 44,000 18,000 14,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Seven had another huge win last night thanks to MKR, which was the standout in a very low rating night. MKR was so far ahead of the rest that it was the only program to pull more than 1.2 million viewers for the night. Most programs attracted between 500,000 and 700,000 people.
Ten's new morning program Breakfast got off to a poor start, coming fourth in its timeslot behind Sunrise, Today and ABC News Breakfast. Breakfast is Ten's second foray into morning television (it showed Good Morning Australia, hosted by Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Gordon Elliott, from 1981 to 1992) and was scheduled to debut next Monday, February 27, however it was rushed to air yesterday following Kevin Rudd's sudden resignation as Foreign Minister and launching a new challenge on incumbent Julia Gillard for the Labor Party leadership and the position of Prime Minister.
During the "early" shift from 6:00-7:00am, Breakfast pulled in 46,000 viewers compared to 216,000 and 170,000 for Sunrise and Today respectively. Ten claims its total people audience was up 67.8 per cent during 6am-9am, while it was more than doubling (up 110.5 per cent) its previous 18-49 audience.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Friday, February 24
Audience share:
Nine 21.4%
Seven 21.2%
ABC1 14.8%
Ten 10.7%
GO! 6.1%
SBSONE 5.5%
7TWO 5.0%
Eleven 3.6%
Gem 2.6%
7mate 2.4%
One 2.4%
ABC2 2.3%
ABC News 24 1.0%
ABC3 0.8%
SBSTWO 0.3%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,160,000 (271,000 310,000 270,000 119,000 192,000)
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,070,000 (283,000 281,000 228,000 100,000 178,000)
3 NINE NEWS Nine 1,065,000 (359,000 376,000 147,000 78,000 106,000)
4 MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES ABC1 992,000 (260,000 325,000 190,000 98,000 119,000)
5 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA GAME 9 SESSION 2 Nine 990,000 (334,000 253,000 216,000 112,000 75,000)
6 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 963,000 (280,000 273,000 201,000 96,000 112,000)
7 ABC NEWS ABC1 881,000 (250,000 292,000 134,000 91,000 113,000)
8 HOME AND AWAY Seven 818,000 (239,000 201,000 193,000 89,000 96,000)
9 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA GAME 9 SESSION 1 Nine 633,000 (184,000 199,000 118,000 78,000 54,000)
10 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 630,000 (163,000 181,000 125,000 68,000 93,000)
11 Qi RPT ABC1 575,000 (191,000 146,000 102,000 59,000 78,000)
12 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - FRIDAY Ten 559,000 (146,000 160,000 122,000 52,000 78,000)
13 GLEE Ten 531,000 (168,000 158,000 95,000 42,000 68,000)
14 LUTHER ABC1 528,000 (113,000 191,000 96,000 56,000 73,000)
15 7.30 ABC1 525,000 (168,000 161,000 79,000 49,000 67,000)
16 DEAL OR NO DEAL Seven 521,000 (98,000 161,000 125,000 62,000 75,000)
17 MOVIE: THE INVENTION OF LYING Seven 493,000 (167,000 106,000 118,000 51,000 52,000)
18 THE PROJECT Ten 413,000 (106,000 146,000 93,000 35,000 34,000)
19 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 409,000 (109,000 118,000 84,000 44,000 53,000)
20 SUNRISE Seven 389,000 (81,000 95,000 117,000 50,000 46,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries had a great debut on the ABC last night, attracting just short of one million viewers (the top show of the night got just under 1.2 million). The 13-part Melbourne-made series is based on the Phryne Fisher novels by Kerry Greenwood and stars Essie Davis in the title role.
Nine won the night thanks to the one-day cricket from Hobart and a strong 6.1% share from GO! Nine News won easily in Sydney and Melbourne but lost in Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane (where Nine News had a rare win on Thursday).
Seven News, TT and BH&G were the leading programs for Seven.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Saturday, February 25
Audience share:
Seven 23.1%
Nine 18.1%
ABC1 13.9%
Ten 11.6%
7TWO 6.5%
GO! 4.2%
7mate 3.6%
Eleven 3.5%
Gem 3.3%
ABC2 3.2%
SBSONE 3.2%
One 2.9%
ABC News 24 1.5%
SBSTWO 0.8%
ABC3 0.7%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,182,000 (293,000 287,000 273,000 141,000 188,000)
2 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,012,000 (235,000 393,000 209,000 100,000 74,000)
3 NEW TRICKS RPT ABC1 914,000 (234,000 272,000 194,000 81,000 133,000)
4 ABC NEWS-SAT ABC1 828,000 (210,000 280,000 148,000 77,000 114,000)
5 MOVIE: INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM RPT Seven 727,000 (187,000 208,000 175,000 78,000 79,000)
6 AUSTRALIA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS Nine 643,000 (162,000 211,000 153,000 62,000 55,000)
7 ACCUSED ABC1 540,000 (150,000 161,000 107,000 37,000 86,000)
8 MOVIE: CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER RPT Seven 510,000 (125,000 154,000 114,000 62,000 56,000)
9 MOVIE: JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH -RPT Nine 508,000 (106,000 199,000 100,000 48,000 54,000)
10 THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW Ten 474,000 (130,000 162,000 95,000 41,000 46,000)
11 TEN NEWS AT FIVE SAT Ten 448,000 (87,000 97,000 85,000 75,000 104,000)
12 AN IDIOT ABROAD – THE BUCKET LIST Ten 415,000 (116,000 132,000 89,000 34,000 44,000)
13 JAMIE'S THIRTY MINUTE MEALS EP 2 RPT Ten 394,000 (95,000 124,000 74,000 53,000 49,000)
14 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT Seven 389,000 (103,000 97,000 97,000 51,000 41,000)
15 UNDERCOVER BOSS USA Ten 366,000 (111,000 113,000 61,000 28,000 52,000)
16 MOVIE: MONSTER-IN-LAW -RPT Nine 362,000 (102,000 119,000 61,000 43,000 37,000)
17 JAMIE'S THIRTY MINUTE MEALS SAT RPT Ten 354,000 (81,000 108,000 61,000 44,000 59,000)
18 HEARTBEAT-SAT RPT 7TWO 294,000 (51,000 80,000 69,000 41,000 53,000)
19 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY Nine 283,000 (68,000 98,000 79,000 24,000 14,000)
20 NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE SATURDAY Nine 282,000 (53,000 100,000 94,000 22,000 14,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au

Ratings for the week ending February 25
Audience share:
Seven 24.9%
Nine 19.9%
Ten 12.9%
ABC1 12.3%
SBSONE 4.2%
7TWO 4.2%
GO! 4.0%
Eleven 3.3%
7mate 3.2%
Gem 3.1%
ABC2 2.8%
One 2.6%
ABC News 24 1.2%
SBSTWO 0.9%
ABC3 0.6%

National top 30 programs - revised overnight figures:
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-MON Seven 1,809,000 524,000 546,000 317,000 199,000 223,000
2 REVENGE Seven 1,801,000 554,000 503,000 314,000 194,000 235,000
3 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE Seven 1,682,000 445,000 476,000 335,000 212,000 213,000
4 MY KITCHEN RULES-THU Seven 1,638,000 434,000 491,000 322,000 206,000 186,000
5 MY KITCHEN RULES-WED Seven 1,636,000 454,000 478,000 310,000 200,000 193,000
6 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Seven 1,481,000 369,000 489,000 247,000 184,000 191,000
7 THE BIG BANG THEORY Nine 1,396,000 420,000 443,000 285,000 93,000 155,000
8 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,393,000 447,000 493,000 228,000 142,000 83,000
9 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS INDIA GAME 7 SESSION 2 Nine 1,258,000 415,000 388,000 237,000 117,000 100,000
10 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,206,000 275,000 332,000 272,000 125,000 202,000
11 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,201,000 255,000 306,000 299,000 132,000 210,000
12 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,182,000 293,000 287,000 273,000 141,000 188,000
13 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT MON Nine 1,080,000 334,000 328,000 228,000 78,000 113,000
14 THE FORCE Seven 1,078,000 310,000 273,000 203,000 132,000 160,000
15 SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 1,070,000 286,000 290,000 230,000 110,000 154,000
16 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,049,000 257,000 295,000 228,000 104,000 165,000
17 MODERN FAMILY Ten 1,033,000 310,000 321,000 173,000 125,000 104,000
18 NINE NEWS Nine 1,033,000 313,000 339,000 207,000 79,000 95,000
19 BORDER SECURITY Seven 1,032,000 310,000 257,000 213,000 110,000 141,000
20 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,012,000 235,000 393,000 209,000 100,000 74,000
21 PLEASE MARRY MY BOY Seven 996,000 290,000 266,000 181,000 130,000 129,000
22 MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES ABC1 992,000 260,000 325,000 190,000 98,000 119,000
23 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA GAME 9 SESSION 2 Nine 990,000 334,000 253,000 216,000 112,000 75,000
24 BONES Seven 981,000 279,000 259,000 194,000 131,000 117,000
25 ABC NEWS ABC1 979,000 280,000 308,000 164,000 109,000 119,000
26 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 963,000 280,000 273,000 201,000 96,000 112,000
27 NEW GIRL Ten 960,000 271,000 254,000 202,000 113,000 119,000
28 MIDSOMER MURDERS ABC1 948,000 229,000 316,000 156,000 107,000 140,000
29 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS INDIA GAME 7 SESSION 1 Nine 944,000 250,000 286,000 206,000 100,000 102,000
30 HOME AND AWAY Seven 940,000 270,000 241,000 204,000 114,000 111,000
(OzTAM mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au

Seven won the second week of ratings with Revenge and MKR continued to dominate. They occupied the top five spots with PTTR ranked sixth and Seven News coming in at No.10.
Seven won key demos 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54.
Seven ranked first on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday while Nine took out Sunday and Friday. The ABC bettered Ten on Friday and Saturday.
Seven won all five metro cities.

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Ratings for Sunday, February 26
Audience share:
Seven 24.4%
Nine 21.1%
Ten 15.9%
ABC1 14.1%
7mate 3.3%
7TWO 3.1%
GO! 3.1%
Eleven 2.4%
ABC2 2.2%
One 2.2%
Gem 2.1%
SBSONE 3.9%
ABC News 24 0.8%
SBSTWO 0.7%
ABC3 0.6%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 1,518,000 (359,000 488,000 305,000 165,000 201,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,406,000 (319,000 399,000 285,000 151,000 251,000)
3 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,358,000 (464,000 470,000 213,000 137,000 74,000)
4 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS INDIA GAME 10 SESSION 2 Nine 1,213,000 (384,000 355,000 231,000 136,000 106,000)
5 BORDER SECURITY Seven 1,152,000 (311,000 346,000 195,000 122,000 176,000)
6 NEW GIRL Ten 1,137,000 (308,000 336,000 218,000 109,000 166,000)
7 THE FORCE Seven 1,091,000 (298,000 280,000 194,000 118,000 200,000)
8 MODERN FAMILY Ten 1,081,000 (275,000 344,000 201,000 115,000 146,000)
9 HOMELAND Ten 1,077,000 (279,000 323,000 226,000 98,000 151,000)
10 BONES Seven 1,076,000 (298,000 299,000 219,000 123,000 136,000)
11 MIDSOMER MURDERS ABC1 1,015,000 (241,000 366,000 169,000 115,000 124,000)
12 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS INDIA GAME 10 SESSION 1 Nine 1,007,000 (319,000 331,000 164,000 114,000 80,000)
13 GRAND DESIGNS ABC1 989,000 (259,000 339,000 165,000 92,000 134,000)
14 CASTLE Seven 811,000 (232,000 261,000 126,000 93,000 100,000)
15 ABC NEWS UPDATE ABC1 806,000 (199,000 279,000 129,000 80,000 119,000)
16 ABC NEWS-SUN ABC1 793,000 (227,000 238,000 113,000 89,000 125,000)
17 YOUNG TALENT TIME Ten 632,000 (182,000 202,000 135,000 50,000 63,000)
18 CASTLE-EP.2 RPT Seven 524,000 (178,000 154,000 73,000 58,000 62,000)
19 TEN NEWS AT FIVE SUN Ten 463,000 (121,000 101,000 109,000 59,000 74,000)
20 WEEKEND SUNRISE - SUN Seven 375,000 (91,000 103,000 86,000 53,000 43,000)
21 HOUSE Ten 360,000 (102,000 132,000 36,000 34,000 56,000)
THE PROJECT Ten 323,000
24 A HISTORY OF CELTIC BRITAIN SBS ONE 314,000 (122,000 87,000 65,000 20,000 19,000)
25 MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES RPT ABC1 289,000 (70,000 107,000 44,000 36,000 32,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Seven pulled off a surprise win last night (its first Sunday night win for the 2012 ratings season) thanks largely to a big jump in the audience for Sunday Night. SN, which featured Mike Willesee's interview with Victoria Cross winner Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith, was the most-watched program of the night. BS, The Force, Bones and Castle also did well. Seven News more than tripled the audience for Nine News in Perth.
Mixed results for Ten's Super Sunday line-up. After falling to series lows last week, New Girl and Homeland both rebounded to above the one million mark, and topped their demographics. Modern Family slipped a bit but stayed above the one million mark also. But YTT continued to fall to a new season low, and the return of House was a flop.
The one-day cricket did very well for Nine, helping Nine News defeating Seven News in Sydney and Melbourne by substantial margins.
Grand Designs and Midsomer Murders were again the ABC's most-watched programs of the night.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Monday, February 27
Audience share:
Seven 27.9%
Nine 19.1%
ABC1 12.9%
Ten 12.3%
GO! 4.9%
7TWO 4.7%
SBSONE 3.2%
Eleven 2.7%
Gem 2.6%
One 2.5%
ABC2 2.4%
7mate 2.3%
ABC News 24 1.1%
SBSTWO 0.8%
ABC3 0.7%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-MON Seven 1,842,000 (519,000 556,000 324,000 221,000 222,000)
2 REVENGE Seven 1,799,000 (529,000 500,000 346,000 203,000 220,000)
3 THE BIG BANG THEORY Nine 1,344,000 (367,000 454,000 273,000 115,000 134,000)
4 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,254,000 (290,000 358,000 277,000 132,000 198,000)
5 NINE NEWS Nine 1,136,000 (313,000 389,000 248,000 85,000 102,000)
6 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,077,000 (321,000 336,000 146,000 119,000 154,000)
7 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,051,000 (285,000 274,000 219,000 104,000 170,000)
8 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT MON Nine 1,047,000 (302,000 364,000 192,000 86,000 103,000)
9 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,046,000 (307,000 385,000 187,000 83,000 85,000)
10 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,036,000 (302,000 302,000 190,000 117,000 124,000)
11 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Nine 981,000 (281,000 371,000 187,000 64,000 78,000)
12 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - WEIGH-IN & ELIMINATION Ten 945,000 (254,000 287,000 210,000 81,000 114,000)
13 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Seven 863,000 (263,000 250,000 179,000 73,000 98,000)
14 ALCATRAZ Nine 767,000 (235,000 242,000 138,000 53,000 100,000)
15 7.30 ABC1 742,000 (242,000 217,000 114,000 81,000 87,000)
16 Q&A ABC1 706,000 (191,000 255,000 121,000 69,000 68,000)
17 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 687,000 (196,000 203,000 101,000 79,000 108,000)
18 AUSTRALIAN STORY ABC1 634,000 (184,000 190,000 122,000 55,000 84,000)
19 MEDIA WATCH ABC1 630,000 (171,000 239,000 102,000 44,000 73,000)
20 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-EP.2 Seven 614,000 (171,000 204,000 125,000 47,000 67,000)
22 FOUR CORNERS ABC1 584,000 (159,000 199,000 102,000 46,000 78,000)
BONDI RESCUE Ten 555,000
PERSON OF INTEREST Nine 505,000
NCIS: LOS ANGELES Ten 504,000
THE PROJECT Ten 501,000
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Ten 455,000
HAWAII FIVE-O Ten 429,000
PERSON OF INTEREST -EP2 Nine 388,000
SUNRISE Seven 386,000
32 THE 84TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS -LIVE Nine 382,000 (150,000 119,000 67,000 28,000 18,000)
TODAY Nine 380,000
HEARTBEAT RPT 7TWO 327,000 (53,000 106,000 76,000 49,000 44,000)
HEARTBEAT-EP.2 RPT 7TWO 303,000 (53,000 101,000 66,000 48,000 35,000)
NEIGHBOURS Eleven 292,000 (52,000 92,000 70,000 42,000 37,000)
SUNRISE-EXTENDED Seven 290,000
42 THE 84TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS GO! 271,000 (79,000 100,000 55,000 16,000 22,000)
TODAY-SPECIAL Nine 227,000
BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-PM ABC2 225,000 (76,000 88,000 24,000 21,000 17,000)
OCTONAUTS-PM ABC2 214,000 (38,000 102,000 35,000 18,000 20,000)
48 REVENGE-ENCORE Seven 214,000 (57,000 71,000 46,000 17,000 23,000)
DRIVER DAN'S STORY TRAIN ABC2 199,000 (72,000 58,000 31,000 14,000 24,000)
SPICKS AND SPECKS RPT ABC2 198,000 (49,000 58,000 43,000 22,000 27,000)
GRANDPA IN MY POCKET-PM ABC2 190,000 (33,000 88,000 32,000 15,000 22,000)
DAD'S ARMY-WEEKNIGHTS RPT 7TWO 188,000 (32,000 55,000 54,000 22,000 25,000)
MIKE THE KNIGHT-AM ABC2 186,000 (44,000 77,000 34,000 15,000 15,000)
PINGU-PM ABC2 184,000 (26,000 83,000 40,000 14,000 22,000)
THE HIVE-AM ABC2 175,000 (53,000 66,000 30,000 9,000 17,000)
TIMMY TIME-AM ABC2 172,000 (42,000 77,000 26,000 16,000 11,000)
THE UMBILICAL BROTHERS - DON'T EXPLAIN One 172,000 (36,000 55,000 34,000 26,000 21,000)
GIGGLE AND HOOT GOODNIGHT ABC2 171,000 (55,000 53,000 30,000 14,000 19,000)
PLAY SCHOOL-PM ABC2 170,000 (42,000 57,000 38,000 18,000 15,000)
ZOO MIX-AM ABC2 167,000 (50,000 60,000 16,000 17,000 24,000)
DIRTGIRLWORLD-PM ABC2 165,000 (38,000 64,000 25,000 16,000 22,000)
BOB THE BUILDER: PROJECT BUILD IT-AM ABC2 165,000 (31,000 69,000 19,000 19,000 27,000)
SHOWDOWN FOR PM ABC News 24 155,000
SPORTS FEVER Seven 81,000
ABC NEWS BREAKFAST ABC1 69,000
BREAKFAST-EXTENDED Ten 60,000
BREAKFAST Ten 51,000
SPORTS FEVER 7mate 42,000
ABC NEWS BREAKFAST ABC News 24 28,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

The return of Billy Crystal helped boost viewership for the Academy Awards in the US. The Nielsen Co estimated Monday that 39.3 million people watched the Oscars on ABC Sunday night, up from the 37.9 million viewers during the much-panned 2011 show where James Franco and Anne Hathaway shared hosting duties.
Crystal was called in after original host Eddie Murphy pulled out. It was the ninth time the comedian and actor has done that job.
In Australia, 382,000 tuned in to Nine for their live telecast of the Academy Awards during the day, slightly on last year's 353,000. Another 271,000 tuned in for the repeat screening on GO! to make it the fourth highest rating show on digital television for the night.
Seven won the night with massive figures again for both MKR and Revenge, pulling around 1.8 million viewers. TBL hit a new season high as Luke Stephens was expelled from competition for drunkenness during a party celebrating his team's win at a challenge. TBBT continued to rate well for Nine, but Alcatraz suffered a big drop, dragging down the figures for Person of Interest.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Tuesday, February 28
Audience share:
Seven 28.8%
Nine 16.3%
Ten 16.3%
ABC1 8.9%
SBSONE 4.1%
7TWO 3.8%
7mate 3.4%
Eleven 3.0%
ABC2 2.9%
GO! 2.5%
Gem 5.4%
One 2.0%
SBSTWO 1.2%
ABC News 24 0.8%
ABC3 0.6%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE Seven 1,924,000 531,000 574,000 376,000 233,000 210,000
2 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Seven 1,535,000 435,000 501,000 254,000 181,000 165,000
3 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,196,000 266,000 346,000 266,000 122,000 196,000
4 NINE NEWS Nine 1,065,000 315,000 346,000 235,000 78,000 91,000
5 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,014,000 271,000 248,000 228,000 99,000 169,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 988,000 295,000 246,000 211,000 119,000 117,000
7 NCIS Ten 935,000 301,000 211,000 182,000 103,000 138,000
8 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 922,000 296,000 305,000 174,000 74,000 73,000
9 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - CONTEST Ten 919,000 267,000 242,000 212,000 80,000 118,000
10 ABC NEWS ABC1 901,000 232,000 304,000 125,000 105,000 135,000
11 2 BROKE GIRLS Nine 779,000 273,000 228,000 129,000 71,000 77,000
12 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT TUE Nine 702,000 232,000 235,000 111,000 56,000 69,000
13 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 688,000 193,000 189,000 108,000 82,000 116,000
14 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Nine 682,000 202,000 234,000 134,000 44,000 68,000
15 CASTLE-TUE Seven 664,000 207,000 220,000 100,000 73,000 63,000
16 7.30 ABC1 652,000 189,000 215,000 99,000 67,000 82,000
17 BONDI VET Ten 644,000 207,000 169,000 107,000 75,000 85,000
18 TWO AND A HALF MEN Nine 619,000 192,000 165,000 133,000 50,000 79,000
19 TWO AND A HALF MEN -EP2 Nine 602,000 169,000 161,000 145,000 56,000 72,000
20 NCIS RPT Ten 564,000 173,000 168,000 82,000 74,000 66,000
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT ABC1 554,000
TOP GEAR Nine 539,000
THE PROJECT Ten 512,000
EDGE OF NOWHERE ABC1 457,000
28 SUNRISE Seven 371,000 86,000 85,000 96,000 49,000 55,000
NEIGHBOURS Eleven 346,000 90,000 101,000 76,000 47,000 31,000
31 TODAY Nine 315,000 104,000 100,000 65,000 19,000 27,000
ONE DAY CRICKET - INDIA VS SRI LANKA GAME 11 SESSION 2 Gem 258,000 60,000 75,000 53,000 45,000 25,000
OCTONAUTS-PM ABC2 215,000 61,000 80,000 28,000 25,000 22,000
DOCTOR WHO: VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED RPT ABC2 212,000 37,000 73,000 53,000 18,000 31,000
38 INSIGHT SBS ONE 205,000 52,000 70,000 43,000 22,000 18,000
THE VICAR OF DIBLEY 7TWO 204,000 42,000 82,000 43,000 17,000 20,000
WORLD NEWS AUSTRALIA SBS ONE 202,000
GRANDPA IN MY POCKET-PM ABC2 197,000 57,000 81,000 22,000 21,000 16,000
PINGU-PM ABC2 188,000 56,000 74,000 24,000 19,000 15,000
FAMILY GUY-ALL NEW TUE 7mate 188,000 30,000 70,000 47,000 21,000 19,000
48 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? RPT SBS ONE 187,000 59,000 72,000 26,000 18,000 12,000
MIKE THE KNIGHT-AM ABC2 184,000 52,000 80,000 20,000 23,000 9,000
THE VICAR OF DIBLEY - RPT EP.2 7TWO 183,000 42,000 58,000 46,000 21,000 16,000
BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-PM ABC2 177,000 51,000 64,000 26,000 16,000 20,000
DIRTGIRLWORLD-PM ABC2 175,000 43,000 73,000 26,000 18,000 15,000
TIMMY TIME-AM ABC2 174,000 49,000 84,000 18,000 21,000 2,000
PLAY SCHOOL-PM ABC2 171,000 50,000 67,000 24,000 17,000 14,000
SPICKS AND SPECKS RPT ABC2 168,000 41,000 46,000 36,000 19,000 26,000
AMERICAN DAD-ALL NEW TUE 7mate 167,000 32,000 60,000 42,000 18,000 15,000
THE BIG KNIGHTS-PM ABC2 167,000 33,000 63,000 26,000 21,000 24,000
FAMILY GUY-TUE EP.2 RPT 7mate 164,000 16,000 76,000 37,000 17,000 19,000
ANGELINA BALLERINA: THE NEXT STEPS-PM ABC2 162,000 35,000 62,000 24,000 22,000 20,000
GIGGLE AND HOOT-AM ABC2 161,000 56,000 69,000 20,000 13,000 3,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

MKR hit the 1.9 million mark for the second time this season as Queensland's Gary and Peter proved they are crowd pullers. PTTR posted a small increase from last week, and these two programs were enough to give Seven a big win. However Castle flopped in its additional timeslot for the second week in a row. Next week the current season of Parenthood resumes.
Ten showed some signs of improvement by tying with Nine in primary shares. TBL and NCIS both pulled more than 900,000 viewers. But Breakfast is really struggling.
Nine finished second in combined shares largely due to GEM, whose coverage of the one-day cricket match between India and Sri Lanka from Hobart did quite well (especially the evening session when India went on a blistering batting attack to successfully chase down the target score of 321). On the main channel however, 2 Broke Girls and Two and a Half Men slipped from last week

[Johnson]

Ratings for Wednesday, February 29
Audience share:
Seven 25.7%
Nine 17.8%
Ten 14.1%
ABC1 9.5%
7mate 5.2%
7TWO 5.1%
SBSONE 4.7%
GO! 4.0%
Eleven 3.5%
ABC2 3.1%
Gem 2.5%
One 2.1%
ABC News 24 1.0%
SBSTWO 1.0%
ABC3 0.6%

Week to date:
Seven 26.7%
Nine 18.6%
Ten 14.6%
ABC1 11.5%
7TWO 4.1%
SBSONE 4.0%
GO! 3.6%
7mate 3.5%
Gem 3.1%
Eleven 2.9%
ABC2 2.7%
One 2.2%
ABC News 24 0.9%
SBSTWO 0.9%
ABC3 0.6%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-WED Seven 1,796,000 (490,000 564,000 328,000 198,000 215,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,210,000 (271,000 332,000 236,000 154,000 216,000)
3 PLEASE MARRY MY BOY Seven 1,084,000 (306,000 323,000 189,000 136,000 130,000)
4 NINE NEWS Nine 1,049,000 (293,000 371,000 204,000 92,000 88,000)
5 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,031,000 (246,000 271,000 207,000 133,000 174,000)
6 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,005,000 (284,000 325,000 134,000 120,000 142,000)
7 HOME AND AWAY Seven 937,000 (267,000 254,000 198,000 112,000 106,000)
8 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 886,000 (268,000 276,000 174,000 78,000 91,000)
9 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - TEMPTATION Ten 856,000 (215,000 284,000 195,000 68,000 94,000)
10 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 773,000 (213,000 242,000 116,000 88,000 113,000)
11 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Nine 767,000 (248,000 249,000 142,000 59,000 69,000)
12 SHERLOCK Nine 738,000 (218,000 271,000 123,000 55,000 72,000)
13 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT WED EP1 Nine 724,000 (252,000 224,000 128,000 56,000 64,000)
14 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT WED EP2 Nine 692,000 (232,000 225,000 118,000 62,000 56,000)
15 7.30 ABC1 637,000 (180,000 194,000 94,000 73,000 95,000)
16 TALKIN' 'BOUT YOUR GENERATION Ten 633,000 (151,000 201,000 131,000 63,000 87,000)
17 THE AMAZING RACE 20 Seven 534,000 (146,000 163,000 79,000 66,000 81,000)
18 HOT SEAT Nine 530,000 (167,000 172,000 118,000 38,000 35,000)
19 THE PROJECT Ten 526,000 (125,000 193,000 113,000 57,000 39,000)
20 THE GOOD WIFE Ten 525,000 (134,000 180,000 121,000 31,000 60,000)
ADAM HILLS IN GORDON STREET TONIGHT ABC1 508,000
24 WOODLEY ABC1 400,000 (123,000 135,000 52,000 42,000 49,000)
SUNRISE Seven 388,000
AMERICAN PICKERS-ALL NEW WED 7mate 333,000 (52,000 124,000 53,000 48,000 57,000)
TODAY Nine 323,000
HEARTBEAT-WED-EP.2 RPT 7TWO 319,000 (61,000 90,000 69,000 53,000 47,000)
HEARTBEAT-WED RPT 7TWO 313,000 (59,000 84,000 71,000 48,000 51,000)
NEIGHBOURS Eleven 305,000 (62,000 90,000 77,000 40,000 36,000)
OCTONAUTS-PM ABC2 259,000 (92,000 74,000 37,000 30,000 26,000)
PINGU-PM ABC2 246,000 (100,000 65,000 29,000 25,000 26,000)
PLAY SCHOOL-PM ABC2 245,000 (55,000 89,000 45,000 31,000 26,000)
HARDCORE PAWN-ALL NEW WED 7mate 242,000 (53,000 79,000 49,000 34,000 27,000)
GRANDPA IN MY POCKET-PM ABC2 236,000 (94,000 66,000 27,000 25,000 24,000)
AMERICAN PICKERS-LATE RPT 7mate 231,000 (39,000 85,000 36,000 34,000 37,000)
48 AT THE MOVIES ABC1 223,000 (71,000 77,000 37,000 22,000 16,000)
MIKE THE KNIGHT-AM ABC2 220,000 (101,000 71,000 15,000 24,000 10,000)
DOCTOR WHO RPT ABC2 219,000 (47,000 54,000 64,000 33,000 20,000)
ANGELINA BALLERINA: THE NEXT STEPS-PM ABC2 218,000 (55,000 65,000 45,000 20,000 32,000)
TIMMY TIME-AM Network ABC2 216,000 (96,000 70,000 13,000 26,000 11,000)
DIRTGIRLWORLD-PM Network ABC2 215,000 (57,000 82,000 27,000 28,000 21,000)
55 OUTLAND ABC1 210,000 (52,000 80,000 44,000 20,000 14,000)
BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-PM ABC2 206,000 (63,000 60,000 31,000 30,000 22,000)
58 MOVIE: AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME RPT GO! 204,000 (63,000 74,000 28,000 26,000 12,000)
GIGGLE AND HOOT-AM ABC2 204,000 (90,000 63,000 16,000 21,000 14,000)
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT GO! 201,000 (33,000 98,000 22,000 18,000 30,000)
THE HIVE-AM ABC2 199,000 (76,000 58,000 23,000 31,000 11,000)
THE MORNING SHOW Seven 180,000
77 MIFFY AND FRIENDS ABC2 159,000 (52,000 48,000 23,000 17,000 19,000)
78 THE PINKY AND PERKY SHOW ABC2 155,000 (47,000 58,000 19,000 8,000 24,000)
79 THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW Nine 152,000 (69,000 44,000 25,000 9,000 5,000)
MORNINGS Nine 86,000
THE CIRCLE Ten 68,000
BREAKFAST Ten 53,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Seven romped to another huge win led by MKR, as Nine, Ten and ABC continued their Wednesday struggle. ABC fell into a heap without Spicks and Specks as the anchor.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Thursday, March 1
Audience share:
Seven 25.3%
Nine 21.9%
Ten 11.4%
ABC1 9.8%
7TWO 5.0%
SBSONE 5.0%
7mate 4.1%
Eleven 4.1%
GO! 3.5%
ABC2 2.6%
Gem 2.6%
One 2.4%
ABC News 24 1.1%
ABC3 0.7%
SBSTWO 0.5%

Week to date:
Seven 26.4%
Nine 19.3%
Ten 14.0%
ABC1 11.2%
7TWO 4.3%
SBSONE 4.2%
7mate 3.6%
GO! 3.6%
Eleven 3.1%
Gem 3.0%
ABC2 2.6%
One 2.2%
ABC News 24 1.0%
SBSTWO 0.9%
ABC3 0.6%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-THU Seven 1,683,000 (449,000 517,000 338,000 196,000 183,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,217,000 (328,000 322,000 245,000 131,000 191,000)
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,097,000 (310,000 279,000 227,000 116,000 164,000)
4 NINE NEWS Nine 1,094,000 (329,000 345,000 246,000 88,000 86,000)
5 ABC NEWS ABC1 1,040,000 (311,000 331,000 156,000 123,000 119,000)
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 959,000 (291,000 222,000 219,000 130,000 98,000)
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 938,000 (291,000 313,000 187,000 71,000 76,000)
8 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Nine 865,000 (278,000 287,000 185,000 48,000 67,000)
9 GREY'S ANATOMY Seven 823,000 (233,000 261,000 152,000 79,000 98,000)
10 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - CHALLENGE Ten 804,000 (213,000 248,000 184,000 58,000 101,000)
11 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 756,000 (230,000 260,000 111,000 77,000 78,000)
12 NRL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: NEWCASTLE VS ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 710,000 (S 474,000 B 236,000)
13 7.30 ABC1 676,000 (217,000 211,000 104,000 75,000 69,000)
14 FAMILY CONFIDENTIAL ABC1 579,000 (176,000 166,000 106,000 49,000 81,000)
15 HOT SEAT Nine 555,000 (174,000 143,000 165,000 38,000 35,000)
16 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Seven 540,000 (193,000 139,000 80,000 71,000 57,000)
17 THE PROJECT Ten 501,000 (109,000 194,000 123,000 39,000 36,000)
18 LAW AND ORDER: SVU Ten 495,000 (148,000 144,000 99,000 55,000 50,000)
19 MODERN FAMILY THURS RPT Ten 481,000 (152,000 173,000 64,000 33,000 59,000)
20 DEAL OR NO DEAL Seven 480,000 (121,000 130,000 107,000 50,000 72,000)
21 THE STRAITS ABC1 431,000 (108,000 149,000 56,000 54,000 64,000)
THE FOOTY SHOW Nine 362,000
EARTHFLIGHT Nine 325,000
CSI: MIAMI Nine 322,000
PRIVATE PRACTICE Seven 312,000
CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION Nine 300,000
A TOUCH OF FROST RPT 7TWO 293,000 (96,000 87,000 47,000 30,000 33,000)
32 24 HOURS IN EMERGENCY SBS ONE 289,000 (104,000 67,000 53,000 34,000 31,000)
NEIGHBOURS Eleven 261,000 (55,000 71,000 69,000 35,000 31,000)
AMERICAN PICKERS-ALL NEW THUR 7mate 260,000 (32,000 116,000 36,000 35,000 41,000)
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT EP2 GO! 251,000 (58,000 75,000 54,000 37,000 27,000)
THE SIMPSONS RPT Eleven 239,000 (41,000 70,000 71,000 19,000 38,000)
THE SIMPSONS THURS RPT Eleven 229,000 (45,000 58,000 75,000 23,000 28,000)
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT EP1 GO! 226,000 (62,000 55,000 63,000 27,000 19,000)
THE HIVE-AM ABC2 222,000 (69,000 87,000 25,000 22,000 19,000)
PAWN STARS-ALL NEW THUR 7mate 215,000 (24,000 99,000 35,000 26,000 31,000)
MIKE THE KNIGHT-AM ABC2 213,000 (54,000 89,000 29,000 22,000 19,000)
MIFFY AND FRIENDS-PM ABC2 212,000 (62,000 73,000 39,000 11,000 27,000)
BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-PM ABC2 210,000 (63,000 72,000 39,000 8,000 27,000)
SPICKS AND SPECKS RPT ABC2 205,000 (45,000 61,000 41,000 23,000 35,000)
SHAUN THE SHEEP-AM ABC2 204,000 (61,000 77,000 25,000 21,000 20,000)
OCTONAUTS-PM ABC2 202,000 (56,000 78,000 30,000 15,000 24,000)
TIMMY TIME-AM ABC2 199,000 (50,000 87,000 24,000 19,000 18,000)
WHITECHAPEL RPT 198,000
DIRTGIRLWORLD-PM ABC2 195,000 (52,000 77,000 25,000 14,000 28,000)
56 LUKE NGUYEN'S GREATER MEKONG SBS ONE 194,000 (47,000 90,000 21,000 11,000 25,000)
PINGU-PM ABC2 191,000 (50,000 74,000 34,000 13,000 20,000)
GIGGLE AND HOOT-AM ABC2 190,000 (45,000 78,000 25,000 21,000 22,000)
THE ROYAL 7TWO 189,000 (45,000 63,000 24,000 27,000 29,000)
FOOD SAFARI SBS ONE 186,000
FEASTS SBS ONE 181,000
HAWKE RPT Ten 154,000
93 30 ROCK Seven 141,000 (48,000 45,000 17,000 19,000 12,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

The NRL season opener between the Knights and the Dragons did very well in Sydney, and even beat the formidable MKR in the same timeslot. However the match lost to MKR in Brisbane. With the help of the NRL, Nine was able to reduce Seven's winning margin from 8.4% last Thursday to 3.4% in primary shares and from 10.3% to 6.3% in combined shares.
Seven and Nine's combined shares actually increased from last week at the expense of Ten and the ABC. MKR, Grey's Anatomy and TBL all went up week-on-week.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Friday, March 2
Audience share:
Nine 23.9%
Seven 20.3%
ABC1 12.1%
Ten 11.6%
SBSONE 5.6%
GO! 5.3%
Gem 5.3%
7TWO 4.1%
Eleven 3.3%
7mate 2.9%
ABC2 2.0%
One 1.5%
ABC3 0.7%
ABC News 24 0.7%
SBSTWO 0.6%

National top programs - overnight figures: (figures for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in brackets)
1 NINE NEWS Nine 1,138,000 (445,000 323,000 198,000 77,000 95,000)
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,133,000 (319,000 303,000 207,000 130,000 175,000)
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,022,000 (304,000 253,000 182,000 118,000 166,000)
4 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 993,000 (315,000 282,000 177,000 99,000 120,000)
5 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA GAME 12 SESSION 2 Nine 905,000 (261,000 350,000 84,000 114,000 97,000)
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 878,000 (287,000 204,000 179,000 101,000 108,000)
7 MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES ABC1 868,000 (214,000 293,000 152,000 101,000 109,000)
8 ABC NEWS ABC1 850,000 (262,000 295,000 110,000 90,000 94,000)
9 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 696,000 (231,000 183,000 133,000 64,000 85,000)
10 NRL LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: PARRAMATTA VS BRISBANE Nine 611,000 (S 381,000 B 230,000)
11 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) – FRIDAY Ten 582,000 (195,000 138,000 132,000 53,000 65,000)
12 GLEE Ten 564,000 (163,000 202,000 102,000 44,000 53,000)
13 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA GAME 12 SESSION 1 Nine 557,000 (197,000 169,000 93,000 51,000 47,000)
14 MOVIE: OLD DOGS Seven 529,000 (139,000 173,000 100,000 54,000 64,000)
15 Qi RPT ABC1 512,000 (156,000 131,000 82,000 60,000 83,000)
16 PERSON OF INTEREST -FRI RPT Nine 471,000 (M 282,000 A 106,000 P 82,000)
17 DEAL OR NO DEAL Seven 467,000 (127,000 124,000 93,000 44,000 79,000)
18 MOVIE: 27 DRESSES RPT Ten 427,000 (118,000 116,000 92,000 52,000 49,000)
19 7.30 ABC1 411,000 (136,000 103,000 57,000 62,000 53,000)
20 SUNRISE Seven 401,000 (101,000 110,000 91,000 49,000 49,000)
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Source: tvtonight.com.au

The combination of live NRL and one-day cricket helped Nine to a big win last night.
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries lost 130,000 viewers from last week's premiere but still did quite well in the timeslot.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Saturday, March 3
Audience share:
ABC1 14.4%
ABC2 3.1%
ABC3 0.6%
ABC News 24 0.9%
Seven 24.6%
7TWO 7.1%
7mate 3.8%
Nine 16.2%
GO! 5.2%
Gem 3.3%
Ten 9.7%
One 2.7%
Eleven 3.4%
SBSONE 4.1%
SBSTWO 1.0%

National top programs - overnight figures:
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,218,000 273,000 362,000 265,000 131,000 187,000
2 NEW TRICKS RPT ABC1 927,000 240,000 299,000 179,000 87,000 121,000
3 MOVIE: INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE RPT Seven 921,000 217,000 325,000 196,000 84,000 100,000
4 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 905,000 292,000 292,000 167,000 95,000 60,000
5 ABC NEWS-SAT ABC1 872,000 242,000 291,000 151,000 77,000 111,000
6 SPOOKS ABC1 685,000 176,000 207,000 141,000 69,000 93,000
7 AUSTRALIA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS Nine 630,000 167,000 201,000 130,000 59,000 73,000
8 TEN NEWS AT FIVE SAT Ten 516,000 165,000 137,000 79,000 44,000 90,000
9 V8 SUPERCARS ROUND 1: CLIPSAL 500 – DAY 2 Seven 510,000 129,000 138,000 113,000 93,000 37,000
10 MOVIE: TOTAL RECALL Seven 490,000 121,000 162,000 106,000 53,000 49,000
11 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SAT Seven 483,000 142,000 129,000 112,000 48,000 52,000
12 MOVIE: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY -RPT Nine 445,000 147,000 153,000 69,000 41,000 35,000
13 THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW Ten 421,000 123,000 106,000 104,000 37,000 50,000
14 V8 SUPERCARS ROUND 1: CLIPSAL 500 – WARM UP – DAY 2 Seven 348,000 96,000 95,000 77,000 58,000 22,000
15 MOVIE: ICE AGE RPT Ten 321,000 81,000 99,000 62,000 39,000 40,000
16 WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY Nine 318,000 102,000 96,000 80,000 22,000 16,000
17 AN IDIOT ABROAD - THE BUCKET LIST Ten 313,000 101,000 88,000 73,000 23,000 27,000
18 ICE AGE: A MAMMOTH CHRISTMAS RPT Ten 310,000 84,000 87,000 76,000 28,000 36,000
19 HEARTBEAT-SAT RPT 7TWO 294,000 61,000 70,000 64,000 45,000 53,000
20 NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE SATURDAY Nine 292,000 108,000 93,000 40,000 23,000 28,000
23 GETAWAY Nine 246,000 125,000 62,000 31,000 28,000
24 MOVIE: CROCODILE DUNDEE II -RPT Nine 244,000 97,000 96,000 51,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Excellent figures by Seven News and the repeat of the third Indiana Jones movie led to another victory by Seven. Weekend Sunrise also posted a huge total.
Replacing Jamie Oliver's 30 Minute Meals and Undercover Boss USA with another repeat of the animated movie Ice Age backfired for Ten: The Graham Norton Show and An Idiot Abroad both fell from last week, and the primary channel got less than 10% share as the result.

Ratings for the week ending March 3
Audience share:
Seven 25.3%
Nine 19.6%
Ten 13.2%
ABC1 11.7%
7TWO 4.6%
SBSONE 4.4%
GO! 4.0%
7mate 3.5%
Gem 3.4%
Eleven 3.2%
ABC2 2.6%
One 2.2%
ABC News 24 0.9%
SBSTWO 0.8%
ABC3 0.6%

National top 39 programs - revised overnight figures:
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE Seven 1,924,000 531,000 574,000 376,000 233,000 209,000
2 MY KITCHEN RULES-MON Seven 1,835,000 519,000 556,000 324,000 221,000 215,000
3 REVENGE Seven 1,806,000 529,000 500,000 346,000 203,000 227,000
4 MY KITCHEN RULES-WED Seven 1,796,000 490,000 564,000 328,000 198,000 215,000
5 MY KITCHEN RULES-THU Seven 1,683,000 449,000 517,000 338,000 196,000 183,000
6 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Seven 1,536,000 435,000 501,000 254,000 181,000 165,000
7 SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 1,512,000 358,000 486,000 303,000 165,000 200,000
8 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,406,000 319,000 399,000 285,000 151,000 251,000
9 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,404,000 464,000 470,000 213,000 137,000 120,000
10 THE BIG BANG THEORY Nine 1,348,000 368,000 455,000 275,000 116,000 135,000
11 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS INDIA GAME 10 SESSION 2 Nine 1,300,000 410,000 381,000 257,000 149,000 103,000
12 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,218,000 273,000 362,000 265,000 131,000 187,000
13 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,202,000 295,000 332,000 246,000 134,000 195,000
14 BORDER SECURITY Seven 1,150,000 312,000 343,000 194,000 122,000 178,000
15 NEW GIRL Ten 1,137,000 308,000 336,000 218,000 109,000 167,000
16 NINE NEWS Nine 1,098,000 341,000 354,000 226,000 84,000 93,000
17 THE FORCE Seven 1,095,000 299,000 281,000 196,000 117,000 201,000
18 MODERN FAMILY Ten 1,087,000 276,000 346,000 202,000 115,000 147,000
19 PLEASE MARRY MY BOY Seven 1,084,000 306,000 323,000 189,000 136,000 130,000
20 HOMELAND Ten 1,075,000 278,000 323,000 226,000 97,000 151,000
21 BONES Seven 1,069,000 296,000 299,000 218,000 123,000 134,000
22 THE BIG BANG THEORY -MON Nine 1,050,000 303,000 365,000 191,000 86,000 104,000
23 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,043,000 283,000 265,000 212,000 114,000 168,000
24 MIDSOMER MURDERS ABC1 1,017,000 242,000 367,000 169,000 115,000 124,000
25 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS INDIA GAME 10 SESSION 1 Nine 1,007,000 319,000 331,000 164,000 114,000 80,000
26 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 993,000 315,000 282,000 177,000 99,000 120,000
27 GRAND DESIGNS ABC1 991,000 260,000 340,000 166,000 92,000 134,000
28 ABC NEWS ABC1 975,000 282,000 318,000 134,000 111,000 129,000
29 HOME AND AWAY Seven 960,000 288,000 246,000 199,000 116,000 111,000
30 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 947,000 290,000 319,000 180,000 77,000 81,000
31 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - WEIGH-IN & ELIMINATION Ten 944,000 254,000 286,000 209,000 80,000 114,000
32 NCIS Ten 935,000 301,000 211,000 182,000 103,000 138,000
33 NEW TRICKS RPT ABC1 927,000 240,000 299,000 179,000 87,000 121,000
34 MOVIE: INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE Seven 921,000 217,000 325,000 196,000 84,000 100,000
35 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - CONTEST Ten 918,000 267,000 242,000 211,000 80,000 118,000
36 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 905,000 292,000 292,000 167,000 95,000 60,000
37 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA GAME 12 SESSION 2 Nine 905,000 261,000 350,000 84,000 114,000 97,000
38 ABC NEWS-SAT ABC1 872,000 242,000 291,000 151,000 77,000 111,000
39 MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES ABC1 868,000 214,000 293,000 152,000 101,000 109,000
(OzTAM mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Seven continued its early domination of the 2012 ratings season, claiming another week and also having the top 8 programs of the week.
Seven won key demos 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54, all 5 cities and every night of the week except Friday which fell to Nine. ABC bettered Ten on Saturday.

[Johnson]

It has been 13 days since the forum was last open and during that time, Seven simply continued its ratings domination, losing only one night during the period the forum was offline. My Kitchen Rules and Revenge continued to attract big audiences while Packed to the Rafters had a resurgence after a slow start. Nine and Ten put up some resistance but they were no match for Seven.
Here are the weekly ratings summary for the past two weeks. Starting tomorrow (March 19) I will post catch-up ratings from March 4 onwards.

Ratings for the week ending March 10
Audience share:
Seven 25.8%
Nine 20.7%
Ten 13.4%
ABC1 11.7%
7TWO 4.6%
SBSONE 4.4%
GO! 3.4%
7mate 3.3%
Eleven 3.1%
Gem 2.7%
ABC2 2.4%
One 2.2%
SBSTWO 0.9%
ABC News 24 0.8%
ABC3 0.6%

National top programs - revised overnight figures:
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 REVENGE Seven 1,960,000 569,000 568,000 392,000 213,000 218,000
2 MY KITCHEN RULES-MON Seven 1,840,000 473,000 555,000 367,000 215,000 228,000
3 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE Seven 1,828,000 519,000 540,000 325,000 205,000 238,000
4 MY KITCHEN RULES-THU Seven 1,799,000 519,000 550,000 310,000 189,000 230,000
5 MY KITCHEN RULES-WED Seven 1,722,000 514,000 486,000 318,000 193,000 210,000
6 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Seven 1,549,000 400,000 508,000 284,000 173,000 184,000
7 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,369,000 404,000 426,000 297,000 136,000 106,000
8 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA FIRST FINAL SESSION 2 Nine 1,333,000 429,000 398,000 238,000 150,000 118,000
9 THE BIG BANG THEORY Nine 1,315,000 396,000 410,000 266,000 96,000 147,000
10 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,303,000 372,000 345,000 264,000 132,000 190,000
11 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,208,000 313,000 316,000 252,000 127,000 199,000
12 BORDER SECURITY Seven 1,196,000 341,000 368,000 245,000 119,000 122,000
13 THE FORCE Seven 1,190,000 353,000 350,000 215,000 121,000 150,000
14 SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 1,177,000 343,000 332,000 259,000 115,000 127,000
15 NINE NEWS Nine 1,122,000 349,000 361,000 234,000 80,000 98,000
16 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,107,000 304,000 285,000 221,000 124,000 173,000
17 THE BIG BANG THEORY -MON Nine 1,090,000 357,000 332,000 211,000 76,000 114,000
18 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA THIRD FINAL SESSION 2 Nine 1,086,000 399,000 381,000 214,000 92,000
19 NEW GIRL Ten 1,074,000 345,000 302,000 227,000 115,000 85,000
20 MODERN FAMILY Ten 1,074,000 349,000 305,000 225,000 116,000 79,000
21 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,040,000 244,000 275,000 242,000 98,000 181,000
22 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA FIRST FINAL SESSION 1 Nine 1,019,000 298,000 295,000 224,000 99,000 104,000
23 PLEASE MARRY MY BOY Seven 1,017,000 282,000 283,000 176,000 146,000 129,000
24 MIDSOMER MURDERS ABC1 1,002,000 253,000 314,000 176,000 138,000 121,000
25 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 998,000 286,000 306,000 188,000 109,000 109,000
26 MOVIE: THE LION KING Seven 985,000 265,000 313,000 186,000 96,000 125,000
27 BONES Seven 984,000 318,000 254,000 195,000 114,000 102,000
28 NEW TRICKS RPT ABC1 984,000 317,000 276,000 179,000 94,000 118,000
29 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 951,000 280,000 309,000 199,000 69,000 94,000
30 HOME AND AWAY Seven 945,000 274,000 244,000 198,000 114,000 115,000
31 ABC NEWS ABC1 938,000 263,000 299,000 145,000 104,000 128,000
32 MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES ABC1 934,000 237,000 336,000 170,000 79,000 111,000
33 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Seven 920,000 264,000 276,000 172,000 106,000 103,000
34 HOMELAND Ten 914,000 288,000 270,000 174,000 83,000 99,000
35 NCIS Ten 891,000 276,000 244,000 160,000 85,000 126,000
(OzTAM mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Seven won key demos 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54 plus all 5 metro cities. It ranked first on every night of the week, except Sunday which fell to Nine, while ABC beat Ten on three nights: Monday, Friday and Saturday.

Ratings for the week ending March 17
Audience share:
Seven 26.1%
Nine 19.3%
Ten 13.5%
ABC1 11.6%
SBSONE 4.4%
7TWO 4.3%
GO! 3.5%
Eleven 3.4%
7mate 3.2%
One 2.9%
ABC2 2.8%
Gem 2.7%
ABC News 24 0.9%
SBSTWO 0.8%
ABC3 0.7%

National top programs - revised overnight figures:
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 MY KITCHEN RULES-MON Seven 1,922,000 538,000 611,000 332,000 219,000 222,000
2 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE Seven 1,849,000 506,000 554,000 346,000 213,000 230,000
3 REVENGE Seven 1,714,000 547,000 517,000 276,000 193,000 181,000
4 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Seven 1,710,000 448,000 576,000 295,000 199,000 193,000
5 MY KITCHEN RULES-WED Seven 1,692,000 449,000 547,000 304,000 199,000 193,000
6 MY KITCHEN RULES-THU Seven 1,646,000 435,000 496,000 317,000 196,000 202,000
7 MY KITCHEN RULES-SUN Seven 1,474,000 414,000 381,000 327,000 158,000 193,000
8 THE BIG BANG THEORY Nine 1,343,000 349,000 464,000 272,000 110,000 149,000
9 SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 1,271,000 328,000 332,000 316,000 118,000 177,000
10 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,246,000 301,000 298,000 304,000 122,000 220,000
11 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,209,000 291,000 320,000 249,000 145,000 206,000
12 THE GREAT BARRIER REEF Nine 1,172,000 431,000 303,000 247,000 85,000 106,000
13 60 MINUTES Nine 1,139,000 370,000 294,000 231,000 85,000 158,000
14 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,138,000 450,000 275,000 266,000 82,000 66,000
15 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,093,000 319,000 238,000 280,000 122,000 134,000
16 BONES Seven 1,087,000 347,000 282,000 233,000 114,000 111,000
17 THE GREAT MINT SWINDLE Nine 1,076,000 268,000 331,000 175,000 96,000 206,000
18 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 1,076,000 297,000 329,000 188,000 120,000 141,000
19 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,062,000 274,000 275,000 207,000 132,000 174,000
20 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,053,000 320,000 281,000 237,000 75,000 140,000
21 NINE NEWS Nine 1,044,000 313,000 333,000 237,000 85,000 76,000
22 THE BIG BANG THEORY -MON Nine 1,044,000 279,000 383,000 205,000 75,000 102,000
23 PLEASE MARRY MY BOY Seven 1,021,000 295,000 329,000 148,000 131,000 117,000
24 NCIS Ten 1,001,000 298,000 260,000 216,000 98,000 129,000
25 ABC NEWS ABC1 977,000 259,000 331,000 141,000 104,000 142,000
26 HOME AND AWAY Seven 959,000 274,000 254,000 193,000 117,000 120,000
27 MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES-EV ABC1 951,000 236,000 339,000 172,000 91,000 112,000
28 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - WEIGH-IN & ELIMINATION Ten 948,000 258,000 287,000 193,000 94,000 116,000
29 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 916,000 288,000 294,000 199,000 66,000 69,000
30 MODERN FAMILY Ten 871,000 290,000 237,000 165,000 69,000 111,000
31 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - CHALLENGE Ten 861,000 247,000 275,000 170,000 65,000 104,000
(OzTAM mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Seven had its second clean sweep of 2012, winning network shares, primary channels, multichannels, demos, every night and every city. It also had 9 of the top 10 rated shows of the week.
ABC beat TEN on Friday and Saturday and tied on Monday.

[Johnson]

Ratings for Sunday, March 4
Audience share:
Nine 25.2%
Seven 22.5%
Ten 13.8%
ABC1 13.2%
7TWO 3.5%
SBSONE 3.5%
7mate 3.2%
GO! 3.2%
Gem 3.2%
One 2.4%
Eleven 2.3%
ABC2 1.7%
SBSTWO 0.9%
ABC3 0.6%
ABC News 24 0.6%

National top programs:
Rank / Description / Channel / Five City Metro / Sydney / Melbourne / Brisbane / Adelaide / Perth
1 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,422,000 404,000 426,000 297,000 138,000 157,000
2 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,303,000 372,000 345,000 264,000 132,000 190,000
3 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA FIRST FINAL SESSION 2 Nine 1,285,000 414,000 391,000 235,000 143,000 102,000
4 BORDER SECURITY Seven 1,203,000 346,000 370,000 244,000 120,000 123,000
5 THE FORCE Seven 1,181,000 346,000 349,000 215,000 121,000 150,000
6 SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 1,175,000 342,000 331,000 259,000 115,000 127,000
7 MODERN FAMILY Ten 1,079,000 351,000 305,000 226,000 117,000 80,000
8 NEW GIRL Ten 1,075,000 346,000 302,000 227,000 114,000 86,000
9 MIDSOMER MURDERS ABC1 1,004,000 253,000 314,000 177,000 139,000 121,000
10 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA VS SRI LANKA FIRST FINAL SESSION 1 Nine 999,000 298,000 295,000 214,000 92,000 101,000
11 BONES Seven 980,000 318,000 253,000 194,000 114,000 101,000
12 HOMELAND Ten 901,000 283,000 267,000 171,000 82,000 98,000
13 CASTLE Seven 846,000 298,000 212,000 138,000 99,000 99,000
14 ABC NEWS UPDATE ABC1 825,000 238,000 268,000 126,000 106,000 87,000
15 ABC NEWS-SUN ABC1 776,000 222,000 260,000 108,000 86,000 101,000
16 GREAT EXPECTATIONS ABC1 770,000 207,000 277,000 136,000 76,000 74,000
17 YOUNG TALENT TIME Ten 655,000 187,000 210,000 154,000 62,000 43,000
18 CASTLE-EP.2 RPT Seven 543,000 181,000 128,000 91,000 66,000 77,000
19 TEN NEWS AT FIVE SUN Ten 463,000 158,000 122,000 88,000 44,000 51,000
20 NRL SUNDAY FOOTBALL: NZ WARRIORS VS MANLY Nine 440,000 241,000 56,000 119,000 10,000 13,000
CRICKET OVERRUN-6PM Gem 339,000 180,000 154,000 0 0 5,000
THE PROJECT Ten 323,000
MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES RPT ABC1 271,000
COMPASS ABC1 265,000
BECOMING HUMAN SBS ONE 244,000
ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY-SUN EP.2 RPT 7TWO 235,000 51,000 90,000 43,000 29,000 22,000
ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY-SUN 7TWO 235,000 55,000 96,000 35,000 29,000 20,000
35 FUKUSHIMA: IS NUCLEAR POWER SAFE? SBS ONE 233,000 95,000 56,000 34,000 20,000 28,000
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT EP2 GO! 226,000 59,000 98,000 27,000 24,000 19,000
FRANKLIN-PM ABC2 190,000 65,000 54,000 53,000 9,000 8,000
LAZYTOWN-AM ABC2 189,000 16,000 111,000 12,000 29,000 20,000
2 BROKE GIRLS RPT GO! 183,000 50,000 61,000 37,000 19,000 17,000
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT EP1 GO! 179,000 37,000 78,000 29,000 15,000 20,000
MOVIE: MAJOR PAYNE RPT 7mate 178,000 42,000 48,000 55,000 24,000 9,000
THE MIDDLE GO! 177,000 47,000 66,000 28,000 27,000 10,000
BERT AND ERNIE'S GREAT ADVENTURES-PM ABC2 176,000 52,000 58,000 43,000 15,000 8,000
PENELOPE-AM ABC2 175,000 20,000 105,000 7,000 26,000 17,000
BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-AM ABC2 174,000 19,000 100,000 7,000 27,000 20,000
TIMMY TIME-AM ABC2 172,000 22,000 76,000 24,000 22,000 28,000
ANGELINA BALLERINA-PM ABC2 171,000 56,000 58,000 38,000 8,000 11,000
BANANAS IN PYJAMAS-PM ABC2 170,000 63,000 71,000 18,000 14,000 5,000
GIGGLE AND HOOT-AM ABC2 170,000 23,000 73,000 22,000 23,000 29,000
ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY-SUN EP.3 RPT 7TWO 167,000 39,000 67,000 22,000 25,000 15,000
MIFFY AND FRIENDS-PM ABC2 165,000 50,000 70,000 19,000 19,000 6,000
MIKE THE KNIGHT-AM ABC2 164,000 24,000 62,000 19,000 28,000 31,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
Sources: tvtonight.com.au, Who We Are at Tribal Mind

Consolidated figures:
Rank / Description / Channel / Overnight Audience / Consolidated Audience / Audience Increase / Audience Increase %
1 HOMELAND Ten 914,000 1,130,000 215,000 23.5%
2 NEW GIRL Ten 1,074,000 1,227,000 154,000 14.3%
3 BONES Seven 984,000 1,135,000 150,000 15.2%
4 CASTLE Seven 848,000 997,000 149,000 17.6%
5 MIDSOMER MURDERS ABC1 1,002,000 1,143,000 141,000 14.1%
6 MODERN FAMILY Ten 1,074,000 1,205,000 132,000 12.3%
7 CASTLE-EP2 RPT Seven 531,000 631,000 100,000 18.8%
8 MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES ABC1 ABC1 269,000 363,000 94,000 34.9%
9 HOUSE Ten 314,000 394,000 80,000 25.5%
10 GREAT EXPECTATIONS ABC1 770,000 831,000 61,000 7.9%