The Who We Are update: The last weeks of the silly season

Wednesday May 9, 2007 04:08 PM

Who We Are

This week's forum is now a heritage item - worth studying but no longer current. For the latest on Australian attitudes and media trends, go to blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare.
To discuss why Love Actually is all around, and the other DVDs in most Australian homes, go to The Tribal Mind.

The ratings race, updated 10 am Monday
This was pay TV's account of itself for the week: "The American Idol Auditions in Los Angeles set a new record for the program with 173,000 viewers on FOX8 on Wednesday night. Midsomer Murders on UKTV was watched by 131,000 people, America's Next Top Model on FOX8 had 109,000 viewers and Law & Order: SVU on TV1 was watched by 95,000 people. Taggart on 13th Street was watched by 91,000 people, Come Dine With Me Australia on Lifestyle was seen by 91,000 viewers and As The Bell Rings on Disney Channel had 90,000 viewers. Hoarders on Bio had the best ever result for the program with 79,000 viewers, Saturday's First Edition on Sky News had 69,000 viewers and Toddlers and Tiaras premiered on Lifestyle You with 65,000 viewers.

"In sport, Sky Racing's Sky Raceday was seen by 74,000 people, Live: Football: A-League Newc v Sydney on FOX Sports was watched by 63,000 people and Live: Cricket: Ford Ranger Cup on FOX Sports was viewed by 54,000 people.

"Subscription TV channels accounted for 23.1% of all metropolitan viewing between 6am and midnight, 21.6% of all regional viewing and 57.5% of all viewing in subscription TV homes."

What viewers aged 16-39 watched, week ending January 30, 2010
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 8 NIGHT SESSION Seven 485,000 153,000 164,000 85,000 49,000 34,000
2 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 10 NIGHT SESSION Seven 410,000 141,000 136,000 73,000 36,000 24,000
3 ONE DAY CRICKET -AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN GAME 2 SESSION 2 Nine 344,000 89,000 96,000 87,000 30,000 41,000
4 THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS WED Ten 332,000 78,000 110,000 67,000 34,000 43,000
5 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 9 NIGHT SESSION Seven 331,000 99,000 116,000 59,000 33,000 24,000
6 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 329,000 87,000 112,000 69,000 28,000 35,000
7 INSIDE MAN RPT Ten 322,000 88,000 95,000 75,000 36,000 27,000
8 FUTURAMA WED RPT Ten 316,000 62,000 98,000 68,000 33,000 54,000

9 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 12 NIGHT SESSION Seven 315,000 104,000 93,000 76,000 21,000 20,000
10 ADULTS ONLY 20 TO 1 -RPT Nine 306,000 101,000 97,000 37,000 24,000 48,000
11 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 11 NIGHT SESSION Seven 306,000 102,000 85,000 67,000 34,000 18,000
12 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - WOMEN'S FINAL Seven 303,000 91,000 114,000 50,000 17,000 30,000
13 THE SIMPSONS WED Ten 288,000 70,000 106,000 46,000 20,000 46,000
14 THE CLEVELAND SHOW Ten 287,000 73,000 100,000 47,000 23,000 44,000
15 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE THURS Ten 268,000 64,000 79,000 70,000 23,000 33,000
16 THE BREAK-UP RPT Ten 266,000 78,000 59,000 58,000 28,000 43,000
17 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN - GAME 3 SESSION 2 Nine 266,000 71,000 80,000 55,000 32,000 28,000
18 HOME AND AWAY Seven 265,000 84,000 83,000 46,000 25,000 27,000
19 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 264,000 75,000 92,000 51,000 18,000 28,000
20 THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS Ten 263,000 68,000 90,000 47,000 30,000 28,000
21 ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN RPT Ten 260,000 63,000 85,000 55,000 30,000 28,000
22 THE SECRET MILLIONAIRE -RPT Nine 237,000 63,000 80,000 47,000 22,000 25,000
23 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE FRI Ten 236,000 66,000 53,000 59,000 21,000 37,000
24 NCIS RPT Ten 231,000 55,000 81,000 56,000 18,000 20,000
25 TWO AND A HALF MEN -MON Nine 230,000 58,000 62,000 48,000 25,000 37,000
26 ONE DAY CRICKET -AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN GAME 4 SESSION 2 Nine 229,000 68,000 61,000 49,000 18,000 33,000
27 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 229,000 35,000 72,000 58,000 35,000 30,000
28 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 228,000 72,000 68,000 44,000 22,000 22,000
29 COLD CASE -EP2 Nine 226,000 76,000 46,000 39,000 22,000 44,000
30 SEVEN NEWS Seven 226,000 68,000 60,000 49,000 25,000 24,000
(OzTAM mainland capitals)

The ratings race, updated 10 am Sunday
The "official" ratings year is about to start, and the stations are bringing back their hits and exposing their novelties. What's got you excited?

Personally, this column wants to see how Dr House survives the loony bin (Ten, late Sunday), whom Susan, Mike or Katherine is marrying (Seven, 8.30 Monday) and whether Issy or George or both are dead (Seven, 8.30 Tuesday). Couldn't care less about dancers (Ten, 7.30 Sunday), or fatties (Ten, 7.30 Monday) or masterchef-imitators (Seven, 7.30 Monday). No doubt your tastes are more discerning. Tell us about them.

What Australia watched, Saturday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,240,000 222,000 373,000 282,000 153,000 211,000
2 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - WOMEN'S FINAL Seven 1,128,000 309,000 422,000 205,000 83,000 109,000
3 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 950,000 277,000 332,000 160,000 103,000 78,000
4 ABC NEWS-SA ABC1 884,000 225,000 306,000 138,000 101,000 115,000
5 THE BILL ABC1 686,000 185,000 162,000 140,000 87,000 111,000
6 TAGGART ABC1 676,000 178,000 154,000 131,000 97,000 116,000
7 WIPEOUT Nine 669,000 154,000 202,000 134,000 94,000 85,000
8 TEN NEWS AT FIVE SAT Ten 651,000 147,000 206,000 130,000 62,000 107,000
9 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - WOMEN'S FINAL PREVIEW Seven 588,000 180,000 302,000 106,000
10 NANNY MCPHEE RPT Ten 586,000 134,000 150,000 133,000 84,000 85,000
14 DALZIEL AND PASCOE RPT ABC1 509,000 151,000 156,000 49,000 81,000 72,000
29 IRON CHEF SBS ONE 246,000 68,000 100,000 39,000 23,000 17,000
31 ROCKWIZ RPT SBS ONE 240,000 63,000 69,000 49,000 28,000 30,000
45 TRANSAMERICA RPT SBS ONE 136,000 38,000 46,000 24,000
56 HAMISH MACBETH ABC2 112,000 34,000 44,000 8,000 6,000 19,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)

What Australia watched, Friday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,461,000 364,000 470,000 261,000 160,000 207,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,328,000 331,000 460,000 244,000 126,000 167,000
3 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 12 NIGHT SESSION Seven 1,204,000 391,000 392,000 230,000 101,000 90,000
4 NINE NEWS Nine 1,129,000 300,000 340,000 250,000 131,000 108,000
5 MIDSOMER MURDERS RPT ABC1 1,047,000 253,000 339,000 184,000 120,000 151,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 963,000 239,000 328,000 165,000 116,000 114,000
7 ONE DAY CRICKET -AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN GAME 4 SESSION 2 Nine 872,000 230,000 271,000 173,000 88,000 110,000
11 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE FRI Ten 641,000 182,000 169,000 133,000 69,000 89,000
13 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 574,000 151,000 139,000 155,000 48,000 81,000
16 NEIGHBOURS Ten 508,000 136,000 140,000 105,000 66,000 61,000
17 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Ten 446,000 133,000 125,000 75,000 55,000 58,000
21 SUNRISE Seven 354,000 111,000 57,000 110,000 29,000 47,000
24 TRAWLERMEN SBS ONE 305,000 71,000 87,000 62,000 32,000 53,000
25 TODAY Nine 294,000 102,000 81,000 56,000 22,000 33,000
26 EROTIC TALES 1 RPT SBS ONE 257,000 85,000 70,000 48,000 24,000 30,000
29 EROTIC TALES 2 RPT SBS ONE 250,000 62,000 85,000 45,000 27,000 31,000
37 AIRLINE USA 7TWO 186,000 24,000 64,000 36,000 34,000 28,000
41 TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN OF EARTH ABC2 170,000 51,000 31,000 40,000 20,000 29,000
48 GHOST SHIP GO! 152,000 40,000 61,000 24,000 16,000 12,000
60 POIROT ABC1 129,000 20,000 45,000 26,000 17,000 20,000
66 THE BENNY HILL SHOW 7TWO 125,000 13,000 34,000 43,000 17,000 19,000

What Australia watched, Thursday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 11 NIGHT SESSION Seven 1,236,000 371,000 412,000 223,000 127,000 104,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,216,000 316,000 338,000 251,000 148,000 163,000
3 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,184,000 335,000 415,000 234,000 85,000 115,000
4 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,122,000 320,000 318,000 208,000 134,000 143,000
5 NINE NEWS Nine 1,094,000 337,000 334,000 228,000 101,000 94,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,004,000 275,000 298,000 198,000 138,000 96,000
7 ABC NEWS ABC1 995,000 290,000 320,000 165,000 82,000 138,000
8 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 975,000 257,000 370,000 185,000 68,000 96,000
9 ADULTS ONLY 20 TO 1 -RPT Nine 937,000 295,000 269,000 146,000 89,000 138,000
10 THE SECRET MILLIONAIRE -RPT Nine 817,000 224,000 262,000 150,000 79,000 101,000
11 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 795,000 223,000 201,000 166,000 94,000 112,000
12 CSI: NY Nine 780,000 217,000 211,000 139,000 107,000 106,000
15 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE THURS Ten 637,000 172,000 189,000 132,000 69,000 75,000
16 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 566,000 164,000 138,000 147,000 60,000 56,000
18 FRANCESCO'S MEDITERRANEAN VOYAGE ABC1 559,000 161,000 138,000 121,000 38,000 100,000
21 NEIGHBOURS Ten 503,000 155,000 123,000 92,000 83,000 50,000
22 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Ten 497,000 184,000 127,000 76,000 56,000 54,000
24 SEVEN AGES OF ROCK ABC1 462,000 120,000 143,000 76,000 50,000 72,000
29 SUNRISE Seven 318,000 77,000 47,000 108,000 38,000 48,000
30 GOURMET FARMER SBS ONE 316,000 98,000 114,000 59,000 12,000 32,000
31 OZ AND JAMES'S BIG WINE ADVENTURE SBS ONE 301,000 81,000 112,000 62,000 16,000 31,000
33 TODAY Nine 290,000 103,000 82,000 49,000 22,000 35,000
43 STARGATE ATLANTIS 7TWO 219,000 48,000 52,000 68,000 29,000 21,000
50 FIFTH GEAR 7TWO 169,000 29,000 63,000 39,000 16,000 22,000
59 SPICKS AND SPECKS ABC2 143,000 46,000 21,000 40,000 18,000 17,000
66 E.R. GO! 134,000 29,000 47,000 21,000 22,000 15,000
80 UFC WIRED ONE 115,000 11,000 36,000 35,000 19,000 14,000
100 GOSSIP GIRL GO! 90,000 16,000 33,000 19,000 8,000 14,000

What Australia watched, Wednesday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,443,000 392,000 394,000 269,000 175,000 213,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,361,000 363,000 374,000 284,000 155,000 186,000
3 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 10 NIGHT SESSION Seven 1,351,000 421,000 454,000 252,000 117,000 108,000
4 NINE NEWS Nine 1,135,000 320,000 343,000 249,000 111,000 112,000
5 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,104,000 357,000 313,000 184,000 136,000 114,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,060,000 305,000 356,000 225,000 74,000 100,000
7 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 980,000 270,000 309,000 211,000 71,000 118,000
8 ABC NEWS ABC1 954,000 257,000 276,000 179,000 103,000 139,000
9 COLD CASE -EP1 Nine 938,000 265,000 250,000 186,000 99,000 138,000
10 COLD CASE -EP2 Nine 907,000 244,000 272,000 150,000 105,000 137,000
11 SUPERSTARS OF DANCE Nine 797,000 227,000 217,000 181,000 62,000 110,000
13 THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS WED Ten 681,000 170,000 209,000 124,000 97,000 81,000
18 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 589,000 151,000 156,000 145,000 66,000 70,000
21 THE CLEVELAND SHOW Ten 523,000 118,000 187,000 74,000 67,000 77,000
22 NEIGHBOURS Ten 505,000 159,000 130,000 89,000 80,000 47,000
25 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Ten 444,000 156,000 118,000 66,000 52,000 53,000
29 SUNRISE Seven 366,000 98,000 62,000 99,000 45,000 63,000
32 TODAY Nine 315,000 113,000 82,000 63,000 17,000 41,000
38 REX IN ROME SBS ONE 243,000 74,000 60,000 33,000 27,000 48,000
41 INSPECTOR REX SBS ONE 225,000 74,000 65,000 26,000 22,000 38,000
54 NEW AMSTERDAM GO! 157,000 35,000 52,000 28,000 24,000 18,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)

What Australia watched, Tuesday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 NINE NEWS Nine 1,315,000 374,000 448,000 239,000 149,000 105,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,184,000 293,000 389,000 229,000 128,000 144,000
3 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,154,000 235,000 365,000 224,000 163,000 166,000
4 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 9 NIGHT SESSION Seven 1,152,000 325,000 411,000 215,000 107,000 94,000
5 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN - GAME 3 SESSION 2 Nine 1,088,000 260,000 339,000 224,000 138,000 128,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 838,000 232,000 266,000 157,000 105,000 77,000
7 NCIS RPT Ten 838,000 183,000 285,000 172,000 101,000 98,000
8 ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN - GAME 3 SESSION 1 Nine 823,000 220,000 246,000 151,000 92,000 114,000
14 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 513,000 135,000 132,000 158,000 52,000 35,000
15 WHY ANCIENT EGYPT FELL ABC1 512,000 152,000 115,000 107,000 68,000 70,000
17 NEIGHBOURS Ten 420,000 121,000 133,000 88,000 52,000 25,000
18 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Ten 386,000 108,000 126,000 74,000 48,000 31,000
19 BUSH SLAM ABC1 371,000 95,000 113,000 67,000 47,000 48,000
43 BIG LOVE SBS ONE 167,000 48,000 66,000 32,000 16,000 6,000
47 UGLY BETTY 7TWO 160,000 37,000 43,000 46,000 11,000 23,000
60 SEINFELD GO! 134,000 16,000 73,000 21,000 15,000 8,00020,000

What Australia watched, Monday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN'S TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 8 NIGHT SESSION Seven 1,631,000 487,000 566,000 309,000 145,000 123,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,440,000 362,000 423,000 294,000 163,000 197,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,395,000 334,000 439,000 264,000 150,000 207,000
4 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,054,000 273,000 315,000 180,000 139,000 147,000
5 NINE NEWS Nine 1,045,000 266,000 380,000 191,000 100,000 109,000
6 ABC NEWS ABC1 969,000 274,000 318,000 155,000 90,000 132,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 958,000 279,000 330,000 182,000 80,000 87,000
8 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 787,000 198,000 270,000 148,000 76,000 96,000
14 THE MIDDLE Nine 606,000 173,000 182,000 111,000 59,000 80,000
16 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 566,000 144,000 181,000 126,000 61,000 54,000
21 NEIGHBOURS Ten 452,000 140,000 126,000 69,000 74,000 42,000
23 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Ten 434,000 159,000 122,000 58,000 45,000 50,000
28 MYTHBUSTERS SBS ONE 359,000 68,000 100,000 81,000 46,000 65,000
40 HEARTBEAT 7TWO 224,000 57,000 72,000 42,000 22,000 30,000
44 MOTHER AND SON 7TWO 188,000 41,000 89,000 19,000 17,000 22,000
52 JUDGE JOHN DEED 7TWO 157,000 35,000 37,000 33,000 18,000 34,000
74 THE FIXER SBS ONE 115,000 28,000 38,000 15,000 14,000 75 DOCTOR WHO-LE ABC2 112,000 25,000 22,000 30,000 20,000 15,000
81 NIP/TUCK GO! 103,000 32,000 35,000 13,000 14,000 9,000
83 ENTOURAGE SBS ONE 101,000 22,000 40,000 15,000 11,000 13,000
89 FULL HOUSE 7TWO 92,000 32,000 31,000 16,000 7,000 6,000
94 DANTE'S COVE GO! 86,000 25,000 33,000 10,000 9,000 8,000
119 LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Ten 72,000 20,000 19,000 8,000 13,000 11,000

The ratings race, updated 10 am Monday
This was Pay TV's account of itself for the week: "The final of the domestic Twenty20 on FOX Sports set a new subscription TV viewership record for the game when 307,000 viewers watched Victoria beat South Australia in Live: Cricket: Twenty20 Big Bash. The match gave Victoria its fourth Twenty20 title in five years and generated STV audiences that were larger than the 2008 and 2009 T20 finals of 274,000 and 259,000 people respectively and close to the 358,000 peak audience achieved during the Australia/South Africa cricket tests of 2009.

"In entertainment programming, 128,000 people watched the Chicago episode of American Idol Auditions on FOX8 and Disney Channel's The Suite Life On Deck had its best result of the last 12 months when 126,000 people saw the program on Monday afternoon. Come Dine With Me Australia premiered on the Lifestyle Channel with 116,000 viewers, Midsomer Murders on UKTV had 112,000 viewers, iCarly on Nickelodeon was watched by 84,000 people and Law & Order: SVU on TV1 was seen by 77,000 people. Yes Man premiered on Movie One with 70,000 viewers, The Outlaw Josey Wales was seen by 58,000 on FOX Classics and Two and a Half Men was watched by 56,000 viewers on Arena.

"Subscription TV channels won the fourth week of 2010 with 23.7% of all metropolitan viewing between 6am and midnight, 22.8% of all regional viewing and 60.2% of all viewing in subscription TV homes."

What Australia watched, Sunday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,276,000 355,000 439,000 244,000 144,000 95,000
2 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,268,000 332,000 307,000 274,000 144,000 212,000
3 ONE DAY CRICKET -AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN GAME 2 SESSION 2 Nine 1,084,000 282,000 325,000 233,000 117,000 127,000
4 INSIDE MAN RPT Ten 891,000 235,000 278,000 165,000 114,000 99,000
5 ABC NEWS-SUN ABC1 878,000 259,000 286,000 145,000 67,000 121,000
6 ONE DAY CRICKET -AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN GAME 2 SESSION 1 Nine 863,000 247,000 234,000 177,000 96,000 110,000
7 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 7 NIGHT SESSION Seven 839,000 210,000 289,000 170,000 88,000 82,000
8 ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN RPT Ten 766,000 171,000 234,000 151,000 121,000 89,000
12 M-LUCKY MILES ABC1 519,000 145,000 140,000 92,000 65,000 77,000
16 WALLACE AND GROMIT'S CRACKING CONTRAPTIONS ABC1 437,000 113,000 118,000 79,000 42,000 86,000
33 WIPEOUT GO! 173,000 42,000 69,000 27,000 20,000 14,000
34 THE ROLLING STONES: TRUTH AND LIES RPT ABC1 160,000 47,000 43,000 33,000 19,000 18,000
40 GREY'S ANATOMY 7TWO 130,000 30,000 39,000 16,000 19,000 25,000
54 SEX AND THE CITY Ten 109,000 31,000 46,000 14,000 3,000 15,000
83 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM GO! 78,000 23,000 35,000 9,000 7,000 3,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)
What Australia watched, Saturday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,186,000 362,000 306,000 231,000 127,000 161,000
2 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 6 NIGHT SESSION Seven 982,000 279,000 362,000 174,000 89,000 79,000
3 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2010-PREVIEW Seven 946,000 279,000 302,000 178,000 91,000 96,000
4 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Nine 920,000 301,000 310,000 156,000 78,000 76,000
5 ABC NEWS-SA ABC1 776,000 201,000 233,000 122,000 89,000 132,000
6 THE BILL ABC1 762,000 219,000 170,000 150,000 97,000 126,000
7 TAGGART ABC1 717,000 196,000 206,000 102,000 103,000 111,000
11 WIPEOUT Nine 607,000 187,000 175,000 113,000 66,000 67,000
12 BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III RPT Ten 605,000 202,000 161,000 98,000 71,000 73,000
14 REBUS RPT ABC1 493,000 113,000 162,000 61,000 80,000 77,000
16 BED OF ROSES RPT ABC1 471,000 112,000 138,000 99,000 50,000 72,000
18 VAN HELSING RPT Ten 364,000 116,000 128,000 45,000 44,000 31,000
19 PAYCHECK -RPT Nine 347,000 97,000 89,000 64,000 47,000 50,000
21 STUART LITTLE 2 -RPT Nine 334,000 106,000 95,000 46,000 57,000 29,000
22 MYTHBUSTERS RPT SBS ONE 322,000 81,000 103,000 63,000 34,000 40,000
25 IRON CHEF SBS ONE 279,000 90,000 92,000 36,000 27,000 34,000
36 GREEN ACRES GO! 163,000 54,000 61,000 19,000 18,000 9,000
38 M-FLYING LEATHERNECKS ABC2 141,000 32,000 47,000 32,000 11,000 20,000
42 THE NANNY GO! 138,000 33,000 52,000 22,000 24,000 7,000
49 60 MINUTE MAKEOVER 7TWO 112,000 9,000 57,000 16,000 19,000 11,000
53 MICHAEL PALIN'S NEW EUROPE 7TWO 111,000 30,000 32,000 23,000 14,000 12,000

What Australia watched, Friday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 NINE NEWS Nine 1,298,000 377,000 446,000 240,000 122,000 113,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,158,000 273,000 347,000 230,000 126,000 182,000
3 ONE DAY CRICKET -AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN GAME 1 SESSION 2 Nine 1,103,000 294,000 304,000 252,000 144,000 108,000
4 MIDSOMER MURDERS RPT ABC1 1,047,000 303,000 288,000 187,000 128,000 141,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,029,000 262,000 270,000 189,000 146,000 163,000
6 ABC NEWS ABC1 806,000 205,000 263,000 135,000 99,000 105,000
7 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Ten 718,000 187,000 183,000 159,000 90,000 99,000
8 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 5 NIGHT SESSION Seven 627,000 174,000 201,000 121,000 74,000 56,000
11 LOVE ACTUALLY RPT Ten 560,000 179,000 162,000 91,000 66,000 62,000
18 MACBETH Nine 376,000 98,000 140,000 54,000 38,000 46,000
27 EROTIC TALES 2 RPT SBS ONE 239,000 82,000 54,000 48,000 30,000 26,000
33 EROTIC TALES 1 RPT SBS ONE 204,000 72,000 45,000 43,000 24,000 20,000
39 EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS -RPT Nine 176,000 54,000 72,000 26,000 10,000 14,000
96 BREAKING BAD ABC2 82,000 29,000 11,000 24,000 8,000 10,000

What Australia watched, Thursday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,300,000 335,000 392,000 249,000 158,000 166,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,232,000 306,000 365,000 251,000 146,000 165,000
3 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 4 NIGHT SESSION Seven 987,000 274,000 330,000 182,000 106,000 94,000
4 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 957,000 226,000 343,000 220,000 85,000 84,000
5 NINE NEWS Nine 956,000 243,000 316,000 216,000 93,000 87,000
6 ABC NEWS ABC1 818,000 225,000 219,000 149,000 93,000 132,000
7 THE SECRET MILLIONAIRE -RPT Nine 764,000 175,000 264,000 174,000 75,000 76,000
15 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 540,000 124,000 177,000 107,000 79,000 53,000
16 FRANCESCO'S MEDITERRANEAN VOYAGE ABC1 538,000 173,000 132,000 120,000 39,000 73,000
25 SEVEN AGES OF ROCK ABC1 378,000 117,000 117,000 57,000 34,000 54,000
35 OZ AND JAMES'S BIG WINE ADVENTURE SBS ONE 265,000 37,000 110,000 52,000 29,000 37,000
36 GOURMET FARMER SBS ONE 263,000 76,000 76,000 43,000 29,000 38,000
42 STARGATE ATLANTIS 7TWO 199,000 53,000 64,000 39,000 25,000 18,000
53 MOTHER AND SON 7TWO 156,000 19,000 57,000 33,000 23,000 23,000
56 FIFTH GEAR 7TWO 148,000 19,000 42,000 37,000 18,000 32,000
60 SPICKS AND SPECKS ABC2 141,000 41,000 44,000 22,000 13,000 21,000
75 THE IT CROWD ABC2 115,000 29,000 35,000 25,000 14,000 11,000
80 E.R. GO! 109,000 23,000 26,000 26,000 22,000 13,000
86 LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Ten 100,000 32,000 30,000 11,000 18,000 10,000
87 SEINFELD GO! 100,000 20,000 37,000 18,000 13,000 12,000
94 FULL HOUSE 7TWO 93,000 30,000 33,000 20,000 6,000 4,000
105 GOSSIP GIRL GO! 83,000 20,000 26,000 22,000 10,000 5,000
122 ALF 7TWO 71,000 14,000 22,000 20,000 13,000 2,000
135 CRAP RAP ABC2 64,000 13,000 21,000 10,000 10,000 9,000

What Australia watched, Wednesday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,134,000 268,000 312,000 234,000 134,000 185,000
2 NINE NEWS Nine 1,129,000 291,000 381,000 225,000 112,000 121,000
3 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,116,000 258,000 330,000 222,000 132,000 174,000
4 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,024,000 251,000 354,000 232,000 76,000 111,000
5 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 3 NIGHT SESSION Seven 1,004,000 280,000 334,000 188,000 115,000 87,000
6 ABC NEWS ABC1 892,000 295,000 251,000 139,000 78,000 129,000
7 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 874,000 199,000 295,000 196,000 62,000 121,000
8 THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS WED Ten 840,000 209,000 255,000 156,000 99,000 121,000
11 SUPERSTARS OF DANCE Nine 744,000 165,000 232,000 167,000 63,000 117,000
14 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 619,000 184,000 158,000 139,000 73,000 65,000
15 THE CLEVELAND SHOW Ten 601,000 164,000 189,000 103,000 55,000 90,000
17 THE SIMPSONS WED Ten 578,000 151,000 193,000 108,000 48,000 78,000
21 NEIGHBOURS Ten 426,000 126,000 106,000 78,000 70,000 46,000
22 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Ten 425,000 110,000 142,000 59,000 58,000 55,000
23 CALIFORNICATION WED Ten 394,000 96,000 144,000 80,000 32,000 43,000
45 CHANDON PICTURES ABC1 186,000 38,000 51,000 31,000 27,000 38,000
46 NEW AMSTERDAM GO! 182,000 32,000 72,000 31,000 28,000 19,000
63 I SURVIVED A JAPANESE GAME SHOW 7TWO 136,000 14,000 35,000 51,000 14,000 22,000
92 FRINGE GO! 97,000 14,000 34,000 21,000 16,000 11,000
134 FULL HOUSE 7TWO 67,000 11,000 25,000 20,000 7,000 3,000
174 ALF 7TWO 42,000 8,000 11,000 14,000 8,000 1,000
(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)

What Australia watched, Tuesday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,301,000 303,000 373,000 265,000 161,000 198,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,167,000 280,000 329,000 224,000 152,000 182,000
3 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,130,000 319,000 426,000 196,000 78,000 110,000
4 NINE NEWS Nine 1,064,000 287,000 368,000 210,000 98,000 101,000
5 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 1,020,000 254,000 398,000 169,000 76,000 124,000
6 NCIS RPT Ten 1,008,000 305,000 272,000 190,000 119,000 122,000
7 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 2 NIGHT SESSION Seven 970,000 273,000 332,000 164,000 116,000 84,000
8 SURVIVOR: SAMOA -EP2 Nine 897,000 262,000 253,000 172,000 103,000 107,000
9 SURVIVOR: SAMOA -EP1 Nine 895,000 273,000 255,000 154,000 104,000 109,000
10 ABC NEWS-EV ABC1 843,000 228,000 259,000 152,000 85,000 119,000
15 THE OFFICE TUES Ten 584,000 158,000 130,000 136,000 73,000 88,000
16 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 583,000 177,000 138,000 120,000 92,000 56,000
21 BUSH SLAM ABC1 431,000 123,000 131,000 78,000 41,000 58,000
23 SYRIANA Nine 398,000 94,000 138,000 63,000 52,000 51,000
25 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Ten 379,000 142,000 112,000 40,000 46,000 40,000
38 BIG LOVE SBS ONE 200,000 58,000 57,000 34,000 19,000 31,000
39 SICKO SBS ONE 195,000 71,000 64,000 26,000 16,000 18,000
53 UGLY BETTY 7TWO 151,000 39,000 56,000 22,000 12,000 22,000 61,000 69,000

What Australia watched, Monday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,370,000 292,000 393,000 268,000 180,000 237,000
2 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,234,000 269,000 370,000 230,000 160,000 205,000
3 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,220,000 352,000 419,000 247,000 86,000 116,000
4 NINE NEWS Nine 1,185,000 321,000 404,000 254,000 85,000 120,000
5 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT -EP2 Nine 1,057,000 312,000 377,000 161,000 82,000 125,000
6 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT -EP1 Nine 989,000 263,000 348,000 177,000 83,000 118,000
7 THE MENTALIST -RPT Nine 988,000 241,000 306,000 189,000 113,000 139,000
8 ABC NEWS ABC1 965,000 255,000 300,000 164,000 93,000 152,000
9 THE MIDDLE Nine 897,000 246,000 321,000 134,000 82,000 113,000
11 TENNIS: 2010 AUST OPEN - DAY 1 NIGHT SESSION Seven 791,000 218,000 299,000 135,000 86,000 53,000
14 TOP GEAR SBS ONE 714,000 203,000 188,000 148,000 75,000 100,000
15 SPEED RPT Ten 664,000 220,000 186,000 103,000 66,000 89,000
18 THE 7PM PROJECT Ten 633,000 180,000 188,000 111,000 91,000 62,000
20 MAN VS WILD SBS ONE 603,000 154,000 147,000 136,000 85,000 81,000
21 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Ten 537,000 170,000 179,000 58,000
24 DESTINATION: FIFA WORLD CUP SBS ONE 411,000 89,000 110,000 95,000 57,000 60,000
39 HEARTBEAT 7TWO 214,000 40,000 59,000 43,000 27,000 45,000
40 MOTHER AND SON 7TWO 198,000 33,000 69,000 38,000 20,000 38,000
68 THE WOTWOTS-AM ABC1 119,000 17,000 70,000 10,000 13,000 9,000
69 THE WOTWOTS-PM ABC2 119,000 35,000 41,000 4,000 15,000 23,000
The ratings race, updated 10 am Monday
The reason our chart today is graced by a pic of Jerry Seinfeld is that he was the creator of a show called The Marriage Ref, which apparently was previewed last night. Question for the forum: How does it look? Will it be the Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation of 2010?

What Australia watched, Sunday
Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 THE MARRIAGE REF: SNEAK PEEK Seven 1,226,000 319,000 351,000 269,000 120,000 167,000
2 COASTWATCH Seven 1,196,000 299,000 342,000 278,000 109,000 168,000
3 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,182,000 270,000 296,000 265,000 136,000 215,000
4 BORDER PATROL-SUN Seven 1,172,000 269,000 324,000 297,000 114,000 168,000
5 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,167,000 320,000 416,000 206,000 107,000 118,000
6 I DREAMED A DREAM - THE SUSAN BOYLE STORY Nine 1,131,000 295,000 381,000 229,000 100,000 125,000
7 BONES (R) Seven 1,043,000 266,000 273,000 249,000 127,000 129,000
8 MIGHTY SHIPS Seven 1,025,000 222,000 262,000 231,000 136,000 173,000
9 M-OYSTER FARMER ABC1 899,000 293,000 235,000 182,000 76,000 114,000
10 CASTLE Seven 829,000 211,000 248,000 159,000 103,000 108,000
11 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT Nine 758,000 170,000 251,000 174,000 84,000 79,000
12 THIRD TEST - AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN Nine 754,000 196,000 237,000 140,000 82,000 99,000
13 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Nine 732,000 167,000 235,000 175,000 91,000 65,000
14 ABC NEWS-SUN ABC1 710,000 192,000 211,000 153,000 59,000 95,000
15 HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK RPT Ten 701,000 194,000 230,000 113,000 82,000 82,000
16 MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED AND FABULOUS -RPT Nine 684,000 190,000 250,000 109,000 72,000 63,000
23 COLLATERAL RPT Ten 394,000 92,000 138,000 59,000 53,000 51,000
24 UNEXPLAINED SBS ONE 314,000 88,000 113,000 54,000 31,000 28,000
31 JOHNNY O'KEEFE: THE WILD ONE ABC1 206,000 72,000 48,000 45,000 21,000 19,000
80 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM GO! 94,000 44,000 34,000 2,000 7,000 7,000

David Dale 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 blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare.

COMMENTS

Without having seen 'The Marriage Ref' and detecting no desire to do so, TM, my only (intuitive) response to your question is: unlikely. Maybe it can be the 'My Kid's a Star' of 2010 instead? I thought we were getting the Sevenised (Seinfeldless and humourless) version?
I feel like I haven't seen any television for years. Over the hols I only really bothered withe occasional episode of 'The 7PM Project' and recently (joy!) ''The Colbert Report'. But I'm really really really looking forward to seeing 'Alf' and 'Full House' tonight (see the Olsen twins reach their target weight before outgrowing their diapers!). I'm wonder if these critically acclaimed gems of televisual genius have dated? Like a Hypercolour t-shirt is my guess. Note to 7TWO: 'Old' is not the same as 'Classic'. Just when you thought they'd scraped the barrel dry, they find muck underneath the other muck.
By the way, I read an interesting little book about Australia over the holidays. Can't remember what it's called but it's a fun read. Nine's promo spiel for the upcoming (it's at about epiglottal level as we speak) 'UnderBelly 3 - Murderers, Rapists, Prostitutes and Drug Dealers Get Sexier' is absolutely hilarious. Just you wait.

by darren on January 18, 2010 at 11:20 AM

Saw that new Underbelly promo. Snerk. Looks just as boobtastic as the last one. Won't be watching.

Ahhh Colin Firth, why dost thou forsake me with the last episode of Pride & Prejudice last night? Does this mean I have to dig my DVD out of the packing boxes?

by Bereft Skerrick on January 18, 2010 at 01:37 PM

Missed the promo on the marriage ref - saw endless ones on Underbelly - want to hit TV every time I see it (but I like my TV). Also caught a bit of the cricket - what is Jamie paying those commentators to promote the betting site? Disingenuous much!
Am seeing movies in cinemas this week in protest of the lack of TV choices (Its Complicated and Lovely Bones are on the schedule) - and I seem to be watching only the second digital channels when I do dive into actual programs once or so a week - ER and Ugly Betty.

by Cathy on January 18, 2010 at 04:10 PM

The promos on both Nine and Ten are driving me crazy. Will not watch Underbelly no matter how much Nine tries to convince me. And I feel like I have already seen The Biggest Loser on Ten with their sneak previews going on and on and on.
As for movies, I saw "Up in the Air" with Mr Clooney the other night. Good film and he is so lovely as were his leading ladies. I did love that film. The only other films I have seen this summer are "Avatar" and "Sherlock Holmes". Wanted to see Lovely Bones but it isn't on at my local cinema anymore. Have to wait for DVD. I was pleased for James Cameron winning Best Film & Director at Golden Globes. He deserved it. Avatar is amazing.

by em on January 19, 2010 at 07:24 AM

Spent an enjoyable evening last night watching the first 8 eps of season 4 of 30 Rock which a friend had downloaded.
Alec Baldwin was right to win a golden globe, ditto Glee and Mad Men. On the side of all wrong things who on earth could justify The Hangover as best musical or comedy????!!!! Speechless.

by Cathy on January 19, 2010 at 09:00 AM

So we say farewell to Top Gear from SBS. Nice little bitchy "up yours" at the end of the show, especially using Clarkson's quip about a big bag of money.
Didn't see the Golden Globes mentioned in The Guide so didn't watch them. Which channel?? Great win by Toni Collete though. Don't have to try & remember to record 30 Rock for the next 2 weeks now that the grunters of tennis is on Ch7.
TM does Ch7 get anything other than kudos for these 2 weeks of tennis seeing that it's non ratings time???

Tribal Mind replies: Fox8. Seven gets lots of advertising dollars, and lots of opportunities to promote its new shows.

by PJ453 on January 19, 2010 at 10:21 AM

I would have loved to have watched Ricky Gervais host the Golden Globes. Ch9 sent Richard Wilkins over to do the Red Carpet, but then that was it. No telecast of the Awards. I will console myself with Survivor tonight. This season has been just the best!
p.s. have spotted Love Actually on Ch10 schedule for later in the week. TM - on your advice I bought the DVD ages ago. The deleted scenes are so good. Such a shame they couldn't fit them in the movie.

Tribal MInd replies: Apart from the ridiculous gymnastics scenes, which stretch credulity too far.

by Jill on January 19, 2010 at 10:29 AM

"Tribal MInd replies: Apart from the ridiculous gymnastics scenes, which stretch credulity too far."

Oh yes, I had forgotton about that one.

by Jill on January 19, 2010 at 11:23 AM

Quoth Cathy: ...but I like my TV.
I so don't like my TV at the moment. Decided that natural colour is an optional extra last night. People with green skin. Hurrah for extended warranty, as this has been a complete turkey of a TV. (We're hoping that this time they give in and just give us a new TV. We've had major repairs once a year ever since we bought it.)
We ended up turning off the colour, so I got to be freed by truthiness in B&W. Yay for Colbert! Yay for remembering it's on *daily*! Is it making any impact in the ratings, Mr Dale?
I would have watched the Golden Globes last night had it been on FTA. I'm a sad sucker for an awards night.
And I, too, am thoroughly sick and tired of The Biggest Loser, and all I've seen is the promo. Repeatedly. YES! I KNOW IT'S ON! ALREADY!
Stayed up late reading "Vanity Fair". Excellent stuff.

by tqd on January 19, 2010 at 12:55 PM

i watched most of the Globes last night between the 830 and 1030 fox8 showings and i really liked it and ricky gervais, he is the best host i've seen, especially his joke at mel gibson's expense aka if nobody likes what he says he'll blame drunkeness
i think the hangover was by far the best comedy of the year and unlike darren i will be watching at least one ep of the marriage ref, i enjoyed the promo on 7two
my gripe is that i think jane lynch was robbed

by Jac on January 19, 2010 at 01:20 PM

Went to a friend's house to watch the Golden Globes. Was thrilled to see Toni Collette, Chloe Sevigny and Glee win. The swearing and abuse that was hurled towards the television when The Hangover won Best Picture Musical/Comedy could probably have been heard from space, it was so loud. For the life of me, I cannot begin to imagine how it beat Nine or Julia and Julia. Surprising that Sandra Bullock won - one theory going around is that it is similar to when Kim Basinger won the Oscar rewarding the average actress for an above average performance rather than rewarding an amazing performance. Her dress was unfortunately quite sheer - looked LOVELY in the photos, but when she was on stage, you could see her legs through the material not a good look.

by Beckala on January 19, 2010 at 01:49 PM

Rest easy people, I read somewhere earlier today that the fiend who stole Lara Bingle's $250,000 Aston Martin has been caught. I, for one, will be sleeping much better tonight...
Nothing to report on the TV front nor have I seen any movies. I am, however, off to Tamworth tomorrow for some music festival thingy. God help me, but I think we are going to see Guy Sebastion. My ears are beginning to bleed just thinking about it...

by Shoopie on January 19, 2010 at 03:33 PM

Channel Shirl is advertising House as "the show you once loved".

Shoopie: speaking of Idols, didya hear the one about Shrieky-Lee ending up in the wrong hotel in Bali and finding a naked couple having a romantic moment? She's blaming the wrong room key, I would suggest that the couple probably ordered a ladyboy for their romantic tryst, and the concierge got confused.

by Bereft Skerrick on January 19, 2010 at 08:17 PM

Shoopie, I share your relief that the Bogan-made-good-mobile was found and the thief punished without mercy. It was a few tense and worriesome days there during the holidays where I couldn't sleep, couldn't eat wondering where oh where can it be and how will Whathername cope??? But it all turned out okay in the end and the correct balance of the world re-established. The only thing now is for Mike Amour on assignment tracking down manufactured news in Haiti to find some dusty survivor, preferably a photogenic orphan, and ask them what THEY thought when they heard Lara Bingle's $250000 sportscar had been stolen? But first another non-story about Prince Willie....

by darren on January 20, 2010 at 05:53 AM

Is anybody else already really, really sick of the 'Prince William in Oz' coverage? While I was watching Ellen yesterday, channel 9 stopped the program mid interview to go to a breaking news story I thought it had been a terrorist attack or somebody important dying but no, it was because Prince William's plane had touched down. Then, the coverage oh, how fascinating. Camera pointed at the plane door while the reporter stated that when he arrived in New Zealand, he was wearing a suit. Then, she breatlessly stated that he was walking down the stairs, he's in a suit - oh wait, that's not him. It honestly went on for about 10 minutes, then every news break had the same images, and then following him around all afternoon - then channel 10 news had a ten minute story on him... Honestly, I don't know anyone who cares that he's even here. I have no issue with Prince William, but do we really need the breathless and gushing 24/7 coverage?
Big Love last night - that show is incredible. But I think, when I see it, that it's disappointing that Ginnifer Goodwin is ignored in the awards shows - she is fantastic too.

by Beckala on January 20, 2010 at 09:33 AM

Those are really bad ratings for Malcolm in the Middle at 6pm. TM, can you please tell us how Neighbours is doing this week between Malcolm and The 7pm Project?

Tribal Mind replies:From tomorrow.

by J Bar on January 20, 2010 at 11:30 AM

God, if I have to read/hear/see another story about Prince Willy I shall scream, or throw up, or something! I mean, really does anybody other than the most rampant monachist even care? Oh and the women's mags, who are no doubt salivating all over him?

As for TV, Survivor was good last night and I do like the Evil Russell. But noticed Nine is holding the final over for 2 weeks. Suppose that way they will be in the ratings period and can see if their new series of Villans/Heroes will have a chance of rating. I won't hold my breath for the 7.30 timeslot for that one. More like 10.30.

by em on January 20, 2010 at 12:43 PM

I was wondering how Alf and Full House are rating on 7TWO. Its good watching the old shows again.

Tribal Mind replies: In tomorrow's chart.

by Guy on January 20, 2010 at 10:32 PM

Has anyone here seen 'Breaking Bad'? I'm probably way behind the eight-ball here but by what I've read and the promos I'm looking forward to watching it tomorrow night.
And I can't get the promo jingle for SYTYCD outta my head. Driving me crazy.
And really liking 'The Colbert Report'.

by darren on January 21, 2010 at 05:57 AM

Darren Breaking Bad is a fantastic show and definitely worth watching. A bit uncomfortable to watch at times but very clever and a real gem of a show. I will be watching it again.

by vanessa on January 21, 2010 at 11:39 AM

Ten are in real trouble with Malcolm in the Middle and Neighbours recording some of the lowest evening ratings ever. Seems like 7TWO and Go! are having the biggest impact on Ten.

by J Bar on January 21, 2010 at 02:11 PM

J Bar - I also think that Channel 10's own decisions are impacting on them as well. Most people are already sick of Malcolm in the Middle due to 10's saturation use of it - 5 and 6 times a day on occasions. Also - Neighbours. One of the weakest finales ever leading into a really beige and boring first few weeks - to be honest, there has been a huge dip after the strong storylines during the middle of last year - bringing back the character of Lyn Scully pretty much signified the downfall, at least according to the opinioins of the few people I know who watch it. Meanwhile - who knew that many people would watch Full House?
Got to catch ER tonight - damn it's a good show! That, plus the Big Love viewing i've been doing has restored my faith in television once again!!
darren, like you I am intrigued by Breaking Bad - good article in the herald about it today too.

by Beckala on January 21, 2010 at 09:41 PM

Thanks vanessa re 'Breaking Bad'. I'm hoping it'll be a Friday night tradition like when I used to stay up and watch 'The West Wing' when the ABC showed the last few seasons. Ah, remember when they used to show television shows on the same night week after week?
I know the ratings season hasn't started up yet, but 2010 looks like being a dog of a year tellie-wise. For starters I just don't know if I can face 3 months of 'Biggest Loser' ads. Forget the actual episodes, the recaps and sneak-peeks and encore episode recaps are gonna do my head in. All that flab. So much cellulite. All that bloody inspirational music. Hayley Lewis (are hosts banned from having expression and inflection in their voices or just personality?). It's like having to sit through anti-smoking ads at the cinema. Repulsive. Luckily Colbert is on at the same time.

by darren on January 22, 2010 at 05:57 AM

The 3rd of the Seven Ages of Rock on Punk Rock only confirmed why I didn't like punk rock when it came out. But the interesting thing was that many of the participants are still alive & quite coherent. Francesco's attempt at Turkish Wrestling was a bit ordinary......all that oil & hands down pants!
Will be giving Breaking Bad a go tonight instead of watching numerous people get knocked off in Midsomer.

by PJ453 on January 22, 2010 at 06:11 AM

Never got around to see Breaking Bad when it was on Foxtel so will see it tonight. I always thought it sounded interesting.

Also I finally have GO! Foxtel has finally gotten it's act together and it is now available to us who don't live in the metro area. So it is great to be able to record things like ER. Still one of my favorite shows of all time and the best medical drama ever made.

And Darren, I agree. Those horrid sneak peaks at TBL are driving me mad. Everytime they come on now I reach for the remote. I will not watch the show as I feel like I have already seen it. Overweight people being tortured and humiliated is not my idea of entertainment. Plus those half naked weigh ins. Shudder!!

by em on January 22, 2010 at 08:11 AM

Hi again,
Could you possibly post the figures for TNA Xplosion (OneHD), UFC Wired (OneHD) & NWA On Fire (7Two)?
Don't worry, I don't plan on asking for these on a weekly basis. ;-) It's just that wrestling/MMA reporter Dave Meltzer mentioned in his latest news update that with NWA On Fire being on 7Two that it will probably become the highest rating wrestling show in Australia, which I doubt. I'm sure the wrestling shows on Fox8 will pull in stronger numbers.
Thanks

Tribal MInd replies:
90 UFC WIRED ONE 98,000 8,000 29,000 27,000 16,000 17,000
161 TNA XPLOSION ONE 48,000 12,000 13,000 8,000 7,000 7,000
269 NWA - ON FIRE 7TWO 17,000 5,000 4,000 5,000 1,000 1,000

by Gizmo on January 22, 2010 at 10:48 AM

Darn I missed 'I survived a Japanese Game Show' Must admit I'm whacked on tennis. Seems to be the only thing I'm watching. Saw the Golden Globes online, after searching endlessly for it, and Gervais should've been given more time as host. Quite a few of the speeches were flat though. But yay for the Glee win!

by Kym on January 22, 2010 at 08:48 PM

Breaking Bad is now on my must watch shows list for Fri, well done ABC2 for showing it. I suppose ofcourse that when it was shown first on Paytv it would have the spin that it was "a show that everybody with a tv would have seen it".

by PJ453 on January 23, 2010 at 07:35 AM

I'm actually beginning to wonder if there's some sort of in-joke over at Ten about 'Love Actually' and how many times a year they can repeat it. I'm sure it was on just before Christmas. I dare them to show it next Friday as well. I'd prefer to play along in some sort of inter-televisual gag than just assume they are shovelling crap. Even more astounding is that it's still being watched. I have hang-nails less familiar.
I also will be watching 'Breaking Bad' every Friday night. Interesting to see Bryan Cranston move on from playing a cartoonish Dad on 'Malcolm in the Middle' to a cartoonish Dad running a mobile crystal meth lab in his undies. Pretty good. And the setting in New Mexico is purdy. They have rocks for lawns. Best line: "F**k you. And your eyebrows!!"

by darren on January 23, 2010 at 10:33 AM

Going camping this weekend, and I don't think I'll be missing any of the delights that the networks have to offer. Will be without the wonders of a TV until Tuesday PM. Board games. Cards. Jigsaws. And catching up on d/l'ed Torchwood & Being Erica on the laptop (you can't expect me to go complete cold turkey!)

Tribal Mind asks: But will you be able to go online? I rely on you to enter the Australia Day limerick contest which I'm starting in the Who We Are section of this blog.

by Bereft Skerrick on January 23, 2010 at 11:55 AM

TM:Incredibly, They showed Love Actually AGAIN
Kezza:Incredibly, 560,000 watched Love Actually AGAIN
Mr TM, can you please keep telling us how badly or well Malcolm in the Middle and Neighbours will be doing over the next week. Am really interested how they fluctuate on different nights of the week.

by Kezza on January 23, 2010 at 12:36 PM

Couldn't Seven find any contestants for My Kitchen Rules that weren't anglo? Hardly representative of a diverse Australia in 2010. At least Masterchef had a more accurate representation of Australia today.

by Mirabella on January 23, 2010 at 02:24 PM

Yes, to those without Foxtel, season 3 of Breaking Bad is due to start in April on Showcase. You won't have long to go with Season 1 as that was the year of the writers strike so it's only 7 eps long.
But you can why Bryan Cranston has won two Emmys for this, even if he did beat Michael C Hall each time.

by Glory Days on January 25, 2010 at 07:23 AM

Breaking Bad, Good! Love, Acutally Bad. Great movie but really Ten, how many times must you show it. Everyone who likes it would have it on DVD by now.
I think Ten needs to go away and rethink it's programming. Quickly.

by em on January 25, 2010 at 07:35 AM

Last Midsomer Murders this Friday. Will be interesting to see if Silent Witness gets the same ratings.

Tribal Mind observes: It never has before. MS is comforting; SW isn't.

by Gary on January 25, 2010 at 12:04 PM

Its hard to see why, with what's on offer at the moment, SBS's Fixer doesn't attract more then 115K viewers as it is probably the best drama on FTA TV at the moment!
On the subject of SBS, there are some things they do better then any of the other networks, things like news and current affairs (since the ABC has given up any pretension to be anything other than just another junk news/sport presenter in a format which pretends we live on planet Australia/USA), sport, where they present the stuff you won't see elsewhere, like the Dakar rally, Cycling's Tour Down Under from Adelaide which once again was a terrific event with several stages shown live, much better then any alternative on air at the time and a real people's event if the number of spectators was any indication. This event would give considerably more bang for their buck to the SA Government in backing it then F1 or V8 Supercars which have no real audience participation for their "street circuits" and major real losses attributed to each event with pie in the sky attendances belied by what can be seen on the box with the near empty stands.
What I am really trying to say is that there is some good TV out there, even in these holiday times, but for some reason people/viewers seem to have forgotten how to use their remotes to do a bit of channel surfing to see what else is on.
Perhaps it's because the damned things are so complicated these days, and the education system being what it is, the controller of the remote has only been able to master one of the buttons on the thing, the on/off one, the others are to complicated to work out.

by Zjonn on January 26, 2010 at 11:25 AM

Hi Zjonn, I guess we should all move to Sensible-Land where TV Remote 101 is taught in Kindergarten, all TV remotes are interchangeable and have a "battery low" indicator. All "AA" batteries have the same voltage and all digital displays have a battery backup. You plonk your kid in front of the telly, hand over the remote and watch the channel surfing. iPhone101 is taught in Primary school, that's when you should start to worry, and not just about myopia or obesity.

by Les on January 26, 2010 at 02:56 PM

You know, I hate to winge.....
but some of Seven's coverage of the Aus Open is crap. I wonder do US Open matches only get fully broadcast if they star American players and if the match doesn't run past 6pm? The Andy Roddick V Cilic match yesterday was a cracker but they cut to the news and 'Today Tonight' just as it was getting exciting and then Roddick went on to lose, a bit of an upset, no? But we didn't get to see it because there were fatheads on haviana-shaped lilos to film and anti-immigration 'reports' to be had. Drives me nuts. If it was a pissweak match with Lley-Lley the news would have waited. As lovely as Chris Bath is, dare I call this kind of behaviour UnAustralian?
Oh, and congratulations to 'Sunrise' for giving air-time the other day to that fathead Lord Monckton and his fathead Climate-Change-Denier conspiracy theories and then opening the phone lines for the Sunrise Family to have their say. Next week: Gravity: Fact or Fiction?
And also: who came up with the caption "Jacked Off" in response to Ray Martin's call for the Union Jack being removed from the flag (on the news again)? As far as I know, being "Jacked Off" has an entirely different meaning, one not suitable for broadcast.
I think that's it for now.....

by darren on January 27, 2010 at 06:00 AM

Hey, TM, do you ever look at radio ratings? Listening to the Hottest 100 with my friends yesterday, we were pondering what the true listener demographic for Triple J is. While they claim to provide an alternative for the teens to 30s, I suspect most of them are listening to commercial radio and the real JJJ listeners are 25-45. Also, do you have any idea how the Hottest 100 rates?
(I should add, I'm 37 and my fellow Hottest 100 listeners yesterday were 31, 36 and 41. None of the youngsters at my office listened...)

Tribal Mind replies: Good questions. Unfortunately, the radio ratings are done on a monthly basis by the old fashioned and unreliable diary method, so they only give overall figures for time slots, rather than specific programs. The next time radio ratings come out, I'll discuss them in this forum.

by Wendell on January 27, 2010 at 08:26 AM

Darren could not agree with you more re the tennis coverage. My biggest gripe has been the poor commentary - especially during the men's matches. Todd Woodbridge and Tracey Austin have been far superior in the commentary on the ladies' matches. during the men's matches I find myself asking - will Roger Rashid say something that is not a cliche? Will he continue to contradict himself in a single sentence? Can Jim Courier be even more patronising in his comments and his post match interview? Have these commentators actually watched any of the TV shows they are flogging?
Over the weekend I was away and have access to satellite TV. This meant I was watching the tennis on Seven Central (Qld). I was very surprised that the tennis is broadcast at 7.30 at night QLD time (ie 8.30 Melbourne time). Why? Especially on the weekend, even if you allow for the news at 6pm surely they could show the tennis matches live in Queensland. At least Nine shows cricket live into each state.

by Louise on January 27, 2010 at 10:49 AM

Wendell, the Hottest 100 has become my routine on Orstraya Day too. I'm beyond 30 but I still think JJJ plays better music than any commercial. I imagine the audience must be quite huge considering over 1 million people went to the trouble of voting. If it was something like 'Aus Idol' you'd think that would translate to 4 or 5 million actually tuning in. Maybe.

by darren on January 27, 2010 at 11:27 AM

Hey TM - how is the "re-booted" Sunrise doing? Has it made any difference ratings wise?

Tribal Mind replies: Bit early to say, especially since yesterday was a public holiday (303,000 viewers). I'll give comparative figures vs Today from now on.

by pete on January 27, 2010 at 11:45 AM

Wendell, the links below will show you the volatility of JJJ's audience in the last survey (Sydney) and may explain the unexpected choices for Triple J's top 100. JJJ has lost a chunk of younger listeners which may have been picked up by Nova. Traditionally TV and Radio audiences change considerably during the Summer months for a variety of reasons. The "stars" go on holiday and people have more time to "dial-twiddle" and sample other stations. Talk stations go down and Music station go up. Strangely, when the holidays are over the majority of people go back to their old habits. It's the silly season.

http://au.nielsen.com/products/documents/SydneySurvey8-2009.pdf

http://www.commercialradio.com.au/files/uploaded/file/Survey%208%202009/Sydney%20Survey%208%202009%20Summary.pdf

by Les. on January 27, 2010 at 12:29 PM

Just looking at those figures for Neighbours. Looks to me like Malcolm is killing Neighbours. Ten needs to reinstate Simpsons fast. I know Neighbours figures have been down for years but these are plalin awful. Whereas H&A get double the viewers. Where did all the Neighbours viewers go? Have they all been on holidays or gone over to TT or ACA? I'm just curious. I wonder how long till Ten dumps it?

by em on January 27, 2010 at 02:20 PM

Where is my Waking the Dead?? Has been in the guides for the past 2 weeks and yet again it has been bumped for repeats of Cold Case (which are the US rip-off of WTD) At this rate it will not see light of day before being bumped out of the schedule again. Not the same since the lovely Claire Goose was knocked off, but still... Bugger

by ozinoz on January 27, 2010 at 03:30 PM

Nine did the cutoff as well yesterday with the cricket. If anything, it was MORE annoying as there was only 3 or 4 balls left in the innings..., but Bill made the announcement that "Sydney and Melbourne viewers will now leave us for their news".

by Tim on January 27, 2010 at 03:41 PM

Thanks for the links Les. Sure enough, the biggest demographics for JJJ are 25-39 (900,000 listeners) and 40-49 (700K) with only 600K aged 10-24. The stats are skewed by a few factors (older people listen to more radio generally, each demographic will not contain the same number of people) but I can certainly conclude that JJJ's audience is spread quite evenly from the teens to the late-40s. Interesting.
By the way, I'd like to say to those people who post on other blogs and websites complaining that the Hottest 100 didn't include any music they like/anything from the ARIA chart etc: "P155 off - if you're not a regular listener, the Hottest 100 is not meant for you. 2Day FM can do their own chart if they want, which I'll gladly ignore."

by Wendell on January 27, 2010 at 03:54 PM

Surely it must be a record - Waking the Dead was listed for 3 consecutive weeks on Wednesday nights but never screened and now is gone from next weeks schedule. Surely that beats Yasmin and the FAD's (Fat A** Dancers) to never screen an episode after advertising.
Muppets!!

by ozinoz on January 28, 2010 at 08:11 AM

What am I looking forward to? Not much. I'm not a committed fan of anything at the moment (except Doctor Who!), so I'm pretty meh about any returning shows. (And beyond meh for the endlessly flogged ones on Channel 10.) Not a single new show promo has snuck under my radar and made me sit up and take notice.
Maybe this will be the year I finally finish watching everything on the PVR. (Caught up with a Mad Men ep from May over the weekend.)
Okay, maybe I am a teensy bit excited about Mad Men returning. And Glee. Although I don't know when they'll be back.
I forgot about JJJ's Hottest 100 this year. I must be getting old.

by tqd on January 28, 2010 at 10:07 AM

What am I looking forward to on TV this year? Well, the return of Dr Who.Even though I have already seen the last of David Tennant's Doc I am still looking forward to seeing the new guy. Also can't wait to see the last season of Lost. Wondering if all questions will be finally answered as promised. We will see.
Also looking forward to House, but you can keep Greys and Despos, really not interested. May have a look at SYTYCD but won't be watching TBL or any Masterchef wannabes over on Seven. Will have a look at the new "V" on Nine but if they stuff it around and I like the show I will download. Not willing to put up with nonsense from Nine anymore. And am not happy about them having Top Gear. Stuff it around Nine, and I am gone!
Also hope to finally see the rest of season 14 & 15 of ER . I hear the final season is great and even George Clooney makes a return visit.
And as always will no doubt see a lot of ABC and SBS as they still tend to have the most interesting shows.
Hopefully, lots of happy viewing this year!

by em on January 28, 2010 at 10:46 AM

Looking forward to: 'The Insiders' and 'At the Movies' so my Sundays can be returned to the routine to which I have become accustomed. Sunday Arts will be missed. 'Hungry Beast'. 'Modern Family' on Ten (supposed to be good), 'Glee', 'MasterChef' (if they can regain whatever it was that made me watch last year and which wasn't in the celebrity version), the last 3/4 of the Federer versus Davedenko quarter final from yesterday where Roger Perfect was trailing by a set and things were just hotting up and then we went to the &*#** news. Gone forever.
Not looking forward to: Channel Nine, 'The Biggest Loser' (they should have viewer warnings on the ads), SYTYCD (except the auditions if there's not too much weeping), 'My Kitchen Rules' (the more they promo it the better it aint), anything with a number in the title or 'World's Greatest/fastest/best/funniest/biggest/most desperate',....

by darren on January 28, 2010 at 11:16 AM

tqd, not sure if you have Foxtel but season 3 of Mad Men is back in April. If no Foxtel, call SBS and demand season two now!!!

by Glory Days on January 28, 2010 at 12:14 PM

Am looking forward to, actually am foaming at the mouth waiting for Lost!
does anyone know the reasoning for putting it on 7two? won't the ratings just move to 7two from 7
And what exactly were the 'unexpected choices' in the Hot 100??
i loved the countdown Sia LaRue ArtvsScience Mumford & Sons Lily Allen Hilltop Hoods , songs played with their intented lyrics
To ER fans ET from Sea Patrol will be joining the show in a few episodes as a doctor, Aussie accented.

Tribal Mind replies: Lost will move to 7Two because it flopped on Seven, lapsing from 2 million viewers when it started to 200,000 last year. The ratings, such as they were, will probably move to 7Two, but Seven doesn't care, because 7Two, like GO, is a dumping ground for stuff the network can't be bothered with but is contractually committed to show.
Let us Lost fans pray that Seven keeps Lost in its timeslot until the end of this season, so we don't have to negotiate the ethical and technological difficulties of seeking it through the torrents.

by Jac on January 28, 2010 at 12:15 PM

Re TM's "Lost" sentiments... hear, hear.

by d@gp on January 28, 2010 at 06:56 PM

Can we have any more ratings for Neighbours please? There has been some speculation on other forums that 420,000 on Tuesday was the lowest ratings for the show...ever. Could it go any lower this year with so many more digital channels?

Tribal Mind replies: Did I forget to include Neighbours yesterday? Sorry. It's there today.

by Tassie Devil on January 29, 2010 at 09:22 AM

Today must be pleased with those ratings! Even though Sunrise is in front, Today is flogging them in Sydney and Melbourne. Not even Grant back on weather and a new set is going to save the sinking ship.

Shame about the figures for 7pm project - I like that show.

by Jill on January 29, 2010 at 10:48 AM

Looking forward to Season 2 of Being Human. And not much else. Even *gasp* the return of TBYG. Will watch the Doctor Who Tennant finale on FTA. All my energy at present is being put into packing/moving house and Master 5.5 being inflicted on Kindergarten.

by Bereft Skerrick on January 29, 2010 at 11:06 AM

I finally turned Sunrise on this morning when I got up (first week back at work - need to see what weather is like to wear "proper" teaching clothing). New set - meh - not sure why the big fuss, really not that spectacular that they needed the whole ad campaign and a week to reconstruct it. Fifi Box as entertainment reporter - meh, all she did was ask Nelson Aspen the same questions Mel and Kochie used to ask him. And for some reason they spent fifteen minutes talking about whether men should have to wear ties or not - dear god, it's enough to make me turn back to Today - I hate the robot that is Karl.
My morning commute has been RUINED with the loss of Merrick, Rosso and Kate Ritchie. Shrieky Lee is so so so self-absorbed and boring and keeps talking over the funny Merrick - just left me frustrated.
What i'm looking forward to - lots of things! I am one of the few looking forward to SYTYCD - but that's because in my younger days I had dreams of being a professional dancer til I stuffed my knee. Will tune in to Biggest Loser, but the 7:30pm timeslot instead of 7:00pm means I probably won't end up seeing a lot of it - which I think will play a big part in their inevitable downfall. Looking forward to Greys, Brothers and Sisters and Desperate Housewives, and The Good Wife on channel 10 looks like it has potential. What I will not touch with a ten foot pole - My Kitchen Rules - I just hate the big billboard signs around stating "Go NSW" - I couldn't give a crap if those people win or lose, and trying to turn it into a state vs state thing just means I instanly want to turn away. That show on Nine with the chk chk boom girl (The Heist? The Take? Something about scamming people) makes me want to throw things at the tv. I have had Neighbours on in the background while i've been working the last couple of nights and dear god it is getting worse and worse and worse.
There's probably a few more that i've missed, but I've got playground duty so I'll cut this one short! Happy Weekend TMers! And good luck to Master Skerrick...

by Beckala on January 29, 2010 at 12:25 PM

Lost flopped on 7 because it was riddled with 20 mins of ads interrupting the flow plus it was moved around & around .Watch it as a d/l or from DVD & its a different show.TM please be fair. We do not get preview dvds as do the reviewers etc without breaks.Please review shows as we see them.Also note our so called HD versions are inferior to the original USA release which spoils the image quality, detracting viewers in OZ.

by doug on January 29, 2010 at 12:50 PM

Have been watching The Wire on ABC2 - has been quite good. Would love them to get a couple more series. Nein just stuffed it completely. Disapointing that it finishes next week. Any ideas on the 7(2) program The Reaper. Certainly not one fo the best but also not the worst around. We have only seen 13 episodes of the 31 available. It has been yanked for 24.
On the subject of what to look forward to, am pleased Burn Notice is back - can never be too much Bruce "The Chin" Campbell on the box. House started to loose its way last year, just hope they have managed to fire up the GPS and get back on track. Weary with Lost, but plan to stick it out just to see what it is all about (my tip it is all a booze induced trip on the original flight and Jack wakes up just in time to land). have been enjoying The Fixer - Jody Latham is quite good, after his stint on Shameless (which I am looking forward to seeing back). Like Bereft Skerrick, enjoyed Being Human and look forward to season 2. Apart from that, just hope their are some decent UK crime drama on the horizon (seeing as we have been shafted with Waking the Dead)

by ozinoz on January 29, 2010 at 12:55 PM

Doug (12.50pm), dry your Lost-fan eyes. TM has always been a huge fan and promoter of Lost (I'm sure he's called it the best tv series ever). Read his post above again and you'll see he claims to be a fan. But we agreed a long time ago on this forum that the viewers disappeared first and that was why 7 stopped caring and started shuffling the show around and treating it like crap. Adverts can't be the reason the viewers left - they put up with them in every other show. The great unwashed just won't stick with a true serial for more than a season or two. They get bored and impatient. Also, lots of people got put off when they realised they had been tricked into watching sci-fi ("Yuk"), another issue we've discussed here.

Plus, even us fans have to admit that the show rather lost its way after season 3... Still, I'll stick it out for the final season, having come this far.

by Wendell on January 29, 2010 at 02:58 PM

Ozinoz, Wikipedia says that the ABC has purchased the rights to show all 5 seasons of the Wire (although there is no citation). Is that right TM?

by Wendell on January 29, 2010 at 03:01 PM

One of the better quotes this week came from the 7PM Project when, doing a story on Apple's new IPad, the show's real anchor, Carrie Bickmore, questioned the thinking behind the name of the thing as she couldn't get her thinking gear beyond the simple fact that she related it to women's sanitary pads. I doubt very much that she would be alone.
Funny year, this year, TV content wise, not one of the networks previewed new shows during the "non ratings" period. I must confess that I am looking forward to some of the old series returning with new shows.
As to Waking the Dead, I got sick of waiting on NINE to actually do something with it on 9 or 99, it hasn't happened so I procured the lot, something I prefer not to do but my patience has run out.

by Zjonn on January 29, 2010 at 03:08 PM

Glory Days, no Foxtel in our house. I just can't bring myself to pay for TV that seems to be filled with crapola. There's enough good stuff on FTA for me to feel overwhelmed as it is! There's a reason why I'm still watching Mad Men from May 2009 - I've had no time to catch up!
I do have to say I've found one series to get excited over - Kevin McCloud's architecture series starting this Tuesday on ABC1. Even saw the book in the bookshop today, nice and glossy.

by tqd on January 29, 2010 at 03:34 PM

Shock Horror! New Channel Shirl promo, which has a support group for jaded celebrities, is being seen as making fun of people with Mental Illness. Just ask the Daily Terror. Right next to the story about UFO clouds.
iPad. Never thought of it, but after listening to an ITable skit on the radio last night am surprised it was never thought of before. Or would that be considered demeaning to women?

by Bereft Skerrick on January 29, 2010 at 08:00 PM

What I'm looking forward to this year......mmmmm have to include MrsPJ.
House (MrsPJ) - I just hope they put him a straight jacket fill him full of meds & he quietly goes to sleep for a long long time.
Despos (MrsPJ) - Another show that does nothing for me.
Greys (MrsPJ) - They could all die as far as I'm concerned.
Bros & Sist (MrsPJ) - Each & every one of them should go & get some friends. They spend far too much time together.
All the others you mentioned TM won't be showing on our tv if I have anything to do with it.
I'm sure ABC & SBS will keep me going for the year. Like you tdq Kevin McLeod's Grand Tour next Tues will be a must watch. Fri will be Torchwood & Breaking Bad. If anything else raises my interest I will certainly advise.

by PJ453 on January 30, 2010 at 08:50 AM

Actually the official ratings race starts on Sunday Feb 7.

by Tony Scott on January 30, 2010 at 10:02 AM

every time the latest Grey's promo comes on with George and Izzie gravely ill, I invariably find myself yelling DIE IZZIE DIE!!!! at the screen. Yeah George can die to and the actor can disappear into mediocrity.

by Bereft Skerrick on January 31, 2010 at 10:46 AM

Several have commented above about the morning TV shows. IMO News Breakfast on ABC 2 is clear and away the best of the FTA shows. As if a new studio set makes a difference when you are broadcasting news. Sunrise and Today both need to put some work into their content.

by TGO on January 31, 2010 at 02:46 PM

According to Stephen Colbert, the name 'i-pad' narrowly won the day over 'Tampod'.

by darren on February 01, 2010 at 05:50 AM

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