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Airdate: Dream Build
This Sunday night following the return of Grand Designs Revisited, ABC premieres a new locally-produced property series, Dream Build. These 8 minute episodes are produced internally by ABC TV, and will...
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Seven takes first round in battle with TEN
This week is shaping up as a battle between Seven and TEN, and the first round goes to Seven. Seven Network was 32.6% to Nine 26.5%, TEN 22.5%, ABC 12.9% and SBS 5.5%. Seven News topped the night with...
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Howzat! bowls 2.1m. But Everybody Dance now beaten by SBS.
It was billed as the drama event of the year and on total people numbers, Howzat: Kerry Packer’s War surely delivered, with an outstanding 2.1m viewers last night. It is the highest-rated audience for...
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2.09m for Howzat finale, but TEN plummets.
The second and final instalment of Howzat: Kerry Packer’s War drew another big crowd of 2.09m viewers, just under the 2.1m it enjoyed last week. The cricket drama pulled a huge 770,000 in Melbourne and...
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Solid start for House Husbands
Nine’s Father’s Day launch of House Husbands has paid off with the drama attracting 1.37m viewers last night. While Nine ranked first in primary channels, Seven’s multichannels helped get them over the...
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Sunday Night hits 1.66m
Sunday Night powered to an impressive 1.66m viewers as the #1 show last night, again benefiting from being an alternative to lighter content. Encouragingly for Nine, House Husbands won its timeslot...
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Aussie-made leads the ratings
Australian-made television continues to dominate the ratings, with 19 of the top 20 shows last week being locally-produced progammes. Whilst there were 2 international formats in the mix, the only...
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60 Minutes investigation tops Sunday
60 Minutes led the ratings on Sunday with 1.65m viewers. Michael Usher told viewers his story on abuse at Boystown from 1971-2002 has resulted in a Queensland police investigation, Operation Lariat....
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Seven takes the week, but Nine News, ACA & Today win.
Last week saw another comfortable win by Seven in Total People, taking every night except for a tie with Nine on Thursday, and every city except Sydney which also went to Nine. Seven brands such as The...
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Airdate: Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home, Returning: Midsomer Murders
ABC1 has made further programming changes to its upcoming Sunday schedules. Restoration Home and Dream Build are out on Feb 10, replaced by Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home at 7:30pm. New Midsomer Murders...
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2013 ratings battle is underway
The first night of the 2013 ratings year has gone to Seven. Nine topped the night with Nine News (1.4m) but then it all went Seven’s way from 6:30pm. Seven’s network share was 34.0% then Nine 28.9%,...
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Doubts over Newton’s sincerity as Seven wins Sunday
The much publicised return of 60 Minutes last night may have won its timeslot last night, but everywhere else the night went Seven’s way in what proved to be a tight tussle. 60 Minutes extended out to...
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The Block on top but Seven wins Sunday
So far this year The Block: All Stars has had a lukewarm reception, smothered on most nights by Seven’s unstoppable My Kitchen Rules. Last night without such heated competition it finally rose to a...
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The Block on top
The Block: All Stars rose to its best figure so far this season as a room reveal was won by Phil & Amity. Nine’s show, which has been holding fast against the MKR tide on most weeknights, pulled...
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ABC facing local drama ratings battle
Sunday night’s three way local drama battle showed the kind of challenges that lay ahead for the ABC’s new drama The Time of Our Lives. The show was fourth in its timeslot at 747,000 viewers, won by...
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The Block scores a twist for Nine
Nine dominated last night from 6pm until 8:30pm when Seven then took the lead. The Block was the night’s top show, but cleverly Nine did not reveal full scores, requiring its contestants to score one...
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Nine triple hit takes out Sunday
Nine’s early evening line-up of Nine News, The Block and 60 Minutes was enough to help it win the night over Seven. Nine network won with a 31.5% share then Seven 30.1%, TEN 18.5%, ABC 14.0% and SBS...
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The Block still on top as Nine wins Sunday
The Block shows no sign of slowing down after topping Sunday night with 1.64m viewers. Nine again won its early evening timeslots until being overtaken by A Place to Call Home. Nine network share was...
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ABC3 sci fi series Resistance cancelled
It was announced with great fanfare, as a $14m kid’s sci-fi -the biggest series ABC3 had ever commissioned. The 26 episode series Resistance was to be filmed in South Australia as an...
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Two-way tussle for Sunday
Sunday was another two-way tussle between Nine and Seven, with each winning timeslots at various stages of the night. The Block and 60 Minutes topped the night giving them the advantage but Seven News...
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2.8m watch The Block: The Winner Announced
The Block finale has pulled Nine’s biggest audience of the year. Nine strategically divided its Block finale into not 2 but 3 titles, to ensure the highest-possible audience figures for the show. As a...
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X Factor tops Sunday but GEM gives Nine the win
Seven’s X Factor sang out another 1.55m viewers to top Sunday night viewing, but the Ashes (571,000 / 391,000) stumped up with another big share for GEM (9.8%) giving Nine a big lead over its rival at...
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Talent shows battle heats up. “That’s what karma looks like.”
The talent show battle got extra heated last night as The X Factor and Australia’s Got Talent went head to head for the second week in a row. Seven stayed in front with 1.38m viewers, up 70,000 on last...
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Dami Im gives X Factor knockout win on Sunday
Sunday night’s talent show battle delivered a decisive winner last night: The X Factor Live pulled an impressive 1.52m viewers up from 1.49m, slapping Australia’s Got Talent back to 1.18m viewers (down...
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MasterChef finale barely scrapes 1 million viewers
Just four years ago more than 3 million Australians watched as Julie Goodwin was named the inaugural MasterChef champion. Last night barely 1 million saw Emma Dean win the 2013 title. 1.05m watched The...
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Seven takes third night in a row
The third day of the ratings year was rather uneventful, with Seven’s cook-off still well ahead of the pack. TEN’s Winter Olympics coverage providing e a viewing alternative, shared between TEN and...
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Mad as Hell: Apr 2
Tonight on Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell look out for a Paper Giants-style drama on the making of Mr. Squiggle and its creator Norman Hetherington. In real inspiration was probably Doctor Who: An...
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Unions fear possible ABC job losses in South Australia
Fears of expected cuts to ABC are beginning to cross state lines with unions concerned South Australian production will be trimmed as part of wider cuts. The Advertiser reports the Community and Public...
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Adelaide unit behind Countdown special facing axe
On Sunday night ABC’s Countdown special drew a bumper audience of 965,000 viewers -but the team behind the show are now facing the axe amid speculation ABC will shutdown TV production in Adelaide for...
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Pyne pleads ABC South Australian case
South Australian frontbencher Christopher Pyne has pleaded with Tony Abbott to restore tiered funding to the ABC in a last ditch bid to avoid the ABC closing its Adelaide TV studios. In what will...
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Alisa & Lysandra to film reno special for Adelaide
Nine Adelaide has announced a locally-produced special Alisa & Lysandra to the Rescue, featuring former Block twins Alisa & Lysandra Fraser. They will renovate the three-bedroom home of a...
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ABC Adelaide turns 60
Today marks the 60th anniversary of ABC TV in Adelaide. ABS2 began broadcasting on 11th March 1960 from its studios in Collinswood. Tregenna, an adjacent 1913 two-storey mansion became the station’s...
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