Last night's TV ratings

Last night’s TV ratings

Glenn Dyer reports: The Winners Nine in a closeish night of competition. Nine News regained the Number One mantle nationally, thanks to a big win in Melbourne. Ten’s House (1.556 million) was number one with 1.556 million people, Nine News was second (1.459 million). A Current Affair (1.420 million) also beat Today Tonight (1.405 million) […]

Crikey

Aug 11, 2005

Glenn Dyer reports:

The Winners	Nine in a closeish night of competition. Nine News regained the Number One mantle nationally, thanks to a big win in Melbourne. Ten’s House (1.556 million) was number one with 1.556 million people, Nine News was second (1.459 million). A Current Affair (1.420 million) also beat Today Tonight (1.405 million) on Seven thanks to wins in Sydney and Melbourne in particular. Home and Away beat Temptation by just 2,000 or so viewers. Spick and Specs, sorry Spicks and Specks, nudged the million mark again (991,800)
The Losers	No real losers again, But Seven’s science show, Beyond Tomorrow seems to be fading with another lowish audience number of 1.180 million. That’s about 200,000-300,000 down on what it was getting when it started. McLeod’s Daughters wasn’t a loser at 1.324 million and hasn’t been hurt by the poor performance of its clone, The Alice.The ABC’s humour program We can be Heroes at 9 pm is not enticing viewers. The Glasshouse at 9.30 pm had a bigger audience, 876,600 versus 702,800. Nine’s Without a Trace was watched by 1.185 million, and could be a bit of a fader.
News & CA	Nine News and A Current Affair scored a rare win over Seven News and Today. However, Seven News still beat Nine News in Sydney by 39,000 or so viewers, but ACA beat TT. Not even the usual big wins in Perth could push Seven News and TT past Nine’s duo last night.
The Stats	Nine won 28.6% to Seven on 26.4%, Ten with 24.8% was third, the ABC had a 15.7% share and SBS was on 4.5%. Nine won everywhere bar Perth. In Brisbane, Ten was second and Seven was third. And Ten and Seven dead heated for second in Adelaide. Ten beat Nine in Perth into second place.
Glenn Dyer’s comments	A relieving win for Nine last night. They led the week by a point, 28.3% to Seven’s 27.3%. Seven will win tonight because of Lost and The Amazing Race, while Ten will dip into a hole. The third Test on the SBS will drain viewers from the Networks but Ten and the ABC will suffer the most, judging by what happened on the first day of the first and second tests.