Channel Seven


Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven strongest on a weak night

Seven News was tops with 1.670 million viewers last night, with Today Tonight in second place with 1.628 million.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Big week of TV for Seven

Seven’s Miracle of The Hudson Plane Crash was a big prime time coup, helping Seven win the ratings battle this week, with Nine battling Ten for second place.

Seven has MasterChef rival on the boil

In a thoroughly predictable move, Seven is reportedly planning its own reality cooking show, following the success of Ten’s MasterChef. Will it tank as badly as the last time the network pulled this stunt with Make Me a Supermodel?

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven rates to the Rafters

Packed To The Rafters rated its socks off last night for Seven, who also had seven of the top 10 programs.

You Liar: never charged, but “suspected murderer” Sands loses defamation case

An extraordinary five year defamation case, involving a TV station, a radio network, a federal MP and a press photographer, ended yesterday when the court ruled in favour of the media organisations.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven’s takes a triple-header

Seven scored the top three places last night, with Seven News, Today Tonight and Home & Away.

TV networks reel as ad revenue slumps 12.6%

The damage done to the finances of the three TV networks is savage.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven dominates with Rafters and The Zoo

Seven has set up its win this week with a dominant night last night.

Bath to get Seven’s coveted 6pm gig?

Should the Seven Network be getting concerned about the damage being done to Mark Ferguson by his continuing association with THISafternoon on Nine?

Who’ll land Seven’s coveted 6pm news job?

Everyone in TVland is watching the Seven Network to see what it does to its 6pm Sydney newsreader’s job.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven dances into first place

Despite MasterChef’s big audience last night, Seven’s season premiere of Dancing With the Stars won the night and will win the week.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven storms back with Packed to the Rafters

The Ten Network’s revival got run over very quickly last night by the return of Packed To The Rafters on Seven.

Tips and rumours: Rich list in ATO’s sights

The Australian Taxation Office has decided to audit the books of Australians who have more than $30 million in personal wealth, says a Crikey tipster.

Seven loses it over Sunday Night

Seven has handed bragging rights to Nine about how another one has bitten the dust by shelving Sunday Night for three months to make way for Dancing With the Stars, says Glenn Dyer.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven goes soft

Another soft night for Seven, with everything but the News and Today Tonight leaving viewers underwhelmed.

Tips and rumours: ABC Shops sold to Dymocks

One tipster claims ABC Shops have been sold off to Dymocks, while another tells of cuts at local Sydney papers.

Aker won’t pull his head in, but his critics should

Say what you like about Jason Akermanis, Jason Akermanis will say what he likes about Jason Akermanis, writes Ralph Horowitz.

The networks’ latest lineup is all about fantasy

Doctors and a bit of fantasy dominate the programs picked up by Australia’s three commercial networks for later in the year and 2010.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Monday night AFL kicks goals for Seven

the Monday night AFL game between St Kilda and Collingwood was a ratings winner for Seven, while a Four Corners expose on the NRL saw strong returns for the ABC.

Will history repeat itself for Monday night AFL football?

Monday night football will make or break the AFL, especially with new clubs entering the fold.

ACMA finds Today Tonight breaches code of practise

Yesterday, the Australian Communications and Media Authority found channel Seven’s Today Tonight breached the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven wins on a poor night of TV

Another night of average to poor TV. Foreign Correspondent didn’t change itself to accommodate the situations in Thailand and Fiji: it was more of a magazine approach.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: And the night goes to … Seven

Seven won last night because on the whole, viewers preferred its repeats to the repeats and fresh material on Nine and Ten.

Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Mark Latham … the Budget … G20 … Therese Rein …

CRIKEY: In yesterday’s Crikey Mark Alridge was incorrectly attributed the byline of ‘South Australian Independent Legislative Councillor’ but he is not currently a member of parliament. The mistake was made in the subbing process. Mark Latham: Niall Clugston writes: Re. Yesterday’s editorial. What is it about Mark Latham that he brings out all this compulsive psychobabble? […]

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Easter, what a waste of time it is (well in TV land)

Easter, what a waste of time it is. A great early year holiday break, buns and eggs up to the eyeballs and beyond, fish, if you are of that way, BBQs, of course and lots of sport. But not much else, especially on TV and outside of sport.