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Waleed Aly not diverse enough for Gold Logie, says white lady journo

Lee Lin Chin and Waleed Aly have been nominated for Gold Logies, which is ridiculous because we need more diversity on TV, says The Daily Telegraph. Yeah, we don't really get it either.

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: battle of the home shows

Back to what has been “normal” in the 2016 ratings battle so far. MKR topped the night with 1.987 million national and 1.273 million metro viewers last night. Four Corners’s report on the Panama Papers and their Australian links did very well. Four Corners had a solid 1.276 million viewers and a seventh spot nationally and 902,000 […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: the beginning of the end for home improvement shows?

Well, Nine drew a line last night: 12 rating points under what Seven’s main channel’s share, but at least it finished in front of Ten and the ABC, but not by very much. But in Total People, Ten finished second and Nine was a close third in the metros. It was another night the network […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: MKR is untouchable

That’s it, the Nine Network is in desperate trouble. Its main channel finished third last night behind Seven and the ABC and just in front of Ten. The culprit was the appalling Reno Rumble. It was swamped by My Kitchen Rules (1.985 million national,1.327 million metro, 658,000 regional viewers). As a result Seven won all people […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: MKR another Masterchef clone

Every time MKR goes into the studio kitchen, it looks unconvincing and more like a clone of Masterchef and every other cooking competition (go watch SBS Food). The home restaurants are the heart and soul of the program. MKR had its lowest ratings of the season so far last night – 1.881 million national viewers […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: no love for Reno Rumble

First the good news for Nine: more people watched Reno Rumble last night than they did on Monday night. The national audience rose to 662,000 from 567,000. The metro audience rose to 453,000 from 395,000 and the regional audience rose to 208,000 from 172,000. A faint glimmer of light from outside the ratings bunker for […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: Reno Rumble a ratings flop

Did you see the return of Reno Rumble last night? It was on Nine at 7.30pm.  Not too many people noticed: just 395,000 viewers in the five metro markets  and a total of 567,000 nationally after 172,000 in the regions; a ratings disaster, a flopperoo. And there goes Nine’s ratings for the next couple of […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: on the downhill run to Easter

When Easter falls in April, its usually at the start or during school holidays and the end of the first rating period of the year. That usually sees leading programs rested, lots of repeats and sports. This year with Easter at the end of March that means official ratings continue, but at a modified pace. […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: Seven hands it over to nine

Nine’s night, not many people cared. Nine won the metros, but Seven won the regionals and not even the NRL game on WIN could get Nine home last night. The NRL game (North Queensland v Eastern Suburbs) averaged 678,000 national viewers on Nine and Gem. It averaged 223,000 on Fox Sports 1. The top five […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: Seven wins again

My Kitchen Rules meant it was another case of Seven rules in last night’s ratings battle. Ten started a family reunion program called Long Lost Family (and naturally the Ancestry website, that perennial advertiser during day time TV, was a big advertiser). It averaged 856,000 national and 564,000 metro viewers The ABC started Luke Warm […]