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Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: slide into summer

First Monday of summer and the only event worth noticing last night was Seven’s 6pm news winning Sydney and Melbourne for the first time on the same night for quite a while. Seven News won Sydney by just 4,000 viewers (258,000 to 254,000 for Nine News), and Melbourne by just 3,000 (335,000 to 332,000). It […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: reinventing the cricket

The Pink Ball Third Cricket Test won Nine last week with Friday night (a national audience of 1.081 million from the start to the finish) with the third (night session) averaging a solid 1.081 million across the seven and a bit hours. On Saturday Nine won with the seven hour average 1.316 million and the […]

Everybody was a loser last night.

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings

Everybody was a loser last night.

<em>The Verdict</em> limps on.

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings

The Verdict limps on.

The ABC's documentary on domestic violence was not the top-rating show, but it was excellent viewing and rated well.

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: X Factor cleans up

The ABC's documentary on domestic violence was not the top-rating show, but it was excellent viewing and rated well.

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: battle for reality

Nine claimed the night in the metros. Seven did well, but Nine was easily beaten in the regions as The X Factor blitzed The Block and pushed Seven to the top. On the face of it The Block did very well, as it did in Melbourne and Brisbane, which saw Nine win both markets. But […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: the slow march to summer

Last week of official ratings for 2015. Seven will claim it has won (Total People). Nine will claim it has won the major demos and Ten will claim it has had the biggest gains in audience numbers and ratings this year (but don’t mention 2014 or 2013, otherwise Ten won’t talk to you). All three […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: summer stupor

Summer is upon us. The first six programs in the metro most watched list night were news and current affairs broadcasts on Nine, Seven and the ABC from 6-7.30pm. The first non-news program was Nine’s RBT at nummber 7 — that tells us it was a boring night of TV, no matter where viewers went […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: slow reality

An easy win for Nine in metro areas last night thanks to The Block (1.282 million nationally), but Seven won the regionals just as comfortably. And that was the night. Nothing stunning or shocking — a FAQ night in late ratings. But (isn’t there always a “but”?) what would you get if you crossed BBQ […]

Rival SBS crime drama could sink indie doco two years in development

The producers of an independent film about murders of gay people in the 1980s have been crushed to discover SBS is airing a drama and doco covering the same ground.