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Glenn Dyer's TV ratings

Seven might have won overall and the main channels, but its newly recovered 6pm news performance suffered a relapse and it was back to the bad old days with Nine News firmly on top along the East Coast. Not even another metro win by The Chase Australia at 5.30pm with 597,000 over Nine’s Hot Seat, […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: back to non-sporting reality

No sport and back to normal and Seven got a shock. The two hours and more of live performance for The X Factor failed to click in metro audiences. It failed to crack a million metro viewers and was beaten by The Block on Nine: 1.021 million to 948,000. Nationally, The X Factor did better […]

The ABC is not helping people with mental illness. You know what would help people with mental illness? Actual healthcare.

Razer: sick to death of Mental As platitudes

The ABC is not helping people with mental illness. You know what would help people with mental illness? Actual healthcare.

Sport was the only game in town over the weekend

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: play ball

Sport was the only game in town over the weekend

Hate football? Well, there wasn't much for you last night.

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings

Hate football? Well, there wasn't much for you last night.

Australians are addicted to shows about food -- and SBS is cashing in.

Ad-hungry SBS plates up new food channel

Australians are addicted to shows about food -- and SBS is cashing in.

<em>Heroes Reborn</em>? More like <em>Heroes Stillborn</em>.

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings

Heroes Reborn? More like Heroes Stillborn.

Nine and Ten really need to boost their share of high-quality dramas to be competitive.

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings

Nine and Ten really need to boost their share of high-quality dramas to be competitive.

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings

The Brownlow Medal won it for Seven with big margins in the AFL markets of Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth — while Nine won the NRL markets of Sydney and Brisbane without the Dally M Awards (best in the NRL) which were on Foxtel and locked away from most NRL fans. Seven also was an easy […]

Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: disappointments all round

Staying power was needed last night for fans of The X Factor. The 150 minutes or more of the live performance eked out a solid audience, but in the metros The Block’s reveal episode had the better of Seven’s anchor program. Seven won all people and the main channels in metro and regional markets, Nine did […]