Oscars night upset as cooking takes the win
It’s enough to make a programmer drop the ‘F-Bomb.’ Nine’s “Oscars night” proved to be another winner for Seven. My Kitchen Rules‘ team challenge, which dangerously resembled a typical MasterChef...
View ArticleReturning: Man vs Wild
Bear Grylls will be in Sydney this weekend to launch his Man Vs. Wild series for the Discovery Channel. For his newest series Grylls visited Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory and Murray Island in...
View ArticleBear Grylls in Sydney
It’s not quite the wilds of the South American jungles, but Bear Grylls is currently in Sydney. Fittingly, the Man vs Wild star landed by chopper on the rooftop of the Park Hyatt for a Press Conference...
View ArticleSeven wins Monday, but 7:30 starts nicely for ABC1
The first night for the new-look 7:30 may not have won its timeslot but it still did relatively good business for ABC1 pulling 805,000 viewers. Most reviews for the show under Leigh Sales and Chris...
View ArticleA lift for Monday
Monday’s ratings enjoyed some solid audiences, if slightly inflated due to the end of a long weekend in Melbourne. In the 6:30 battle between A Current Affair and Today Tonight, Nine won with 1.19m...
View ArticleMillion Dollar Drop debuts under the magic million
Eddie McGuire’s new game show couldn’t quite make it to the magic million mark last night, averaging 933,000 for its first episode. Million Dollar Drop‘s biggest audience was in McGuire’s home city of...
View ArticleKitchen Rules, but Million Dollar flops
Monday night held some bad news for Nine but even worse news for TEN, which slipped to fourth place behind the ABC in network shares. Once again, Seven continued to smile all the way to the ratings...
View ArticleSlow burn for Negus numbers
The first evening of 6:30 with George Negus has seen the show lift from 394,000 at 6pm last Monday to 452,000 last night. But did it steal viewers from Seven and Nine? Last Monday Today Tonight was...
View ArticleSeven rules Monday
Monday night delivered a big win to Seven with its reality line-up of My Kitchen Rules and the Conviction Kitchen finale. My Kitchen Rules topped the night on 1.51m viewers, miles in front of The...
View ArticleTEN wins first night of ratings for the year
At long last, TEN has won a night of 2011 TV ratings, thanks to its two reality shows MasterChef Australia and The Biggest Loser. The finale of The Biggest Loser, won by 25 year old Emma Duncan, was...
View ArticleCome Fly with Me soars on Nine -but not WIN
At last the Nine Network has a hit on its hands with UK comedy series Come Fly with Me. Last night the show pulled in 1.48m viewers, possibly fuelled by WIN / NBN pulling the “controversial” series...
View ArticleStrong start to The Block helps Nine win Monday
Finally some good news for Channel Nine. The first episode of The Block performed well, pulling 1.34m viewers across its 7-8pm timeslot last night. That’s up on the 1.04m that The Big Bang Theory...
View ArticleThe Block builds to 1.44m
More good news for Nine with The Block increasing on its premiere episode that aired last week. Last night the one hour episode pulled 1.44m viewers, up 102,000 on last week and its best audience so...
View ArticleNine wins Monday night
The Block‘s “room reveal” night delivered the numbers to Nine last night, pulling a solid 1.47m viewers for its one hour episode. The first room renovation was won by Jenna and Josh, but the show’s...
View ArticleMan vs Wild: sneak peek with Jake Gyllenhaal
The new season of Man vs Wild gets underway in the US soon and has been reported, it features actor Jake Gyllenhaal. In this preview clip he faces his moment of truth. Yikes. No Aussie airdate yet.
View ArticleMasterChef and The Block in reality tussle
TEN may not have won Monday night, but it sure had good news in the ratings results. MasterChef Australia topped the night with nearly 1.76m viewers while Can of Worms went up, not down, from its...
View ArticleMonday’s Reality makeover
Reality TV continues to dominate the viewing landscape with MasterChef Australia topping Monday once more with 1.65m viewers over The Block‘s 1.36m. Nine’s renovation show pulled less than the previous...
View ArticleMonday night Reality check
Two Reality shows are in a tussle for first place at the moment. On Sunday night it was The Block, on Monday it was MasterChef Australia. The cooking show pulled out 1.67m viewers in an...
View ArticleBear Grylls to lead local Mantracker?
ActiveTV (The Amazing Race Australia, Prank Patrol) will produce a local version of Canada’s outdoor reality series Mantracker featuring Bear Grylls. The Man vs Wild star will play an expert...
View ArticleBear Grylls denies hosting Mantracker
Cancel that news… Despite reports he would be fronting the Australian adaptation of Mantracker, Bear Grylls has said he is not. The news that he would appear in the adventure series with an indigenous...
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