Historic Television Ratings

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This week in 1984 Ten was doing the unthinkable- airing a show outside of prime time that was outrating everything else on television. Perfect Match was scoring figures in the mid to high 30s and viewers were staying on for the shows that followed. The Los Angeles Olympics were on the horizon and Ten decides to rearrange the schedule and keep the show in the 5.30pm timeslot fearing they could lose their audience to copycat programming in the works at Seven and Nine

The Love Game from Seven with Mark Holden

Apparently Nine also had a dating show in the works to combat Perfect Match but I don’t think it ever saw the light of day?

The 84 Olympics still left a lot of Ten’s prime time intact IIRC. Daily live (or near live?) coverage was from midnight to 4.00pm, with a highlights package from 9.30pm to midnight.

I seem to recall the opening ceremony of the 84 Olympics gave Ten a 56 ratings or thereabouts on a Sunday morning