# News Ratings Comparisons **URL:** \ **Category:** General Ratings Discussion\ **Created:** [January 2, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514 "2016-01-02T04:26:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/21 "2016-02-06T10:48:15Z")
Perhaps Seven thinks that having only 30 minutes of news at 6pm is an advantage and if they moved to 1hr the 6pm ratings would decline and that any improvement at 6.30pm would not make up for potential losses at 6pm. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/22 "2016-02-13T00:55:56Z")
###Week 7 - preliminary Week 1 of ratings for 2016 ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/959bc174314f80ee2ccb693e53e630e28f602bc9.png) Colours indicate change from previous week - green is increase or no change, red is a decrease. **Weeks won - Ratings** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/72a41901df5a251f08c56324318f8c33a5bd2e3d.png) **Weeks won - Year** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4904e956e2ccde58d50dbb1507913cc634b62713.png) ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/23 "2016-02-13T00:59:24Z")
I added a second “weeks won” table to just show the ratings period results, because that is what the networks will be talking about (Media Spiers too 🙂) A sea of red for the first week of ratings with all bulletins except Seven Adelaide down from the previous week across the hour. Seven news wins week one, so it looks like it could be a competitive year ahead. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/24 "2016-02-20T01:23:57Z")
###Week 8 - preliminary Week 2 of ratings for 2016 ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9b21369f17e8b751f46cb806e5f074142a078ed6.png) Colours indicate change from previous week - green is increase or no change, red is a decrease. **Weeks won - Ratings** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/66aa00353facae0a343c9c3d4d731ef0c6671723.png) **Weeks won - Year** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fce363e0e7670c4060b211085f14969d562a6cbf.png) ---
**Author:** ![Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/wade/32/12774_2.png) [@Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Wade)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/25 "2016-02-20T03:00:23Z")
Nine Adelaide’s audience I think has shrunk since this time last year ---
**Author:** ![SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sydneycitytv/32/66248_2.png) [@SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SydneyCityTV)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/26 "2016-02-20T03:02:22Z")
It’s probably The Chase Australia factor that’s working for Seven Adelaide! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/27 "2016-02-20T03:57:09Z")
There isn’t much of a difference - perhaps a couple or ratings boxes averaged across the week. Week 7 this year was slightly higher and week 8 slightly lower. Week 7 2015 73,000/79,000 Week 8 2015 73,000/77,000 ---
**Author:** ![Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/wade/32/12774_2.png) [@Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Wade)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/28 "2016-02-20T05:05:29Z")
Yeah not much of a difference ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/29 "2016-02-27T02:08:07Z")
###Week 9 - preliminary Week 3 of ratings for 2016 ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e6310ea0a3de7e736a662817d0f5d5c0ec084322.png) Colours indicate change from previous week - green is increase or no change, red is a decrease. **Weeks won - Ratings** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/da4eb92aa65bccd242d65ecc482e343b53132781.png) **Weeks won - Year** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f7c6f4edf22a1cb05a0201f6850011867e38dce8.png) ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/30 "2016-02-27T04:39:18Z")
With the AFL commencing back soon… we may see Seven News win a few weeks this year in Melbourne, hasn’t been this close for a few years. ---
**Author:** ![SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sydneycitytv/32/66248_2.png) [@SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SydneyCityTV)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/31 "2016-02-27T07:40:52Z")
Probably, although I suspect that Seven will be subjected to six months of Sunday night smashings (and probably decent wins during the week as well) by Nine in Sydney & Brisbane due to their NRL lead-in in those markets! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/32 "2016-03-05T05:39:17Z")
###Week 10 - FINAL Week 4 of ratings for 2016 ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/be60336ed5fa505dbde6cce0e0bbb8980cd60188.png) Colours indicate change from previous week - green is increase or no change, red is a decrease. **Weeks won - Ratings** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c18a268461cc6962dbede3cd73f1a0a2ff56da1e.png) **Weeks won - Year** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/025a292d8b48b6917b3f0ba3a8cfc253b8c13c2e.png) ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/33 "2016-03-12T01:10:21Z")
A lot more green colour this week after last week’s sea of red!! ###Week 11 - Preliminary Week 5 of ratings for 2016 ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/69e8b3e7f46f7be73d8ea300a39c2c5174ecb64a.png) Colours indicate change from previous week - green is increase or no change, red is a decrease. **Weeks won - Ratings** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/153255ae7acaed9e20c7f8155f8eecea74c58e24.png) **Weeks won - Year** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5521298e10d18f0c58bd67a49b28d8c76a97dda8.png) ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/34 "2016-03-19T02:22:56Z")
###Week 12 - Preliminary Week 6 of ratings for 2016 ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/56e10e4a0f3d7c04d624b42a37af4f5c7eaff5eb.png) Colours indicate change from previous week - green is increase or no change, red is a decrease. **Weeks won - Ratings** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f897e337d8ddadf19144e927f0d6029550ef636f.png) **Weeks won - Year** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2780a17a7c457a6380883090409a1b1204256eac.png) ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/35 "2016-03-20T06:08:56Z")
Percentage change in ratings from 2015-2016 for the first 6 weeks of this survey. Green is an increase, red a decease. Some very significant changes to be seen. Overall, some very large changes. Good result for Seven in Sydney and for Nine in Adelaide. ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/354f22697bb65d1566761b320c7c899601cfe59b.png) ---
**Author:** ![WATV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@WATV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/WATV)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/36 "2016-03-20T10:38:19Z")
9 Perth getting back to the old days constantly 4th Tim Gossage ten Perth as been twittering all week about ten news at 5.00 being the new number 2 Pity Tim’s breakfast show didn’t go the same way ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/37 "2016-03-20T10:47:05Z")
Yes Ten News has beaten Nine in Perth every week for the last 9 weeks. The number 2 would be the number two commercial bulletin - Ten has only had the occasional nightly win over ABC News. ---
**Author:** ![SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sydneycitytv/32/66248_2.png) [@SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SydneyCityTV)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/38 "2016-03-20T10:50:15Z")
I thought that Ten’s Perth News bulletin has rated higher than the national average for years. Similar deal with the ABC in that city. While I suppose that having The Chase Australia as a lead-in program might’ve been helping Seven’s ratings in recent times, I think it’s the longheld perception amongst viewers over in the West that Seven is heavily local while Nine is very East Coast-centric that pushes the numbers in Seven’s favour. And of course, the Perth TV institutions that are Rick and Sue. For as long as those two are still reading Seven News Perth on weeknights, I’m sure Seven will continue to smash the opposition in the ratings at 6pm in Perth. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/39 "2016-03-20T11:59:14Z")
I found a mistake in one of the equations for the original table - so the one you can see above now is updated - though the results aren’t changed very much with pretty big changes in all markets. FYI These are the 6 week averages for 2016 ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/61b762bbee4f96bc7f6f5bdbc13f14685daf1571.png) ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514/40 "2016-03-26T04:33:35Z")
###Week 13 - Preliminary Week 1 of Easter non-ratings ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fd7d7aa943c235bc20ea0c82b1e372450aaa4e59.png) Colours indicate change from previous week - green is increase or no change, red is a decrease. **Weeks won - Ratings** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f897e337d8ddadf19144e927f0d6029550ef636f.png) **Weeks won - Year** ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c32d98a765c73973c70ddb5ce520d00b298defae.png) [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-ratings-comparisons/514.md?page=3)