Thanks - fixed.
Week 21 2021 - Preliminary
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 21 2020
5 cities: This week’s numbers notable for most bulletins losing audience week-on-week. Seven was down an average of 13,000 while Nine lost 34,000 with drops in all markets.
Sydney: Seven Sydney went against the trend improving 16,000 from week 20 while Nine lost 10,000. Nine still claimed a victory, winning every night.
Melbourne: Seven narrowly won two nights in Melbourne by 1,000 while Nine won two nights by just 2,000. Thursday was the decider with Nine posting a 28k win to deliver the week.
Brisbane: Seven managed a tie on Tuesday but was easily beaten on the other nights recording its lowest audiences since early March.
Adelaide: Slight up tick for Seven and down tick for Nine with the daily score 3 to Seven and 2 to Nine. Friday’s 28k win for Seven secured the week.
Perth: With Seven winning two nights by +100,000, it was another easy win in Perth. Nine’s Friday bulletin was its lowest rated for 2021.
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It will be interesting to see if Seven bring in Mark Ferguson to read the Sydney bulletin tonight in an attempt to boost numbers.
Nine’s technical problems on Monday seem to have had a bad effect on the ratings for them, according to my calculations, here’s the Sydney bulletin averages from Monday to Thursday this week.
6pm
Seven - 255.75k
Nine - 259k
6:30pm
Seven - 252.5k
Nine - 243.5k
Looks like it will go down to the wire.
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Week 22 2021 - Preliminary
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 22 2020
5 cities: Mostly green this week as particularly Melbourne posted some big increases. Seven Perth was down 6k while the other two red marks saw falls less than 1,000.
Sydney: After a good start to the week thanks to Nine’s Monday technical problems, Seven couldn’t’ follow through and lost Wednesday to Friday and was only up 2,000 on the previous week while Nine was down 800.
Melbourne: The Victorian lockdown saw both bulletins record their highest ratings of the year across the hour. Nine won the 6pm portion with Seven winning 6.30 and the full hour. Seven was up an average 55,000 each night and Nine was up 40,000 on average.
Brisbane: Seven had a narrow win on Monday and a big win on Friday at 6pm but was well behind Nine Tuesday to Thursday. Seven’s audience was 18k higher than in week 21 and Nine’s was 9k higher. It was Seven’s highest audience in survey this year.
Adelaide: It was a clean sweep with Seven winning every night in Adelaide and improving its lead over Nine by 8,000 from the previous week,
Perth: Friday night AFL as competition dragged down Seven’s numbers but it was otherwise another easy win.
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They seem to be doing better better on Fridays than any other day the last few weeks… odd.
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Week 23 2021 - Preliminary
Nine News wins its first week of the ratings period at 6pm
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 23 2020
5 cities: Nine News wins its first week of the 2021 ratings period last week at 6pm. It is Nine’s first win at 6pm since 2015 (when Seven News was a 30 min program). Nine won three nights at 6pm and was up 54,000 from week 22 while Seven dropped 13,000.
Sydney: Comprehensive win to Nine - all nights, both at 6pm and 6.30pm and up 26k from the previous week with Seven down 5k.
Melbourne: Nine won every night at 6pm and four at 6.30pm in Melbourne as well recording its highest audience of the year by a long way. Nine’s audience grew by 38,000 while Seven’s was down 4,000. Both bulletins rated higher than week 23 of 2020.
Brisbane: Nine won at 6pm on all days and 6.30 on four with Seven winning on Monday night in the second half hour. Both bulletins were down slightly from week 22.
Adelaide: The status quo in Adelaide; while Nine continues to outrate its 2020 position, Seven won all days last week.
Perth: Seven edged slightly further ahead of Nine in Perth last week. The Nine bulletin is currently performing the worst compared to last years of any bulletin.
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Excellent win by Nine News in Melbourne, as a big week in news (lockdown) continued, this follows a good week last week for Seven - even though both networks had good raw ratings.
But for HSV-7 the station, the AFL etc should easily claw-back the lost shares at 6pm.
I think the “2021 ratings” and “2021” headings are the wrong way around…
As are “weeks won 2021” and “week 23 2020”.
Week 24 2021 - Preliminary
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 24 2020
5 cities: Both bulletins were up from last week, perhaps surprisingly mainly thanks to Sydney given the news week in Melbourne. Seven got the biggest lift, up 28,000 with Nine up an average of 3,000.
Sydney: Another clean sweep for Nine with big winning margins on most night. Nine’s bulletin 4% rated higher than it did in week 23 of 2020, up 11k from last week.
Melbourne: Seven notched up another Melbourne win, thanks to performing better at 6.30 pm than Nine again and improving significantly at 6pm - Nine has won 14 weeks at 6pm but only 8 at 6.30. Both bulletins did better than the same week last year.
Brisbane: Nine won all nights this week and was up 8,000 week-on-week. Seven dropped 11k. Worth noting that Seven has the most popular bulletin on Sunday and Saturday in the market.
Adelaide: Seven is starting to pull away from Nine, making gains in the previous five weeks, this week up 4,000 while Nine slipped 4,000.
Perth: The usual result in Perth with Seven doing slightly better than it usual dominance.
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The transition from Kay to Katrina on weekends has gone so smoothly.
One wonders how much longer Seven will persist with Sharyn and Max.
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If Seven can improve its content at 6pm it will be able to win more weeks in Melbourne. The lead-in from The Chase will also be important.
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Week 25 2021 - Preliminary
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 25 2020
5 cities: Almost at the half-way mark for the year, and it was not a good week for Nine with losses along the east coast combining to see the average this week down 71,000 while Seven was up 19,000 - a big turn around. This week also saw several bulletins posting similar numbers to week 25 in 2020.
Sydney: Seven recorded its highest news ratings since August 2020 and won two nights. Nine still managed a win despite an average 20k drop in audience.
Melbourne: A big win for Seven, boosted by Monday’s +500,000 result at 6pm to be the year’s most watched news bulletin. Across the week it only gave Seven a small boost, but Nine dropped 31,000.
Brisbane: Nine held on to win another week in Brisbane, despite dropping 27,000 week-on-week to its lowest result since February. Seven was up 4,000 notching up two nightly wins.
Adelaide: A clean sweep for Seven in Adelaide, though Nine improved 5,000 week-on-week and is up 17% from the same week in 2020.
Perth: The status quo in Perth, though both bulletins are still well down on last year compared to the other markets; Seven by 14% and Nine by 17%.
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Week 26 2021 - Preliminary
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 26 2020
5 cities: After suffering a big drop in audience last week, Nine recovered and was up 35,000 as we reach the halfway point of the calendar year. Of the 25 daily bulletins broadcast last week (5 days, 5 markets), Seven won 18.
Sydney: Some big numbers for the Sydney bulletins, up +30k each with Nine winning three nights and Seven two. For Seven, Tuesday was its highest number of the year - with all days ranking in the top 10 for 2021. For Nine, Wednesday was its second best number for 2021.
Melbourne: Seven News draws level with Nine in weeks won with another close result between the two bulletins. Both bulletins were well down on the previous week.
Brisbane: In Brisbane Nine won Mon-Wed and Seven won Thursday and Friday. Overall, Nine was up 13k and Seven was up 7k week-on-week.
Adelaide: Little change in Adelaide with Seven starting to pull away from Nine. Nine’s bulletin is still rating higher than last year by now only by 8% over the comparable week.
Perth: Seven won three days by more than 90,000 while Nine was more competitive on Thursday and Friday when Seven’s audience was drawn to AFL. Seven cannot now be beaten across the calendar year in Perth based on weeks won.
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Week 27 2021 - Preliminary
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 27 2020
5 cities: The year’s biggest week for news with both bulletins recording their highest average audiences so far this year. Seven won four nights and Nine won Thursday. For Seven it was the best audience since August 2020 and for Nine since April that year.
Sydney: This week saw Nine and Seven both record four of their highest audiences for the year Monday to Thursday. Nine was an easy winner on every night.
Melbourne: Seven Melbourne was the only bulletin in the red this week with Nine back as a winner. Nine won every night except Monday, winning Thursday by +50,000.
Brisbane: Great results for both bulletins. It was Seven’s best week of this year so far though Nine won every night.
Adelaide: Seven and Nine both recorded their best weeks of 2021 with Nine over 100k for the first time this year.
Perth: Seven was up by 33,000 week-on-week and won three days by more than 100k for an easy win.
In other results 10 News First and ABC news posted 2021 highs.
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As previously said, Seven News Melbourne’s news numbers took a dive this week with the absence of Peter Mitchell.
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Week 29 2021 - Preliminary
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 29 2020
5 cities: Changes from the previous week were minimal for most bulletins with the biggest changes seen with Nine Melbourne up 26,000 and both Perth bulletins down about 15,000.
Sydney: Big numbers continued, with each bulletins down about 5,000 week-on-week. News numbers are up 20% in the city from week 29 of 2020.
Melbourne: Nine won the 6pm half hour by enough to win across the hour.
Brisbane: Seven was narrowly ahead on Wednesday but performed poorly on Monday and Friday.
Adelaide: Seven News can’t be beaten now in Adelaide based on weeks won.
Perth: AFL games as competition dragged down the numbers for both bulletins.
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7 Melb took out the week with the return of Peter Mitchell. Hopefully seven look after him.
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Weeks 1 - 20 Ratings Period Average Audience
Weeks 1- 20, 2020
Change from 2020
At the half-way pint of the ratings year, the table above summarises the average ratings across the period. Generally they mirror the ‘weeks won’ numbers so far with Melbourne the closest result. As expected the audience numbers are down on the first half of 2020 that was dominated by COVID news. Nine Adelaide the only bulletin to improve.
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9 News continues to dominate in Sydney, officially winning its 11th year in a row. They have only lost 16 weeks in 11 years. Huge achievement.
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