As are “weeks won 2021” and “week 23 2020”.
Week 24 2021 - Preliminary
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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
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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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Week 30 2021 - Preliminary
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 30 2020
5 cities: Changes from the previous week were most significant in Melbourne and Adelaide. Seven was up a massive 102,000 and Nine by 82,000. It was easily Seven’s best week of the year with Monday to Thursday numbers all in the top 10 rated bulletins for the year. It was also Nine’s best week of 2021.
Sydney: Big numbers continued in Sydney - Seven was up 9k while Nine was down 7k but was still an easy winner. With 20 weeks won Nine can’t be beaten in Sydney based on that measure.
Melbourne: Nine’s Monday bulletin was its highest rated for the year with the weekly average also its best. It just beat Seven that also posted its best week of the year
Brisbane: Big news on Wednesday saw Seven come within 1,000 of Nine. Across the week Nine won all days and was up 6k on the previous week - no change for Seven. With 20 weeks won Nine can’t be beaten in Brisbane based on that measure.
Adelaide: Both bulletins recorded their highest audiences of the year with Monday - Thursday the top 4 ratinged for each.
Perth: Seven built its lead up to 100k over Nine for week 30.
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What happened to week 28 news figures?
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No idea - will post them again.
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Nine says they have won 21 weeks so far in Sydney. Don’t know where the difference comes in as I have them on 20.
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Week 31 2021 - Preliminary
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 31 2020
5 cities: Seven won all markets and was up 143,000 on the previous week. Sydney was up 50,000, Melbourne 70,000, Brisbane 40,000 but Adelaide (11,000) and Perth (7,000) were surprisingly down.
The last time that Seven had individual bulletins with ratings this high was 2017.
Nine’s audience was down an average of 119,000 week-on-week. Sydney dropped 18,000, Melbourne 44,000, Brisbane 30,000, Adelaide 30,000 while Perth was up 3,000.
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Week 32 2021 - Preliminary
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 32 2020
5 cities: Another dominating all-market win for Seven, though not quite as high as last week’s record numbers. The 5-city total for Seven was down 28k. Nine was up slightly by 3,500.
- In Sydney, Seven was down 10k and Nine was down 31K.
- In Melbourne, Seven slipped 47k while Nine slipped 11k.
- The Brisbane market saw a big lift in viewing with Seven up an impressive 37,000 while Nine lifted even more, up by 58,000. For Seven it was their best week since the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
- Adelaide number were down 5k for Seven and 13k for Nine.
- Over in Perth Seven slipped 3k and Nine was up 1k.
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Week 33 2021 - Preliminary
Weeks won - 2021 ratings
Weeks won - 2021
Week 33 2020
5 cities: This week was the big test to see how many of those extra Olympic viewers Seven could hold onto and how many would switch back to Nine (or just stop watching). The results were fairly good though mixed.
Nationally Seven lost an average of 169,000 viewers each night across the hour. Of those, Nine picked up 28,000. That brought the differential between the two down to 100,000 and meant that 140,000 news viewers during the Olympics found something else to do.
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In Sydney, Seven was down 50k and Nine was up 23k to be the only Nine bulletin to win a market.
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In Melbourne, it was a split result with Nine winning at 6pm and Seven at 6.30pm by enough to win narrowly across the hour.
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The Brisbane market saw a big drop in viewing with Seven down 55,000 while Nine lost 33,000. Seven won four nights to win its first (non-Olympic week) since February.
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Adelaide numbers were down 17k for Seven and up 1,000 for Nine.
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Over in Perth saw Nine steady while Seven was down 19,000 week-on week.
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Seems like those strong performances late in the week were enough to get Nine over the line in Sydney.
And they can now officially say (after jumping the gun pre-Olympics) that they’re in an unbeatable ratings position for the year in the number of weeks won.
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