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Week 33 Preliminary
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Week 33 in 2017:
Not a good week for Nine especially when compared to the same week in 2017.
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Indeed - only 2k ahead of Seven during the 6.30pm half in Sydney this week!
Especially since Seven News Sydney seems to gain viewers during the 2nd half while Nine loses them, one continues to wonder if a particular segment of TCN’s 6pm bulletin needs a new presenter…
Seven News up, even getting 1m metro across hour. Winning Brisbane once again. Very close at 6:30pm in Sydney. And relatively close generally in Sydney and Melbourne. Indeed +1, not a great look for Nine.
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There’s a lot of talk about Nine’s ratings in Perth - and rightfully so - but what about Adelaide?
A drop off for Seven in there too, sure, but one about a third the size of the audience Nine has shed in one year. Not a good sign.
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Week 34 Preliminary
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Week 34 in 2017:
Seven News was down an average 34,600 and Nine 13,800. You might conclude that commercial TV audiences are not attracted to politics and/or with rolling coverage, there isn’t anything much new to report in the 6pm news or is it just this story that has turned viewers off?
Also, ACA had its lowest Friday 5-city audience of the year; perhaps by 7pm viewers didn’t want another cross to Chris Uhlmann? However, Ten News and The Project improved on the previous week.
ABC viewers, however, gave ABC News its highest average weekly audience since June 2017. This was almost entirely due to Friday’s bulletin rating 137,000 above the yearly average for that night. 7.30 had its best weekly audience since the Don Burke investigation of November last year.
Seven News gets a run on the board but it will probably be a tie when averaged.
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Nine News Sydney will not be happy that they lost to Seven News Sydney in the hourly average figure this week (albeit by 100, but still) for the first time in 2018!
Perhaps there could be other factors at play - for instance the segment previews probably need to be adjusted, with the Headline Recap at the top of the segment closest to 6.30pm. But I still reckon Darren Wick/Simon Hobbs should look at considerably improving the weather coverage on Nine News Sydney because the market has probably developed an increased interest in that subject recently with the drought and extended dry spells, etc.
Does the ABC usually get a ratings boost for big political events? Because somehow, I’m actually not overly surprised to hear this.
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Am I mis-reading the numbers? Wasn’t 7 down about 6 000 and 9 about 55 000?
Down from the previous week. 966,800 compared to 1,001,400 just a week ago.
Oh I see.
Because it was directly below the 2017 table I thought it was a comparison to the same week in 2017. My bad.
Week 35 Preliminary
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Week 35 in 2017:
Brisbane continues to be competitive with Nine back in front across the hour.
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Anything for last week?
Week 36 Preliminary
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Week 36 in 2017:
Another close one in Brisbane. Year low for Nine Perth,
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Think it may have been a narrow win to 7 in Brisbane again this week.
Week 37 Preliminary
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Week 37 in 2017:
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Seven News Melbourne seems to be narrowing the gap again after Jennifer Keyte left.
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So it’s now official: Nine News can not win the 2018 ratings year during the 6pm half hour in the Brisbane/South East Queensland market with Seven scoring their 20th week.
Meanwhile in Sydney, it seems like Nine News’ ratings during the 6.30pm half hour have improved over the past two weeks. Not 100% sure whether to pinpoint this down to the hype surrounding the NRL Finals, David Brown’s absence from Seven News (on a few weeks leave with Angie Asimus and this week, Sally Bowrey filling in for him) or both.
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That’s right based on weeks won, but they could win based on the average number of viewers; Seven News is ahead by fewer than 10,000.
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So coming up with some theories then, surely in Brisbane the Comm Games can’t be a sole reason? Would’ve aided momentum / promotion I’m sure though.
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Week 38 Preliminary
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Week 38 in 2017:
21 weekly wins to 7 Brisbane at 6pm
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