Mark Ferguson and the team at Seven should be very proud. Big improvements on where they were this time last year.
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But of course with the current lockdowns, the Sydney ratings for all news services are probably up on this time last year?
That said, this week’s Sydney ratings were like something out of 2010…
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I was more so referring to the fact that Seven in Sydney won the 6:30pm half hour this week, but yes, all bulletins tend to go up when a city is under lockdown.
Week 34 2020, Seven had won two weeks in Sydney at the 6pm half hour, and none at 6:30pm. Fast forward to Week 34 2021, Seven have won four weeks at the 6pm half hour, and three at 6:30pm.
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Week 35 2021 - Preliminary
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Weeks won - 2021
Week 35 2020
5 cities: The east coast continued to deliver close results as news viewing generally fell in week 35. Seven did well to pick up wins in both Sydney and Brisbane. Seven was down an average of 14,000 and Nine lost 256,000 from week 34.
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In Sydney, Seven picked up its fifth weekly win of the artings period helped by a better post 6.30pm performance than Nine. Seven won three nights to Nine’s two. Seven news is up 32% on week 35 of 2020 while Nine is up 17%.
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In Melbourne, Nine picked up some extra viewers this week and won post half hours.
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The Brisbane Seven won the week with wins on three out of five days. It was Seven’s sixth for the survey, though Nine has an unassailable lead having won 21 out of 40. Both bulletins were down - Nine by 19,000 and Seven by 7,000.
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In Adelaide Nine was up 2,000 and Seven down 2,000 but Seven had an easy win.
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Over in Perth Seven had another comprehensive victory.
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Stand by for another press release from Nine claiming its news had won Brisbane for another year.
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Week 36 2021 - Preliminary
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Weeks won - 2021
Week 36 2020
5 cities: It was a good week for Seven winning all markets except Brisbane. That was despite a slight drop in audience of 20,000 while Nine was steady week-on-week. Both bulletins were up about 5% on week 36 of 2020.
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In Sydney Another win for Seven in Sydney with a 21% increase in audience from 2020. Seven’s biggest win was Friday that saw the bulletin 66,000 ahead of Nine’s. For Nine it was the lowest audience since June.
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In Melbourne, Seven won both half hours this week as Nine dropped by 16,000 and Seven was steady.
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The Brisbane Nine’s audience was up 20,000 to win the week with wins on four out of five days.
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In Adelaide Nine’s bulletin had a good week as was up 44% on the equivalent week of 2020 and just 2,000 behind Seven.
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Over in Perth Seven had another easy win.
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Melbourne is dead even on weeks won between 7 and 9. Gotta give it to both newsrooms for this year’s performance.
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I wonder what’s causing this sudden surge of dominance from Seven News Sydney? The market has been switched onto Nine for many years now, maybe Sydneysiders are making the switch to Mark Ferguson…
That’s a surprise… I thought it was going to be much closer than the final result was.
Probably because a lot more Sydneysiders are at home right now compared to this time last year.
We saw similar happen during March/April 2020. Nine News’ ratings are also considerably up on this time last year (so it’s not as if people are switching off Peter Overton & co.), but it seems there are extra viewers to Seven News coming from somewhere for them to receive their current 2010-like figures.
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Week 37 2021 - Preliminary
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Weeks won - 2021
Week 37 2020
5 cities: Nine hit back this week, significantly closing the gap with Seven and winning along the east coast. Nine’s average audience was down 3,000 compared to last week while Seven’s dropped by 36,000.
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In Sydney Nine’s audience was up just enough to win across the hour though Seven won at 6.30pm. Nine’s rating was up 7% on week 37 in 2020 while Seven’s was up 26%.
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In Melbourne, Nine took out the week, 20k ahead of Seven. Nine bulit on last week, up 11,000 while Seven lost 18,000 viewers on average.
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The Brisbane Nine’s audience slipped by 13,000 and Seven’s by 2,000 which was good enough for Nine to win another week. Both SEQ bulletins are down 7% on the equivalent week of 2020.
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In Adelaide Nine’s bulletin was up 62% on the equivalent week of 2020 while Seve’s was up 5%, enough to win the week by 6,000.
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In Perth Seven’s bulletin had double the audience of Nine’s for an easy win.
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Week 38 2021 - Preliminary
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Weeks won - 2021
Week 38 2020
5 cities: Some close results in week 28 where Seven’s audience increased by 27,000 mainly thanks to Perth, while Nine’s dropped 45,000. Nine was below 1 million at 6pm for the first time since June.
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In Sydney Nine was 7,000 ahead with both bulletins down slightly on recent weeks.
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In Melbourne, Nine won at 6pm, Seven won at 6.30pm and Seven won across the hour to keep the two bulletins on 15 weeks won each.
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The Brisbane a tie at 6pm with Nine ahead at 6.30 to with the hour. Seven was up 2,000 with Nine down 2,000.
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In Adelaide Nine’s average was down 15,000 to see Seven win the week.
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In Perth Seven was up 28,000 and Nine down 4,000. It was Seven’s best number for 2 months.
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Would be interesting to see Melbourne in the coming weeks. Still undecided between Seven or Nine. Other cities we have clear winners.
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Melbourne is dead even for the year. It’s going to be interesting as Seven have AFL (GF) and Cricket to help assist its bulletin through to the end of the year.
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It’s been getting closer of late.
Week 39 2021 - Preliminary
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Weeks won - 2021
Week 39 2020
5 cities: Nine gained back some of last week’s lost audience improving on average 12,000 each night while Seven lost 21,000.
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In Sydney the contest remained close especially at 6pm but Nine managed another win though Seven won two nights.
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In Melbourne, viewing numbers were up as Nine won 6pm but Seven won 6.30. Nine had 17,000 more viewers on average than in week 38 while Seven gained 7,000.
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The Brisbane a win for Seven as viewing numbers tumbled to their lowest since June for Seven and since week two of the survey in February for Nine. Seven won three nights with Nine winning Friday and Wednesday a tie.
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In Adelaide Nine was up on last week with Seven’s margin down to 14,000.
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In Perth Seven won by 80,000 despite being down 16,000 week-on-week.
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Week 40 2021 - Preliminary
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Weeks won - 2021
Week 40 2020
5 cities: Both bulletins were back over 1 million this week as Nine’s audience lifted by 19,000 and Seven’s slipped by 4,000.
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In Sydney Seven had a win on Tuesday but big wins for Nine especially on Monday and Friday delivered Nine its biggest audience in seven weeks.
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In Melbourne, Seven won two nights narrowly but Nine won the other three to easily win both half hour segments and edge ahead of Seven on weeks won this year.
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Nine Brisbane was up 15,000 week-on-week while Seven’s bulletin while doing well at 6pm saw a 20k drop on average to the second half hour. Nine won the hour by 10,000.
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In Adelaide the gap between the bulletins opened up this week as Seven took another win. Nine’s bulletin falling behind last year’s performance slightly.
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In Perth Seven lifted by 18,000 for another easy win.
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Week 41 2021 - Preliminary
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Weeks won - 2021
Week 41 2020
5 cities: The start of daylight savings having a big impact on news numbers, Seven down an average of 101,000 across the week with Nine down 60,000.
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The biggest impact was in Sydney where Nine and Seven both dropped an average of 35,000 for each bulletin. Nine was an easy winner. However, both bulletins were up over 20% on week 41 of 2020.
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In Melbourne, Seven was down 35k and Nine by 19k which saw Nine edging ahead of Seven in weekly wins.
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With no DST, Brisbane saw minor falls, 4,000 for Seven and just 1,000 for Nine that notched up another win.
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In Adelaide Seven lost 17,000 viewers and Nine 4,000 with Nine up 5% on last year.
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In Perth Seven was down 10k and Nine was steady with another easy win for Seven.
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Week 42 2021 - Preliminary
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Weeks won - 2021
Week 42 2020
5 cities: After almost universal falls last week there were a few bulletins that improved from week 41. Overall, Seven was up 11,000 with Nine down an average of 21,000.
In Sydney it was a rare win for Seven across the hour with Nine narrowly ahead at 6pm and Seven pulling clear at 6.30. Seven was up 21% on the equivalent week of 2020 with Nine up 7%. Seven won all nights except Monday.
In Melbourne, Nine won its fifth consecutive week but by a smaller margin as Seven closed the gap by an average of 8,000. However, Seven’s bulletin is down in comparison to 2020 while Nine is doing slightly better.
Brisbane saw Nine with a clean sweep across the week with Friday the closest. Nine was up 6,000 with Seven down slightly by 2,000.
Seven won again in Adelaide, up 5,000 week-on-week, win Nine down 5,000. Nine, however, was up 11% on 2020.
In Perth Seven dropped by 10,000 with Nine up 5,000 from week 41 and up 9% from week 42 of 2020.
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