Update: Ratings are in, they nearly doubled last years viewing average.
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The Chaser’s War on Everything returned last night, and while I can tell you it beat out House, Cold Case and Heroes in Canberra, you’ll have to wait for someone else to tell you how it did in metro Australia, but I think its fair to say it probably did pretty well.
It was a complete return to form, and my favourite of all segments, What have we learned from Current Affairs this Week was just brilliant, with a special tribute to Naomi.
According to the Tribal Mind blog (OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals):
NATIONAL
1st: Seven News (7) – 1,450,000
2nd: House (10) – 1,448,000
3rd: Today Tonight (7) – 1,368,000
4th: Air Crash Investigations (7) – 1,351,000
5th: Nine News (9) – 1,243,000
6th: The Biggest Loser (10) – 1,229,000
7th: A Current Affair (9) – 1,193,000
8th: Heroes (7) – 1,189,000
9th: The Chaser’s War On Everything (ABC) – 1,172,000
10th: Swimming World Championships Live (9) – 1,167,000
11th: Spicks And Specks (ABC) – 1,157,000
SYDNEY
1st: House (10) – 391,000
2nd: The Chaser’s War On Everything (ABC) – 364,000
3rd: Nine News (9) – 357,000
4th: Today Tonight (7) – 354,000
5th: Air Crash Investigations (7) – 349,000
6th: Seven News (7) – 346,000
7th: Swimming World Championships Live (9) – 338,000
8th: Spicks And Specks (ABC) – 335,000
9th: A Current Affair (9) – 324,000
10th: Heroes (7) – 296,000
11th: The Biggest Loser (10) – 291,000
MELBOURNE
1st: House (10) – 468,000
2nd: Seven News (7) – 453,000
3rd: Today Tonight (7) – 422,000
4th: The Biggest Loser (10) – 416,000
5th: Air Crash Investigations (7) – 405,000
6th: Nine News (9) – 403,000
7th: Swimming World Championships Live (9) – 394,000
8th: Heroes (7) – 386,000
9th: A Current Affair (9) – 378,000
10th: The Chaser’s War On Everything (ABC) – 314,000
11th: Spicks And Specks (ABC) – 310,000
BRISBANE
1st: A Current Affair (9) – 245,000
2nd: House (10) – 240,000
3rd: The Biggest Loser (10) – 239,000
4th: Seven News (7) – 237,000
5th (tied): Spicks And Specks (ABC) – 236,000
5th (tied): Nine News (9) – 236,000
7th (tied): Today Tonight (7) – 228,000
7th (tied): Swimming World Championships Live (9) – 228,000
9th: Air Crash Investigations (7) – 223,000
10th: The Chaser’s War On Everything (ABC) – 217,000
11th: Heroes (7) – 215,000
ADELAIDE
1st: Seven News (7) – 194,000
2nd: Today Tonight (7) – 175,000
3rd: Air Crash Investigations (7) – 173,000
4th: Heroes (7) – 148,000
5th: House (10) – 146,000
6th: The Biggest Loser (10) – 141,000
7th: Nine News (9) – 140,000
8th: Spicks And Specks (ABC) – 123,000
9th: A Current Affair (9) – 120,000
10th: The Chaser’s War On Everything (ABC) – 107,000
11th: Swimming World Championships Live (9) – 99,000
PERTH
1st: Seven News (7) – 220,000
2nd: House (10) – 203,000
3rd: Air Crash Investigations (7) – 201,000
4th: Today Tonight (7) – 189,000
5th: The Chaser’s War On Everything (ABC) – 169,000
6th: Spicks And Specks (ABC) – 153,000
7th: Heroes (7) – 143,000
8th: The Biggest Loser (10) – 141,000
9th: A Current Affair (9) – 125,000
10th (tied): Nine News (9) – 107,000
10th (tied): Swimming World Championships Live (9) – 107,000
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I love the Naomi tribute – she deserved it. About time. Excellent!
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Naomi was great, and showing how far tt has sunk since her departure proves she kept it out of the crapper!
Sidebar-Look at those ratings! Just about everynight there are more tv viewers in melbourne than sydney, more news viewers in general and therefore greater advertising revenue so WHY is australia’s media based in sydney, the rust bucket city?
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“This news will be so shocking to the chaps who write and perform The Chaser’s War on Everything that they may feel like giving up and retiring to a monastery: they are loved by the rich.”
More details at SMH’s The Tribal Mind blog.
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i really wanna see the naomi tribute and i cant view the downloadable mp4 files (yet) and all the view in flash links go to the whelfaca this week vid!! did this happen for anyone else? im really confused!! hmmm well hopefully i should get the stuff on my iriver so i can view mp4s soon if it cant be fixed….but still!! hmm plz reply
response: flash link fixed, sorry!
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