Seven wins all six weeks of official ratings
• Channel Seven has won all 6 weeks of official ratings in Queensland including this this week, March 13 to March 19, 2011 inclusive.
• 7 News was the number one program and Seven had 8 of the top 10 programs for the week
• Packed to the Rafters(311,000 av. viewers) was the second most watched program and all 3 episodes of My Kitchen Rules were in the top 10 programs.
• 7 News and Today Tonight continues to dominate news and public affairs in Queensland winning 6 straight weeks of the official rating year.
• 7 News – 7 days (264,000 av. viewers) with Kay McGrath, Rod Young and Sharyn Ghidella won the ‘7 day’ News and beat Nine News by 43,000 av. viewers.
• 7 News – Sunday (336,000 av. viewers) with Sharyn Ghidella, Shane Webcke and Angie Asimus crushed Nine News – Sunday by a massive 135,000 av. viewers.
• 7 News – Saturday (290,000 av. viewers) with Sharyn Ghidella, Pat Welsh and Angie Asimus thrashed Nine News - Saturday by huge107,000 av. viewers.
• 7 News – Mon to Fri (244,000 av. viewers) with Kay McGrath, Rod Young, Shane Webcke, Pat Welsh and John Schluter increased week on week and beat Nine News by 11,000 av. viewers.
• Today Tonight (234,000 av. viewers) hosted by Matthew White overpowered A Current Affair by a substantial 39,000 av. viewers.
• Home and Away (201,000 av. viewers) was the number one 7.00pm Monday to Friday program, ahead of both The Big Bang Theory and The 7PM Project.
• Queensland turned to Weekend Sunrise – Sunday (115,000 av. viewers) hosted by Andrew O’Keefe and Samantha Armytage for the most comprehensive coverage of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami and beat Weekend Today – Sunday by a huge 52,000 av. viewers.
• Sunrise (93,000 av. viewers) hosted by Melissa Doyle and David Koch has won the breakfast timeslot and was ahead of Today by 22,000 av. viewers. Sunrise has also won 6 consecutive weeks of official ratings
• Weekend Sunrise – Saturday (87,000 av. viewers) hosted by Andrew O’Keefe and Samantha Armytage beat Weekend Today – Sunday by 10,000 av. viewers.
• Great South East (166,000 av. viewers) hosted by Sofie Formica and Queensland Weekender (177,000 av. viewers) hosted by Dean Miller won their respective 5.30pm Weekend timeslots.
• The prime time ratings in south east Queensland for the week March 13 to March19 inclusive:
Seven Network – 31.3%; Nine Network – 28.0 %; Ten Network – 19.5%; ABC Network – 15.8%; SBS Network – 5.5% Seven – 23.7% 7TWO – 4.0%; 7mate- 3.6%; Nine – 20.5%; GO! – 4.3%; Gem- 3.2%; Ten – 15.2%; One – 1.3%; Eleven – 3.0%; ABC1 –12.7%; ABC2 -1.5 %; ABC3 –0.5 %; ABC News 24 -1.1%; SBS ONE- 4.9%; SBS TWO -0.6 %.
• Seven had 8 of the top 10 programs for the week:
Top Ten programs for March 13 to March 19 inclusive for south east Queensland:
RNK Description STN Brisbane
1 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 336,000
2 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Seven 311,000
3 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 290,000
4 MY KITCHEN RULES-MON Seven 288,000
5 NINE'S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 275,000
6 60 MINUTES Nine 274,000
7 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE Seven 264,000
8 MY KITCHEN RULES-WED Seven 249,000
9 SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 246,000
10 SEVEN NEWS Seven 244,000
