Michael wins the week for Nine, or perhaps, Rugby ruins the week for Seven..

29Jun09

The National Ratings
Source: David Dale, Sun Herald blogs

Seven will think twice before devoting a night to rugby union again. As of Saturday morning, the three networks were neck and neck in audience share for the week. As of Sunday morning, Seven finds itself in the rare position of coming third. Here’s how the week worked out: Nine 26.3 per cent of the prime time audience, Ten 25.8 per cent, Seven 25.5, ABC 17.6, SBS 4.8.

If Nine had not had the State of Origin on Wednesday, it would have come third — a bad omen for the coming week. Tonight Seven catches up with a Michael Jackson special, while Nine includes another MJ feature in 60 Minutes.

What Australia Watched, week ending 28 June 09:

1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH Nine 2,134,000

2 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA – CHALLENGE Ten 1,934,000

3 TALKIN’ ‘BOUT YOUR GENERATION Ten 1,757,000

4 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA Ten 1,666,000

5 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,664,000

6 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,618,000

7 NCIS Ten 1,586,000

8 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,575,000

9 THANK GOD YOU’RE HERE Seven 1,483,000

10 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,471,000

11 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,428,000

12 RECRUITS Ten 1,364,000

13 SUNDAY NIGHT Seven 1,351,000

14 THE ZOO Seven 1,341,000

15 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 1,322,000

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