Australian Ratings for September 9

[Mark]

Seven 28.3
Nine 27.3
Ten 24.4
ABC 15.6
SBS 4.4

[Phantom]

1 KATH & KIM Seven 2,045,000 493,000 726,000 362,000 210,000 254,000
2 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,694,000 370,000 588,000 338,000 179,000 219,000
3 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,601,000 584,000 384,000 334,000 172,000 127,000
4 AUSTRALIAN IDOL Ten 1,544,000 473,000 492,000 234,000 182,000 162,000
5 MY NAME IS EARL Seven 1,421,000 342,000 503,000 253,000 158,000 165,000
6 60 MINUTES Nine 1,389,000 408,000 399,000 285,000 136,000 161,000
7 AUSTRALIA'S BEST BACKYARDS Seven 1,361,000 307,000 482,000 269,000 144,000 159,000
8 HOT PROPERTY Seven 1,338,000 302,000 469,000 267,000 129,000 171,000
9 BACKYARD BLITZ Nine 1,324,000 391,000 390,000 278,000 154,000 111,000
10 ABC NEWS-SUN ABC 1,141,000 291,000 355,000 197,000 121,000 177,000
11 ROVE Ten 1,042,000 308,000 377,000 122,000 130,000 105,000
12 M-KING ARTHUR Seven 987,000 271,000 293,000 159,000 135,000 130,000
13 THE EINSTEIN FACTOR ABC 923,000 232,000 260,000 175,000 132,000 124,000
14 SEVEN'S AFL: QUALIFYING FINAL 1: GEELONG V KANGAROOS Seven 906,000 74,000 452,000 71,000 160,000 149,000
15 UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE ABC 844,000 244,000 274,000 94,000 95,000 138,000
16 NRL FINAL SERIES QF 4 Nine 815,000 367,000 150,000 269,000 8,000 20,000

[Phantom]

Hey Allan , Look AFL lead in

2 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,694,000 370,000 588,000 338,000 179,000 219,000

[Mark]

2 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 370,000
3 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 584,000

Hey Phantom, look at the Nine Sydney NRL lead-in.

[Phantom]

Yes Mark, but i was only pointing out to Allan
1/ He commented how the apology didn't work in Sept 8 ratings
2/Allan has been suggesting how the NRL is such a huge lead for the Nine news over the year where in fact the AFL lead in is better, Why ? its virtually the same but more but which city has more people ? The AFL lead is clearly

[allan]

I'm not sure what you are arguing about Phantom.

I've always said that lead in is the crucial factor for 6pm news ratings - both for 9 and 7

NRL and AFL both provide a great lead in. How can you say AFL is a better lead in?