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Australian programs dominate top 50

Stats for the 2013 ratings year confirm that Australian audiences continue to overwhelmingly prefer home grown shows to US and British imports.

The bad news for the free-to-air broadcasters was that collectively their share of the 16-54 audience dropped by 3% and their primary channels were down by about 6%.

ABC-TV ended the ratings year as the number 3 network with a prime-time share of 14.6% (up from 13.6%).

Reality remains the most favoured genre: The top 50 titles were dominated by The Voice, My Kitchen Rules, The Block and The X Factor.

The top-rating Aussie dramas were A Place to Call Home, Packed to the Rafters, House Husbands and Winners & Losers.

Only five imports figured in the top 50: Downton Abbey, The Blacklist, Revenge, The Big Bang Theory and New Tricks.

The most popular sports event was Seven’s AFL Grand Final, which drew an average of 2.7 million viewers and 2.47 million for the post-match presentations.

Seven was the most watched network in prime time on the primary channels and combined audiences of primary and digital channels.The Nine Network was the most watched in all key age groups: 25-54, 18-49 and 16-39.

Audience shares for weeks 7-48, 6:00pm-midnight:

Seven 22.90%
Nine 20.90%
Ten 11.80%
ABC1 13.50%
SBS ONE 4.50%
7TWO 4.10%
7mate 3.70%
GO! 4.20%
Gem  3.50%
ONE 2.30%
ELEVEN 3.00%
ABC2 2.80%
ABC3 0.70%
ABC News 24 1.10%
SBS 2 0.80%
NITV 0.10%

Copyright Oztam Data

Seven screened 27 of the top 50 most-watched regular programs.

1. THE VOICE – SUNDAY (9) 2,071,000

2 THE VOICE – TUESDAY  2,028,000

3  MY KITCHEN RULES – WEDNESDAY (7) 1,976,000

4  MY KITCHEN RULES – THURSDAY 1,963,000

5  MY KITCHEN RULES – MONDAY 1,937,000

6  MY KITCHEN RULES – TUESDAY 1,906,000

7  THE VOICE – MONDAY  1,855,000

8 THE BLOCK SKY HIGH – SUNDAY (9) 1,606,000

9  THE X FACTOR – TUESDAY (7) 1,605,000

10 THE X FACTOR – LIVE PERFORMANCE 1,589,000

11  THE X FACTOR – MONDAY 1,574,000

12 MY KITCHEN RULES – SUNDAY 1,573,000

13  THE X FACTOR – LIVE RESULTS 1,525,000

14 DOWNTON ABBEY (7) 1,498,000

15 THE X FACTOR HOME VISITS 1,495,000

16 HAMISH & ANDY'S GAP YEAR ASIA (9) 1,493,000

17 A PLACE TO CALL HOME (7) 1,475,000

18 THE BLOCK: ALL STARS – SUNDAY 1,460,000

19  THE BLOCK SKY HIGH – MONDAY 1,445,000

20 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS (7) 1,443,000

21  THE BLACKLIST (7) 1,400,000

22 HOUSE RULES – REVEAL (7) 1,360,000

23 THE BLOCK: ALL STARS – MONDAY 1,353,000

24 SEVEN NEWS – SUNDAY 1,342,000

25 THE BLOCK SKY HIGH – TUESDAY 1,327,000

26 THE BLOCK SKY HIGH – WEDNESDAY 1,312,000

27 NINE NEWS – SUNDAY 1,311,000

28 THE BLOCK: ALL STARS – TUESDAY 1,306,000

29 THE BIG BANG THEORY (9) 1,290,000

30 NINE NEWS SPECIAL 1,281,000

31 REVENGE (7) 1,275,000

32 60 MINUTES (9) 1,264,000

33 THE BLOCK SKY HIGH – THURSDAY 1,261,000

34 DANCING WITH THE STARS (7) 1,238,000

35  SUNDAY NIGHT (7) 1,230,000

36 THE FORCE (7) 1,228,000

37 GRUEN NATION (ABC1) 1,212,000

38 NINE NEWS – MONDAY – FRIDAY 1,209,000

39 THE BIG BANG THEORY – TUESDAY 1,208,000

40 SEVEN'S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL FINALS 1,187,000

41 NEW TRICKS (ABC1) 1,185,000

42 HOUSE HUSBANDS (9) 1,180,000

43 HOUSE RULES – TUESDAY (7) 1,179,000

44 THE BLOCK: ALL STARS – WEDNESDAY 1,177,000

45 SEVEN NEWS – MONDAY-FRIDAY 1,177,000

46  THE FORCE –TUESDAY 1,152,000

47 THE BLOCK: ALL STARS – THURSDAY 1,139,000

48  WINNERS & LOSERS (7) 1,117,000

49 BORDER SECURITY (7) 1,116,000

50 BORDER SECURITY -TUESDAY (7) 1,102,000