On Wednesday night, The Chaser’s War on Everything achieved a five city audience of 2.3 million with a Total People share of 42.5%. Its audience peaked at 21:06 with 2.4 million.
– The Chaser’s War on Everything was the most watched comedy ever screened on ABC TV.
– This is the highest audience achieved by a comedy on ABC TV since 1991 (since intro of people-meter data). (Kath & Kim Series 2’s peak audience was 2.15 million in 2003).
– It won its timeslot last night in all cities.
– 52% of The Chaser’s audience last night were people 0-39.
– The program achieved a share of 49.4% among people 0-39 (one in two young people watching TV were tuned to The Chaser).
– The Chaser’s War on Everything was the highest rating program last night for the 5 cities combined and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.
– This is the highest rating program on ABC TV so far this year for the 5 cities combined and in each city.
– This is the third highest rating program on ABC TV since 1991 (behind Seachange Series 3 (2.4million on 10th Dec 2000); Paralympics Opening Ceremony (2.29 million on 18th October in 2000).
Courtney Gibson, Head of ABC TV Arts, Entertainment and Comedy said ‘This is Australians voting with their eyeballs – for homegrown, hardcore comedy and entertainment. And if you managed to miss out, fear not: Chaser and Summer Heights High are available on-demand at abc.net.au and we’ve reinforced the server to cope with the mega traffic.’
The Chaser’s War on Everything, Spicks and Specks and Summer Heights High all won their time slots Wednesday night.
* Spicks and Specks
– Had its highest rating figure (5 capital cites average audience) with 1.6m (previous highest was 1.5m).
– The program captured 32.3% of viewers aged 0-39 years.
* Summer Heights High
With Wednesday night’s audience of 1.5 million viewers, it increased its audience by 230,000 on its premiere episode last week.
– It captured 40.1% of viewers aged 0-39 years.
[release from ABC TV]