For the first two weeks on air on Australia’s Channel 7 “Castle” has been #1 in the Sunday night 9:30pm time slot.
“Castle” premiered on Australia’s Seven network last week (May 17th) with 0.93 million viewers placing it in an overall position of #14 for Sunday and #1 in the 9:30pm time slot ahead of CSI: NY on Nine and Harpers Island on Ten.
In its second week on air, “Castle” rose to 12th position overall and increased to 1.06 million viewers. The increase of 27,000 viewers was significantly higher than that of competing program CSI: NY which increased by only 4,000 viewers. Ten’s Harpers Island didn’t make it into the top 30.
Sunday Night Australian TV Ratings – 31 May 09 |
No. of Viewers | ||||
| Rnk | Description | Time | Station | This Week | Last Week |
| 1 | Seven News – Sun | 18:00 | Seven |
1,830,000
|
1,700,000
|
| 2 | Masterchef Australia – Challenge | 19:30 | Ten |
1,671,000
|
1,456,000
|
| 3 | Nine News Sunday | 18:00 | Nine |
1,667,000
|
1,548,000
|
| 4 | Merlin | 18:30 | Ten |
1,500,000
|
1,372,000
|
| 5 | Bones | 20:30 | Seven |
1,382,000
|
1,278,000
|
| 6 | Sunday Night | 18:30 | Seven |
1,371,000
|
1,229,000
|
| 7 | 60 Minutes | 19:30 | Nine |
1,324,000
|
1,318,000
|
| 8 | The Force – Behind The Line | 20:00 | Seven |
1,197,000
|
1,172,000
|
| 9 | Rove | 20:30 | Ten |
1,183,000
|
1,006,000
|
| 10 | Border Security USA | 19:30 | Seven |
1,170,000
|
1,219,000
|
| 11 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 20:30 | Nine |
1,140,000
|
1,089,000
|
| 12 | Castle | 21:30 | Seven |
1,066,000
|
939,000
|
| 13 | ABC News-Su | 19:00 | ABC1 |
1,050,000
|
970,000
|
| 14 | Home Made | 18:30 | Nine |
975,000
|
1,002,000
|
| 15 | Around The World In 20 Years | 19:30 | ABC1 |
869,000
|
|
| 16 | CSI: NY | 21:30 | Nine |
837,000
|
833,000
|
| 17 | The Einstein Factor | 18:30 | ABC1 |
742,000
|
689,000
|
| 18 | Ten News At Five Sun | 17:00 | Ten |
729,000
|
718,000
|
| 19 | ABC News Up-Date | 20:30 | ABC1 |
707,000
|
637,000
|
| 20 | Seven’s AFL: Rnd 9 | 15:00 | Seven |
666,000
|
626,000
|
| 21 | Dirt Game | 20:35 | ABC1 |
574,000
|
517,000
|
| 22 | Nine’s Sunday Football | 11:00 | Nine |
551,000
|
542,000
|
| 23 | The Simpsons Sun | 18:00 | Ten |
550,000
|
611,000
|
| 24 | SCU: Serious Crash Unit (R) | 22:30 | Seven |
537,000
|
369,000
|
| 25 | The Biggest Loser | 21:40 | Ten |
523,000
|
|
| 26 | Mercurio’s Menu | Seven |
503,000
|
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| 27 | Postcards | 17:30 | Nine |
485,000
|
445,000
|
| 28 | The Evidence | 22:30 | Nine |
477,000
|
535,000
|
| 29 | Weekend Sunrise | 7:00 | Seven |
463,000
|
437,000
|
| 30 | The Sunday Footy Show | Nine |
423,000
|
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| Harpers Island | 21:30 | Ten |
425,000
|
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Whoo-hoo! Even more viewers in the second week!