The Australian television landscape had changed significantly by the end of 2001, with television ratings data switching suppliers, from The Nielsen Company (formerly, Ac.Nielsen) to industry owned, OzTam, which would be the sole provider of weekly ratings and yearly television archives to present day.[1] The Nielson company was instead relegated to ratings of regional areas and PayTV (which at the time, was at its infancy). Moreover, in 2001, Seven Network ended its 46-year-association with the Australian Football League (AFL) despite being a considerable ratings success for the network,[2] the program would ultimately be broadcast by Network Ten for the following 10 years, eventually reverting to the Seven Network in 2012.[3]
The following is a list of Australian television ratings for the year 2001.
Most Watched Broadcasts in 2001 edit
| Rank | Broadcast | Genre | Origin | Date | Network | Audience | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wimbledon Championships (Men's Singles Finale) | Sport | 
|
9 July 2001 | 9 | 3,036,000 | [4] |
| 2 | Big Brother Australia (Final Eviction) | Reality | 
|
16 July 2001 | 10 | 2,789,000 | |
| 3 | Big Brother Australia (Sunday Eviction) | Reality |
|
15 July 2001 | 10 | 2,616,000 | |
| 4 | 2001 AFL Grand Final | Sport |
|
29 September 2001 | 7 | 2,604,000 | |
| 5 | Friends | Sitcom | 
|
6 August 2001 | 9 | 2,541,000 | |
| 6 | World Aquatics Championship (Day 8 Finals) | Sport | 
|
29 July 2001 | 9 | 2,507,000 | |
| 7 | 43rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards | Award show |
|
22 April 2001 | 9 | 2,409,000 | |
| 8 | 60 Minutes Australia (September 11 Attacks Special) | News |
|
16 September 2001 | 9 | 2,340,000 | |
| 9 | Backyard Blitz | Reality |
|
27 May 2001 | 9 | 2,324,000 | |
| 10 | Backyard Blitz | Reality |
|
29 April 2001 | 9 | 2,298,000 | |
| 11 | Survivor: The Australian Outback (The Final Vote) | Reality |
|
4 May 2001 | 9 | 2,257,000 | |
| 12 | Popstars Australia | Reality |
|
25 March 2001 | 7 | 2,225,000 | |
| 13 | FIFA World Cup (2002 Qualification) | Sport |
|
20 November 2001 | 7 | 2,221,000 | |
| 14 | Notting Hill | Film | /
|
25 November 2001 | 7 | 2,221,000 | |
| 15 | Seven News – Saturday Broadcast | News |
|
29 September 2001 | 7 | 2,220,000 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Television - Fact Finders".
- ^ "TVbeyond2006.html". footystats.freeservers.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2005.
- ^ "Fewer games on free-to-air TV in 2017".
- ^ "Television - Fact Finders".