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TV Top 30 2008
1 Olympics: Opening Ceremony Seven 2.82m 2 AFL Grand Final: Geelong vs Hawthorn Seven 2.49m 3 Aust Open – Men’s Final Seven 2.44m 4 State Of Origin - 3 Nine 2.14m 5 Twenty20 – Aust v India Nine 2.20m 6 Seven News (Sunday) Seven 2.18m 7 Rugby League Grand Final Nine 2.05m 8 Packed To The Rafters Seven 2.04m 9 Today Tonight Seven 1.97m 10 60 Minutes Nine 1.94m 11 Find My Family Seven 1.91m 12 The Biggest Loser Final TEN 1.89m 13 So You Think You Can Dance - Winner TEN 1.88m 14 City Homicide Seven 1.88m 15 Gladiators Seven 1.86m 16 Border Security- Aus Front Line Seven 1.81m 17 RSPCA Animal Rescue Seven 1.76m 18 Australia's Got Talent Seven 1.73m 19 The Force- Behind The Line Seven 1.73m 20 The Zoo Seven 1.71m 21 The Farmer Wants A Wife Nine 1.69m 22 Domestic Blitz Nine 1.69m 23 National Nine News (Sunday) Nine 1.66m 24 Two And A Half Men Nine 1.66m 25 One Day Cricket – Aust v India Nine 1.64m 26 Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares Nine 1.63m 27 Bondi Rescue TEN 1.62m 28 Better Homes & Gardens Seven 1.61m 29 Seven News Seven 1.60m 30 Without A Trace Nine 1.58m
Source: OzTAM. NB: Highest rating episode of each program/cricket match etc only noted. Updated weekly. (Last update end of week 46, 2008)
1 Harvey Norman
2 FOXTEL
3 TeleChoice
4 Woolworths
5 Optus Bundles - Fusion
6 Kmart
7 Bing Lee
8 Australian Fleet Sales
9 Mitre 10
10 V Australia
All data provided by AirCheck Broadcast Monitoring. AirCheck.net.au
Week ending November 19 2008
Top 10 Songs by Airplay Nationally
1 Sober Pink SonyBMG
2 Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon SonyBMG
3 Running Back Jessica Mauboy f. Flo Rida SonyBMG
4 Hot N Cold Katy Perry EMI
5 Poker Face Lady GaGa Universal
6 Use Somebody Kings Of Leon SonyBMG
7 I'm Yours Jason Mraz Warner
8 Womanizer Britney Spears SonyBMG
9 If I Were A Boy Beyonce SonyBMG
10 I Don't Care Fall Out Boy Universal
*Compiled from the 45 Commercial radio stations in Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane/Adelaide/Perth and Gold Coast plus triple j and FBI 94.5 in Sydney. Week ending November 19 2008
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