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Oz networks trumpet 2015 ratings

The just-concluded 2015 official ratings period in Australia has given all three commercial free-to-air (FTA) networks something to crow about.

In-house reality My Kitchen Rules is one of Seven's top shows

In-house reality My Kitchen Rules is one of Seven’s top shows

The Seven Network was number one in primetime for the ninth year running, while Seven was the most-watched primary channel and 7TWO the most popular digital channel.

The Nine Network claimed top spot in the key demographics of 25-54, 18-49 and 16-39 for the fourth successive year.

Meanwhile, Network Ten boasted it was the only primary channel and commercial broadcaster to increase primetime audiences, ending the year with its highest primetime commercial shares among both total viewers and those aged 25-54 since 2011, and its biggest overall share since 2012.

The top 20 most watched regular programmes were again dominated by local reality shows and dramas. Seven’s My Kitchen Rules (2.473 million) was the number-one series and 800 Words (2.103 million) the most successful new series and new drama.

Seven also scored handsomely with Catching Milat (2.55 million), Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door (2.36 million), The X Factor (1.95 million), House Rules (1.86 million) and local drama Winter (1.57 million).

The network’s director of production, Brad Lyons, said: “The success of Catching Milat, Peter Allen, My Kitchen Rules and House Rules and launching two new drama series – Winter and 800 Words – is extraordinarily gratifying and reinforces our belief in investing in and committing ourselves to Australian production.”

Measured in total viewers including time-shifting and catch-up, Nine’s top regular shows were House of Hancock (2.62 million), The Voice (2.41 million), Married at First Sight (2.13 million), Love Child (1.76 million), House Husbands (1.7 million) and The Block season two (1.51 million).

Nine director of television Michael Healy said: “While Love Child might do 1.2 million in overnight figures, once you factor in time-shifted viewing, encore screenings and catch-up viewing, you end up with an average audience well in excess of 1.7 million – a huge increase of 44% on the overnight figures. As an industry we need to work harder to communicate this message.”

Network Ten highlighted the successful launches of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, Shark Tank, Gogglebox, The Great Australian Spelling Bee, The Bachelorette Australia, and the FremantleMedia Australia telemovie Mary: The Making of a Princess, which drew 1.1 million capital-city viewers.

Among its shows that increased audiences this year were MasterChef Australia (up 15%), The Bachelor Australia (up 25%), Have You Been Paying Attention? Family Feud, The Project, The Living Room, TBL Families and Bondi Rescue.

Network Ten CEO Paul Anderson, said: “We have finished 2015 with our biggest network and main channel primetime audience in years. We are the only primary commercial channel and the only commercial network to increase their primetime audiences this year.”

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