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Top 100 Pay Television Programs Total Individuals Week 07, 2009 (08/02/2009 - 14/02/2009) Round to Nearest Thousand 5 City Metro Prepared by SEVEN NETWORK RESEARCH Top 100 Pay Television Programs Total Individuals Week 07, 2009 (08/02/2009 - 14/02/2009) Round to Nearest Thousand 5 City Metro Prepared by SEVEN NETWORK RESEARCH TV Item Description (grouped) Channel 5 City Metro 1 LIVE: FOOTBALL: WORLD CUP QUALIFIER JAPAN V AUST FOX SPORTS 3 212,000 2 LIVE: FOOTBALL: WORLD CUP QUALIFIER PRE GAME FOX SPORTS 3 104,000 3 THE MUMMY RETURNS SHOWTIME Greats 99,000 4 LIVE: FOOTBALL: WORLD CUP QUALIFIER POST GAME FOX SPORTS 3 93,000 5 LIVE: RUGBY UNION: S14 HURR V W'TAHS FOX SPORTS 2 83,000 6 LIVE: FOOTBALL: A-LEAGUE SF MELB V ADE FOX SPORTS 3 80,000 7 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT FOX Classics 79,000 8 THE GREAT ESCAPE FOX Classics 68,000 9 DALZIEL AND PASCOE UKTV 64,000 10 LIVE: AFL: NAB CUP BULLDOGS V ESSENDON FOX SPORTS 1 61,000 11 NCIS TV1 57,000 12 ENCHANTED Disney Channel 55,000 13 PSYCH TV1 52,000 14 TWO AND A HALF MEN FOX8 51,000 15 THE SIMPSONS FOX8 49,000 16 VICTORIA BUSHFIRE DISASTER - LIVE COVERAGE SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 47,000 17 FORREST GUMP TV1 46,000 18 BUSHFIRE SPECIAL: ECO IMPACT SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 46,000 19 27 DRESSES SHOWTIME 46,000 20 THE GREEN MILE TV1 45,000 21 FAMILY GUY FOX8 43,000 22 KYLE XY FOX8 42,000 23 NEW TRICKS UKTV 41,000 24 CARRY ON AT YOUR CONVENIENCE FOX Classics 41,000 25 LIVE: RUGBY UNION: S14 H'LAND V BRUM FOX SPORTS 2 40,000 26 AS TIME GOES BY UKTV 39,000 27 SKINS FOX8 38,000 28 NZ NEWS WEEK SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 38,000 29 THE INSPECTOR LYNLEY MYSTERIES UKTV 37,000 30 LIVE: CRICKET: FORD RANGER CUP FOX SPORTS 2 36,000 31 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU TV1 36,000 32 ESCAPE TO RIVER COTTAGE LifeStyle FOOD 35,000 33 FROZEN IN TIME: WINTER GOLD FOX8 35,000 34 BLANKETY BLANKS COMEDY CHANNEL 35,000 35 PM AGENDA - BUSHFIRE CRISIS SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 35,000 36 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER FOX8 34,000 37 LIVE: FOOTBALL: A-LEAGUE POST GAME SHOW FOX SPORTS 3 34,000 38 FAWLTY TOWERS UKTV 34,000 39 BUSHFIRE SPECIAL: PM AGENDA- SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 34,000 40 GOSSIP GIRL FOX8 34,000 41 THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER Disney Channel 34,000 42 AMERICAN IDOL HOLLYWOOD SHOW FOX8 34,000 43 LIVE: FOOTBALL: A-LEAGUE S FINAL LEG 2 FOX SPORTS 3 34,000 44 TOM & JERRY KIDS SHOW Boomerang 34,000 45 WWE SMACKDOWN! FOX8 33,000 46 WAKING THE DEAD UKTV 33,000 47 TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES FOX8 33,000 48 LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT TV1 33,000 49 BUSHFIRE CRISIS SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 33,000 50 LIVE: CRICKET: FORD RANGER CUP FOX SPORTS 3 33,000 51 SKY NEWS NOW SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 33,000 52 HOUSE TV1 33,000 53 LAW & ORDER: SVU TV1 32,000 54 FUTURAMA FOX8 32,000 55 WWE RAW FOX8 32,000 56 SELLING HOUSES ABROAD LifeStyle Channel 32,000 57 AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER FOX Classics 31,000 58 NCIS TV1 +2 31,000 59 THE MUMMY SHOWTIME Greats 31,000 60 BONES FOX8 31,000 61 FATHER GOOSE FOX Classics 30,000 62 INVASION U.S.A. SHOWTIME Greats 30,000 63 LIVE: RUGBY UNION: S14 FORCE V BLUES FOX SPORTS 2 30,000 64 STEPMOM TV1 30,000 65 ABC WORLD NEWS SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 30,000 66 120% CARTOON NETWORK Cartoon Network 29,000 67 LIVE: RUGBY UNION: S14 CRUS V CHIEFS FOX SPORTS 2 29,000 68 THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK Disney Channel 29,000 69 GRAY LADY DOWN FOX Classics 29,000 70 THE DESPERATE HOURS FOX Classics 29,000 71 FOOTBALL: EPL CLASSIC MATCH FOX SPORTS 1 29,000 72 180 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NEWS - BUSHFIRE CRISIS SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 29,000 73 STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Cartoon Network 28,000 74 SKY UK SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 28,000 75 MY WIFE & KIDS FOX8 28,000 76 CARRY ON HENRY FOX Classics 28,000 77 THE SIMPSONS FOX8 +2 28,000 78 THE LITTLE RASCALS Disney Channel 27,000 79 HOSTAGE TAPES Crime & Investigation 27,000 80 AFTER YOU'VE GONE UKTV 27,000 81 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH SHOWTIME 27,000 82 CBS NEWS SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 27,000 83 FIRST EDITION SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 27,000 84 JUDGE JOHN DEED UKTV 27,000 85 TNA IMPACT FOX8 27,000 86 NEWS DAY SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 26,000 87 NUMB3RS TV1 26,000 88 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE COMEDY CHANNEL 26,000 89 BORDER SECURITY: AUSTRALIA'S FRONT LINE LifeStyle Channel 26,000 90 SPORTSLINE SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 26,000 91 LIVE: FOOTBALL: EPL CHELSEA V HULL FOX SPORTS 2 25,000 92 AM AGENDA SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 25,000 93 CRICKET: WORLD SERIES CLASSICS FOX SPORTS 2 25,000 94 THE SECRET MILLIONAIRE LifeStyle Channel 25,000 95 NEWS HOUR SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 25,000 96 SOME MOTHERS DO 'AVE 'EM UKTV 25,000 97 THE UNSELLABLES LifeStyle Channel 25,000 98 SAVE THE LAST DANCE SHOWTIME Greats 25,000 99 NZ PRIME NEWS SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA 25,000 100 STEPMOM TV1 +2 25,000 .
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