TV ratings: The Medium Sized Bang Theory

Tim Burrowes

March 1, 2012 9:44

Nine’s triple bill of The Big Bang Theory failed to tantalise viewers on Wednesday night.

The show rated 767,000, 724,000 and 692,000 according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam – 11th, 13th and 14th for the night.

The poor inherited audience also hurt BBC drama Sherlock which rated 738,000.

Ten also had another bad night. The Biggest Loser was its best performer with 856,000 while Talkin Bout Your Generation averaged 633,000. A bright spot was Ten News At Five which had its strongest ratings of the year with 773,000 viewers.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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3 COMMENTS

ronreedie 1 Mar 12

Hasn’t Ch9 programmers ever heard of these two little words…..”over kill”???

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Donna 1 Mar 12

Errr everyone’s already seen those episodes, why would we want to watch re-runs, over and over??

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Hoin 1 Mar 12

Channel Nine won’t learn their lesson about overkill when one of their programs scores good ratings. They did it with Gordon Ramsay, they did it with Two and a Half Men and now they’ve done it with Big Bang Theory. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing and the ratings are now bearing this out.

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