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| Record breaking debut for local series Who Do You Think You Are?
The Australian premiere of the genealogical detective series, Who Do You Think You Are? attracted a record 863, 000 viewers to SBS last night – the largest audience share for a local production for SBS ever, according to the latest figures from OzTAM*. The winning figures follow the conclusion of the successful BBC series, which aired prior to the Australian premiere and rated very strongly across the six episodes. Who Do You Think You Are? tracks the heritage of six unique Australians as they look to their own roots to explain who they are and how this fits with their view of what it means to be Australian. The debut Australian episode featured Jack Thompson and following episodes feature Kate Ceberano, Geoffrey Robertson, Catherine Freeman, Dennis Cometti and Ita Buttrose. Meanwhile, Top Gear continues its winning streak, topping the ratings chart with its Polar special. More than 1.2 million viewers tuned into the popular UK series in the week commencing January 6. Other ratings hits include Marx and Venus (508, 000 viewers), Mythbusters (475, 000 viewers) and Iron Chef (429, 000), which were placed third, fourth and five in the ratings chart respectively. A table of the top 10- shows for the week commencing January 6, 2008 is below. SBS Top Ten Programs w/c January 6, 2008 Rank Description AUD (000s) 1 Top Gear Polar Special 1028 2 Who Do You Think You Are? 620 3 Marx & Venus 508 4 Mythbusters 475 5 Iron Chef 429 6 South Park rpt 397 7 Inspector Rex rpt 393 8 A Survivor's Guide to Plane Crashes 365 9 Skins 364 10 XY Documentary: Indie Sex 358 Source: OzTAM/AGB Nielsen Media Research 6/1-12/1/2008 - ends – About SBS The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is Australia's multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster. SBS is unique. Its radio and television services broadcast in more languages than any other network in the world. SBS Television is watched by more than seven million Australians each week. What they see is a unique mix of Australian-produced and international programs drawn from over 400 national and international sources. Programs in languages other than English - which comprise more than half the SBS Television schedule - are accessible to all viewers through SBS-produced English language subtitles. Who Do You Think You Are? is a Film Australia National Interest Program, Serendipity Productions, Artemis International production in association with ScreenWest and Lotterywest and SBS Independent. Format licensed by Wall to Wall Media Ltd. Media contact: Jane McMillan, SBS, 0438 690 305 Rochelle Burbury, Access Public Relations , 0408 774 577 |
