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SBS ratings release for week 46, 2009
Man vs Wild roared last week, attracting 519,000 viewers in the five mainland capital cities and 286,000 in regional Australia, according to figures from OzTAM.
This increasingly popular program is averaging 463,000 metro viewers in its first series, which is 76 per cent above the timeslot’s average for the year.
Top Gear was also at full throttle with Unseen Classics episodes from the fourth series appearing on Monday and Friday last week and attracting 733,000 and 374,000 metro viewers respectively.
Gaining a further 87,000 metro viewers, Mythbusters attracted an audience of 351,000.
The top 10 SBS programs in the five metro markets for week 46 (w/c November 8) were:
| Rank | Program | Audience (000s) |
| 1 | TOP GEAR (Monday) | 733 |
| 2 | MAN VS WILD | 519 |
| 3 | DESTINATION: FIFA WORLD CUP | 415 |
| 4 | TOP GEAR (Friday) | 374 |
| 5 | MYTHBUSTERS | 351 |
| 6 | WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? | 309 |
| 7 | IRON CHEF | 303 |
| 8 | LUKE NGUYEN'S VIETNAM | 286 |
| 9 | ADBC BITESIZE | 280 |
| 10 | BUSTING THE BERLIN WALL | 255 |
The top 10 SBS programs in regional Australia for week 46 (w/c November 8) were:
| Rank | Program | Audience (000s) |
| 1 | TOP GEAR (Monday) | 339 |
| 2 | MAN VS WILD | 286 |
| 3 | MYTHBUSTERS | 218 |
| 4 | TOP GEAR (Friday) | 205 |
| 5 | IRON CHEF | 179 |
| 6 | DESTINATION: FIFA WORLD CUP | 176 |
| 7 | ADBC BITESIZE | 167 |
| 8 | TRAWLERMEN | 165 |
| 9 | ROCKWIZ | 163 |
| 10 | DEMETRI'S CASTLE | 162 |
Source, metro data: OzTAM week 46, 2009 – five metro markets, Sunday – Saturday
Source, regional data: RegTAM week 46, 2009 – regional aggregated markets, Sunday – Saturday
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Sylvia Geaitani
Access Public Relations
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