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SBS ratings release for week 47, 2009
Man vs Wild achieved an audience of 506,000 viewers in the five mainland capital cities and 291,000 in regional Australia last week, according to figures from OzTAM.
Meanwhile Top Gear maintains position as SBS’s most-watched program in the current schedule, with first-run episodes of its Winter Olympics Special attracting 695,000 metro viewers and 332,000 regional.
Cooking up an authentic storm, Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam attracted 292,000 viewers in metro areas and 155,000 in regional, lifting the timeslot’s average by 11 per cent*.
Finally, Mythbusters cleared things up for 289,000 metro viewers and 166,000 regional.
The top 10 SBS programs in the five metro markets for week 47 (w/c November 15) were:
| Rank | Program | Audience (000s) |
| 1 | TOP GEAR WINTER OLYMPICS SPECIAL (Monday) | 695 |
| 2 | MAN VS WILD | 506 |
| 3 | DESTINATION: FIFA WORLD CUP | 400 |
| 4 | LUKE NGUYEN'S VIETNAM | 292 |
| 5 | MYTHBUSTERS | 289 |
| 6 | TOP GEAR (Friday) | 283 |
| 7 | TRAWLERMEN | 280 |
| 8 | WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? | 275 |
| 9 | IRON CHEF | 274 |
| 10 | ADBC BITESIZE | 257 |
The top 10 SBS programs in regional Australia for week 47 (w/c November 15) were:
| Rank | Program | Audience (000s) |
| 1 | TOP GEAR WINTER OLYMPICS SPECIAL (Monday) | 332 |
| 2 | MAN VS WILD | 291 |
| 3 | DESTINATION: FIFA WORLD CUP | 191 |
| 4 | TRAWLERMEN | 170 |
| 5 | TOP GEAR (Friday) | 167 |
| 6 | MYTHBUSTERS | 166 |
| 7 | ADBC BITESIZE | 166 |
| 8 | IRON CHEF | 165 |
| 9 | MY BOYFRIEND THE SEX TOURIST rpt | 155 |
| 10 | LUKE NGUYEN'S VIETNAM | 155 |
* Slot average for 13 weeks to date with new Food & Lifestyle format
Source, metro data: OzTAM week 47, 2009 – five metro markets, Sunday – Saturday
Source, regional data: RegTAM week 47, 2009 – regional aggregated markets, Sunday – Saturday
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Sylvia Geaitani
Access Public Relations
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