List of Australian television ratings for 2004

The following is a list of Australian television ratings for the year 2004.

[edit] Network Shares

	ABC	Seven	Nine	Ten	SBS
5 - Cities	16.9%	24.9%	29.9%	23.8%	4.6%
Sydney	16.5%	25.5%	30.0%	23.1%	4.9%
Melbourne	16.9%	23.7%	31.2%	23.9%	4.4%
Brisbane	16.2%	24.5%	31.5%	23.4%	4.4%
Adelaide	16.8%	25.1%	28.4%	25.4%	4.3%
Perth	18.7%	26.6%	25.7%	24.2%	4.8%

2004 Was a year of 'feats' for Australian television ratings:

The Seven Networks worst-ever share result in all markets and in the combined 5-City share.

For the first time since the introduction of 'People Meters' in 1991; Seven finished third behind Ten in the markets of Melbourne and Adelaide.

The Nine Network (Despite huge win) experienced it's lowest ever 5-City share; the first time below the 30% mark. It experienced lowest ever shares in the markets of Sydney and Adelaide.

The Ten Network experienced it's best ever 5-City share since the introduction of 'People Meters'; experienced best ever shares in the markets of Sydney, Melbourne (finishing 2nd overall), Brisbane and Adelaide (finishing 2nd overall).

The ABC experienced it's best ever 5-City share and also best ever shares in all of the capital markets.

Reality television claimed the top spot in the 2004 television ratings, with Network Ten's Australian Idol and Big Brother claiming the top spots. Sport also rated highly, with the AFL, Melbourne Cup and Olympics rating in the top ten programs for the year. The 46th Annual TV Week Logie Awards was the only non-sport/non-reality entry in the top 10.

Rank	Program	Network	Audience 000s
1	Australian Idol - The Final Verdict	Ten	3,344
2	Big Brother - The Winner Announced	Ten	2,864
3	Australian Idol - Live from the Opera House	Ten	2,847
4	AFL Grand Final: Port Adelaide vs Brisbane	Ten	2,796
5	The 2004 Melbourne Cup Carnival	Seven	2,471

Category	Highest Rating Program	Network	Audience 000s
Drama	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Nine	1,898
Comedy	Kath & Kim	ABC	1,829
Light Entertainment	Dancing with the Stars: Final	Seven	2,120
Reality	Australian Idol - The Final Verdict	Ten	3,344
Infotainment/Lifestyle	Backyard Blitz	Nine	1,481
Documentary	The World Around Us: Venom	Seven	1,689
News/Current Affairs	National Nine News Sunday	Nine	1,779
Sport	AFL Grand Final: Port Adelaide vs Brisbane	Ten	2,796
Mini series	The 4400 - Part One	Ten	1,988
Movies	The Alice	Nine	1,801
Specials	The 46th Annual TV Week Logie Awards	Nine	2,274

Week	Network Shares					Top Programs
Week	ABC	Seven	Nine	Ten	SBS	Top Programs
- 6	Summer non-ratings period
7	17.2%	25.2%	30.4%	23.2%	3.9%	Nine - National Nine News Sunday (2,178,000) Nine - One Day Cricket (1,872,000) Nine - CSI (1,828,000)
8	17.2%	23.4%	31.4%	23.9%	4.0%	Nine - CSI: Miami (1,824,000) Nine - CSI (1,813,000) Nine - Friends (1,775,000)
9	17.5%	24.6%	31.0%	22.3%	4.7%	Nine - CSI (1,856,000) Nine - CSI: Miami (1,828,000) Nine - Friends (1,775,000)
10	16.6%	24.4%	32.4%	22.1%	4.5%	Nine - CSI: Miami (2,049,000) Nine - CSI (1,770,000) Nine - 60 Minutes (1,740,000)
11	18.3%	23.6%	30.3%	23.5%	4.3%	Nine - CSI (2,052,000) Nine - CSI: Miami (1,797,000) Nine - Friends (1,768,000)
12	18.6%	24.2%	30.4%	22.2%	4.7%	Nine - Friends (1,950,000) Nine - CSI (1,895,000) Nine - Malcolm in the middle (1,797,000)

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↑ - "National" refers to the main five metropolitan markets. Shares represents free to air audience share from 6:00pm to 12:00am. Data gathered and published by OzTAM. [3]
↑ - "Audience" refers to average number of viewers over the programs timeslot from the main five metropolitan markets. Data gathered by OzTAM and prepared by the Nine Network. [4]
↑ - "Audience share" refers to average network share between 6pm and 12am over the survey week. Top program figures are the average number of viewers over the programs timeslot from the main five metropolitan markets. Data gathered and published by OzTAM. [5]