Below is New Zealand’s Monthly Average TV News Viewership for September 2009.
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TVNZ
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TV3
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| NZI Business | 50,030 | ASB Business | 11,730 |
| Breakfast | 144,860 | Sunrise | 28,670 |
| ONE News Midday | 125,530 | 3 News at Twelve | 33,250 |
| ONE News | 618,080 | 3 News | 371,760 |
| Close Up | 518,970 | Campbell Live | 235,960 |
| Tonight | 153,000 | Nightline | 172,210 |
| Sunday | 529,300 | ||
| 20/20 | 275,470 | 60 Minutes | 358,230 |
| Fair Go | 647,950 | Target | 450,000 |
Source: AGB NMR (Measurement: All people 5 years and over – average daily audience nationwide)
Below are TVNZ and TV3’s television news programs’ average viewership figures for 18th 24th June.
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TVNZ
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TV3
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| NZI Business (6–6:30am) | 38,850 | ASB Business (6:30-7am) | 8,330 |
| Breakfast | 130,290 | Sunrise | 26,510 |
| ONE News Midday | 129,280 | 3 News at Twelve | 29,020 |
| ONE News | 702,600 | 3 News | 401,810 |
| Close Up | 563,420 | Campbell Live | 222,270 |
| Tonight | 184,910 | Nightline | 155,220 |
| Sunday | 708,890 | 60 Minutes |
237,110 |
| 20/20 | 409,590 | ||
| Fair Go | 692,350 | Target | 457,450 |
Source: AGB NMR (Measurement: All people 5 years and over – average audience nationwide)
The top rating BBC documentary, ‘Christian the Lion’, is to be shown on this weekend’s edition of TVNZ’s weekly flagship current affairs programme ‘Sunday’.
The documentary follows Anthony Bourke and John Rendall returning to Kenya to meet up with Christian their pet Lion after he was released back into the Kenyan wild. The moment of meeting was posted on YouTube and became the most hit clip in 2008 with over 44 million hits. The original book, first published in the 1970s and now re-released, and the new children’s book have become best sellers.
Now the story will hit New Zealand TV screens for the first time this coming Sunday (21st June) on TV One at 7.30pm.