Beneath the screams the numbers tell the story of TV success

OzTam's figures kiss Seven on its wrinkled brow, and showed the awful difference between the power of drama and sport and gong shows.
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Image: Ivan Milat gave the drama year to Seven. 

First. the juicy stuff which has been cause for celebration over the last year. OzTAM has compiled a list ​of the top twenty drama productions on FTA TV for 2015 which shows the most successful Australian productions in ratings terms, using the five city figures. I have removed the foreign shows, like Downton Abbey on 984,000, and only included one part of productions which show up twice. Except for Gallipoli, which did well 1.342m its first ep and never cleared 633,000 again. Comedy, sadly, is not on the list at all, and the results would have looked different if it had. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.