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Top 20 animations shown on television, 2004–2009

Next update March 2012

Five-city metro average: 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004

Programs listed here include overseas as well as Australian titles, where relevant. Australian programs highlighted and in bold.

Ratings for the top Australian animations listed in the top 1,000 titles on TV each year are listed in TV ratings: Archive: Animation.

2009

Rank Title Network Total people (‘000) Rating1
1 Ratatouille 7 1,241 8.5
2 Finding Nemo 7 1,073 7.4
3 Merry Madagascar 7 1,057 7.3
4 Ice Age 7 1,026 7.0
5 The All New Simpsons (Wednesday) 10 1,006 6.9
6 Shrek the Halls (repeat) 9 994 6.8
7 Happy Feet 9 968 6.7
8 The Incredibles 7 935 6.4
9 The Wild 7 920 6.3
10 The Simpsons (Tuesday – episode 2) 10 917 6.3
11 The All New Simpsons (Tuesday) 10 913 6.3
12 Open Season 9 911 6.3
13 Madagascar 7 904 6.2
14 Meet the Robinsons 7 898 6.2
15 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five 9 867 6.0
16 The Simpsons (Tuesday) 10 864 5.9
17 Cars 7 852 5.9
18 The All New Simpsons 10 842 5.8
19 The Simpsons (Wednesday) 10 809 5.6
20 The Ant Bully 9 808 5.6

Source: OzTAM; compiled by Screen Australia.

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2009, program average.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001. See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.
1. Rating is equal to TARP (Target Audience Rating Point).

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2008

Rank Title Network Total people (‘000) Rating1
1 Shrek the Halls (repeat) 9 1,230 8.6
2 Cars 7 1,195 8.4
3 Madagascar 7 1,143 8.0
4 Over the Hedge 7 1,102 7.7
5 The Incredibles 7 997 7.0
5= The All New Simpsons 10 997 7.0
7 Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death ABC1 983 6.9
8 Finding Nemo 7 951 6.7
9 The Simpsons (Tuesday) 10 929 6.5
10 The Simpsons (Tuesday – episode 2) 10 924 6.5
11 Monsters Inc. 7 906 6.4
12 The Simpsons (Monday – episode 2) 10 903 6.3
13 The Simpsons (Monday – episode 1) 10 896 6.3
14 All New Futurama 10 882 6.2
15 Ice Age 7 878 6.2
16 Toy Story 7 874 6.1
17 Shrek (repeat) 9 862 6.1
18 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 7 848 6.0
19 The Simpsons (Tuesday – episode 1) 10 845 5.9
20 Ice Age: The Meltdown 10 843 5.9

Source: OzTAM; compiled by Screen Australia.

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2008, program average.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001. See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.
ABC's main channel was renamed ABC1 in February 2008.
1. Rating is equal to TARP (Target Audience Rating Point).

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2007

Rank Title Network Total people (‘000) Rating1
1 The Incredibles 7 1,347 9.6
2 Shrek (repeat) 9 1,332 9.5
3 Shrek the Halls 9 1,203 9.3
4 The All New Simpsons 10 1,157 8.2
5 Madagascar 7 1,130 8.0
6 The Simpsons (Tuesday) 10 1,124 8.0
7 Shrek the Halls (repeat) 9 1,086 7.7
8 Shark Tale 7 1,085 7.7
9 The Simpsons (Tuesday – episode 2) 10 1,007 7.2
10 The Simpsons (Tuesday – episode 1) 10 979 7.0
11 Aladdin 7 869 6.2
12 Robots 7 866 6.2
13 A Bug’s Life 7 844 6.0
14 The Simpsons (Thursday – episode 2) 10 830 5.9
15 Looney Tunes Back In Action 9 827 5.9
16 The Simpsons (Thursday) 10 817 5.8
17 The Simpsons (Thursday – episode 1) 10 810 5.8
18 The Simpsons (Friday – episode 1) 10 793 5.6
19 The Simpsons (Wednesday) 10 781 5.6
20 Tarzan 7 780 5.5

Source: OzTAM; compiled by Screen Australia.

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2007, program average.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001. See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.
1. Rating is equal to TARP (Target Audience Rating Point).

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2006

Rank Title Network Total people (‘000) Rating1
1 Finding Nemo 7 1,362 9.8
2 The All New Adults Only Simpsons 10 1,171 8.4
3 Ice Age 7 1,132 8.1
4 The All New Simpsons 10 1,108 7.9
5 Futurama (Monday – episode 1) 10 1,089 7.8
6 Shrek (repeat) 9 1,046 7.5
7 Futurama (Monday) 10 997 7.1
7= Futurama (Wednesday) 10 997 7.1
9 Futurama 10 992 7.1
10 The Simpsons (Wednesday – episode 2) 10 974 7.0
11 The Simpsons (Wednesday – episode 1) 10 971 7.0
12 The Simpsons (Tuesday) 10 970 6.9
13 The Simpsons (Wednesday) 10 959 6.9
14 Futurama (Tuesday) 10 948 6.8
15 The Simpsons (Monday) 10 931 6.7
16 The All New Simpsons (Thursday) 10 907 6.5
17 The Simpsons (Tuesday – episode 2) 10 870 6.2
18 The Adults Only Simpsons 10 862 6.2
19 The Simpsons (Tuesday – episode 1) 10 858 6.1
20 Futurama (Monday – episode 2) 10 823 5.9

Source: OzTAM; compiled by the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2006, program average.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001. See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.
1. Rating is equal to TARP (Target Audience Rating Point).

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2005

Rank Title Network Total people (‘000) Rating1
1 The All New Simpsons (Monday) 10 1,275 9.2
2 The All New Simpsons 10 1,186 8.6
3 Shrek 9 1,185 8.6
4 Chicken Run 9 1,154 8.3
5 The Adults Only Simpsons 10 1,067 7.7
6 The Simpsons (Tuesday) 10 1,063 7.7
7 The Simpsons (Tuesday – episode 2) 10 1,062 7.7
8 Futurama 10 1,056 7.6
9 The Simpsons (Tuesday – episode 1) 10 1,050 7.6
10 Antz 9 1,035 7.5
11 Ice Age 7 1,023 7.4
12 The Simpsons (Wednesday) 10 975 7.1
13 The Sword in the Stone 7 951 6.9
14 The Simpsons Hour 10 820 5.9
15 Futurama (Friday) 10 779 5.6
16 The Simpsons (Friday) 10 751 5.4
17 The Simpsons 10 750 5.4
18 The All Time Greatest Simpsons 10 741 5.4
19 Atlantis: The Lost Empire 7 729 5.3
20 The Simpsons Daily 10 713 5.2

Source: OzTAM; compiled by the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2005, program average.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001. See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.
1. Rating is equal to TARP (Target Audience Rating Point).

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2004

Rank Title Network Total people (’000) Rating
1 Shrek 9 1,671 12.2
2 The All New Simpsons 10 1,568 11.5
3 The Simpsons (Wednesday) 10 1,431 10.5
4 Toy Story 2 7 1,309 9.6
5 The All Time Greatest Simpsons 10 1,164 8.5
6 Chicken Run 9 1,160 8.5
7 The Simpsons Hour 10 1,142 8.4
8 Ice Age 7 1,115 8.2
9 Mulan 7 897 6.6
10 Creature Comforts ABC 887 6.5
11 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie 10 819 6.0
12 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 10 638 4.7
13 The Wild Thornberrys ABC 554 4.1
14 King ABC 552 4.0
15 The Charlie Brown Specials ABC 545 4.0
16 The Fairytaler ABC 542 4.0
17 The Way Things Work ABC 540 4.0
18 Old Tom ABC 539 3.9
19 Little Wolf's Book of Badness ABC 532 3.9
20 Tutenstein ABC 522 3.8

Source: OzTAM; compiled by the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2004.
For series, rating is for the highest-rating episode, not an average across the series.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001. See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.

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