Swiss television at a ratings high thanks to "Seppli"

 Swiss television ended its big Sunday evening show "Die grössten Schweizer Hits" with dream ratings. The final show was watched by 1,158,000 people. This corresponds to a market share of 49.4 percent. The ratings were even higher when the winning song was announced: 1,416,000 viewers watched as "Dr Schacher Seppli" by Ruedi Ryman was crowned the biggest Swiss hit of 2007. However, Swiss television did not break a record with these viewing figures: the highest ratings to date for a Swiss production were achieved in mid-October by the film "Die Herbstzeitlosen" with an average market share of 58.2 percent for the entire length of the film (see
The six hit programs presented by Sven Epiney and the chattering team of experts Kilchsberger, Thurnher and Jordi achieved an average audience share of 42.5 percent, which corresponds to 936,000 viewers. This puts the series on a par with the casting show MusicStar. This was watched by an average of 1,047,000 people, Swiss television announced in a press release on Monday.