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Australian Story the most watched non-news program as X Factor draws 948,000

Gary McDonald

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An Australian Story episode featuring actor Garry McDonald talking about his fight with anxiety drew 1.047m on the ABC making it the most watched non-news program of the night.

The result came on a night when Seven’s X Factor pulled an audience of 948,000 metropolitan viewers in the 7.30pm slot for what was its first Monday night live show. Last Sunday its live show had 1.011m viewers.

The X Factor was beaten by not only Australian Story but also The Block which had 1.021m viewers, while Ten’s The Biggest Loser Families came in fourth with 531,000.

The result for The Biggest Loser was slightly down on last week where it drew 552,000.

While the ABC’s Australian Story was the most watched program Nine’s The Block won all the key demographics 16-39, 18-49, 25-54s.

In the news races Seven News won the 6pm bulletin with 1.089m compared with 1.068 for Nine however, in the 6.30pm slot Nine won with 1.068m compared with 1.020m.

The return of Homeland on Ten drew 208,000 at the 9.30pm slot up against the likes of Q&A, which featured a mental health special, which drew 531,000.

In other programming Australia’s defeat of England to knock the hosts out of the Rugby World Cup at 6am on Sunday morning drew 225,000 national viewers on Fox Sports 2.

In audience share Nine narrowly won the night with 21.3 per cent compared with 21.1 per cent for Seven, the ABC on 16.3 per cent and Ten on 11.3 per cent.

Top 15 shows
1 SEVEN NEWS Network Seven 1,089,000
2 NINE NEWS 6:30 Network Nine 1,068,000
3 NINE NEWS Network Nine 1,068,000
4 AUSTRALIAN STORY Network ABC 1,047,000
5 THE BLOCK Network Nine 1,021,000
6 SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT Network Seven 1,020,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network Nine 969,000
8 THE X FACTOR Network Seven 948,000
9 7.30 Network ABC 910,000
10 ABC NEWS Network ABC 866,000
11 HOME AND AWAY Network Seven 752,000
12 FOUR CORNERS Network ABC 746,000
13 HOUSE HUSBANDS Network Nine 690,000
14 MEDIA WATCH Network ABC 656,000
15 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Network Seven 628,000

Audience Share
Network 9 21.3%
Network 7 21.1%
Network ABC 16.3%
Network TEN 11.6%
Network 7TWO 5.2%
Network SBS 4.0%
Network 7mate 3.8%
Network ONE 3.5%
Network GO! 3.5%
Network Gem 2.5%
Network ABC2 2.2%
Network ELEVEN 2.1%
Network SBS 2 1.2%
Network ABC News 24 1.0%
Network ABC3 0.5%
Network NITV 0.1%

Total Audience Share
Network 7 TTL 30.1%
Network 9 TTL 27.3%
Network ABC TTL 20.1%
Network TEN TTL 17.2%
Network SBS TTL 5.3%

Data OzTAM Pty Limited 2015. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of OzTAM.

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