Nine wins night despite local drama series House Husbands shedding 152,000 viewers
Nine’s local drama series House Husbands shed 152,000 viewers last night with its audience tumbling to 661,000 metro viewers in the 9pm timeslot after pulling in 813,000 last week.
In timeshifted viewing, last week’s episode of the drama series picked up an extra 166,00 viewers to take its total audience to 973,000.
Earlier in the evening Ten’s The Great Australian Spelling Bee held steady pulling in 665,000 metro viewers in the 7.30pm timeslot, slightly up on last week’s audience of 662,000, as Seven’s Highway Patrol won the timeslot with an audience of 872,000.
The children’s spelling contest was also out-rated by Nine’s The Hotplate which was watched by 852,000 on a night when no program, outside of news and current affairs managed to top the million mark.
Looking at the demographics Highway Patrol was the most-watched show amongst viewers aged 16-39 while The Hotplate grabbed the most viewers amongst those aged 25-54.
Ten’s Have You Been Paying Attention, airing at 8.30pm, was the most-watched amongst viewers aged 18-49 and was watched by 643,000 metro viewers.
Also in the 8.30pm timeslot, Seven’s Ramsay’s Hotel Hell was watched by 560,000.
Nine won the night, thanks to Nine News pulling in 1.132m at 6pm and 1.108m at 6.30pm and A Current Affair delivering 1.031m at 7pm, with a share of 20 per cent.
Seven came in at second place with a share of 17.1 per cent with the ABC claiming third place with a share of 16.3 per cent. Ten settled for a share of 13.3 per cent.
However when secondary channels are accounted for, Seven won the night with an overall share of 26.6 per cent, thanks to 7Two’s share of 5.2 per cent, ahead of Nine’s overall share of 25.5 per cent.
On the ABC, 7.30 was watched by 808,000, Australian Story (8pm) grabbed 850,000, Four Corners (8.30pm) had 749,000 metro viewers, Media Watch (9.20pm) was watched by 721,000 and Q&A (9.30pm) pulled in 579,000.
Seven News pulled in 999,000 metro viewers at 6pm, sliding to 982,000 from 6.30pm.
Top 15 Shows:
1 NINE NEWS Network 9 1,132,000
2 NINE NEWS 6:30 Network 9 1,108,000
3 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 1,031,000
4 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 999,000
5 SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 982,000
6 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC 891,000
7 HIGHWAY PATROL Network 7 872,000
8 THE HOTPLATE -MON Network 9 852,000
9 AUSTRALIAN STORY-EV Network ABC 850,000
10 7.30-EV Network ABC 808,000
11 FOUR CORNERS-EV Network ABC 749,000
12 HOME AND AWAY Network 7 743,000
13 MOTORWAY PATROL Network 7 738,000
14 MEDIA WATCH-EV Network ABC 721,000
15 FAMILY FEUD Network TEN 716,000
Audience Share:
Network 9 20.0%
Network 7 17.1%
Network ABC 16.3%
Network TEN 13.3%
Network SBS ONE 5.3%
Network 7TWO 5.2%
Network 7mate 4.3%
Network ABC2 3.7%
Network ONE 3.7%
Network GO! 3.5%
Network ELEVEN 2.7%
Network Gem 2.0%
Network SBS 2 1.3%
Network ABC News 24 1.0%
Network ABC3 0.6%
Network NITV 0.1%
Total Audience Share:
Network 7 TTL 26.6%
Network 9 TTL 25.5%
Network ABC TTL 21.7%
Network TEN TTL 19.7%
Network SBS TTL 6.6%
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.
Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.
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