Ten and Seven tie in audience share as cricket again hands Nine the win
Ten and Seven tied for second place in audience share with both stations grabbing 14.8 per cent overnight, while Nine won the night with a share of 19 per cent and the ABC settled for a share of 11.3 per cent.
However when secondary channels are accounted for Seven pushed ahead of Ten with an overall audience share of 26.9 per cent thanks to 7Two which grabbed a share of 7.5 per cent after 352,000 viewers tuned in for the final episode of A Touch of Frost at 8.30pm.
Meanwhile all three sessions of the cricket test between Australia and India made the top 20 shows of the day, with the evening session the most watched non-news show with 768,000 viewers tuning in on Nine. Session one was watched by 458,000 with 551,000 watching the afternoon session.
Getaway was the channel’s second most watched non-news show, grabbing an audience of 670,000 in the 8pm timeslot, out-rating the ABC’s Catalyst which was watched by 604,000, OzTam overnight metro ratings show.
Seven’s best non-news performer of the evening was Highway Patrol which pulled an audience of 636,000 in the 7pm timeslot while Ten’s most watched show was Madam Secretary at 8.30pm which was watched by 592,000, up from last week’s audience of 543,000.
Also on Ten, Family Feud grabbed an audience of 546,000 at 6pm, with The Project at 6.30pm watched by 459,000 before climbing to 580,000 from 7pm. Jamie’s Festive Feast airing from 7.30pm was watched by 551,000, up on last week’s audience for Jamie Cooks Summer which had an audience of 495,000.
Meanwhile on Nine, Kings Cross ER pulled an audience of 607,000 in the 9pm timeslot.
On the ABC, 7.30 was watched by 668,000.
In news Seven News at 6pm won the night with an audience of 1.022m while Nine News at 6pm was watched by 982,000. In the 6.30pm timeslot Nine won with 958,000 viewers while Seven News at 6.30pm or Today Tonight was watched by 956,000.
The secondary channels continue to perform well in the non-ratings period, with 7Two grabbing a share of 7.5 per cent and Nine’s GO! a share of 5.5 per cent. 7Mate had a share of 4.6 per cent while Ten’s Eleven was on a share of 4.5 per cent. Nine’s Gem settled for 3.5 per cent while Ten’s One managed a share of 3.1 per cent.
Top 15 Shows
1 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 1,022,000
2 NINE NEWS Network 9 982,000
3 NINE NEWS 6:30 Network 9 958,000
4 SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 956,000
5 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 856,000
6 FIRST TEST – AUSTRALIA V INDIA SESSION 3 Network 9 768,000
7 GETAWAY -SUMMER Network 9 670,000
8 7.30-EV Network ABC 668,000
9 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC 643,000
10 HIGHWAY PATROL (R) Network 7 636,000
11 KINGS CROSS ER Network 9 607,000
12 CATALYST-EV Network ABC 604,000
13 MADAM SECRETARY Network TEN 592,000
14 TEN EYEWITNESS NEWS Network TEN 584,000
15 THE PROJECT 7PM Network TEN 580,000 183,000 148,000 108,000 59,000 82,000
Audience Share
Network 9 19.0%
Network 7 14.8%
Network TEN 14.8%
Network ABC 11.3%
Network 7TWO 7.5%
Network GO! 5.5%
Network 7mate 4.6%
Network ELEVEN 4.5%
Network SBS ONE 4.3%
Network Gem 3.5%
Network ABC2 3.2%
Network ONE 3.1%
Network ABC News 24 1.7%
Network SBS 2 1.5%
Network ABC3 0.9%
Network NITV 0.1%
Total Audience Share
Network 9 TTL 28.0%
Network 7 TTL 26.9%
Network TEN TTL 22.4%
Network ABC TTL 17.0%
Network SBS TTL 5.8%
Data OzTAM Pty Limited 2013. 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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