1.2m viewers tune in for ABC’s Don Burke investigation

Interviews with four alleged victims of harassment by TV presenter Don Burke pulled in 1.2m national viewers for the ABC’s 7.30 program last night.

The results of the joint investigation by the ABC and Fairfax averaged a metro audience of 863,000, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam. The audience was the highest for 7.30 on a Monday night in more than six months.

Meanwhile, Nine’s A Current Affair – which featured a tough interview between Tracy Grimshaw and Burke – captured 816,000 metro viewers. Including regional viewers this number rose to 1.146m nationally.

Burke’s inquisition by Grimshaw aired on ACA

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