Aussie Ashes domination reflected by Nine with a 30 per cent audience share

The Ashes dominated prime time viewing on Sunday with more than 1.7m metro viewers tuning in for the third session of the second test on Channel Nine, according to preliminary overnight ratings from OzTam.

Australia’s improvement gave live cricket a boost, making three of the top five programs of the day along with Nine News and Nine’s afternoon Cricket Show, all scoring more than 1m viewers and giving the channel a 30 per cent share of the audience.

Channel Seven scored a 16.8 per cent share, while Channel Ten held just an 8.2 per cent share.

The third session of The Ashes second test dominated viewing between 6.30pm and 9pm and helped Nine News win more than 1.5m metro viewers as Seven News dropped to 934,000. Meanwhile David Attenborough’s Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth averaged 285,000 for Ten ranking third in its timeslot from 6pm to 7pm.