Nick Kyrgios’ Australian Open clash with Andy Murray pulls huge audience for Seven
Last night’s quarter final clash between Australian hopeful Nick Kyrgios and Andy Murray drew a huge audience of 1.783m to Channel Seven, helping it secure an audience share of 29.9 per cent.
The match was the most watched show across all the demographics.
The rest of night nine of the Australian Open tournament was watched by 883,000 metro viewers while the broadcast of the day matches was watched by 399,000.
Also in sport, the ABC’s broadcast of the Asian Cup semi-final which saw Australia beat the UAE for a place in the final was watched by 730,000 metro viewers at 8pm.
Nine’s gamble to begin its 2015 series of The Block, The Block Triple Threat against a night of sport did not pay off with the show watched by 860,000 metro viewers, down 27 per cent from The Block: Fans vs Faves launch audience of 1.163m last year.
Nine only managed to grab an audience share of 16.8 per cent as the ABC grabbed a share of 12.9 per cent. Ten settled for a share of 10.5 per cent.
Ten’s most watched show was the Ten Eyewitness News at 5pm which drew a metro audience of 684,000. Family Feud at 6pm was watched by 621,000 and The Project at 6.30pm pulled in an audience of 449,000 before climbing to 486,000 at 7pm.
In the news battle ground Nine won the night with a 6pm audience of 1.146m and a 6.30pm audience of 1.132m. Seven News at 6pm was watched by 974,000 before climbing to 1.025m at 6.30pm.
Top 15 Shows:
1 SEVEN’S TENNIS: 2015 AUST OPEN – NIGHT 9 KYRGIOS V MURRAY Network 7 1,783,000
2 NINE NEWS Network 9 1,146,000
3 NINE NEWS 6:30 Network 9 1,132,000
4 SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 1,025,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 974,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 898,000
7 SEVEN’S TENNIS: 2015 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – NIGHT 9 Network 7 883,000
8 THE BLOCK TRIPLE THREAT -TUE Network 9 860,000
9 FOOTBALL: ASIAN CUP 2015 SEMI FINAL AUS V UAE LIVE-EV Network ABC 730,000
10 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC 697,000
11 TEN EYEWITNESS NEWS Network TEN 684,000
12 FAMILY FEUD Network TEN 621,000
13 HOT SEAT -TUE Network 9 614,000
14 THE PROJECT 7PM Network TEN 486,000
15 THE PROJECT 6.30PM Network TEN 449,000
Audience Share:
Network 7 29.9%
Network 9 16.8%
Network ABC 12.9%
Network TEN 10.5%
Network 7TWO 5.1%
Network SBS ONE 4.0%
Network ONE 3.3%
Network 7mate 3.1%
Network GO! 3.1%
Network ABC2 2.9%
Network ELEVEN 2.5%
Network Gem 2.1%
Network ABC News 24 1.6%
Network ABC3 1.1%
Network SBS 2 1.1%
Network NITV 0.1%
Total Audience Share:
Network 9 TTL 22.0%
Network 7 TTL 38.1%
Network ABC TTL 18.4%
Network TEN TTL 16.3%
Network SBS TTL 5.2% 7.1%
Ratings data is copyright OzTAM and may not be reproduced, published or communicated 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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The Block well below the magic million mark on it’s debut.
Fragmentation, reality TV show fatigue or a mixture of both?
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Is the Block back on? Didnt realise. Dont forget the tennis is on and is pulling huge audiences. plus soccer on foxtel – we were watching that not the Block. tired of these made up “reality” shows hours and hours of filming and we only see the edited version. So boring! Same with MKR.
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Hilary.. do you want to see the unedited hours of The Block??.. my oh my that would be a tough watch
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So where is ABC getting these figures from?
MEDIA ALERT:
SOCCEROOS REACH AFC ASIAN CUP FINAL
3.1 MILLION TUNE IN FOR SEMI FINAL LIVE ON ABC
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