Australian Story the most watched non-news program as X Factor draws 948,000

October 6, 2015 10:00

McDonald

An Australian Story episode featuring actor Garry McDonald talking about his fight with anxiety drew 1.047m on the ABC making it the most watched non-news program of the night.

The result came on a night when Seven’s X Factor pulled an audience of 948,000 metropolitan viewers in the 7.30pm slot for what was its first Monday night live show. Last Sunday its live show had 1.011m viewers.

The X Factor was beaten by not only Australian Story but also The Block which had 1.021m viewers, while Ten’s The Biggest Loser Families came in fourth with 531,000.

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Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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