Bathurst 1000 dominates weekend ratings while Beach Cops debut tops the million viewer mark

Miranda Ward

October 12, 2015 10:03

Ten’s broadcast of the Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercars dominated the weekend ratings with the gruelling race watched by 1.095m metro viewers during Sunday afternoon with that figure growing to 1.287m to watch Craig Lowndes take the chequered flag cementing his sixth title win there.

The wrap up was watched by 966,000 metro viewers while Saturday’s top 10 shootout grabbed 627,000 metro viewers. the race also got 244,000 viewers on Fox Sports on Sunday, easily the most-watched show on pay-TV.

Meanwhile in the evening, Nine’s The Block, which aired from 7pm to 8.30pm, was watched by 1.156m, out-rating Seven’s Sunday Night, on from 7pm to 8pm, which had an audience of 1.087m.

The Block was also the most-watched show across the key advertising demographics (16-39, 18-49 and 25-54).

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.