Commonwealth Games maintains Seven’s ratings dominance
The Commonwealth Games continue to deliver for Channel Seven with another strong showing on Thursday night.
1.162 million metro viewers tuned into the nighttime coverage of the games’ track and field events with 1.093 million watching the earlier evening program. Seven’s news also benefitted from the games audiences with 1.105 million tuning in to the 6pm bulletin.
Outside of news and sport, the best rating shows were Ten’s Gogglebox which scraped into the top ten metro programs with 533,000 viewers and Nine’s Hot Seat which attracted an audience of 485,000.
Seven’s strong Comm Games performance again saw it easily win the evening’s audience share with 44.1% of the market. Nine grabbed 21.8% with Ten’s 15.6% edging out the ABC’s 13%. SBS recorded 5.5%.