Cricket helps Nine win the night as 919,000 tune in for finale of Countdown anniversary special
The finale of the ABC’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of Countdown was watched by 919,000 viewers, slightly down on last week’s audience of 965,000.
It wasn’t enough for the ABC to break the stranglehold of the cricket, with 1.171m viewers tuning in for the evening session of Australia’s one day match against South Africa, after the visitors came close to scuring an unlikely victory at the death before Austrlia prevailed.
The evening session was the highest rating session of the one day series between the sides, and the most watched show amongst the 16 – 39 and 18 – 49 demographics, as well as the most watched non-news program of the evening handing Nine an audience share of 26.5 per cent.
Seven could only manage a share of 17.7 per cent while the ABC settled for an audience share of 12.9 per cent. Ten managed a share of 11.8 per cent.
