Mick Fanning’s shark tale lifts 60 Minutes

Mick Fanning’s story about his brush with a Great White Shark lifted Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes last night which along with The Voice gave the channel a commanding win on Sunday night.

Fanning on last night’s 60 Minutes

The launch of the live shows of The Voice held up strongly with 1.467m viewers for the two-hour show from 7pm, while the return of the champion surfer to the water drew 1.08m viewers despite its post 9pm showing according to OzTam’s overnight metro ratings.

Last night was Ten’s first Sunday post the finale of Masterchef which saw the network’s audience share fall back below the ABC, but Seven also saw a fall in audience for one its main shows Dancing with Stars, which slid for the third consecutive week to 707,000.