News dominates as David Warner’s effort with the bat draws late cricket audience

November 6, 2015 10:29

A monster effort with the bat by David Warner on the first day of the test between Australia and New Zealand saw Nine draw 685,000 metro viewers to the final session of the day as viewers dashed to catch the start of the summer series.

The last session, which wrapped up at 6pm, managed to lift the cricket into 10th place in the overnight ratings.

In a quiet night dominated by news, Nine topped the table with the 6:30 news drawing 1.048m, ahead of Seven News at 6pm with 1.044m.

RBT proved the most popular general entertainment show of the night with an audience of 842,000 at 7:30pm bringing it into 6th place, with an RBT repeat at 8pm drawing 746,000.

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Simon Canning

Simon Canning was Mumbrella's marketing and advertising editor from 2015-2017. In a career spanning journalism and communications over more than 30 years Simon has become one of Australia’s most respected analysts and commentators on the advertising, marketing and media industries. A regular commentator on radio and TV, Simon has also worked in media in the US and UK .

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News dominates as David Warner’s effort with the bat draws late cricket audience

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