A night of sport divides audiences as Nine’s Customs most watched non-news show

Miranda Ward

January 22, 2015 9:56

A night of sport saw audiences spread across the channels with with no non-news show breaking the 1m viewer mark.

Seven’s broadcast of the night matches at the Australian Open saw 623,000 metro viewers tune in on the main channel, as 363,000 metro viewers watched separate matches on 7Two. The main channel, which broadcast a match between Bernard Tomic against Philipp Kohlschreiber, saw its audience dip on Tuesday night when 837,000 metro viewers tuned in to watch Lleyton Hewitt play.

Ten’s Big Bash match between the Melbourne Stars and the Perth Scorchers grabbed a metro audience of 517,000 for the first innings before growing modestly to 518,000 for session two, according to OzTam’s overnight metro ratings.

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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.