Nine leads with Customs, while ABC1 strong among young viewers
While Nine took the Wednesday ratings lead with observational documentary Customs, ABC1 was strong among younger viewers thanks to its music game show Spicks and Specks and Hungry Beast.
Customs was the most-watched show for the night with over 1.3 million viewers, according to preliminary overnight OzTam data in the main metro markets.
It was ahead of Seven’s Criminal Minds and evening news bulletin – both of which rated higher than the Nine program the previous Wednesday.
Meanwhile, ABC1’s evening news and Spicks and Specks made it on the top 15 most-watched list with over one million viewers respectively, while the Andrew Denton-produced Hungry Beast attracted 665,000.
The public broadcaster held its own among younger viewers, with Spicks and Specks the most-watched show among 16-39s, while Hungry Beast came in at ninth place.
Ten’s The Biggest Loser was the second most-watched program among 16-39s, while So you Think you Can Dance was fourth behind Seven’s Criminal Minds.
Wednesday’s channel share:
- Nine: 27.6%
- Seven: 27.0%
- Ten: 17.8%
- ABC1: 15.0%
- SBS1: 3.8%
- GO!: 3.1%
- 7TWO 2.3%
- ABC2: 1.7%
- ABC3: 0.6%
- One: 0.6%
- SBS2: 0.5%
Wednesday’s top-rating shows:
- Customs Nine 1.309m
- Criminal Minds Seven 1.295m
- Seven News Seven 1.288m
- Today Tonight Seven 1.225m
- Nine News Nine 1.190m
- A Current Affair Nine 1.147m
- RSPCA Animal Rescue Seven 1.134m
- RPA Nine 1.066m
- Two and a Half Men – 7:30pm Nine 1.057m
- Two and a Half Men – 7:00pm Nine 1.007m
- ABC News ABC 1.006m
- Spicks and Specks ABC 1.002m
- Crash Investigation Unit Seven 0.989m
- Home and Away Seven 0.987m
- Ten News Ten 0.881m
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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