Nine takes the night as Seven’s Air Rescue sees audience decline
Seven’s penultimate episode of Air Rescue dropped sharply from last week’s show as Nine took the honours on Tuesday night with an audience share of 17.4 per cent.
The documentary, funded by Westpac, drew 471,000 for episode seven of the eight-program series, down from 576,000 last week.
Seven gained a share of 15.9 per cent, just ahead of Ten with 15.2 per cent. ABC captured 12.5 per cent and SBS five per cent, which was behind both Network 7Two with 5.7 per cent and Gem with 5.4 per cent.
The top rated non-news show was Highway Patrol, which aired at 7pm on Seven, with 628,000 tuning in. The movie Groundhog Day, which followed Air Rescue at 8.30pm, attracted 410,000.
Nine’s top rated non-news show was RBT at 7.30pm with an audience of 500,000.
Over on Ten, session one of the Big Bash clash between the Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers was seen by 496,000 metro viewers, rising to 624,000 for session two, making the cricket the second most watched non-news program of the night.
Nine won the news ratings battle, drawing 935,000 viewers for the 6pm segment and 925,000 at 6.30pm. It was way ahead of Seven which attracted 782,000 for Seven News/Today Tonight and 777,000 for the 6pm half hour.
Top rated shows:
1 NINE NEWS Network 9 935,000
2 NINE NEWS 6:30 Network 9 925,000
3 SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 782,000
4 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 777,000
5 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC 727,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 678,000
7 HIGHWAY PATROL-TUE (R) Network 7 628,0000
8 CRICKET: T20 BIG BASH LEAGUE GAME 6 – SESSION 2 Network TEN 624,000
9 7.30 SUMMER-EV Network ABC 598,000
10 TEN EYEWITNESS NEWS Network TEN 537,000
11 RBT -RPT Network 9 500,000
12 CRICKET: T20 BIG BASH LEAGUE GAME 6 – SESSION 1 Network TEN 496,000
13 HOT SEAT Network 9 489,000
14 AIR RESCUE Network 7 471,000
15 BLOWN AWAY-EV Network ABC 470,000
16 KALGOORLIE COPS Network 9 436,000
17 M-GROUNDHOG DAY Network 7 410,000
18 FAMILY CONFIDENTIAL RPT Network ABC 399,000
19 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Network 9 396,000
20 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT EP2 Network 9 384,000
Audience market share:
Network 9 17.4%
Network 7 15.9%
Network TEN 15.2%
Network ABC 12.5%
Network 7TWO 5.7%
Network Gem 5.4%
Network SBS ONE 5.0%
Network GO! 4.5%
Network 7mate 4.4%
Network ABC2 3.7%
Network ONE 3.4%
Network ELEVEN 3.1%
Network ABC News 24 1.7%
Network ABC3 1.2%
Network SBS 2 0.8%
Network NITV 0.1%
Total audience share:
Network 9 TTL 27.3%
Network 7 TTL 25.9%
Network TEN TTL 21.7% 21.0%
Network ABC TTL 19.1%
Network SBS TTL 6.0%
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