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Nine’s Love Child attracts 654,000 while Ten’s Have You Been Paying Attention? wins across the demos

The final two episodes of season three of Nine’s Local Drama pulled in 705,000 and 654,000 metro viewers at 8:40pm last night.

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It was down on the season’s premiere which saw 839,000 metro viewers tune in.

Love Child was out-rated by Ten’s news quiz show Have You Been Paying Attention? which aired at 8:30pm and was watched by 736,000 metro viewers, whereas Seven’s 9:00pm movie, The Bourne Legacy, attracted 391,000.

Have You Been Paying Attention? was also the most-watched show across the key advertising demographics (16-39, 18-49 and 25-54).

Nine won the night with an audience share of 20.2% ahead of Seven’s share of 18.7%. The ABC claimed third place with a share of 15.2%, while Ten managed a share of 14.2%.

At 7:30pm, Ten’s All Star Family Feud was watched by 668,000, Seven’s Highway Patrol drew an audience of 801,000, and Nine’s Australia’s Most Outrageous Weddings grabbed 568,000 metro viewers.

In the news battleground, Seven News at 6:00pm was watched by 1.133m, sliding to 1.031m from 6:30pm while Nine News at 6:00pm pulled in 1.093m dipping to 1.040m from 6:30pm.

Nine’s A Current Affair, airing at 7:00pm, was watched by 873,000.

In breakfast television, Seven’s Sunrise had an audience of 318,000, out-rating Nine’s Today, which was watched by 291,000.

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