Olympics coverage dominates Sunday evening TV

Miranda Ward

August 15, 2016 9:51

Seven’s broadcast of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games saw 1.179m metro viewers tune in from 9:00am to be the most-watched non-news program of Sunday.

In Rio Today, Seven’s Olympics wrap-up which airs at 7:00pm, grabbed 1.175m while the evening broadcast of the games, which kicks off from 9:00pm, was watched by 932,000.

Seven easily won the night with an audience share of 29.3%, ahead of Nine’s share of 15.5%. while the ABC claimed a share of 11.5% and Ten settled for a share of 9.7%.

Nine’s 60 Minutes pulled in 919,000 metro viewers at 7:00pm with 550,000 watching David Attenborough’s The Hunt, which aired on Nine from 8:00pm.

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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.