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Rugby World Cup final pulls in 1.2m for Nine, second highest ratings ever for pay TV

Nine’s coverage of the Rugby World Cup final pulled in a respectable 1.220m viewers on Sunday night. However, the final meant the second biggest audience in the history of subscription TV for Fox Sports, which pulled in an average audience of 648,000.

Nine’s coverage of the final could not beat an episode of Nine’s Underbelly: Razor, which brought in 1.237m, according to preliminary metro ratings from OzTam.

Seven’s Wild Boys fared better than last week, edging closer to 1m with 922,000 viewers. Ten’s Terra Nova dropped from 827,000 to 779,000, while Junior MasterChef held steady with 855,000.

The night was won by Seven News, followed by Seven’s Sunday Night.

The top 15 shows:

1. Seven News Seven 1.406m
2. Sunday Night Seven 1.241m
3. Underbelly: Razor Nine 1.237m
4. Rugby World Cup: Final Nine 1.220m
5. Nine News Nine 0.957m
6. Wild Boys Seven 0.922m
7. Junior Masterchef Ten 0.855m
8. Terra Nova Ten 0.779m
9. The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency ABC 0.758m
10. Bones Seven 0.710m
11. Wide Open Road ABC 0.684m
12. Merlin Ten 0.665m
13. ABC News ABC 0.619m
14. Castle Seven 0.603m
15. V8s on Seven: The Gold Coast 600 Seven 0.51m

Sunday’s channel share:

Nine: 25.2%
Seven: 21.8%
Ten: 14.0%
ABC1: 10.8%
7mate: 3.8%
Eleven: 3.7%
SBS1: 3.6%
GO!: 3.6%
One: 3.5%
7TWO 3.5%
Gem: 2.4%
ABC2: 2.1%
ABC News 24: 0.9%
SBS2: 0.7
ABC3: 0.5%

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