Seven News and Downton Abbey win the Sunday ratings race

June 27, 2011 9:37

Seven had a successful Sunday night with the news at 6pm and Downton Abbey at 8:30 ranking as the top two programs of the night.

The news pulled in an audience of 1.71 million while the period drama received 1.68 million – according to preliminary metro ratings from OzTam – handing an easy win to Seven with 27.3%. Both Nine and Ten’s shares were below 20%.

Masterchef came in third with 1.6 million, slightly down on last Sunday.

Dancing With The Stars dropped from its fourth-place ranking last week to 5th, with its audience dropping by 36,000.

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Alice Terlikowski

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TV Media Buyer 27 Jun 11

Go Seven!!! Strong schedule for both Metro/Regional

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tim 27 Jun 11

Is The Block winning over Masterchef as reported in the Sunday Herald Sun on 26/06/11.

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