Seven wins first week of summer ratings

Tim Burrowes

December 4, 2016 1:44

Seven has cruised to an easy ratings win for the first week of summer, winning six of the first seven days outside of the official non-ratings period.

Despite losing out to Nine on Saturday’s metro ratings, Seven finished the week with an average audience share of 19.2%, ahead of Nine’s 17.2%, according to preliminary overnight data from OzTam.

The ABC’s main channel was third with 13%, ahead of Ten with 11.1%. SBS completed a strong week for the multicultural broadcaster with a cumulative audience of 5.7%.

Meanwhile, Nine won Saturday night with a share of 20.4%, ahead of Seven’s 17.9%.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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Ang Feruglio 5 Dec 16

Congratulations Yvette! Very well deserved and welcome home.

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