Seven wins Friday night, despite tennis semi-finals on Nine

January 27, 2019 12:35

Nine’s summer of tennis and Seven’s summer of cricket went to battle on Friday, with session one of day two of the test between Australia and Sri Lanka drawing 383,000 metro viewers. Session two had 458,000, while session three averaged 571,000.

During the day, 310,000 metro viewers tuned in to watch the tennis on Nine, according to OzTAM’s preliminary overnight ratings, while 528,000 tuned in for the night session, featuring the men’s semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Lucas Pouille.

Despite some struggles with the Big Bash, Seven says its cricket coverage is tracking above its projections

None of the sporting contests, however, managed to out-rate Seven News, which attracted 843,000 metro viewers in the first half hour and 922,000 for the second segment – which in some markets airs as Today Tonight.

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Vivienne Kelly

Vivienne Kelly was previously the editor of Mumbrella from 2016 to August 2020.

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