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Ten leapfrogs Nine in first ratings night of the year

Nine opened the ratings year behind Ten and free-to-air leader Seven, as it led its prime time schedule with coverage of the cricket, while its rivals unveiled new and returning programs.  

The premier of US drama The Good Wife proved a ratings winner for Ten, attracting 1.4 million viewers, while the series return of Australian panel show Talking’ Bout Your Generation attracted 1.3 million, according to overnight OzTam data in the five metropolitan markets.

However, the panel show was well below the average viewing figure of 1.6 million for last year’s series.

Meanwhile, Seven News was the most watched show with 1.45m. But Nine’s one bright spot for the evening was its equivalent news bulletin which was not far behind Seven with 1.4m viewers.

The return of Seven’s Bones saw it attract 1.2m, but was no match for The Good Wife which premiered in the same time slot at 8:30pm.

In overall share free-to-air TV viewing, Seven continued to lead with 27.6 per cent, while Ten came in second with 24.6 per cent, well ahead of Nine with 21.5 per cent. Among the digital channels, Nine’s Go equalled SBS1 with a 4.5 per cent share respectively.

Nine’s prime time broadcast of the One-Day International between Australia v West indies brought in just over one million viewers.

Sunday’s Channel Share:

  • Seven: 27.6%
  • Ten: 24.6%
  • Nine: 21.5%
  • ABC1: 12.4%
  • SBS1: 4.5%
  • GO!: 4.5%
  • 7TWO: 2.9%
  • One: 0.8%
  • ABC2: 0.5%
  • ABC3: 0.3%
  • SBS2: 0.3%

Sunday’s Top Rating Shows:

  1. Seven News – Seven 1.45m
  2. Nine News – Nine 1.4m
  3. The Good Wife – Ten 1.4m
  4. Air Ways – Seven 1.3m
  5. Talkin’ Bout Your Generation – Ten 1.3m
  6. Bones – Seven 1.2m
  7. Trishna and Krishna – Seven 1.2m
  8. One Day Cricket – Primetime Nine 1m
  9. House – Ten 1m
  10. One Day Cricket – Afternoon Nine 954,000
  11. The Biggest Loser – Ten 926,000
  12. ABC News – ABC 911,000
  13. Castle – Episode 1 – Seven 901,000
  14. Castle – Episode 2 – Seven 682,000
  15. Inside The Firestorm – ABC 639,000
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