The Ashes helps Nine to another nightly win, with 755,000 tuning in for session one

755,000 metro viewers tuned in overnight to watch session one of day one of the fifth test of The Ashes.

The Ashes went to air on Nine’s primary channel, despite the contest already being decided, with 425,000 metro viewers also tuning in for the lunch coverage, and 326,000 for the later session two.

The Ashes may already be decided, but people are still tuning in

This helped Nine’s primary channel to a winning 23.1% share. The network, including its multi-channels Go, Gem and Life, also had a winning 30.6% share overall.

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