The Voice pulls 1.267m as Nine has combined share of 36 per cent on the back of The Ashes
Last night’s episode of reality singing show The Voice drew 1.267m metropolitan viewers to be the most watched non-news program of Sunday night.
The result saw Nine’s franchise shed 114,000 viewers on last week but came on a night when the TV Network posted an overall audience share of 36.6 per cent on the back of The Ashes coverage on Gem.
The Ashes, played at The Kennington Oval in London, drew 546,000 viewers last night for the first session from 7.30pm to 10pm as the Aussies edged towards victory in the match, up on Saturday night where it drew 465,000 and Friday night’s coverage which had 502,000 viewers.
However a three hour rain delay meant that audience dwindled to 160,000 when the Aussies claimed the last two wickets in the afternoon session after midnight.
Over on Seven Sunday Night drew 1.12m viewers at 7pm for a story on Oscar Pistorius’s release being overturned while Dancing with the Stars was down marginally, shedding 9,000 viewers, with an audience of 727,000 viewers.
Ten’s highest rating show of the night was a repeat of Gold Coast Cops at 7pm which drew 524,000 viewers while on the ABC building and renovation show Grand Designs drew 836,000 viewers.
In the news ratings Nine’s one hour Sunday news bulletin drew 1.319m viewers compared with 1.283m for Seven.
60 minutes drew 747,000 viewers at 9pm while Seven’s premiere of a documentary celebrating 20 years of Pacific Magazines title Marie Claire called Under The Covers at 10pm pulled 252,000 viewers.
In terms of main channel audience share drew 24.6 per cent while sister station had 7.7 per cent. Seven had 19.7 per cent, the ABC had 12.4 per cent and Ten had 10 per cent.
Top 15 shows
1 NINE NEWS Network 9 1,319,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 1,283,000
3 THE VOICE Network 9 1,267,000
4 SUNDAY NIGHT Network 7 1,120,000
5 GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED Network ABC 836,000
6 ABC NEWS SUNDAY Network ABC 828,000
7 60 MINUTES Network 9 747,000
8 DANCING WITH THE STARS Network 7 727,000
9 VERA Network ABC 643,000
10 THE MID-YEAR ASHES: FIFTH TEST-ENG V AUS SESSION 1 -D4 Network Gem 546,000
11 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Network 9 525,000
12 GOLD COAST COPS RPT Network TEN 524,000
13 MODERN FAMILY EP 2 RPT Network TEN 493,000
14 FAMILY FEUD SUNDAY Network TEN 481,000
15 BONDI RESCUE Network TEN 477,000
Audience Share
Network 9 24.6%
Network 7 19.7%
Network ABC 12.4%
Network TEN 10.0%
Network Gem 7.7%
Network SBS ONE 5.0%
Network GO! 3.8%
Network 7mate 3.5%
Network 7TWO 3.0%
Network ONE 2.7%
Network ABC2 2.4%
Network ELEVEN 2.2%
Network SBS 2 1.0%
Network ABC News 24 1.0%
Network ABC3 0.7%
Network NITV 0.2%
Total Audience Share
Network 9 TTL 36.1%
Network 7 TTL 26.3%
Network ABC TTL 16.6%
Network TEN TTL 14.8%
Network SBS TTL 6.2%
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