Today closes on Sunrise while The Circle sees promising start

It was a battle of the morning shows yesterday, with the relaunched Sunrise only narrowly beating Today, while the launch episode of Ten’s chat show The Circle bettered its weak-rating predecessor, 9am with David and Kim.  

Seven’s Sunrise led the breakfast slot ahead of Nine’s Today show with a margin of just 3,000 viewers, according to preliminary overnight OzTam data in the five metropolitan cities.

Today managed to beat Sunrise in the larger markets of Sydney and Melbourne.

Among the morning shows, the launch of Ten’s new all-female chat show, The Circle, in the 10am to noon slot attracted 78,000 viewers. The show, which was created to replace 9am with David and Kim which aired between 9am to noon, managed to better the latter’s average audience of 68,000 last year.

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