Logies debate swells audience for Nine with ceremony topping 1m viewer mark
Last night's broadcast of the 2016 Logies saw the award ceremony break the 1m audience barrier, a feat the show has struggled to make for the last five years.
Last night’s broadcast of the 2016 Logie Awards saw the award ceremony break the 1m audience barrier, a feat the show has struggled to achieve for the last five years.
The award ceremony had attracted an unusual amount of press interest after the nominations of SBS’ Lee Lin Chin and Ten’s Waleed Aly, who picked up the Gold Logie, and pulled in 1.119m metro viewers from 7.30pm while the red carpet, which kicked off at 7pm, was watched by 1.060m.
Last year, the 2015 Logies broke a cycle of five years of audience decline, delivering Nine a metro audience of 971,000.
The 2016 Logies was the most-watched show amongst viewers aged 18-49 and 25-54 while Ten’s Masterchef was the popular choice amongst 16-39 year olds.
Masterchef was watched by 905,000 at 7.30pm, down on last week’s launch audience of 1.012m. It out-rated Seven’s House Rules, which aired from 7pm to 8.45pm and had an audience of 864,000.
Nine won the night, thanks to the Logies, with an audience share of 28.6%, well ahead of Seven which had a share of 17.6%. Ten claimed third place with a share of 13% as the ABC settled for a share of 11.7%.
Seven’s Sunday Night, airing at 8.45pm, was watched by 567,000 while the launch of the new season of Shark Tank on Ten at 9pm pulled in 479,000.
In the news battleground, Seven News, airing from 6pm to 7pm, drew 1.228m as Nine News, also airing from 6pm to 7pm, pulled in 1.186m.
On the ABC, Grand Designs, airing at 7.40pm, was watched by 746,000 and Midsomer Murders, on at 8.30pm, pulled in 749,000.
Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.
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Who cares, sub standard Television sub standard recipients a lot of media crap selected by media crap.
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Say Roberto, hope you brought your mum a nice present but!
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I actually feel sorry for you Roberto. What a sad and sorry life you must live.
Whatever cheers you up (if indeed anything does), please take a double dose each morning for the next few weeks and see if you feel any better.
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Not a fan Rob?
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Apparently 1.1m people care Roberto!
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It was the longest Logies telecast and also one of the most boring. If they want the awards to be relevant, cut the ceremony down to 2 hours at most.
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It’s hilarious the way these numbers are accepted as “fact”.
Nobody dares to question the minuscule sample from which these “numbers” are extrapolated, fancifully. May as well say they’re 5 million, 10 million viewers. Why not?
The Logie Awards – really? Similar to the Betamax Awards for best video tape.
They’re like watching a bed-ridden octogenarian trying to enjoy what’s left of their life.
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