TV viewers focus on election news

TV viewers appetite for information on the photo finish election stretched across Sunday with news shows rating most strongly, and big breakfast audiences too.  

Seven News was the most watched show of Sunday with 1.7m, while Weekend Sunrise pulled in an average of 470,000 viewers, according to prelinminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam. Nine’s Weekend Today rated 376,000.

Sunday’s top ratings shows:

1. Seven News Seven 1.731
2. Nine News Nine 1.609
3. Sunday Night Seven 1.377
4. Dancing with the Stars Seven 1.365
5. 60 Minutes Nine 1.291
6. RBT Nine 1.237
7. Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation Ten 1.226
8. Send in the Dogs Nine 1.162
9. Offspring Ten 1.084
10. ABC News ABC 1.075
11. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nine 1.003
12. Modern Family Ten 0.979
13. Rules of Engagement Ten 0.810
14. Life ABC 0.791
15. Bones Seven 0.772

Sunday’s share:

• Seven: 27.8%
• Nine: 22.8%
• Ten: 19.3%
• ABC1: 13.2%
• GO!: 5.8%
• SBS1: 3.9%
• 7TWO: 3.8%
• ABC News 24: 1.0%
• One: 0.8%
• SBS2: 0.6%
• ABC3: 0.5%
• ABC2: 0.4%

Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.

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