Weather dampens cricket audience for Nine as Seven wins the night
A rainy day in Adelaide hit Nine’s cricket audiences yesterday as Seven again won the night with a 90-minute episode of Home and Away close to hitting the one million mark.
The first session of the second day of the test match with India drew 435,000 metro viewers, down from 518,000, with the second and third sessions watched by 440,000 and 610,000 respectively. Both were down sharply from day one audiences of 637,000 and 843,000 with rain interruptions not helping the broadcaster.
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Home and Away, which ran for 90 minutes from 7pm, was the most watched non-news show of the night according to Oztam overnight rankings, with 973,000 viewers, almost 150,000 more than Tuesday night’s episode.
It helped Seven win the night with a share of 22.8 per cent, ahead of Nine on 19.7 per cent. Ten took 12.7 per cent, followed by ABC with 10.5 per cent and SBS One with 4.1 per cent.
Nine’s top rated non-news and current affairs show was UK-based Customs which aired at 8pm and drew 739,000, followed by another airport security program, To Catch a Smuggler, which aired immediately after Customs and attracted 642,000.
The Project was Ten’s top rated entertainment program with 518,000 tuning in at 7pm.
Both Nine and Ten showed movies last night, with Knight and Day on Nine, which started at 9.30pm, watched by 446,000 viewers while Jack Black’s School of Rock, which began an hour earlier, drawing 391,000.
News again dominated the night with Seven News at 6pm winning the night with 1.1m viewers, and the 6.30pm slot taking 1.09m. Nine News captured 962,000 at 6pm with the second half hour 923,000.
ABC News at 7pm was the public broadcaster’s top program of the night with 719,000 viewers.
Top 20 shows:
1 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 1,102,000
2 SEVEN NEWS / TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 1,097,000
3 HOME AND AWAY Network 7 973,000
4 NINE NEWS Network 9 962,000
5 NINE NEWS 6:30 Network 9 923,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 900,000
7 CUSTOMS Network 9 739,000
8 CRIMINAL MINDS (R) Network 7 724,000
9 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC 719,000
10 TO CATCH A SMUGGLER Network 9 642,000
11 7.30-EV Network ABC 631,000
12 QI RPT Network ABC 611,000
13 FIRST TEST – AUSTRALIA V INDIA SESSION 3 Network 9 610,000
14 TEN EYEWITNESS NEWS Network TEN 585,000
15 CRIMINAL MINDS-EP.2 (R) Network 7 567,000
16 THE PROJECT 7PM Network TEN 518,000
17 FAMILY FEUD Network TEN 516,000 189,000
18 ABC NEWS UPDATE-EV Network ABC 505,000
19 MILLION DOLLAR MINUTE Network 7 498,000
20 MODERN FAMILY EP 2 RPT Network TEN 496,000
Audience share:
Network 7 22.8%
Network 9 19.7%
Network TEN 12.7%
Network ABC 10.5%
Network 7TWO 7.2%
Network GO! 4.5%
Network SBS ONE 4.1%
Network ONE 3.4%
Network 7mate 3.2%
Network ABC2 3.2%
Network ELEVEN 2.7%
Network Gem 2.4%
Network ABC News 24 1.7%
Network SBS 2 1.2%
Network ABC3 0.6%
Network NITV 0.2%
Total share:
Network 7 TTL 33.2%
Network 9 TTL 26.7%
Network TEN TTL 18.8%
Network ABC TTL 15.9%
Network SBS TTL 5.5%
Data OzTAM Pty Limited 2013. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of OzTAM.
