Sports were a huge draw last week, giving Nine an unbeatable share.
State of origin II it drew Metro’s 1.84 million viewers, though it rose to 3.02 million when regional and BVOD were added, according to OzTAM.
9GEM also closed with a share of 8.7% thanks to the Ashes. The nine even managed to tie the week with the seven in the West.
The return of dancing with the Stars top notch entertainment.
Elsewhere NITV had one of its best weeks with a 0.4% share, rarely eclipsing multi-channel ABC ME.
Net:
Nine: 35.5
Seven: 26.8
ABC: 15.1
10:14.8
SSB: 7.7
Main channel:
Nine: 21.8
Seven: 18.9
ABC: 10.8
10:9.3
SSB: 3.8
Multi-channel:
9GEM: 8.7
7TWO: 3.0
7 mad: 2.8
10 Bold / 10 Peach: 2.4
ABC Kids TV Plus: 2.2
9GO!: 2.0
ABC News: 1.8
9Life: 1.6
9RUSH: 1.4
7flix: 1.3
SBS World Movies: 1.1
SBS food: 1.0
7 good: 0.8
10 Shake: 0.7
NITV: 0.4
ABCME: 0.3
SBS world clock: 0.0
Nine demos scored 16 – 39 and 25 – 54.
Nine claimed from Sunday to Wednesday. Seven scored from Thursday to Saturday. ABC improved by 10 on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
Nine won Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. He drew with Seven in Melbourne and, notably, Perth.
Last week’s top brands were:
Nine: State of origin II (1.84m), Nine news (Sun: 828,000), Ash series (S1 D3: 634,000) e A current deal (601,000).
Seven: Seven news (939,000), dancing with the Stars (647,000), Hunting (577,000) e Away from home (453,000).
ABCs: ABC News (565,000), Utopia (472,000), Australian history (448,000) e 7:30 (432,000).
10: Have you been paying attention? (514,000), Master Chef Australia (Mon: 493,000), The cheap seats (351,000) e The Sunday Project (258,000).
SSB: Who do you think you are (204,000), News from the SBS world (158,000), Intuition (114,000) e Inside Sydney Airport (111,000).
Infogram provided by Nine:
