• Wanderlust viewers tune in to Nine’s Great Getaways
Total TV Ratings, December 29
Seven’s coverage of the second test between Australia and South Africa continued its reign on day four of the match as the top-rating non-news program, fetching an audience of 807,000.
Aside from cricket, The Chase Australia was another top-performing program for the network, with 661,000 viewers tuning in.
On Nine, Hot Seat with Eddie McGuire had 419,000, while a repeat episode of Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery was the ABC’s top non-news program that day with an audience of 325,000.
Overnight ratings, January 5
Primetime News
Seven News 817,000/784,000
Nine News 678,000/678,000
ABC News 529,000
10 News First 233,000 (5:00pm)/181,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 144,000 (6:30pm)/103,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 561,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 231,000
Today 147,000
News Breakfast 145,000
Late News
SBS World News Late 52,000
ABC Late News 34,000
For a fourth consecutive day, Seven has remained at the top, claiming 34.2% of the network shares. Seven topped channel shares with 23.9%, as 7TWO led the multi-channels with a 5.7% share.
A Current Affair, featuring fill-in presenter Dimity Clancey, was highly viewed program on Nine, garnering 561,000 viewers on Thursday night.
Seven’s cricket coverage of the third test between Australia and South Africa drew in substantial audience numbers throughout the day – the most being 456,000 in the afternoon.
The network’s coverage of the Big Bash League match between the Sydney Strikers and Hobart Hurricanes was another highly viewed event with an audience of 343,000.
An audience of 342,000 tuned in to Nine’s Great Getaways see what’s on offer in the tropical Cook Islands, the Gold Coast hinterland and cruising the Mediterranean. The travel show was then followed by a repeat episode of Paramedics which drew in 268,000 viewers.
Over the ABC, a repeat episode of Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery, featuring cricket great Ian Chappell pulled in an audience of 286,000.
The presenter and retired cricket captain visited Adelaide and the backyard where he and his brothers spent countless hours practicing the skills that got them selected to play for Australia.
