7-Eleven controversy boosts Four Corners and ABC while Spelling Bee and Hotplate drop

Fiarfax journo Adele Ferguson’s Four Corners investigation performed well last night

The massive media coverage of the 7-Eleven working conditions scandal unveiled by Four Corners boosted the ABC’s investigative show last night by nearly 200,000 viewers.

Its audience of 965,000 was up from 678,000 last week, fuelled by extensive coverage in other media outlets over the weekend, and won the 8.30pm timeslot. The result helped lift ABC above Seven and Ten in audience share.

Ten’s Great Australian Spelling Bee at 7.30pm dipped to 639,000 viewers for the start of its finals week, while Nine’s The Hotplate also held steady at 850,000 as it too enters its finals week, according to OzTam overnight ratings.