Australia’s win against South Africa helps Nine win the night

Miranda Ward

November 20, 2014 9:52

Australia’s one day cricket international helped Nine to a winning audience share of 22.3 per cent after 985,000 viewers tuned in to see Australia bowl South Africa out from 6.30pm.

The second session of the cricket was the highest non-news program of the evening, with 489,000 viewers watching the first session from 1.30pm.

Seven’s Home and Away the second most watched non-news show with an audience of 815,000 at 7pm, but Seven had to settle for an audience share of 19.5 per cent, while Ten could only manage 10.4 per cent, beaten by the ABC 12.4 per cent.

Also on Seven, the second outing of season two of Westpac-funded TV documentary Air Rescue, at 8pm, saw its audience grow to 674,000 after debuting to 629,000 viewers last week.

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.