Cricket dominates for Nine and Ten as Seven lags behind
Cricket remained a viewer favourite yesterday with session three of day one of the fourth test between Australia and India the most watched non-news show, pulling an audience of 979,000 and helping Nine win with an audience share of 19 per cent.
Meanwhile the Big Bash once again helped Ten secure a second place share of 16.1 per cent, while Seven could only manage 15.5 per cent.
Session two of the test match was the second most watched non-news show of the day with an audience of 825,000 after 712,000 had tuned in for the beginning of the test team’s emotional first game at the Sydney Cricket Ground since the death of Phil Hughes. The lunch break which saw Nine broadcast The Cricket Show was watched by 588,000 viewers. Session three of the match was the most watched show amongst viewers aged 16-39.
The Big Bash has given Ten a strong start to the year, with 820,000 metro viewers, according to numbers from Ten based on OzTam timings, tuning in for session two of the match between the Adelaide Strikers and the Perth Scorchers. Session one was watched by 613,000 while the post-game grabbed an audience of 424,000.
