Cricket wins Saturday while overunning golf takes Sunday crown
The tight finish to the test match between Australia and India on Saturday evening was the most watched non-news program across the weekend on TV, with 1.150m viewers tuning in to see Nathan Lyon give the hosts the win in a tight contest.
A definite move towards non-ratings schedules has also ensured free-to-air TV audiences were down on Sunday with the overunning playoff of the Australia PGA Golf championships the most popular non-news show on Sunday with an audience of 595,000 for Seven.
Saturday’s climax of the cricket saw 777,000 people tune in for the morning session, 849,000for the afternoon before the bumper audience for the evening session when the Indian batting collapse handed Australia the win.
Nine also won both Saturday and Sunday’s battle for audience share, with 21.2 per cent and 19 per cent respectively, OzTam metro overnight figures show.
When the top non-news show is watched by less than 2.5% of Australian population, you have to start to ask yourself, is there any point in reporting these stats anymore?
The Chase was actually cancelled due to the golf playoff. At least in Sydney and Melbourne.
Thanks for the tip James,
Seven has confirmed that was the case – it didn’t come through in the ratings this morning but it’s updated now.
Cheers,
Alex – editor, Mumbrella