Don Lane tribute wins Thursday night

A Tribute to Don Lane was the most watched TV show last night taking Nine to a clear win.  

Following the death of former Nine variety-show presenter Don Lane yesterday, the tribute show hosted by friend and TV personality Bert Newton was the most-watched show for the night pulling in a conservative 1.26 million, according to preliminary OzTam data.

Getaway, which aired before the tribute, at 7:30 came in second with 1.2 million.

The majority of Nine’s audience stayed tuned to watch the Secret Millionaire at 9:30 which received just over 1 million, an increase on last week’s audience of 946,000. 

The three programmes, along with Two and a Half Men, took the network to a clear win, despite the continuing low audiences for Thursdays.

Nightly channel Shares:

Nine: 28.4%

Seven: 24.1%

Ten: 21.1%

ABC1: 15.8%

SBS1: 4.6%

GO!: 2.1%

ABC2: 1.8%

ONE: 1.5%

SBS2: 0.5%

But Seven leads into the weekend, just ahead of Nine. The news comes as Seven today announced the launch of its digital offering 7TWO.

Network shares week-to-date:

Seven: 26.8%

Nine: 25.8%

Ten: 21.6%

ABC1: 15.4%

SBS1: 5%

GO!: 2.5%

ABC2: 1.4%

ONE: 1.3%

SBS2: 0.3%

Top 15 most watched shows:

1. A Tribute to Don Lane – Nine 1.3m
2. Getaway – Nine 1.2m
3. Seven News – Seven 1.1m
4. Today Tonight – Seven 1.1m
5. Two and a Half Men – Nine 1.1m
6. Secret Millionaire – Nine 1m
7. Home and Away – Seven 1m
8. ABC News – ABC 1m
9. Rush – Ten 0.973m
10. Beauty and the Geek – Seven 0.952m
11. Glee – Ten 0.951m
12. Nine News – Nine 0.943m
13. A Current Affair – Nine 0.929m
14. Ghost Whisperer – Seven 0.843m
15. Burn Notice – Ten 0.796m