Highway Patrol wins 1.1m for Seven as Big Bang Theory repeats take 25-54s

Seven’s real life action drama Highway Patrol was the most watched entertainment show in all people last night however Nine held onto its key audience in people 25-54 with repeat episodes of The Big Bang Theory, according to OzTam.

Highway Patrol averaged over 1.1m metro viewers for Seven and was third in all programs after Nine News and Seven News, however Nine’s repeat of  the US sitcom averaged 736,000.

A second repeat of the show edged out Seven’s Air Rescue in all programs as Nine had 996,000 metro viewers for The Big Bang Theory’s second repeat at 8pm while Air Rescue averaged 930,000. The second repeat episode was also the most watched program in Nine’s key advertising demographic.

Meanwhile Ten’s repeat episodes of Modern Family and The New Girl averaged 495,000 and 346,000 for Ten, rating fourth in their timeslots behind the ABC’s Australian Story and 7.30 featuring Leigh Sale’s interview with Steve Carell of Anchorman.