Seven News, ABC and sport win Saturday night

August 13, 2017 2:53

Seven had a comfortable win in the Saturday night TV ratings helped by the strong performance of the evening news and the AFL in Melbourne and Adelaide. The ABC however managed to take four of the top ten programs for the evening.

Across the five metro markets, Seven took 22.1% of the audience and Nine 16.2% for the evening. The ABC attracted 13.9% of viewers while Ten narrowly beat SBS with a 6.0% share over the multicultural broadcaster’s 5.1%.

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Paul Wallbank

Paul Wallbank was news editor at Mumbrella between June 2017 and June 2019. Previously he's covered business and technology issues for outlets ranging from The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald to the ABC and Business Spectator.

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Gnus watcher 14 Aug 17

Odd that you pick a promo photo of 7 Melbourne’s news anchors to indicate success. Seven News Melbourne was beaten soundly by Nine News and ABC News that night

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Seven News, ABC and sport win Saturday night

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