News dominates Friday night ratings as viewers drift off on a quiet TV evening

November 24, 2018 12:38

The lack of sport on free-to-air TV was reflected in Friday’s OzTAM preliminary overnight ratings which saw news programs and Seven’s evergreen Better Homes and Gardens easily win the night.

Across the five-city metro market, Seven News was the top rating show with 869,000 viewers with Nine’s news attracting an audience of 749,000. Better Homes and Gardens drew 599,000 metro viewers while the night’s best drama was the ABC’s repeat of Death in Paradise which saw 410,000 tune in.

So quiet was the evening’s TV, Seven’s afternoon reality show, The Chase Australia and Ten’s morning lifestyle panel program The Living Room both managed to crack the top twenty shows with 525,000 and 408,000 viewers respectively.

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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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2 COMMENTS

MHS 25 Nov 18

Interesting choice of photo to accompany this story. Did Seven repeat an old Jennifer Keyte bulletin and still win the News ratings? Or has Jen quit 10 to go back to.Seven, confused.

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Paul Wallbank 26 Nov 18

Hi MHS, it’s a file photo from our archives. Apologies for the confusion.