Nine’s Olympics coverage dominates Sunday, but down on Athens Games
Nine’s Olympic coverage claimed the top two spots for Sunday night on day two of the Games.
London Live: Early Evening won the day taking 2.144m, across the five city metro market, according to preliminary ratings from OzTam. It was followed by London Live: Evening, which took 1.919m.
The figures come after a disappointing audience for the opening ceremony for Nine on Saturday, which recorded the lowest Australian audience since the current OzTam system began.
The figures are about 10% down on the 2004 Athens Olympics, the most similar games to London in terms of time difference.
Lots of negative comments re: 9’s Olympic coverage on the Channel 9 Facebook page and on Twitter over last 24 hours – mainly due to the exact same coverage being broadcast on 2 channels
i dont think ch9 would be dissapointed with the opening ceremony doing 1.9 at 5:30am
Will CommBank be pulling their James Magnussen “Can/Can’t” ad after the Missile failed to fire last night in the relay?
Just sayin’…
too early to call ‘disaster’ yet, but Nine’s coverage is looking very ordinary.
The same old problems that beset Channel 7 over the years, plus the same stuff on both channels as a new ‘bonus stuff-up’ (as mentioned above).
They’re the swimming-titles-plus-some-other-stuff, at the moment. It’s all about swimming – too bad if you’re not into it.
I am not watching the Olympics. It is overkill. which channel do I watch it on, nine or 8 Foxtel channels. nah, I would rather watch Masterchef All Stars!!!
surely a bit of audience cannibalisation from Foxtel?
If you have Foxtel you wouldn’t go anywhere near NINE. Horrible coverage. Worst ever. 9 FAIL. Foxtel AWESOME
Yes, it is all about swimming…..and what do the commentators know anyway…..they build the viewers up with all this hype, to see an ordinary performance from our swimmers…… RICE – FAIL, DARCY- FAIL, MAGNUSSEN-FAIL, JONES-FAIL.
But happy about Darcy failure – come home, get a job and pay Simon Cowley!!
this was yesterdays ratings!!
There is way too much time in the studio – channel 9, can you actually show some sport intead of your own ‘personalities’? Isn’t that what the Olympics is all about?
Another night of adds. Thanks channel nine. Seriously. Must get sick of saying ‘ and after the break’ worst coverage ever.
Wat the hell is wit the woman weight lifters. They got way more underarm hair then an average male. It’s disgusting