More than 700,000 viewers tune in for Phillip Hughes funeral
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More than 700,000 viewers tuned in across Seven and Nine for coverage of the funeral of cricketer Phillip Hughes.
From 1.30pm 466,000 viewers tuned in on Nine, with an extra 248,000 viewers watching Seven’s news special. The funeral was also broadcast on pay TV channel Sky News.
In other TV, The Chaser’s Media Circus saw its audience tumble on last week, posting a metro audience of 591,000 for the final episode of the series, down from last week’s 717,000 viewers.
Chaser Media Circus. Taxpayers money again paying these guys 200K plus each. Bashing the liberals every chance they get. I hope they go away now. Caught out by channel 7 last year illegally entering Channel 7, and shamed them well.
Media Circus was an awkward, painfully produced show – a few snippets of news bloopers etc which were really funny, surrounded by way too much padding, unfunny segments, guests who were even less funny and hosts who seemed to be struggling to make lame jokes a 10-year-old could read on the back of a Christmas cracker.
On another note, is there any indication of how many people tuned in to the Phil Hughes funeral?
Enough already with the media’s obsession with Phil Hughes. The reality is he was a batsman who struggled to make the test team. He was nowhere near the same league as Bradman or Tendulkar. Let’s keep things in perspective – he died because of an accident. He didn’t die saving others or his country. I blame the media, and mostly the Nine Network for trying to milk every drop of publicity over his unfortunate death. Let him rest in peace.
Totally disagree with you, “Viewer”…the attention on Phil Hughes isn’t due to his ability as a batsman – it is due to the nature of his fatal injury – playing Australia’s national sport, and his nature as a person – within cricket and beyond. I don’t think this has anything to do with Nine “milking” the tragedy for publicity. Read about how readily they shared the broadcast with competitors, how much they spent on it etc and it all flies in the face of your claims.
Hi @JNK you do understand channel 9 isn’t a charity and that it’s number one priority is profit for it’s shareholders…
What response would you offer if he was your son or brother. The lot of you should be ashamed of your ridiculous and insensitive comments. Write to a newspaper.
@peeved off. If he was my son or brother, I would have asked the media to stay clear and respect the privacy of the family. A death in the family is a personal matter not a public circus.
@ peeved off. I have a better idea. Maybe they should just not write at all.
Great tribute to Phillip Hughes and massive audience considering it was 2pm
I watched Phillip Hughes’ funeral on Channel 10 – it wasn’t only on Nine and Seven!
To James and JG maybe 1 of the same. When you are gifted enough to play international cricket for your country, or be an outstanding actor or anything that brings natural brilliance to yourself, your family and this country, then people are more interested and saddened by your passing as they feel they have known you throughout your career. When Michael Hutchence passed away his funeral was broadcast on national TV as a sign of respect to a brilliant musical talent, and to James the family have to agree up front before any network can just do what they want. Let’s not questions the Hughes family judgement surely, To JG well you break the insensitive barrier full stop.
Peeved, I believe that you have unfortunately completely misinterpreted my comment.
You wrote that the comments being written were insensitive and ridiculous . You suggested they should write to a newspaper.
I agreed, so in response to your suggestion of writing to a newspaper, I added that maybe they shouldn’t bother writing anything at all -i.e. that they keep their opinions to themselves at this sad time.
I would like to point out that the Hughes family were very involved in the arrangements for the funeral and tribute. For example, they chose the pallbearers which included Michael Clarke, Aaron Finch and Tom Cooper. They made sure that 80% of the hall was reserved was for the locals.
That is the way they wanted it, that was the way it should be, and that was the way it was.
I admire and respect the way that Phillip’s family, and the cricketing world at large, have acted. The coverage I saw was first class. ABC 702 re-playing Clarke’s eulogy in full was done with nothing but the utmost respect. Trying to drive while listening to it was impossible.
63 not out.
RIP Phillip Hughes.
How does viewer feel after yesterday? He struggled to make the test and was not Bradman comments. Find somewhere to hide