Seven News tops Nine News by just 1,000 but A Current Affair wins at 7pm

sevenSeven News squeezed a win in its timeslot against the extended Nine News last night, winning just 1,000 more viewers for the half hour slot from 6pm.

OzTam’s preliminary overnight ratings show metro viewers dropped out during the second half of the new one hour Nine News bulletin, launched on Monday, as 969,000 of 1.045m stayed tuned for the second half. However it won more viewers than Seven’s Today Tonight which averaged 942,000 from 6.30pm.

Seven News was the top program of the night with 1.046m metro viewers. However Nine News was the most watched program among people 25-54, Channel Nine’s target demographic.

Nine’s A Current Affair won the 7pm timeslot with 848,000 viewers while Seven’s repeat of RBT, following the police Random Breath Test unit, averaged 751,000. ABC News was second in the 7pm timeslot with 751,000 viewers on ABC1.

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