Seven takes week one of official ratings in narrow win as Nine’s netball debuts

February 19, 2017 12:06

The Seven Network has emerged as the winner of week one of the official ratings season after seven days of audiences see-sawing between Seven and Nine.

Suncorp Super Netball made its debut on Nine’s Gem on Saturday.

Seven eked out a 21.4% share for the week, ahead of Nine’s 20.7%, while Ten fell behind the ABC with a share of 12.4% compared to the ABC’s 13.1%.

“Reality” shows ruled the roost with Monday night’s My Kitchen Rules on Seven the most watched show of the week with an audience of 1.15m, while Married at First Sight on held an audience of 1.116m.

Simon Canning

Simon Canning was Mumbrella's marketing and advertising editor from 2015-2017. In a career spanning journalism and communications over more than 30 years Simon has become one of Australia’s most respected analysts and commentators on the advertising, marketing and media industries. A regular commentator on radio and TV, Simon has also worked in media in the US and UK .

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