Seven wins Sunday night thanks to news and cricket

Seven achieved a 20.9% share of the Sunday night free-to-air television audience, thanks to its news and current affairs coverage, and the second Test match between India and Australia.

Seven’s primary channel share was ahead of Nine’s 18.6%, ABC’s 10.9% and Ten’s 10%, while SBS fell below 5% to a 4.9% share of audience.

From a network perspective, Seven extended its lead, with its four multi-channels contributing to a 32.4% total average audience share. Nine Network and its three multi-channels had a share of 29.9%. ABC Network finished ahead of Network Ten for the night, with shares of 15.5% and 14.4%, and SBS Network’s share was 7.9%.