Seven’s Olympics wrap ‘In Rio Today’ continues to dominate

Miranda Ward

August 17, 2016 9:40

Seven’s 2016 Rio Olympics coverage has continued to dominate TV, with its 7:00pm wrap In Rio Today the most-watched non-news program of Tuesday night, with a metro audience of 1.024m.

The evening coverage of the games, kicking off from 9:00pm, was watched by 853,000 with 548,000 sticking around for the late-night broadcast from 10:30pm.

Meanwhile, on Nine, A Current Affair at 7:00pm grabbed 831,000 metro viewers, while on Ten The Project at 6:30pm pulled in 459,000, growing to 572,000 from 7:00pm.

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.