Sunday Night’s exclusive interview on Nine’s Beirut fiasco lifts ratings

Seven’s exclusive interview with the former soldier behind Nine’s bungled attempt to help a mother snatch her kids from a Beirut street upped Sunday Night’s viewers by a third last night.

Former soldier Adam Whittington gave a damning interview to Seven's 60 Minutes on his treatment by rivals Nine

Former soldier Adam Whittington gave a damning interview to Seven’s Sunday Night on his treatment by rivals Nine

Overnight metro ratings from OzTAM show the Adam Whittington interview boosted Sunday Night’s viewers by 221,000 on the previous week to 852,000, from 631,000.

Airing at 8:00pm, it was second in its first half-hour to Nine’s The Block, then easily beat Nine’s 60 Minutes, which had 778,000 viewers from 8:30pm.

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