The Barnes family pulls a crowd for ABC

Nathan Jolly

November 21, 2023 10:12

A moving episode of Australian Story centred around Jimmy and Janes Barnes’ daughter Elly-May and her struggles with cerebral palsy has garnered over half a million viewers across the five capital cities.

Australian Story drew 512,000 for the ABC, who took 19.5% of the overall market share for Monday night.

Over on Ten, Dessert Masters continues to perform for the network, pulling 449,000 viewers (Ten took 18.6% overall), while A Current Affair (662,000) helped Nine capture 26.5% of the total audience.

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Nathan Jolly

Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.