Scott Morrison’s budget speech watched by 695,000 as Nine’s The Voice wins the night
Prime Minister Scott Morrison
Last night’s broadcast of Treasurer Scott Morrison’s budget speech pulled in 695,000 metro viewers at 7:30pm on the ABC, boosting the station’s audience share to 11.4%, with Nine winning the night with a share of 21.8% thanks to The Voice.
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The Voice shed 134,000 viewers on its third outing, posting a metro audience of 1.275m to be the most-watched program of the evening. On Monday it was watched by 1.409m and on launch it attracted 1.4m.
Meanwhile, Masterchef remained steady on its third evening, posting a metro audience of 947,000, slightly down on Monday evening’s audience of 949,000. It premiered on Sunday with a metro audience of 1.012m.
Masterchef was the most-watched show amongst 16-39 year old viewers while The Voice was the popular choice amongst 18-49 and 25-54 year olds.
Seven’s House Rules drew 702,000 metro viewers at 7.30pm while Seven Year Switch, airing at 8:40pm, pulled in 702,000, down on last week’s audience of 786,000.
Nine’s Lip Sync Battle, airing at 9:15pm, was watched by 735,000 while Ten’s NCIS, airing at 8:40pm, grabbed 638,000.
Seven News at 6:00pm reached an audience of 1.211m, slipping to 1.070m at 6:30pm while Nine News at 6:00pm drew an audience of 1.102m, sliding to 1.070m from 6:30pm.
