Utopia return draws 779,000 to the ABC with Bachelor the most watched non-news program

The return of ABC comedy Utopia for a second season drew 779,000 viewers last night making it the second most watched non-news program of Wednesday night.

It was only beaten in the non-news stakes by Ten’s The Bachelor, for an episode which had the bachelorettes herding sheep, and which drew a metro audience of 877,000 viewers across the five cities, according to Oztam overnight metro ratings.

Wednesday night was a quiet evening for television viewing with only news and current affairs viewing pulling audiences of over one million, with Seven winning the night with a main channel audience share 19.7 per cent.

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