The 2017 news rating contest was already over mid year when measured by week’s won. By the 21st week of ratings, Nine in Sydney and Melbourne and Seven in Adelaide and Perth has won 21 weeks out of a possible 40; one week later Seven had won 21 weeks nationally and the following week Nine Brisbane notched up its 21 weekly win.
Overall, Seven had 51% of the 6pm news audience nationally with 976,000 watching compared to 941,000 for Nine’s hour of news*. This represented a six percent decrease in the number watching Seven’s bulletin compared to last year’s survey and corresponded to a three percent drop for Nine nationally.
However, Nine News was still the top bulletin across the east coast. Nine Brisbane was the year’s stand out performer delivering an impressive 7% increases for the Monday to Friday bulletin. This corresponded to Nine in Brisbane’s 2017 network share improving by 3.4 percentage points from 2016, the best result of any market.
Meanwhile, Seven saw its Melbourne audience drop 14% from 2016 though Nine also shed 6%.
Average Audience
| Mon-Fri | 5 cities | Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane | Adelaide | Perth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven | 976,000 | 242,000 | 276,000 | 182,000 | 111,000 | 165,000 |
| Nine | 941,000 | 271,000 | 320,000 | 200,000 | 77,000 | 72,000 |
| Sat | 5 cities | Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane | Adelaide | Perth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven | 825,000 | 181,000 | 251,000 | 161,000 | 98,000 | 134,000 |
| Nine | 775,000 | 217,000 | 272,000 | 148,000 | 73,000 | 65,000 |
| Sun | 5 cities | Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane | Adelaide | Perth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven | 1,114,000 | 256,000 | 318,000 | 222,000 | 127,000 | 191,000 |
| Nine | 1,094,000 | 337,000 | 354,000 | 222,000 | 94,000 | 86,000 |
Percentage change from 2016
Table showing Seven, Nine, Ten and ABC Mon-Fri bulletins anch change from 2016 ratings period.
| 2017 | Ntwk | Mon - Fri |  |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 cities | Seven | 976,000 | -6% |
| Nine | 941,000 | -3% | |
| Ten | 465,000 | -5% | |
| ABC | 699,000 | -9% | |
| Sydney | Seven | 242,000 | -6% |
| Nine | 271,000 | -4% | |
| Ten | 121,000 | 1% | |
| ABC | 189,000 | -11% | |
| Melbourne | Seven | 276,000 | -13% |
| Nine | 320,000 | -7% | |
| Ten | 127,000 | -5% | |
| ABC | 224,000 | -7% | |
| Brisbane | Seven | 182,000 | -1% |
| Nine | 200,000 | 7% | |
| Ten | 86,000 | -4% | |
| ABC | 111,000 | -12% | |
| Adelaide | Seven | 111,000 | -3% |
| Nine | 77,000 | -4% | |
| Ten | 57,000 | -10% | |
| ABC | 75,000 | -17% | |
| Perth | Seven | 165,000 | 1% |
| Nine | 72,000 | 3% | |
| Ten | 74,000 | -12% | |
| ABC | 99,000 | -2% |
*Note: Seven’s 6-7pm hour in Adelaide and Perth consists of Seven News plus Today Tonight.
Numbers are overnight - there may be small adjustments due to consolidated.
Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2017. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of OzTAM. “Overnight” figures include “Live” (programs broadcast during the 2am-2am broadcast day) and “As Live” (programs recorded and then watched within the same broadcast day). “Consolidated” figures include Live, As Live and “Time Shift” (programs recorded and then watched within seven days of the initial broadcast).
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