# Ratings: Nine starts Easter non-ratings with a Sunday prime-time win as Australia Grand Prix grabs 864,000 **URL:** \ **Category:** News Articles\ **Tags:** ratings\ **Created:** [March 21, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/ratings-nine-starts-easter-non-ratings-with-a-sunday-prime-time-win-as-australia-grand-prix-grabs-864-000/1013 "2016-03-21T00:19:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/ratings-nine-starts-easter-non-ratings-with-a-sunday-prime-time-win-as-australia-grand-prix-grabs-864-000/1013/1 "2016-03-21T00:19:51Z")
The first day of the Easter “non-ratings” period saw a win for the **Nine** network after 6pm as **Ten’s** Formula One coverage dominated afternoon viewing. Ten’s broadcast drew 864,000 for the F1 race with 709,000 tuning in for the Podium presentation at 6pm and 463,000 for the post-race coverage that started at 6:10pm (time corrected numbers). Meanwhile, **ABC’s** _Doc Martin_ plus _Nine News_ and _Seven News_ were the only programs to score over one million viewers with **Seven’s** _My Kitchen Rules_ rested for the night. Nine had 32.2% of the audience, well clear of Seven (24.3%), ABC (20.2%), Ten (16.6%) and **SBS** (6.8%). Nine won all markets except Perth where Seven was number one. _Nine News Sunday_ (1,067,000) and _60 Minutes_ (959,000) were Nine’s best titles with \_The Mad World of Donald Trum\_p (821,000) also making the top ten. Later, _Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall_ had 427,000. For Seven, _Seven News_ (1,040,000) and _Sunday Night_ (754,000) were best with _Border Security: International_ that followed on 612,000. An earlier start for _The Blacklist_ saw its overnight number improve to 433,000 but the debut of _Odyssey_, a short lived US drama that followed, had just 224,000 and 123,000. _Doc Martin_ with 1,111,000 was the night’s top show with _ABC News_ (882,000) and _Call the Midwife_ (660,000) also doing well. A repeat of _Joanna Lumley’s Trans Siberian Adventure_ then had 402,000. After the Grand Prix, Ten’s best result was for _Modern Family_ with 550,000 and 491,000. Later, _American Crime Story_ had 439,000 and _NCIS: New Orleans_ 244,000. Earlier, _Scorpion_ averaged 386,000 and _Ten Eyewitness News_ had 180,000 in thee cities. Documentaries, _The Story of Egypt_ (259,000) and _Rome: What Lies Beneath_ (191,000), were best for SBS. At breakfast, _Today Sunday_ had 269,000, well clear of _Sunrise Sunday_ on 228,000 and _Weekend Breakfast_ with 65,000 and 64,000. ABC’s _Insider’s_ had 290,000 while _The Conversation with Alex Malley_ saw 168,000 tune in. See [Sunday 20 March 2016](http://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sunday-20-march-2016/1012/16) for a more detailed look at the ratings numbers in the Media Spy forums. > Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2016. 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. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/ratings-nine-starts-easter-non-ratings-with-a-sunday-prime-time-win-as-australia-grand-prix-grabs-864-000/1013/2 "2016-03-21T00:19:59Z")