10’s Late News had 4x the audience of last year in an earlier time slot but 30 mins longer run time.
The equivalent 9:45 timeslot last year had 137,000. Last night was up 140,000 on that.
The 5pm news underperformed and was only 20,000 ahead of the later bulletin:
| Nat | 5 City | Syd | Mel | Bri | Ade | Per | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5pm | 299,000 | 225,000 | 52,000 | 73,000 | 44,000 | 28,000 | 28,000 |
| 6pm | 174,000 | 126,000 | 24,000 | 19,000 | 29,000 | 14,000 | 23,000 |
| Late | 279,000 | 215,000 | 85,000 | 67,000 | 27,000 | 20,000 | 17,000 |