Thank You Australia For Making Us No.1
Thank You Australia For Making Us No.1
A Current Affair is the most watched program at 7.00pm, across Australia’s five mainland capital cities.
At the conclusion of the 25th week of the 40-week ratings year, A Current Affair has won 21 weeks (on weekly average audience), putting it in an unbeatable position.
It marks the third consecutive year that A Current Affair has been the most watched show in its timeslot in Australia’s five biggest cities.
A Current Affair currently has a year-to-date average audience of 828,000 viewers each weeknight across the 5 City Metro, well ahead of Home and Away (which only airs Monday to Thursday) on 781,000; ABC News on 712,000; and The Project 7pm on 549,000.
When Friday episodes are excluded, making a fairer comparison with Home and Away, the average weeknight audience for A Current Affair rises to 872,000 across the 5 City Metro.
Monday episodes of A Current Affair, the highest rating night of the week, have averaged 944,000 viewers per episode across the 5 City Metro in 2017.
Across regional Australia, A Current Affair has achieved an average weeknight audience of 338,000 giving an average nightly national audience of 1.166 million viewers per episode. Excluding Friday episodes, A Current Affair has secured an average weeknight regional audience of 354,000, giving an average nightly national Monday to Thursday audience of 1.226 million viewers per episode.
For further information please contact:
Peter Brennan
Publicist – Nine News Sydney
M: 0438 805 816
E: pebrennan@nine.com.au
Saturday, August 19, 2017