Nine hits ratings target

A STRONG early-evening lead-in put Nine on top of the ratings last night as it took out five of the top ten shows.

A STRONG early-evening lead-in put Nine on top of the ratings last night as it took out five of the top ten shows.

Nine News was the most-watched program with 1.35 million viewers, tipping out Seven News(1.23 million).

The Block Sky High also did brisk business with an audience of 1.18 million across the five capital cities, according to preliminary OzTAM data.

It was followed closely by A Current Affair (1.13 million), while US drama Arrow also performed well for Nine, at just below a million viewers.

ABC News was the public broadcaster's most-watched offering with 911,000 viewers, while local drama Offspring was the top show for Ten but was down on last week with 798,000 viewers.

Nine won the night on a main channel share basis with 22.5 per cent, and on a network basis (30.4per cent). Seven was second with 20.5 per cent on its main channel and 29.0 per cent across its multichannels.

ABC1 had 13.4 per cent and 19.0 per cent across the network, followed by Ten (12.5 per cent and 17.2 per cent) and SBS (3.6 per cent on the main channel and 4.3 per cent including digital channels).

OZTAM OVERNIGHT RANKINGS, MAY 29
1 NINE NEWS Nine 1,353,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,253,000
3 THE BLOCK SKY HIGH Nine 1,178,000
4 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,128,000
5 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,062,000
6 ARROW Nine 968,000
7 HOME AND AWAY Seven 952,000
8 HOUSE RULES Seven 951,000
9 ABC NEWS ABC 911,000
10 THE BIG BANG THEORY Nine 885,000
11 QI Network ABC 812,000
12 OFFSPRING Ten 798,000
13 7.30 ABC 785,000
14 HOT SEAT Nine 735,000
15 CRIMINAL MINDS Seven 733,000
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