A Current Affair claims the year over Today Tonight
A Current Affair has won the 6:30 ratings battle over old foe Today Tonight for the first time since 2004.
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A Current Affair has won the 6:30 ratings battle over old foe Today Tonight for the first time since 2004.
ACA has claimed 21 weeks of 40 in 5 city metro figures in the ratings year, meaning Seven’s show can’t eclipse it.
Today Tonight has 7 weeks under its belt.
While Nine has previously won in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Seven’s local versions of TT have given it the edge for a long time. This year ACA is up 2% year-on-year while TT is down 8.5% year-on-year.
Executive Producer Grant Williams said, “We’ve strived incredibly hard for this result by listening to our viewers and telling the stories that matter most to the people of Australia.
“We go into battle for the underdog and get results for people that make a meaningful difference to their lives. These stories resonate with our viewers.
“A Current Affair aims to provide news and relevant information that is useful in the day-to-day lives of ordinary Aussies.
“We are incredibly humbled that viewers choose our program night after night, making A Current Affair Australia’s number one.”
Nine has already claimed the year in the 6pm News battle.
Nine recently hired former Today Tonight producer Craig McPherson, to work with news boss Darren Wick on a digital strategy across news and current affairs.
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3 Responses
What happened to the days when it wasn’t the most number of weekly wins but rather who had the higher audience (average for the whole year) at the finish line in November? While it’s not likely Today Tonight will overtake ACA in that regard either that is how OzTAM will report the results at the end of the year.
@mitchachell: OzTAM doesn’t measure regional areas. This will be based only on the five major cities covered by OzTAM.
ACA is reboradcasted in Regional Areas such as Central West usually at a 7pm timeslot, but TT isn’t rebroadcasted… obviously this should impact ratings!?
a very shallow victory indeed, which show is the grubbier! Both programs should be put out to pasture, frankly I’ve never met anyone who watches them I’m sure the ratings are just from people leaving their TV’s on after the news. Both show’s are lowest form of TV ‘journalism’