Sport helps Nine take ratings week

Cricket was a big drawcard last week, proving a winner for both Nine and Seven.

The Ashes Series saw Nine score a 40.5% share on Friday and 36.2% on Saturday. The ICC World Test Championship Final also delivered at 37% share to Seven on Sunday.

Travel Guides topped entertainment.

Nine claimed the week by a narrow margin.

Network:
Nine: 30.4
Seven: 29.9
10: 16.2
ABC: 15.1
SBS: 8.5

Primary channel:
Nine: 21.6
Seven: 20.5
ABC: 10.9
10: 10.5
SBS: 4.3

Multichannels:
7mate: 3.9
7TWO: 3.4
9GEM: 3.1
9GO!: 2.6
10 BOLD / 10 Peach: 2.5
ABC Kids TV Plus: 2.3
9RUSH / ABC News / SBS VICELAND: 1.6
9Life: 1.5
7flix: 1.3
SBS Food / SBS World Movies: 1.1
7Bravo / 10 Shake: 0.8
ABC ME / NITV: 0.4
SBS World Watch: 0.0

Nine won 16-39 and 25-54 demos.

Nine led on Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday. Seven won Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Seven claimed Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Nine won Sydney & Brisbane. ABC bettered 10 on Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.

Best brands last week were:

Nine: Nine News (810,000), Travel Guides (632,000), A Current Affair (623,000), Ashes Series (Day 1 S1: 554,000).

Seven: Seven News (956,000), Seven’s AFL (Mon: 559,000), The Chase (548,000), Seven’s Cricket (Day 5 S1: 524,000).

10: MasterChef Australia (Mon: 511,000), Have You Been Paying Attention? (510,000), The Cheap Seats (393,000) and The Project (7pm: 272,000).

ABC: Bluey (563,000), Utopia (553,000), ABC News (516,000) and 7:30 (454,000).

SBS: Who Do You Think You Are? (208,000), Insight (171,000), SBS World News (146,000) and Dateline (142,000).