Ash’s near ton creates ratings history
Australia’s latest sporting hero Ashton Agar not only set records on the cricket field, but he also had a hand in the Nine Network achieving a new high as well.
Agar’s heroic 98 runs, which shattered several records including the highest score by a number 11 in Test history, was watched by 665,000 viewers – a record for Nine’s Gem channel.
The overnight Oz-TAM ratings surpassed the previous night’s record when the opening session of the first Test between England and Australia drew 627,000 viewers.
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Nine says the Ashes figures are the highest ever for total people across five capital cities for a multi-channel in OzTAM ratings history.
The first session of Thursday night’s first Ashes Test drew 401,000 people on Fox Sports 2, giving one of cricket’s most memorable innings a combined total of more than a million viewers.
Gem’s Ashes rating on Thursday made it the 13th most-watched show for the evening, beating the likes of Border Security: International (612,000) and Law & Order (558,000).
The No.1 show was Nine News (1.334 million) followed by The Block Sky High (1.266 million) and Seven News (1.125 million).
