Australian TV ratings: Audience is more fractured than Humpty Dumpty post fall

By Karl Quinn
Updated July 30 2016 - 12:08am, first published 12:00am
In June 2011, MasterChef topped the ratings week with 1.78 million metro viewers. In the same ratings week five years later, the top show apart from State of Origin rugby league was Nine's Sunday news, with 1.35 million. Photo: supplied
In June 2011, MasterChef topped the ratings week with 1.78 million metro viewers. In the same ratings week five years later, the top show apart from State of Origin rugby league was Nine's Sunday news, with 1.35 million. Photo: supplied

In news that made headlines absolutely nowhere, the TV ratings agency OzTAM announced on July 20 a 50 per cent increase in the size of its audience sample, from 3500 households in the five mainland capitals to 5250 households. Regional TAM, which measures audience in regional Australia, is doing likewise. Both increases will take effect from the beginning of next year.

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