"Speers", "Credlin" and "Jones & Co" all had their highest-rated episodes on record.
(meta data) TITLE: LibSpill drives SKY News audience – TV Tonight (meta data) PUBLISHED DATETIME: 2018-08-23T04:40:16+10:00 ## Australia's leading TV blog # LibSpill drives SKY News audience August 23rd, 2018 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: Pay TV, Interest in the leadership crisis for the Libs has driven viewership in SKY News. It was the number one channel on the Foxtel platform on Tuesday with a 4.2% audience share, its highest rating day since 2016. Speers drew its highest rating episode on record at 40,000. SKY claims David Speers and Kieran Gilbert were the first to report the leadership positions had been vacated. Laura Jayes was the first to confirm that Malcom Turnbull had won the leadership ballot and first to speak one-on-one with Peter Dutton following his challenge. Credlin (71,320) and Jones & Co (98,792) set new audience records and delivered the channel's largest Tuesday primetime audiences ever. The Bolt Report (83,137) drew its second-best while Paul Murray Live was at its highest since 2016 at 102,631. OzTAM National STV Panel, Weeks 1-33 2017 v 2018, Total People, Projections, Consolidated until 14/08/2018, Overnight 15/08/2018-21/08/2018. Primetime 18:00 – 20:29. ### Related ### Related Next post »« Previous post ### Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. You must be logged in to post a comment. ### Recent Posts Airdate: The ProposalScreen Producers Awards 2019: nomineesPeter FitzSimons to deliver Andrew Olle Media LectureAustralian Story: Aug 19Airdate: #IMomSoHardLIVE 7:30 60 Minutes ABC News ABC News Breakfast A Current Affair AFL Australia's Got Talent Australian Idol Australian Story Big Brother Dancing with the Stars Dateline Deal or No Deal Doctor Who Emmy Awards Eurovision Song Contest Family Feud Foreign Correspondent Four Corners Game of Thrones Glee Have You Been Paying Attention? Home and Away Hot Seat House Rules I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Insight Logie Awards MasterChef Australia Media Watch Modern Family My Kitchen Rules NCIS Neighbours Nine News NRL Offspring Olympics Packed to the Rafters Q&A SBS World News Seven News Studio 10 Sunday Night Sunrise TEN Eyewitness News TEN News The Bachelor The Big Bang Theory The Biggest Loser The Block The Chase The Footy Show The Morning Show The Project The Simpsons The Voice The X Factor Today Today Tonight Top Gear Two and a Half Men Underbelly Who Do You Think You Are? World News Australia Send to Email Address Your Name Your Email Address Cancel Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Email check failed, please try again Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
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The highest rated hour of coverage was from 10pm, achieving 190,000 viewers, the second highest ratings since the 2013 Labor Party spill. 
 A March 2016 article in "The Guardian Australia" reported Sky News averages 12,000 national viewers between 6pm and midnight, with a peak of 18,000 between 8pm and 10pm, although the report did not specify what days or dates this average refers to. 
 During the 2016 federal election, Sky News averaged 96,000 viewers, an increase of 46% from the 2013 election. 
 In July 2018, Sky News claimed to have achieved its highest ratings on record, with viewership up 9% overall and its weeknight primetime (6pm-11pm) viewership 25% higher on the same period last year, according to OzTAM figures. 
 In August 2018, coverage of the Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2018 saw Sky News gain its highest Tuesday primetime audience ever with a 4.2% audience share.