The latest audience share figures show that TV3's Nightline has become the number one late night news show by beating rival Tonight in the total share amount.Nightline received a 22% share in the 5+ results for June, and TVNZ's Tonight received a 21.5% share. These results reflect the overall television audience.
"This is an outstanding result for Nightline, and is a credit to a production team which understands the ideal mix of stories for a late night news programme," said TV3 Director of News and Current Affairs, Mark Jennings.
"Although it's a great result to win the 5+ audience, key demographics mean more to us such as our target 18-49 year old audience where Nightline dominates even further with a 48% margin - 24% compared to Tonight's 16.2%."
Nightline also won in TV One's own target demographic audience of 25-54 year-olds. Nightline received a 23.7% share of this audience while Tonight only managed a 19% share.
