TV3 Wins Friday Night

TV3 Wins Friday Night, Mediaworks Appoints CFO & Countdown to U.S. Election

TV3’s Friday night line-up marked another win for the channel, gaining the highest audience on the night amongst viewers aged 25-54, 18-39 and 18-49.

Contributing to the result was The Graham Norton Show, Funny Girls and 7 Days all winning their timeslots in 25-54, 18-39 and 18-49. The Friday Storyand Newshub Late also outperformed their News & Current Affairs competition with viewers aged 25-54.

The success of 7 Days on-air is mirrored on the ground. Wellington’s 7 Days Live show sold out last week, with a second show added to the tour line-up, to be held at Wellington Opera House on Monday 5th December.

In a major corporate announcement on Friday, MediaWorks appointed Ciara McGuigan to the role of Chief Financial Officer, joining the team in February 2017.

In her new role Ciara will oversee financial operations across the group’s television, radio and digital assets. She brings 20 years of international finance management experience in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand, most recently as Chief Financial Officer for Vodafone New Zealand.

With the U.S. Election just days away, the Newshub team are gearing up for the Newshub U.S. Election Special, providing full coverage as the results come in. On Wednesday 9th November join hosts Samantha Hayes and Tom McRae from 5pm as they are joined by Mike McRoberts, Patrick Gower and Lisa Owen LIVE from the candidate headquarters and Times Square.

Coverage will continue through Newshub Live at 6pm and an extended episode of Story including the victor’s speech.

Patrick Gower and Lisa Owen will also host a special episode of The Nation from Washington D.C. on Saturday 12th November with both Republican and Democrat commentators and a panel of Washington D.C. journalists.

Finally, MediaWorks’ multi-platform breakfast programme Paul Henry has hit a record-breaking run of ratings success, outperforming the competition three weeks in a row in the programme’s target demographic of viewers aged 25-54.

Last week also saw the programme beat its competitor four out of the five days in 25-54, and hit a new audience high mark – with Wednesday’s episode attracting 50.8% of the total 25-54 television audience versus 28.8%.

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