Ratings gets a kick out of INXS

Former Australian supergroup INXS is continuing to be a ratings bonanza for the Seven Network.

INXS has delivered for the Seven Network once again when an interview with members of the one-time Aussie super group on Sunday Night pulled a massive 1.910 million viewers.

Sunday Night beat network stablemate My Kitchen Rules which was second with 1.730 million viewers.

Seven has dominated Sunday night programming since ratings officially started on February 9 with INXS-based shows and My Kitchen Rules.

The Nine Network's Fat Tony & Co, about drug smuggler Tony Mokbel, was launched with two back-to-back episodes.

The launch episode of Fat Tony & Co, which is a follow-up to the original Underbelly crime series, was third with 1.379 million viewers. The second episode was fifth with an audience of 1.236 million.

Caught in the middle of the drug war battle, was The Block: Fans v Faves which was fourth with 1.327 million viewers.

Imported drama Downton Abbey returned on Sunday night and lost the ratings shoot-out with Fat Tony & Co.

The Seven period drama was seventh with a respectable 1.125 million viewers.

Network Ten's highest rating show was So You Think You Can Dance which also featured a live performance from UK singing star Robbie Williams.

The reality dance series was 16th overall with an audience of 378,000 according to OzTAM's overnight ratings.


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