Viewers play catch up with Love Child

About 19 per cent of the audience for Nine Network's Love Child choose to watch the Australian drama series within seven days of episodes being telecast.

More people have watched Love Child outside of its official timeslot than any other Australian drama series.

That makes it the most "time-shifted" local drama since OzTam started recording specific post-program viewing data in 2010.

The fifth episode of Love Child, which was telecast on March 17, was watched by an additional 295,366 viewers in the seven days after it aired, according to OzTAM's time-shifted figures.

Time-shifted data provides networks with the number of viewers who watch a show outside of its regular timeslot but within seven days of it being aired.

The time-shifted data for Love Child means 19 per cent of the audience for the Nine Network series watches the show after it airs on Mondays.

That makes it Nine's highest rating time-shifted program ever.

A second series of Love Child, which stars Jessica Marais and Mandy McElhinney, will go into production later this year.