Tuesday 3 August, 2021
Sport dominates new TV viewing figures released today.
Joe Schmidt’s side completed a third-ever Six Nations Grand Slam with the win.
Over 16.5 million watched the season finale in the US alone.
The game averaged 17.45% of the available TV audience.
Across its three channels, TV3 says its audience figures rose 57% compared to January 2016.
RTÉ said it was very happy with the figures.
The number of people watching the games on RTÉ Two peaked during England v Uruguay at 815,900.
*May not be actual viewing figures.
1.2 million tuned in at one point.
Ah sure, what else would you be doing on a wet Thursday night?
On average over one million tuned into the special programme last Friday, RTÉ said.
Almost half a million viewers tuned in to last night’s preview of the TV3 reality show – with the show itself not officially due to start until early next year.
The broadcaster has been accused of artificially inflating viewing figures for the much criticised programme in which its chief news correspondent sets out to retrace the footsteps of explorer Tom Crean.
