Nine has revealed the coverage of the finals day’s play in the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford in Manchester has set a number of ratings records.

The final day’s play was broadcast around the metro markets on 9Gem.

NATIONAL REACH

A total of 3.212 million viewers (Metro: 2.211 million / Regional: 1.001 million) tuned into Nine’s broadcast of the fifth day of the Fourth Test between Australia and England.

FREE-TO-AIR SHARES

With an overnight total share of 17.8% on 9GEM, The Ashes helped the channel once again record the highest share for a multichannel in ratings history.

9Gem was the #1 multichannel channel on Sunday across the 5 City Metro with the following metro shares:

People 25-54: 18.9%

People 16-39: 22.6%

GS + Child: 21.2%

Total People: 17.8%

SESSION ONE

National peak audience: 1.514 million (5 City: 1.071 million / Regional: 443,000)

National average audience: 1.113 million (5 City: 810,000 / Regional: 303,000)

SESSION TWO

National peak audience: 906,000 (5 City: 634,000 / Regional: 272,000)

National average audience: 636,000 (5 City: 477,000 / Regional: 159,000)

The Sunday audience makes the first session coverage the third-highest rating program ever on 9Gem, and the highest-rating program on any multichannel this year.