TVNZ's viewers keep on watching

By REBECCA BARRY

TVNZ may have said goodbye to Paul Holmes but its ratings don't appear to be suffering.

Viewership has changed only marginally since Paul Holmes left TVNZ for Prime and Susan Wood stepped in to front Close-Up At 7.

ACNielsen ratings show 626,250 viewers watched the current affairs programme on Tuesday, 525,000 on Wednesday and 588,750 on Thursday.

The previous week the programme attracted 634,500 viewers on Tuesday, 464,200 on Wednesday and 521,600 on Thursday.

Over the last 10 weeks of Holmes 661,000 viewers watched on an average Tuesday.