Jono and Ben lose ratings to LOLcats

A TV special titled Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud topped Friday night's ratings with viewers aged 25-54.

A TV special featuring internet videos of cats, titled Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud, dominated Friday night's TV ratings, beating Jono and Ben on TV3 and Location, Location, Location on TV One.

The one-hour special drew an audience of 505,000 viewers, aged 5+, and was the top rating programme of the day with viewers aged 25-54, according to Nielsen.

By comparison, Jono and Ben saw just 188,000 viewers tune in on TV3, while British property search show Location, Location, Location drew 358,000 viewers.

One News was the top-rating programme of the day with national viewers age 5+, with 701,000 people tuning in.

Ratings: Friday, June 26 (National 5+ / 25-54)

6PM:
One News: 701, 000 / 186,000
3 News: 200,000 / 79,000

7PM:
Seven Sharp: 504,000 / 126,000
Shortland Street: 426,000 / 222,000
Come Dine With Me NZ: 139,000 / 72,000

7.30PM:
Location, Location, Location (TV One): 358,000 / 107,000
Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud (TV2) 505,000 / 254,000
Jono and Ben (TV3) 188,000 / 107,000

8.30PM:
Coronation Street (TV One) 267,000 / 77,000
Stolen (TV2) 271,000 / 169,000
The Graham Norton Show (TV3) 328,000 / 182,000

Late news:
Tonight (TV One): 183,000 / 44,000
Newsworthy: 99,000 / 76,000

- nzherald.co.nz