Channel Nine blames Today show's declining ratings on 'the public holiday'

'It was to be expected': Channel Nine blames Today show's declining ratings on 'the public holiday' after it was smashed by rival Sunrise again

By Benge Nsenduluka For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:21 GMT, 12 March 2019 | Updated: 01:22 GMT, 12 March 2019

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The Today show's ratings decline continued on Monday, three months after debuting it's new lineup.

Just 163,000 viewers woke up with Georgie Gardner and Deborah Knight across the five-city metro markets, marking another all-time low for the Channel Nine breakfast show.

Rival Channel Seven's Sunrise pulled in significantly more viewers with 266,000 tuning in, and a Channel Nine spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday that the public holiday is to blame for low ratings.  

A new low: Just 163,000 viewers woke up with Georgie Gardner (3-L) and Deborah Knight (2-L) across the five-city metro markets on Monday, marking another all-time low for the Channel Nine breakfast show

A new low: Just 163,000 viewers woke up with Georgie Gardner (3-L) and Deborah Knight (2-L) across the five-city metro markets on Monday, marking another all-time low for the Channel Nine breakfast show

'With a public holiday in Victoria and South Australia yesterday, lower-than-normal figures are to be expected,' a statement read.

During its debut in January, the revamped breakfast show was

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