Table 1.

Overview of television peak viewing times for New Zealand children (5–13 years) and adolescents (14–18 years), June-August 2015 (data from A.C. Nielsen)

	Weekdays		Saturdays		Sundays
Age group	5–13 years	14–18 years	5–13 years	14–18 years	5–13 years	14–18 years
Peak hours*	17.30–20.30	18.00–22.00	17.30–21.30	18.00–22.00	17.00–20.30	18.00–21.30
Maximum audience rating of the day	138 600	64 700	142 500	67 700	155 200	71 600
Peak viewing times (definition 1†)	07.00–09.00 & 15.30–22.30	07.30–08.00 & 15.30–23.30	07.00–23.00	08.30–00.00	07.00–22.00	09.00–9.30 & 10.00–23.00
Peak viewing times (definition 2‡)	16.30–21.30	16.30–22.30	07.30–10.30 & 16.00–22.00	17.00–23.00	08.00–10.30 & 16.00–21.00	17.00–22.30
Peak viewing times (definition 3§)	18.30–19.30	/	18.30–20.30	/	18.00–20.00	/

^*Hours during which more than 100 000 children or more than 50 000 adolescents are watching television (all channels combined).

^†Definition 1: times when the number of children or adolescents watching is higher than 25 % of the maximum child or adolescent audience rating for the day (all channels combined).

^‡Definition 2: times when the number of children or adolescents watching is higher than 50 % of the maximum child or adolescent audience rating for the day (all channels combined).

^§Definition 3: times when more than 25 % of total New Zealand children or adolescents are watching television (all channels combined).