▁late ▁night ▁and ▁generated ▁substantial ▁reven ues ▁for ▁the ▁Network . T on ight ▁Live ▁domin ated ▁the ▁ratings ▁around ▁Australia ▁in ▁every ▁year ▁of ▁its ▁broadcast . ▁For ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁the ▁N iel sen ▁ratings ▁surve ys ▁reported ▁that ▁Ton ight ▁Live ▁gained ▁an ▁average ▁vie wer ▁share ▁of ▁ 4 2 . 6 % ▁of ▁view ers ▁in ▁all ▁households ▁in ▁Australia ▁( near ly ▁double ▁Channel ▁ 9 ▁at ▁ 2 6 % ▁and ▁Network ▁ 1 0 ▁at ▁ 2 0 %). ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁it ▁won ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁share ▁of ▁ 3 5 %. ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁it ▁won ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁share ▁of ▁ 3 2 . 2 4 %. ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁it ▁won ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁share ▁of ▁ 3 1 . 2 2 %. ▁ ▁Ton ight ▁Live ▁was ▁originally ▁commission ed ▁to ▁take ▁on ▁the ▁domin ating ▁late ▁night ▁show ▁on ▁its ▁compet itor ▁N ine ▁Network , ▁Graham ▁Kennedy ’ s ▁Coast ▁to ▁Coast ▁at ▁ 1 0 . 3 0 pm ▁Monday ▁to ▁Friday . ▁Coast ▁to ▁Coast ▁was ▁co - host ed ▁by ▁journalist ▁John ▁Mang os ▁who ▁had ▁replaced ▁previous ▁co - host ▁Ken ▁S ut cl iffe . ▁When ▁Seven ▁announced ▁they ▁were ▁putting ▁up ▁Ton ight ▁Live ▁against ▁Coast ▁to ▁Coast , ▁Kennedy ▁announced ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁continu ing ▁the ▁next ▁year . ▁ ▁In ▁later ▁years