Over One Million Australians Watched Michael Jackson Investigations Last Night

Over one million viewers tuned into to Sunday night's duelling Michael Jackson investigations on Australian TV. 

As TV Tonight reports,  Nine Network's 60 Minutes special was the outright winner, bringing in 1.08 million viewers over Seven's Sunday Night: True Stories, which was watched by 574,000 viewers. 

Meanwhile the controversial Leaving Neverland documentary is confirmed to air in Australia on Channel Ten on Friday 8 March at 9.00pm and Saturday 9 March at 9.30pm. 

The screening will go ahead just days after it premieres in the US, which has seen the Jackson estate sue HBO for $100 million. However, the network has confirmed the premiere will still go ahead as planned. 

Leaving Neverland explores the experiences of two men - Brisbane-born Wade Robson and James Safechuck - who alleged they were abused by the late singer when they were children. 

The Jackson estate slammed the documentary following its premiere, saying in a statement, "The film takes uncorroborated allegations that supposedly happened 20 years ago and treats them as fact".

Meanwhile the debut episode of new Australian variety show, Chris & Julia’s Sunday Night Takeaway, has had a disappointing start, attracting just 383,000 viewers.

Though the show has teased the inclusion of live music, last night's meandering debut episode (it ran almost half an hour overtime) featured just a performance of Choirboys' playing just a fragment of Run To Paradise as part of a home viewer karaoke competition. The segment was plagued with technical problems which TV Tonight described as "messy with clunky timing".