It was Seven’s night in the ratings — and Australia’s in the games, thanks to the three Australian competitors in the women’s 10,000 metres who waited until the final competitor had finished two laps after them and congratulated her. An average of 2.27 million people watched the evening and night sessions on Seven, 7TWO and 7mate, which is not to be sneezed at. Nine’s early AM coverage of the masters (last round) averaged 159,000 on Gem and 68,000 on Fox Sports.

A special mention for last night’s Australian Story, the best episode for ages — 533,000 nationally up against the games, and deserved treble that.  The subject was former Australian Commando, Mick Bainbridge taking on the public servants and military high ups in Defence and then Veterans Affairs and winning, with the help in part of Jacqui Lambie and a local lawyer.

In regional markets  the Night Games won with 631,000 viewers, from the Evening Games with 624,000, Seven News with 534,000, Seven News/TT with 466,000 and Young Sheldon in 5th spot with 369,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (41.2%)
  2. Nine (21.8%)
  3. Ten (16.3%)
  4. ABC (14.7%)
  5. SBS (5.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (33.7%)
  2. Nine (16.3%)
  3. Ten (11.9%)
  4. ABC (11.4%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (3.70%)
  2. ONE (2.6%)
  3. GO (2.3%)
  4. 7mate (2.2%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy (2.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Commonwealth Games Night 5 (Seven 7mate, TWO) — 2.304 million
  2. Commonwealth Games Night 5 (Seven 7mate, TWO) — 2.250 million
  3. Seven News  — 1.614 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30pm — 1.355 million
  5. Nine/NBN New— 1.329 million
  6. Seven News/TT — 1.313 million *
  7. Young Sheldon (Nine) — 1.135 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.087 million
  9. 7pm ABC News —991,000
  10. The Big Bang Theory (Nine) — 974,000

*Pre-empted in some markets by Games coverage

Top metro programs:

  1. Commonwealth Games Night 5 (Seven, 7mate, 7Two) — 1.574 million
  2. Commonwealth Games Evening 5 (Seven 7mate, TWO) — 1.559 million
  3. Seven News — 1.080 million
  4. Nine News, Nine News 6.30pm — 1.011 million

Losers: The Games, the Games

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.000 million
  2. Nine News, Nine News 6.30pm — 1.011 million
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 848,000 *
  4. A Current Affair (Nine) — 746,000
  5. 7pm ABC News – 677,000
  6. Four Corners (ABC) — 627,000
  7. Australian Story (ABC) — 533,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 613,000
  9. Media Watch (ABC) — 521,000

*Pre-empted in some markets by Games coverage

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Commonwealth Games Day 5 (Seven) — 580,000
  2. Sunrise (Seven) – 474,000
  3. Today (Nine) – 355,000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC, 152,000 + 78,000 on News 24) — 230,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 165,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 100,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 85,000
  2. The Masters Round 4 (Fox Sports) — 68,000
  3. AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy) — 61,000
  4. The Walking Dead (showcase) — 60,000
  5. F1: Bahrain Race  (Fox Sports) — 53,000