Insiders host David Speers (Image: ABC)

Insiders secured 579,000 viewers — a high national top 10 effort — for its last show of the year, and the first all-Melbourne studio show since March.

It was a good end to a great first season for David Speers — the program has lost nothing with the change of host. The last episode, though, could have easily gone for an hour and a half considering the news of the past year. The same goes for Offsiders. This has been a historic year for all sport in this country and globally. 

The non-main channels of the five networks had a collective share of 39.2% last night, down from the high 43.7% of primetime viewing a week earlier. That share fell because of the audiences that watched the Big Bash League on Seven. The various bits of the match averaged between 400,000 and more than 600,000.

The BBL matches, however, are boring — same old eggbeater commentary, frenetic shotmaking, poor bowlers — and Seven will suffer in the long run. Last night Nine won the total people and the main channels from Seven, Ten and a very weak ABC.

In regional markets: Seven News, 408,000; Nine News, 282,000; 7pm ABC News, 272,000; BBL Night game, Innings Break, 263,000; BBL night game, Session 1, 257,000.

Network channel share

  1. Nine (29.1%)
  2. Seven (26.8%)
  3. Ten (18.3%)
  4. ABC (15.4%)
  5. SBS (10.4%)

Network main channels

  1. Nine (18.7%)
  2. Seven (17.0%)
  3. Ten (9.5%)
  4. ABC (8.8%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.8%)

Top 5 digital channels

  1. 10 Bold (4.6%)
  2. 7mate (4.1%)
  3. ABC Kids/Comedy, GO (3.7%)
  4. 7TWO (3.0%)

Top 10 national programs

  1. Seven News — 1.245 million
  2. Nine/NBN News — 1.114 million
  3. 7pm ABC News — 797,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 744,000
  5. BBL: Night Game, session 1 (Seven) — 654,000 
  6. BBL: Night Game, Innings Break (Seven) — 630,000 
  7. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 579,000
  8. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 478,000
  9. BBL: Afternoon Game, Innings Break (Seven) — 451,000 
  10. BBL: Night Game, Pre-Match (Seven) — 451,000 

Metro news and current affairs

  1. Seven News — 837,000
  2. Nine News — 832,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 524,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 503,000
  5. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 359,000
  6. 7News Spotlight: A Blink In Time — 306,000
  7. Ten News First—293,000
  8. Nine Late News — 257,000
  9. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 251,000
  10. SBS World News — 158,000

Morning (national) TV

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News ) — 579,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 406,000
  3. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 257,000
  4. Landline – Summer (ABC) — 289,000
  5. Weekend Today (Nine) — 272,000
  6. Offsiders (ABC) — 208,000

Top five pay TV programs

  1. Cricket: BBL Night Game (Fox Cricket ) — 232,000
  2. Cricket: BBL Between The Innings Night (Fox Cricket ) — 206,000
  3. Cricket: BBL Afternoon Game (Fox Cricket ) — 166,000
  4. Cricket: BBL Between The Innings Afternoon (Fox Cricket ) — 149,00
  5. Cricket: BBL Night Game (Fox Cricket ) — 131,000