
Well there’s not much left on Netflix or Stan (how many programs can you watch in a day?) but that didn’t stop free to air being a black hole last night, into which every broadcast simply vanished. Nine “won” from Seven, Ten and the ABC in total people — the ABC was third in the main channels ahead of the usually weak Ten offerings. More people were watching Ten’s digital channels than were watching Ten’s main channel last night, a real thumbs down from viewers.
And does someone in the ABC have a cruel sense of humour? (Nah, it’s the ABC, that’s a non-sequitur isn’t it?) The question arises from the replacement of 7.30 with repeats of Hard Quiz. (Tom Gleeson replacing Leigh Sales?) Maybe can blame ScoMo, Malcom and weak-kneed Communications Minister Paul “Time Server” Fletcher for cutting the ABC’s budget.
In breakfast it was Sunrise 482,000 national and 277,000 metro; Today, 322,000 and 213,000; ABC News Breakfast, 292,000 and 193,000. In regional markets: Seven News, 511,000; Seven News 6.30, 466,000; 7pm ABC News, 300,000; Nine News 6.30, 282,000; ACA, 270,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (28.9%)
- Seven (23.2%)
- Ten (19.2%)
- ABC (18.0%)
- SBS (10.7%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (19.8%)
- Seven (16.1%)
- ABC (11.0%)
- Ten (9.2%)
- SBS ONE (6.8%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 10 Bold (5.8%)
- 7TWO (4.6%)
- 10 Peach (3.6%)
- ABC Kids/Comedy (3.3%)
- ABC News (3.2%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News 6.30 —1.460 million
- Seven News — 1.442 million
- Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.198 million
- Nine/NBN News — 1.191 million
- 7pm ABC News — 980,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 922,000
- Hard Quiz (ABC) —745,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 736,000
- Border Security (Seven) — 720,000
- Gold Coast Cops (Nine) — 607,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Losers: People who may have wanted to watch some COVID-related current affairs on 7.30.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 976,000
- Seven News 6.30 — 949,000
- Nine News— 932,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 916,000
- 7pm ABC News — 680,000
- ACA (Nine) — 652,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) —409,000
- Ten News First —- 364,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 256,000
- SBS World News — 170,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 482,000/277,000
- Today (Nine) — 322,000/213,000
- News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 292,000/193,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 271,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 180,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 44,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- Chris Smith Tonight (Sky News) — 57,000
- Insider The News (Sky News) — 48,000
- Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 38,000
- News Night (Sky News) — 38,000
- Afternoon Agenda, First Edition (Sky News) — 32,000
Have the pterodactyls of Sky gone on vacation? I ask only for information; never actually seen them except on Media Watch and other comic turns… Bless their absence though…