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Alan Jones (Image: Sky News Australia)

Jonesie went out on a high, topping Sky News’s gang of after dark barkers with 95,000 viewers, well ahead of the Bolter on 81,000.

The T20 World Cup game between Australia and Bangladesh was tops with 187,000 viewers. Gloria’s 95,000 was a swan song so next week’s line-up and figures for the Sky gang will be watched to see if a hole appears at 8pm. His figures were close to the highest for his 8pm slot for himself. Now he will sit and glower at his Fitzroy Falls hideaway or in his Circular Quay pad, fuming and fulminating.

On free-to-air, a lacklustre night. Seven won from Nine, Ten and the ABC. The Bachette picked up to 468,000 nationally after Wednesday’s did-you-see-how-low of 373,000. America’s Got Talent on Seven — 366,000; Q+A on the ABC, 338,000. They are who-cares numbers?

Regional top five: Seven News, 547,000; Seven News 6.30, 544,000; Home and Away, 385,000; Home and Away late, 385,000; 7pm ABC News, 344,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (27.3%)
  2. Nine (28.6%)
  3. Ten (20.6%)
  4. ABC (14.5%)
  5. SBS (9.0%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (18.4%)
  2. Nine (17.4%)
  3. Ten (14.0%)
  4. ABC (9.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. GO (5.0%)
  2. 7TWO (4.5%)
  3. 7mate (3.2%)
  4. 10 Bold, ABC Kids/Plus (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.464 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.383 million
  3. Nine News  — 1.202 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.144 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 951,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 864,000
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 846,000
  8. Home And Away late (Seven) — 813,000
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 766,000
  10. Gogglebox Australia (Ten) — 756,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers.

Losers: America’s Got Talent on Seven; The Bachelorette on Ten; Q+A on the ABC (again).

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 921,000
  2. Nine News  — 889,000
  3. Seven News 6.30 — 869,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 849,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 607,000
  6. ACA (Nine) — 601,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 387,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 370,000
  9. Ten News First — pre-empted
  10. Ten News First — 211,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 441,000/257,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 360,000/247,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 309,000/206,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 223,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 165,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) —  36,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Cricket: T20 World Cup, Australia v Bangladesh (Fox Cricket) — 187,000
  2. Cricket: T20 World Cup, Australia v Bangladesh – Innings Break (Fox Cricket) — 96,000
  3. Alan Jones (Sky News) — 95,000
  4. Cricket: T20 World Cup, Australia v Bangladesh (Fox Cricket) — 94,000
  5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 81,000