Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar
Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar (Image: AP/Aijaz Rahi)

No early World Cup game on SBS last night, so no colour and movement … and a lot of repeats and rubbish on the main channels. It was a night when the streamers appealed. Nine from Seven, the ABC and Ten, with SBS back in the final slot.

Appropriately, SBS filled the soccer gap at 8.30pm with a repeat called How to Sleep Well with Michael Mosley — 219,000 watched nationally; the rest, like me, were trying to catch up. There is one very easy answer: don’t try to keep up with the World Cup round robin — it gets easier from this weekend when the round of 16 starts. Before all that, Australia v Denmark at 1am Thursday.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (29.5%) 
  2. Seven (25.7%)
  3. ABC (17.8%)
  4. Ten (15.5%)
  5. SBS (11.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.8%)
  2. Seven (17.2%)
  3. ABC (12.3%)
  4. Ten (8.8%)
  5. SBS (6.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (3.8%)
  2. 7mate (3.4%)
  3. 10 Peach (3.3%)
  4. ABC Kids/TV Plus (3.2%)
  5. Gem (2.7%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.341 million
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.303 million
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.010 million
  4. Nine News — 933,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 879,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 808,000
  7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 734,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 684,000
  9. Travel Guides (repeat) (Nine) — 658,000
  10. Border Security (repeat) (Seven) — 636,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 481,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 480,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 273,000; ACA, 256,000; Border Security, 251,000.

Losers: everyone — another dire night with no World Cup game to save us.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 860,000
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 823,000
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 764,000
  4. Nine News — 692,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 623,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 566,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 498,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 272,000
  9. 10 News First — 231,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 193,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 349,000/192,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 281,000/181,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast — 257,000/165,000
  4. ABC News Mornings, The Morning Show (Seven) — 189,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 132,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 52,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. 2022 AFL Draft (Fox Footy) — 71,000
  2. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 48,000
  3. The Great British Bake Off (LifeStyle) — 45,000
  4. Credlin (Sky News) — 43,000
  5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 41,000