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The highlight from TV yesterday? That the second cricket test with the Windies starts in Adelaide this afternoon — it’s a pink ball test. 

So, about last night: if I told you the various non-main channels of the five free-to-air networks had a total share of 36.9%, you’d have a good idea how unattractive the night was. Collectively, more people watched repeats and lower-tier programming on those channels than watched repeats and lower-tier programming on the main channels.

And if you take out the 6-7.30pm news broadcasts and the ABC’s 7.30 from the five main channels, then the actual audience watching non-news programming last night was laughably low.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (27.8%) 
  2. Seven (26.0%)
  3. ABC (20.4%)
  4. Ten (17.2%)
  5. SBS(8.7%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (17.4%)
  2. Seven (17.0%)
  3. ABC (14.3%)
  4. Ten (10.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.5%)
  2. Gem (4.2%)
  3. 10 Peach (3.3%)
  4. ABC Kids/TV Plus (3.1%)
  5. 10 Bold (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.217 million
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.192 million
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 901,000
  4. Nine News — 889,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 815,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 794,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 683,000
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 676,000
  9. Hard Quiz (repeat) (ABC) — 565,000
  10. Better Homes and Gardens Summer (Seven) — 524,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 482,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 458,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, ACA, 270,000; 7pm ABC News 258,000.

Losers: the whole night was a loser.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 735,000
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 734,000
  3. Nine News, Nine News 6.30pm — 665,000
  4. 7pm ABC News — 557,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 524,000
  6. 7.30 (ABC) — 463,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 234,000
  8. 10 News First — 220,000
  9. The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 192,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 368,000/208,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 290,000/194,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 251,000/162,000
  4. ABC News Mornings — 192,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 185,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 140,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 32,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Credlin (Sky News) — 47,000
  2. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 46,000
  3. NCIS (Fox Crime) — 42,000
  4. The Great British Bake Off (Lifestyle Food) — 41,000
  5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 36,000