Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic (Image: John Walton/PA Wire via AAP)

It was Nine’s night as the seventh night of the Australian Open dominated screens, making up four of the top 10 programs. Tonight from 7pm should be the biggest so far, with The Joker (with an injured hamstring in his left thigh) taking on Aussie Alex de Minaur. The Joker’s gutsy, one-legged win on Saturday night, beating 28th seed Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets, was one of the best of his career.

Tennis aside, viewing levels on the whole in metro and regional markets were lower last night: Seven’s Big Bash game drew 450,000, Ten’s The Bachelors Australia a mere 336,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (34.1%)
  2. Seven (24.8%)
  3. ABC (18.2%)
  4. Ten (13.6%)
  5. SBS (9.2%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (26.4%)
  2. Seven (16.3%)
  3. ABC (13.3%)
  4. TEN (7.9%)
  5. SBS (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (3.1%)
  2. 10 Bold, 7TWO (2.5%)
  3. ABC News, 10 Peach (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.064 million
  2. Nine News — 927,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 726,000
  4. Australian Open Tennis, Day 7 Night 1 Session (Nine) — 596,000
  5. Australian Open Tennis, Day 7 Night 2 Session (Nine) — 593,000
  6. Vera (R, ABC) — 581,000
  7. Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures (R, ABC) — 493,000
  8. Cricket: Big Bash League (Seven) — 450,000
  9. Australian Open Tennis, Day 7 Night Pre-Match (Nine) — 446,000
  10. Australian Open Tennis, Day 7 Night Late Session (Nine) — 372,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 344,000; Nine News, 249,000; 7pm ABC News 238,000; Vera (R), 207,000; Cricket: Big Bash League,175,000.

Losers: you had to like tennis or a repeat of Vera last night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 720,000
  2. Nine News — 678,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 487,000
  4. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 239,000
  5. Ten News First — 194,000
  6. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 145,000
  7. SBS World News — 120,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 354,000
  2. Weekend Today (Nine) — 235,000
  3. Landline Summer (ABC) — 211,000
  4. Offsiders (ABC) — 109,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Cricket: BBL (Fox Cricket) — 204,000
  2. Cricket: BBL (Fox Cricket) — 173,000
  3. Cricket: BBL Big Break (Fox Cricket) — 171,000
  4. Cricket: BBL Post Game (Fox Cricket) — 167,000
  5. Cricket: BBL (Fox Cricket) — 147,000