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:
- Nine (27.8%)
- Seven (26.0%)
- ABC (20.4%)
- Ten (17.2%)
- SBS(8.7%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (17.4%)
- Seven (17.0%)
- ABC (14.3%)
- Ten (10.0%)
- SBS ONE (4.6%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (4.5%)
- Gem (4.2%)
- 10 Peach (3.3%)
- ABC Kids/TV Plus (3.1%)
- 10 Bold (2.9%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.217 million
- Seven News 6.30pm — 1.192 million
- Nine News 6.30pm — 901,000
- Nine News — 889,000
- 7pm ABC News — 815,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 794,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 683,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 676,000
- Hard Quiz (repeat) (ABC) — 565,000
- 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:
- Seven News — 735,000
- Seven News 6.30pm — 734,000
- Nine News, Nine News 6.30pm — 665,000
- 7pm ABC News — 557,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 524,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 463,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 234,000
- 10 News First — 220,000
- The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 192,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 368,000/208,000
- Today (Nine) — 290,000/194,000
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 251,000/162,000
- ABC News Mornings — 192,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 185,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 140,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 32,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- Credlin (Sky News) — 47,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 46,000
- NCIS (Fox Crime) — 42,000
- The Great British Bake Off (Lifestyle Food) — 41,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 36,000
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