A dry, old night for telly on free to air and cable, with both having very similar line-ups — AFL, NRL and Albo holding court in Canberra. Not to mention Gogglebox Australia on Ten after it was on Foxtel the night before.
The AFL (the Swannies lost, boo-hoo) averaged 570,000 nationally, and the NRL (the Tigers lost (not Richmond, the Wests Tigers) — boo-hoo) averaged 493,000. Gogglebox Australia won the battle with 671,000 from 8.30pm. Albo dominated from 7.30 to 8pm with 519,000 people watching his budget reply speech.
Seven won from Nine, Ten and the ABC. Last night raised the question: why do people pay to watch on Foxtel what they get for free on Nine, Ten, Seven, the ABC and SBS?
And don’t forget: daylight saving ends Sunday morning…
Network channel share:
- Seven (32.5%)
- Nine (25.4%)
- Ten (17.9%)
- ABC (15.4%)
- SBS (8.8%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (21.6%)
- Nine (18.6%)
- Ten (11.7%)
- ABC (10.0%)
- SBS ONE (5.2%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (5.0%)
- 7mate (3.9%)
- 10 Bold (3.0%)
- ABC News (2.8%)
- 10 Peach (2.6%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.365 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.350 million
- Nine News — 1.125 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.088 million
- 7pm ABC News — 917,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30 (Seven) — 715,000
- ACA (Nine) — 702,000
- Gogglebox Australia (Ten) — 671,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 631,000
- Home and Away late (Seven) — 603,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News 6.30, 491,000; Seven News, 488,000; 7pm ABC News, Nine News 6.30, 288,000; Nine News, 288,000.
Losers: Me — I used an umbrella to watch the TV!
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 878,000
- Seven News 6.30 — 860,000
- Nine News — 838,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 800,000
- 7pm ABC News — 628,000
- ACA (Nine) — 490,000
- Budget Reply (ABC) — 357,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 293,000
- 10 News First — 276,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 196,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 391,000/241,000
- Today (Nine) — 299,000/203,000
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 270,000/180,000
- ABC Morning News — 255,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 225,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 150,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 40,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- NRL: Wests vs Gold Coast (Fox League) — 205,000
- AFL: Footscray vs Sydney (Fox Footy) — 192,000
- AFL: Thursday Night Footy on Fox (Fox Footy) — 80,000
- NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 74,000
- The Great Australian Bake Off (LifeStyle) — 62,000
