Australian Open victories continue (at least in the ratings)

Nine’s night with an Australian flavour to the Australian Open matches (and late afternoon as well). The first night session had 716,000 viewers, the second night session had 665,000 — both on Nine’s main channel. The late session had 441,000. There were another 93,000 watching the early night session on 9Gem which grew to 160,000 for the late session.

About 100,000 people were still watching the Murray-Kokkinakis match between 1.45am and 2am nationally. The match didn’t end until 4.05am Friday. Meanwhile Seven’s Big Bash League game had 393,000, and a further 141,000 on Foxtel.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (37.1%)
2. Seven (26.7%)
3. Ten, ABC (14.0%)
4. SBS (8.1%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (26.8%)
2. Seven (16.8%)
3. ABC (8.7%)
4. Ten (7.5%)
5. SBS (3.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (4.0%)
2. 7mate (3.8%)
3. Gem (3.5%)
4. 10 Bold (3.3%)
5.  GO (3.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.256 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.243 million
3. Nine News —- 79,000
4. 7pm ABC News — 735,000
5. Home and Away (Seven) — 697,000
6. Nine News 6.30 — 727,000
7. Australian Open Tennis, day three night (Nine) — 716,000
8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (R, Seven) — 679,00
9. Australian Open Tennis, day three night session two (Nine) — 665,000
10. 7.30 (ABC) — 568,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News 6.30, 447,000; Seven News, 445,000; Home and Away, 279,000; 7pm ABC News, 251,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 241,000.

Losers: tennis OK — the rest a snore (again).

Metro news and current affairs

1. Seven News — 811,000
2. Seven News 6.30 — 796,000
3. Nine News — 587,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 538,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 513,000
6. 7.30 (ABC) — 375,000
7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 245,000
8. Ten News First — 209,000
9. The Project 6.30pm — 141,000
10. SBS World News — 131,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 351,000/205,000
2. Today (Nine) — 257,000/165,000
3. ABC News Breakfast 236,000/148,000
4. ABC News Mornings (ABC) —225,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 217,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — n/a
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 19,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Cricket: BBL (Fox Cricket) — 145,000
2. Cricket: BBL Big Break (Fox Cricket), BBL (Fox Cricket) — 138,000
3. The Great British Sewing Bee (lifeStyle) — 59,000
4. Cricket: B4 The Bash (Fox Cricket) — 35,000