Between the Tour and the Open, a little post-Origin shuteye was the most attractive option

What a dull night after the Wednesday night whack-a-doodle from Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium for Game 3 of Origin. No biff, no bash… no sport except the Tour de France on SBS (203,000 for the assault on/descent of the legendary Alpe d’Huez) or the first round of the British Open grass-growing championships on Fox Sports (61,000).

So it was Netflix and YouTube (or an early bedtime), which proved to be more attractive than what was on our TV channels last night, apart from the ABC’s 7.30 (689,000 nationally). Also on the ABC, Q+A (346,000 nationally) was another meander-thon. 

Seven won because of its news hour outrated everything else (1.369 million viewers for the hour), then helped by Home and Away averaging 655,000 from 7-8.30pm. The network’s 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia with 870,000 was again the most watched non-news program.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (28.5%)
2. Nine (26.0%)
3. ABC (17.2%)
4. Ten (17.1%)
5. SBS (11.3%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (20.4%)
2. Nine (18.5%)
3. Ten (11.5%)
4. ABC (11.2%)
5. SBS ONE (6.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (3.7%)
2. ABC Kids/Plus(3.2%)
3. 7mate, 10 Peach (3.0%)
4. 9Life (2.4%) 

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.404 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.334 million
3. Nine News — 1.119 million
4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.077 million
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 905,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 882,000
7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 870,000
8. 7.30 (ABC) — 689,000
9. Home and Away (Seven) — 670,000
10. Home and Away: Late (Seven) — 640,000

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

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 518,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 473,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 334,000; Nine News, 298,000; Nine News 6.30pm, 289,000.

Losers: a very, very weak night.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 886,000
2. Nine News — 861,000
3. Nine News 6.30pm — 821,000
4. Seven News 6.30pm — 788,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 630,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 594,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 474,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 336,000
9. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 306,000
10. Ten News First (Ten) — 292,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 363,000/211,000
2. Today (Nine) — 294,000/190,000
3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 248,000/170,000
4. ABC News Mornings — 239,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 213,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 169,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 45,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Golf: British Open Round 1 (Fox Sports 505) — 61,000
2. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 54,000
3. Credlin, The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 53,000
4. Aussie Gold Hunters (Discovery) — 44,000