Remember: tune in 2am AEDT time on Monday for the World Cup final between Argentina and France. Will Santa come early for Lionel Messi?
A total of 436,000 people watched France beat Morocco in the second semi-final on Thursday on SBS. Top figures. That was the 10th most-watched program yesterday — and 16,000 viewers more popular than Argentina’s win over Croatia.
Last night, the various non-main channels had another big night — a total combined share of 37.3%. Overall, Nine’s night in total people and the main channels.
Summer is here. Go streaming, or go party, and have a great time. It’s a very different end to 2022 after the miseries and fears of the end of 2021 and 2020. But joy, no ScoMo: my Arsehat of the Year — and decade.
Regional: Seven News, 414,000; Seven News 6.30, 400,000; A Current Affair, 248,000; Nine News 6.30, 238,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, Nine News, 235,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (28.4%)
- Seven (26.9%)
- ABC (17.8%)
- Ten (17.4%)
- SBS (9.6%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (17.8%)
- Seven (17.4%)
- ABC (12.0%)
- Ten (9.4%)
- SBS ONE (5.1%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (4.1%)
- Gem (4.0%)
- 10 Peach (3.8%)
- 10 Bold (3.4%)
- ABC Kids/TV Plus, 7mate (3.1%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.178 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.111 million
- Nine News — 843,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 841,000
- 7pm ABC News — 746,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 717,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 624,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 623,000
- Cricket: Big Bash (Seven) — 467,000
- World Cup, Semi Final 2, France v Morocco (SBS) — 432,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Losers: anyone caught watching linear TV this summer, apart from the news and maybe cricket.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 764,000
- Seven News 6.30 — 711,000
- Nine News — 609,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 603,000
- 7pm ABC News — 529,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 469,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 450,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 220,000
- 10 News First — 186,000
- The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 149,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 367,000/219,000
- Today (Nine) — 267,000/169,000
- News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 250,000/153,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 209,000
- ABC Morning News — 109,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 118,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 28,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- Cricket: BBL (Fox Cricket) — 140,000
- Cricket: BBL (Fox Cricket) — 137,000
- Cricket: BBL Big Break (Fox Cricket) — 134,000
- Cricket: BBL Post-Game (Fox Cricket), B4 The Bash (Fox Cricket) — 41,000
