The Commonwealth Games: 898,000 average across the evening and night sessions for the best part of three hours. Another easy win for Seven, end of story.
Well, not quite the end: the NRL on Nine drew 426,000 nationally, 192,000 on Foxtel. Australians: we love our sport.
Network channel share:
- Seven (38.0%)
- Nine (24.3%)
- Ten (15.3%)
- ABC (14.9%)
- SBS (7.4%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (28.1%)
- Nine (17.3%)
- ABC (9.8%)
- Ten (9.4%)
- SBS ONE (3.7%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate (5.3%)
- 7TWO (3.3%)
- ABC Kids/Plus, 10 Bold (2.7%)
- 10 Bold (2.6%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.392 million
- Seven News 6.30pm — 1.372 million
- Nine News 6.30pm — 1.035 million
- Nine News — 1.027 million
- Commonwealth Games Day 7, Night (Seven) — 960,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 908,000
- Commonwealth Games Day 7, Evening (Seven) — 835,000
- 7pm ABC News — 832,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30 (Seven) — 820,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 579,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News 6.30pm, 490,000; Seven News, 484,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 326,000; Commonwealth Games Day 7, Night, 292,000; Nine News 6.30pm, 284,000.
Losers: well, the Games are still on.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 908,000
- Seven News 6.30pm — 882,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 752,000
- Nine News — 745,000
- ACA (Nine) — 629,000
- 7pm ABC News — 563,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 417,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 279,000
- Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 269,000
- Ten News First — 267,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 396,000/238,000
- Today (Nine) — 271,000/176,000
- ABC News Breakfast — 260,000/164,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 227,000
- ABC News Mornings — 213,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 153,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 42,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- NRL: Easts v Brisbane (Fox League) — 192,000
- NRL: Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 83,000
- NRL: Thursday Night Ticket (Fox League) — 61,000
- Paul Murray Live, Credlin (Sky News) — 52,000
