Another one of those nights where the odds and sods on the free-to-air non-main channels proved attractive to jaded viewers.
The collective share of the main channels was a high of 34% last night, meaning all those viewers were not on the main channels watching the usual Thursday night tosh — with the exception of Gogglebox which, though weakening, is still entertaining. On the ABC, Foreign Correspondent averaged 497,000 with Q+A down to 324,000.
In the regions: Seven News, 465,000; Seven News 6.30, 458,000; Nine News 6.30, 293,000; Home and Away, 289,000; 286,000; Nine News, 276,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine, Seven (28.5%)
- Ten (18.0%)
- ABC (17.2%)
- SBS (7.8%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (21.1%)
- Seven (19.2%)
- ABC (11.3%)
- Ten (11.0%)
- SBS ONE (3.5%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (5.3%)
- 10 Bold (3.5%)
- ABC Kids/Plus, 10 Peach (2.5%)
- 7mate (2.5%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.285 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.266 million
- Nine News — 1.009 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.001 million
- 7pm ABC News — 843,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 815,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 734,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 700,000
- Home and Away – Late (Seven) — 672,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 658,000
Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers
Losers: Another weak Thursday night — Gogglebox was the only spark
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 822,000
- Seven News 6.30 — 809,000
- Nine News — 733,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 707,000
- 7pm ABC News — 584,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 548,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 444,000
- Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 325,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 285,000
- Ten News First — 261,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 361,000/216,000
- Today (Nine) — 310,000/205,000
- News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 262,000/167,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 219,000
- ABC Morning News — 208,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 148,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 34,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- T20: World Cup Post Game (Fox Cricket) — 60,000
- Paul Murray (Sky News) — 57,000
- T20: World CUP, UAE v NAM (Fox Cricket) — 57,000
- T20: World CUP, UAE v NAM – Innings Break (Fox Cricket) — 47,000
- Credlin (Sky News) — 46,000
