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Glenn Dyer

Winter has come, but few are glued to the games

Seven Nine Seven News Nine News Beijing MAFS

Winter in Beijing — how pretty, how boring. Last night’s coverage of the Winter Olympic Games on Seven was not very gripping to me, and viewers agreed: the evening averaged 513,000 nationally, the night 366,000 and the late 215,000.

MAFS, however, soldiered on with 1.01 million viewers, easily towelling the games coverage on Seven. So Nine’s night, easily.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (32.8%)
  2. Seven (30.3%)
  3. ABC (14.1%)
  4. Ten (13.7%)
  5. SBS (9.1%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (24.2%)
  2. Seven (20.4%)
  3. ABC (9.3%)
  4. Ten (8.4%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (5.2%)
  2. 7TWO (3.5%)
  3. Gem, 10 Bold (3.0%)
  4. 7flix (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.408 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.360 million
  3. Nine News — 1.065 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.044 million
  5. Married at First Sight (Nine) — 1.009 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 892,000
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 871,000
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 781,000
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 770,000
  10. Home and Away Late (Seven) — 700,000

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

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 477,000; Seven News 6.30, 460,000; Home and Away, 308,000; Home and Away late, 287,000; Nine News 6.30, 285,000.

Losers: MAFS viewers again, although the games coverage is, well, turgid.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 931,000
  2. Seven News 6.30 —903,000
  3. Nine News — 900,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 859,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 614,000
  6. ACA (Nine) — 592,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 447,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 344,000
  9. 10 News First — 291,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 212,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 397,000/232,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 323,000/221,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 274,000/191,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 230,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 191,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 37,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Cricket: ODI, Aust v England (Fox Cricket) — 77,000
  2. Cricket: ODI, Aust v England — innings break (Fox Cricket) — 58,000
  3. The Great Australian Bake-Off (LifeStyle) — 56,000
  4. Credlin (Sky News) — 47,000
  5. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 46,000
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