So, Australia v Tunisia on the SBS or Dan Andrews v News Corp and the Liberals led by Matthew… uh, what’s his name again? on ABC News and the main channel (plus commercial channel updates in Victoria) — who wins?
Going by the performances this week, I’d back Australia v Tunisia by a mile. A drab night last night — Switzerland 1, Cameroon nil, viewers 424,000 — pushed SBS up to third nationally in total people in prime time and in the main channels. To come early in the morning, England v US (Saturday morning) and Spain v Germany (Monday morning) — Germany loses, and it could leave for a second cup in a row without making it out of the pool. The 6am game in the World Cup continues to take a bite out of the breakfast programs on Seven, Nine and the ABC.
The farewell tour for Tracy Grimshaw on ACA last night drew 821,000, 90,000 more than the previous Thursday and 70,000 more than Wednesday night’s first part of the tour. A great career ends.
Network channel share:
- Nine (26.4%)
- Seven (23.5%)
- SBS (17.0%)
- Ten (16.7%)
- ABC (16.2%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (18.1%)
- Nine (15.2%)
- SBS ONE (12.0%)
- ABC (10.3%)
- Ten (10.2%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- ABC Kids/TV Plus (3.4%)
- 7mate (3.2%)
- 7TWO, 10 Peach (3.0%)
- 10 Bold (2.6%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.243 million
- Seven News 6.30pm — 1.205 million
- Nine News 6.30pm — 827,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 821,000
- Nine News — 807,000
- 7pm ABC News — 732,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 728,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 689,000
- Home and Away Late (Seven) — 646,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 584,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News 6.30pm, 448,000; Seven News, Home and Away, 275,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 272,000; Home and Away Late, 271,000.
Losers: everyone, as we say goodbye to Tracy.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 795,000
- Seven News 6.30pm — 772,000
- Nine News 6.30pm — 586,000
- Nine News — 583,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 554,000
- 7pm ABC News — 496,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 408,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 274,000
- 10 News First — 225,000
- The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 163,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 355,000/209,000
- Today (Nine) — 267,000/170,000
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 252,000/161,000
- ABC News Mornings — 198,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 186,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 127,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 38,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- WBBL: Challenger (Fox Cricket) — 42,000
- Credlin (Sky News) — 41,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 39,000
- WBBL: Challenger (Fox Cricket) — 38,000
- WBBL: Challenger Innings Break (Fox Cricket) — 37,000
