I know the ABC’s broadcast of the first concert in the refurbished concert hall at the Sydney Opera House was symbolic — the featured classical piece was Gustav Mahler’s “Resurrection” symphony — but give me William Barton and his wonderful Australian music any day over the turgid notes from the Viennese conductor composer. Still, it had 306,000 national viewers.
The 7pm ABC news (868,000) and 7.30 (716,000) were the best for the ABC and saw it sneak home into third ahead of Ten.
Nine’s NRL game (549,000), Nine News (1.06 million for the hour) and ACA (888,000) won the night for the network in total people and the main channels. Seven’s hour of news did better (1.4 million people), the 90 minutes or so of Home and Away did OK (668,000 average) — but that was it.
Ten’s best was The Doghouse Australia with 594,000 for an hour from 7.30pm. The Tour de France on SBS was wonderful –191,000 watched a very nasty day in the Pyrenees, and the yellow jersey wearer, Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, will be the winner in Paris on Sunday unless he falls off his bike and breaks something in the next three stages. Our Princess Mary to celebrate?
Another weak morning for Seven’s Sunrise as Today beat it in the metros for the second day in a row. All breakfast shows are weak at the moment. News Breakfast on the ABC has beaten Today in the metros three times in the past fortnight so no reason for Nine to boast.
Network channel share:
- Nine (28.9%)
- Seven(27.1%)
- ABC (16.8%)
- Ten (16.5%)
- SBS (10.7%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (21.3%)
- Seven (18.5%)
- ABC (10.9%)
- Ten (10.6%)
- SBS ONE (6.46%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO,10 Peach (3.7%)
- 7mate (3.5%)
- ABC Kids/Plus(3.3%)
- Gem, 9Life (2.3%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.483 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.408 million
- Nine News — 1.127 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.008 million
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 888,000
- 7pm ABC News — 868,000
- The Chase 5.30pm (Seven) — 863,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 716,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 692,000
- Home and Away — late (Seven) — 668,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News, 557,000; Seven News 6.30, 494,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 344,000; Nine News, 289,000; Nine News 6.30, 282,000.
Losers: another weak night.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 926,000
- Seven News 6.30 — 915,000
- Nine News — 838,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 806,000
- ACA (Nine) — 620,000
- 7pm ABC News — 607,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 512,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 354,000
- Ten News First (Ten) — 273,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 248,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 334,000/195,000
- Today (Nine) — 300,000/201,000
- News Breakfast (ABC) — 268,000/169,000
- ABC News Mornings — 234,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 212,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 175,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 41,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- NRL: Parramatta v Brisbane (Fox League) — 242,000
- NRL: Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 94,000
- NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 73,000
- Credlin (Sky News) — 52,000
- Aussie Gold Hunters (Discovery) — 50,000
