A dire night! Thankfully there were other things to see and do — NetflixApplePrimeDisney+… heck, even YouTube, which is like watching linear TV, pay TV or Netflix’s new ad-supported stream: it doesn’t cost (or at least cost as much).
Nine took the night from Seven, Ten and the ABC in total people. In the main channels it was Nine, Seven, the ABC and Ten. The non-main channels had a combined share of 33.5% last night — winners.
The new season of Upright, starring Tim Minchin and House of the Dragon‘s Milly Alcock, premiered on Foxtel, cracking the pay TV top five.
Network channel share:
- Nine (27.8%)
- Seven (27.4%)
- Ten (19.0%)
- ABC (18.3%)
- SBS (7.5%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (19.8%)
- Seven (18.5%)
- ABC (12.9%)
- Ten (11.1%)
- SBS ONE (3.8%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate (4.0%)
- 7TWO, 10 Peach (3.6%)
- Gem (3.5%)
- 10 Bold (2.9%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News 6.30pm — 1.345 million
- Seven News — 1.304 million
- Nine News 6.30pm — 973,000
- Nine News — 953,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 858,000
- 7pm ABC News — 852,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 759,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 711,000
- Kitchen Nightmares Australia (Seven) — 679,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 673,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News 6.30pm, 484,000; Seven News, 481,000; 7pm ABC News, 305,000; Home and Away, 301,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 277,000.
Losers: everyone! Told you, it was a dire night.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News 6.30pm — 861,000
- Seven News — 822,000
- Nine News 6.30pm — 708,000
- Nine News — 702,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 599,000
- 7pm ABC News — 547,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 445,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 328,000
- 10 News First — 245,000
- The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 193,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 368,000/219,000
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 305,000197,000
- Today (Nine) — 283,000/178,000
- ABC News Mornings — 228,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 197,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 134,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 29,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- Credlin (Sky News) — 49,000
- Upright (Fox Showcase), The Great British Bake Off (LifeStyle Food) — 48,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 47,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 38,000
