Rubbish and repeats where World Cup used to shine

No early World Cup game on SBS last night, so no colour and movement … and a lot of repeats and rubbish on the main channels. It was a night when the streamers appealed. Nine from Seven, the ABC and Ten, with SBS back in the final slot.

Appropriately, SBS filled the soccer gap at 8.30pm with a repeat called How to Sleep Well with Michael Mosley — 219,000 watched nationally; the rest, like me, were trying to catch up. There is one very easy answer: don’t try to keep up with the World Cup round robin — it gets easier from this weekend when the round of 16 starts. Before all that, Australia v Denmark at 1am Thursday.

Network channel share:

Nine (29.5%)
Seven (25.7%)
ABC (17.8%)
Ten (15.5%)
SBS (11.5%)

Network main channels:

Nine (21.8%)
Seven (17.2%)
ABC (12.3%)
Ten (8.8%)
SBS (6.7%)

Top 5 digital channels:

7TWO (3.8%)
7mate (3.4%)
10 Peach (3.3%)
ABC Kids/TV Plus (3.2%)
Gem (2.7%)

Top 10 national programs:

Seven News — 1.341 million
Seven News 6.30pm — 1.303 million
Nine News 6.30pm — 1.010 million
Nine News — 933,000
A Current Affair (Nine) — 879,000
7pm ABC News — 808,000
The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 734,000
7.30 (ABC) — 684,000
Travel Guides (repeat) (Nine) — 658,000
Border Security (repeat) (Seven) — 636,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 481,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 480,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 273,000; ACA, 256,000; Border Security, 251,000.

Losers: everyone — another dire night with no World Cup game to save us.

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