Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, just before 3pm on Thursday, saw approximately 200,000 to 230,000 extra people tune in for the 6 to 7pm news broadcasts on Nine, Seven and the ABC — plus 7.30, which saw a jump of 160,000 from the previous week.
ABC News was where people went for continuing updates — its prime-time share last night of 5.9% was its highest for some time and more. Sky News Afternoon Agenda saw a small pick up in viewers by the evening blatherers — Bolt, Credlin et al. — failed to get any real bounce.
Regional Top 5: Seven News, 517,000; Seven News, 492,000; Home and Away, 308,000; Nine News, 298,000; 7pm ABC News, 294,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (28.3%)
- Seven (26.8%)
- ABC (20.0%)
- Ten (16.0%)
- SBS (8.9%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (20.3%)
- Seven (18.7%)
- ABC (11.5%)
- Ten (9.97%)
- SBS ONE (4.7%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- ABC News (5.9%)
- 7TWO (3.6%)
- Gem (3.0%)
- 10 Peach (2.7%)
- 10 Bold (2.7%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.482 million
- Seven News — 1.391 million
- Nine News — 1.168 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.106 million
- 7pm ABC News — 954,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 842,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 840,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 825,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 751,000
- Home and Away – Late (Seven) — 726,000
Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers.
Metro news and current affair
- Seven News — 965,000
- Seven News 6.30 — 899,000
- Nine News — 870,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 823,000
- 7pm ABC News— 661,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 582,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 569,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 344,000
- Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 330,000
- 10 News First — 288,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 403,000/274,000
- Today (Nine) — 332,000/2206,000
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 284,000/190,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 216,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) —177,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 46,000
Top 5 Pay TV programs: N/A
- Credlin (Sky News) — 63,000
- The Great Australian Bake-Off (LifeStyle) — 62,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 54,000
- The Kenny Report (Sky News) — 46,000
- Outback Opal Hunters (Discovery), Afternoon Agenda (Sky News) — 46,000
