Viewers stay true to 7.30 as Sarah Ferguson takes charge

Rain, floods and Nick Kyrgios — for people in and around Sydney, Newcastle and the ‘gong, it was a miserable night of TV made entertaining by Mr K’s winning ways at Wimbledon, not to mention Ajla Tomljanovic’s.

But the viewers had to stay up late: after the froth and foolery of Australian Ninja Warrior (606,000 nationally), Nine started its Wimbledon coverage at 9.30pm and it continued into the early hours of Tuesday. 

The coverage averaged 524,000 across the hours — 554,000 for the night and 494,000 for the late session, which is when the eventual five-set Kyrgios match against American Brandon Nakashima was in full swing (it went for three hours and 10 minutes). Big Brother on Seven drew 513,000 — no amount of BVOD and delayed viewing will close the gap on Ten’s MasterChef Australia (816,000) or Have You Been Paying Attention? (780,000) in seven days’ time.

Sarah Ferguson moved into the chair at 7.30 and there was no impact on the figures — 839,000 nationally last night, while last Monday the show attracted 864,000 nationally at the start of Leigh Sales’ last week.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (31.3%)
2. Seven (23.4%)
3. Ten (21.1%)
4. ABC (16.7%)
5. SBS (7.5%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (22.2%)
2. Seven (15.9%)
3. Ten (15.4%)
4. ABC (13.2%)
5. SBS ONE (4.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. Gem (4.3%)
2. 7TWO (3.8%)
3. 10 Bold (2.9%)
4. 7mate (2.4%)
5. 10 Peach (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.608 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.520 million
3. Nine News — 1.277 million
4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.209 million
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 991,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 961,000
7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 936,000
8. 7.30 (ABC) — 839,000
9. MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 816,000
10. Have You Been Paying Attention (Ten) — 780,000

Top metro programs:  

1. Seven News — 1.031 million

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 576,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 521,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 350,000; Nine News, 339,000; Nine News 6.30pm, 323,000.

Losers: Big Brother.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 1.031 million
2. Nine News 6.30pm — 998,000
3. Nine News — 938,000
4. Seven News 6.30pm — 887,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 688,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 667,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 593,000
8. Four Corners (ABC) — 535,000
9. Australian Story (ABC) — 513,000
10. Media Watch (ABC) — 463,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 382,000/215,000
2. Today (Nine) — 295,000/189,000
3. ABC News Mornings — 293,000
4. ABC News Breakfast — 266,000/176,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 250,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 204,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 42,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 61,000
2. F1: Chequered Flag (Fox Sports 506) — 54,000
3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 47,000
4. Credlin (Sky News) — 45,000
5. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 43,000