Seven’s night again with the Games. The night session topped the most watched list with 1.94 million, while the evening session managed 1.90 million for an average of 1.92 million for more than four hours of primetime. The late session was watched by another 1.24 million (all figures on Seven’s main channel, plus 7TWO and 7mate), while the afternoon session managed 804,000 viewers. And that was the night.

In AFL markets, Seven’s Front Bar (408,000 nationally, 126,000 in Melbourne) went up against The AFL Footy Show on Nine with Eddie McGuire (396,000 nationally and 131,000 in Melbourne). Now let’s see what happens when we have clean air. Googlebox Australia did well for Ten with 781,000.

In regional markets Seven News topped the night with 520,000, from the evening session of the games with 488,000, then the night session of the games with 456,000, Seven News/Today Tonight was fourth with 438,000 and A Current Affair was fifth with 340,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (44.1%)
  2. Nine (21.8%)
  3. Ten (15.60%)
  4. ABC (13.0%)
  5. SBS (5.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (32.2%)
  2. Nine (15.6%)
  3. Ten (10.8%)
  4. ABC (9.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (5.5%)
  2. 7mate (3.5%)
  3. 7flix (2.8%)
  4. Eleven (2.6%)
  5. 9Life (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Commonwealth Games Night 8 (Seven 7mate, 7TWO) — 1.944 million
  2. Commonwealth Games Evening 8 (Seven 7mate, 7TWO) — 1.900 million
  3. Seven News  — 1.534 million
  4. Commonwealth Games Late 8 (Seven 7mate, 7TWO) — 1.247 million
  5. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.215 million *
  6. Nine/NBN News 6.30 pm — 1.200 million
  7. Nine/NBN News — 1.142 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.021 million
  9. 7pm ABC News —979,000
  10. Commonwealth Games Afternoon 8 (Seven 7mate, 7TWO) — 804,000

*Pre-empted by Games coverage in some market

Top metro programs:

  1. Commonwealth Games Night 8 (Seven 7mate, 7TWO) — 1.378 million
  2. Commonwealth Games Evening 8 (Seven 7mate, 7TWO) — 1.2950 million
  3. Seven News — 1.015 million

Losers:  The Games, but not for long.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.015 million
  2. Nine News (6.30pm) — 871,000
  3. Nine News — 834,000
  4. Seven News/Today Tonight — 776,000*
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 681,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 666,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 511,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 411,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 395,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 304,000

*Pre-empted by Games coverage in some markets

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Commonwealth Games Day 8 (Seven 7mate, 7TWO) — 528,000
  2. Sunrise (Seven) – 487,000
  3. Today (Nine) – 373,000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC, 160,000 + 63,000 on News 24) — 223,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 161,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 110,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Easts v Souths (Fox League) —190,000
  2. NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 84,000
  3. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 67,000
  4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 60,000
  5. NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 61,000