Forget last night, it’s tonight that matters. Who will I watch, the Swannies v the Cats, or Storm v the Dragons? It’s a good thing the World Cup is having a rest day, though Wimbledon beckons again. Ahead lies the AFL, NRL and the World Cup tomorrow night, plus the start of the Tour De France on Saturday. There are not enough hours or eyeballs.

Last night Seven beat Nine and Ten. Seven would be smart to show The Front Bar live on 7mate in non-AFL markets from now on, seeing its doing Eddie McGuire like a dinner with the bonus of making Sam Newman even more irrelevant. Last night The Front Bar had 360,000 national viewers and 192,000 in Melbourne. The AFL Footy Show on Nine had 260,000 nationally with 136,000 in Melbourne. That’s a hiding from Seven’s effort and another headache for Nine and Eddie McGuire.

In regional markets Seven’s 6pm News was top show with 563,000, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 468,000, followed by House Rules with 458,000, Home and Away with 396,000 and the 5.30pm it of The Chase Australia with 354,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (29.4%)
  2. Nine (24.0%)
  3. Ten (21.3%)
  4. ABC (17.4%)
  5. SBS (7.8%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (19.1%)
  2. Nine (16.1%)
  3. Ten (15.8%)
  4. ABC (12.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.1%)
  2. GO (3.6%)
  3. 7mate (3.5%)
  4. ANC Kids/Comedy (3.2%)
  5. ONE (3.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.598 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.467 million
  3. Nine/NBN News 6.30— 1.249 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.220 million
  5. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.213 million
  6. House rules (Seven) — 1.206 million
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.148 million
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.092 million
  9. TheChaser Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 997,000
  10. 7pm ABC News — 983,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.035 million

Losers: World Cup fans — it was a rest night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.035 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 999,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 943,000
  4. Nine News — 925,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 823,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 672,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 566,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 502,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 431,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 344,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 432,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 347,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABCNews ) — 228,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 227,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 176,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 77,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 96,000
  2. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 58,000
  3. Wentworth (showcase) — 52,000
  4. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 51,000
  5. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 49,000