Tennis, tennis, tennis — and a bit of celebrity. That was the night. Nadal lost out to Thiem in a thrilling four setter. Nine had 1.433 million watching from around 7.30 to 10.30pm and another 1.235 million for the later session that started at 10.30pm and kept viewers enthralled.
Nadal’s shock exit was unlike the confected elimination on Ten’s I’m A Celebrity — 1.074 million for the axing and 1.012 million for the lead-up. That saw Ten slip into second, well behind Nine, but just in front of Seven.
The Djoker versus Cool Hand Roger tonight. Ash Barty as well this afternoon. In regional markets it was Seven News with 536,000, Seven News (6.30pm) 514,000, Home and Away on Seven and the tennis on Nine with 382,000 each, and The Chase Australia (5.30pm) with 359,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (41.5%)
- Ten (20.0%)
- Seven (19.5%)
- ABC (11.8%)
- SBS (7.3%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (35.0%)
- Ten (13.1%)
- Seven (12.6%)
- ABC (7.5%)
- SBS ONE (4.1%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 10 Bold (5.0%)
- 7mate (2.7%)
- GEM (2.6%)
- ABC Kids/Comedy (2.4%)
- Seven TWO (2.3%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.558 million
- Seven News (6.30) — 1.521 million
- Australian Open Tennis Day 10, Night (Nine) — 1.433 million
- Australian Open Tennis Day 10, Late (Nine) — 1.235 million
- Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.201 million
- Nine/NBN News — 1.154 million
- I’m A Celebrity: Elimination (Ten) — 1.074 million
- Home and Away (Seven) — 1.028 million
- I’m A Celebrity (Ten) — 1.012 million
- The Chase Australia (5.30pm) (Seven) — 959,000
Top metro programs
- Australian Open Tennis Day 10, Night (Nine) — 1.051 million
- Seven News — 1.006 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.006 million
Losers: Everyone except the tennis.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 1.051 million
- Seven News (6.30) — 1.006 million
- Nine News (6.30) —879,000
- Nine News — 864,000
- 7pm ABC News — 616,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 503,000
- 7.30 (ABC) —475,000
- Ten News First — 418,000
- The Project (6.30pm) (Ten) — 282,000
- Ten News First 6pm— 258,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Sunrise: National: 478,000, Metro: 281,000
- Today: National: 334,000, Metro: 224,000
- News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 275,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 223,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — pre-empted by the Today’s tennis coverage
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 54,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 58,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 57,000
- Richo & Jones (Sky News), T20 Cricket, NZ v India (Fox Cricket) — 51,000
- Credlin (Sky News) — 44,000
Re the sports rorts scandal, Scotty from Marketing had a Freudian slip when asked if it was appropriate to use government funds for overtly political purposes. He said, “That’s not why I did it…” – not “we” but “I”. That slip exposes the falsity of his later claim that his office was not involved in the rort. The only conceivable reason he hasn’t sacked Bridget McKenzie is that his office is as guilt as hers.
The ABC’s Andrew Probyn received a spreadsheet showing the exact scores of the nearly 2000 grant applications of sporting clubs funded and those overlooked. Throughout the scandal, Josh Frydenberg has been a vocal supporter of Bridget McKenzie, repeatedly claiming no rules were broken. His electorate of Kooyong did incredibly well from the grants with Camberwell Hockey Club, Camberwell Junior Football Club, East Camberwell Tennis Club, Kew Little Aths, Grace Park Tennis Club and Hawthorn Malvern Hockey Club all receiving grants (there were others). The only club receiving a grant in the first round was Camberwell Junior Hockey Club, the remainder in the controversial second and third rounds. Perhaps they were all worthy recipients. Be good to know though. Is it possible to obtain the exact scores for those clubs in Kooyong receiving grants?