Seven’s dreams come true as viewers actually watch the BBL

At last, Seven’s heart-felt desire has been met: Australians turned on to watch the Big Bash League. The game averaged a solid 716,000 — the second consecutive night with a national audience above 700,000. That was enough to grab and hold the eyeballs last night. Peter Siddle with dyed blond hair? A five-for and a surfer boy look for the Victorian, playing for Adelaide.

The combined share for the the non-primary channels last night was 37.6% (38.1% a week ago).

Seven won the main channels from Nine, the ABC and Ten (same as last Tuesday)

In breakfast: Sunrise, 446,000 national and 255,000 metro viewers; Today, 303,000 national and 208,000 metro viewers, News Breakfast, 288,000 national and 191,000 metro viewers.

In regional markets: Seven News, 486,000; Seven News 6.30, 464,000; 7pm ABC News, 311,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 269,000; BBL Session 1, 262,000.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (29.2%)
2. Nine (25.9%)
3. Ten (19.0%)
4. ABC (16.8%)
5. SBS (9.2%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (20.2%)
2. Nine (14.8%)
3. ABC (11.2%%)
4. Ten (10.6%)
5. SBS ONE (55%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (4.2%)
2. 10 Peach (3.9%)
3. 10 Bold (3.8%)
4. Gem (3.3%)
5. 7mate (3.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.40 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.32 million
3. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.03 million
4. Nine/NBN News — 1.02 million
5. 7pm ABC News — 944,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 875,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 764,000
8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 752,000
9. Cricket: BBL Session 1 (Seven) — 726,000
10. Cricket: BBL Session 2 (Seven) — 706,000

Top metro programs: No program with a million or more viewers

Losers: So many………

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 912,000
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 852,000
3. Nine News — 788,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 786,000
5. 7pm ABC News – 634,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 620,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 508,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 367,000
9. Ten News First — 280,000
10. The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 238,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 446,000/255,000
2. Today (Nine) – 303,000/208,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 288,000/191,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 217,000
5. Today Extra — Summer (Nine) – 123,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 56,000

Top five pay TV programs:

1. Cricket: BBL — Between The Innings (Fox Cricket) — 191,000 
2. Cricket: BBL — (Fox Cricket) — 183,000 
3. Cricket: BBL — (Fox Cricket) — 179,000 
4. Cricket: BBL — Post Game (Fox Cricket) — 77,000 
5. Cricket: B4 The Bash (Fox Cricket) — 61,000