Late-running cricket lifts Seven’s early evening

The whole day was saved by Test cricket — or rather the final session and Travis Head’s century. 954,000 watched it on Seven, 238,000 on Foxtel. So it was Seven’s night because the cricket ran past 6pm and lifted Seven’s early evening and its 7mate digital channel.

However, must make mention of Bluey‘s numbers — 420,000 for the AM, 324,000 for the PM, 744,000 all told. Surely a Logie winner in 2022.

Regional top five: Seven News 6.30, 440,000; Seven News, 428,000; Cricket: First Ashes Test, Day 2, Session 3, 315,000; Nine News 6.30, 281,000; 7pm ABC News, 279,000.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (31.2%)
2. Nine (26.5%)
3. ABC (17.3%)
4. Ten (16.7%)
5. SBS (8.4%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (20.1%)
2. Nine (17.4%)
3. ABC (10.3%)
4. Ten (9.4%)
5. SBS ONE (3.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7mate (5.9%)
2. ABC News/Plus (4.4%)
3. 7TWO (4.0%)
4. 10 Bold (3.3%)
5. Gem, 10 Peach (3.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News 6.30 — 1.294 million
2. Seven News — 1.279 million
3. Nine News 6.30 — 1.040 million
4. Nine News — 1.010 million 
5. Cricket: First Ashes Test, Day 2, S3 (Seven) — 954,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 898,000
7. 7pm ABC News — 834,000
8. Cricket: First Ashes Test, Day 2, Tea (Seven) — 744,000
9. Cricket: First Ashes Test, Day 1, S2 (Seven) — 695,000
10. 7.30 (ABC) — 667,000

Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.

Losers: the end is coming.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News 6.30 — 854,000
2. Seven News — 851,000
3. Nine News 6.30 — 759,000
4. Nine News — 742,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 621,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 556,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 448,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 306,000
9. Ten News First — 242,000
10. The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 206,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 453,000/281,000
2. Today (Nine) — 327,000/215,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) —257,000/194,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — pre-empted
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 156,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 46,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Cricket: First Ashes Test, Day 2,Wrap (Fox Cricket) — 259,000
2. Cricket: First Ashes Test, Day 2, Innings (Fox Cricket) — 238,000
3. Cricket: First Ashes Test, Day 2,Tea Break (Fox Cricket) — 206,000
4. Cricket: First Ashes Test, Day 2, Innings (Fox Cricket) — 191,000
5. Cricket: First Ashes Test, Day 2, Innings (Fox Cricket) — 162,000