Marnus Labuschagne (Image: AAP/Matt Turner)

Only two programs of any note yesterday: first, the first day of the Second Ashes Test from Adelaide on Seven. This day-night game once again showed the power of cricket under lights, just as the twilight timing for this year’s AFL Grand Final from Perth enabled Seven to win the commercial total-people battle with Nine for the year. 

The final session averaged 1.146 million, the middle (evening) session 858,000 and the first (afternoon) session 650,000; overall the three sessions averaged more than 880,000 from 2pm. On Foxtel, the coverage averaged close to 240,000. So all up on the two services, it was around 1.120 million from 2pm to post-10pm.

The other, of course, was Bluey, which averaged 770,000 for its two screenings yesterday — 444,000 in the AM (top show at brekky, again) and 330,000 in the evening.

Regional top 5: Seven News, 411,000; Seven News 6.30, 405,000; Cricket: Second Ashes Test, Day 1 Session 3, 359,000; Nine News, 292,000; Nine News 6.30, 280,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (37.7%)
  2. Nine (26.5%)
  3. ABC (15.6%)
  4. Ten (13.9%)
  5. SBS (6.2%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (28.1%)
  2. Nine (16.6%)
  3. ABC (9.4%)
  4. Ten (7.9%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. Gem (3.0%)
  2. 7TWO, 10 Bold (2.9%)
  3. GO (2.8%)
  4. 10 Peach (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.195 million
  2. Cricket: Second Ashes Test, Day 1, S3 (Seven) — 1.146 million
  3. Seven News 6.30 — 1.223 million
  4. Nine News — 1.046 million
  5. Nine News 6.30 — 1.006 million 
  6. Cricket: Second Ashes Test, Day 1, S2 (Seven) — 858,000
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 801,000
  8. 7pm ABC News — 754,000
  9. Cricket: Second Ashes Test, Day 1, Dinner (Seven) — 711,000
  10. Cricket: Second Ashes Test, Day 1, S1 (Seven) — 650,000

Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers 

Losers: no one — it’s summer, and the second Ashes Test on Seven dominated the night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 771,000
  2. Nine News — 754,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 726,000
  4. Seven News 6.30 — 713,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 541,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 514,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 363,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 246,000
  9. Ten News First — 244,000
  10. The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 154,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 415,000/235,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 310,000/208,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast (Nine) —295,000/192,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 230,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 125,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 57,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Cricket: Second Ashes Test, Day 1, Wrap (Fox Cricket) — 341,000
  2. Cricket: Second Ashes Test, Day 1, S3 (Fox Cricket) — 328,000
  3. Cricket: Second Ashes Test, Day 1, S2 (Fox Cricket) — 248,000
  4. Cricket: Second Ashes Test, Day 1, S1 (Fox Cricket) — 228,000
  5. Cricket: Second Ashes Test, Day 1, Dinner (Fox Cricket) — 220,000