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Another one of those nights where the odds and sods on the free-to-air non-main channels proved attractive to jaded viewers.

The collective share of the main channels was a high of 34% last night, meaning all those viewers were not on the main channels watching the usual Thursday night tosh — with the exception of Gogglebox which, though weakening, is still entertaining. On the ABC, Foreign Correspondent averaged 497,000 with Q+A down to 324,000.

In the regions: Seven News, 465,000; Seven News 6.30, 458,000; Nine News 6.30, 293,000; Home and Away, 289,000; 286,000; Nine News, 276,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine, Seven (28.5%)
  2. Ten (18.0%)
  3. ABC (17.2%)
  4. SBS (7.8%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.1%)
  2. Seven (19.2%)
  3. ABC (11.3%)
  4. Ten (11.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (5.3%)
  2. 10 Bold (3.5%)
  3. ABC Kids/Plus, 10 Peach (2.5%)
  4. 7mate (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.285 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.266 million
  3. Nine News — 1.009 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.001 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 843,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 815,000
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 734,000
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 700,000
  9. Home and Away – Late (Seven) — 672,000
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 658,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Losers: Another weak Thursday night — Gogglebox was the only spark

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 822,000
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 809,000
  3. Nine News — 733,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 707,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 584,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 548,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 444,000
  8. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 325,000
  9. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 285,000
  10. Ten News First — 261,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 361,000/216,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 310,000/205,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 262,000/167,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 219,000
  5. ABC Morning News — 208,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 148,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 34,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. T20: World Cup Post Game (Fox Cricket) — 60,000
  2. Paul Murray (Sky News) — 57,000
  3. T20: World CUP, UAE v NAM (Fox Cricket) — 57,000
  4. T20: World CUP, UAE v NAM – Innings Break (Fox Cricket) — 47,000
  5. Credlin (Sky News) — 46,000