France's Hugo Lloris lifts the trophy as they celebrate winning the 2018 World Cup (Image: Reuters/Dylan Martinez)

Another good night (and morning) for SBS though not for Australia — 595,000 watched Australia’s thrashing by France early yesterday morning, while 435,000 watched Morocco and Croatia snore their way to a soulless draw last night.

The early morning timing for Australia v France hit audience numbers for Today on Nine and the ABC’s News Breakfast, but not so much for Seven’s Sunrise. Japan’s win over Germany — like the Saudis beating the Argies — is big news for round ball fanatics.

Seven and Nine shared the spoils, SBS was fourth behind the ABC (Hard Quiz, 666,000 nationally; Fisk, 689,000 — quiet comedy wins).

Regional Top Five: Seven News 6.30, 446,000; Seven News, 444,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 280,000; Home and Away, 274,000; 7pm ABC News, 267,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (24.5%) 
  2. Nine (24.3%)
  3. ABC (20.4%)
  4. SBS (16.5%)
  5. Ten (14.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (16.6%)
  2. Seven (16.2%)
  3. ABC (15.0%)
  4. SBS ONE (11.6%)
  5. Ten (8.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (3.5%)
  2. 10 Peach (3.6%)
  3. Gem (3.1%)
  4. 7mate (2.8%)
  5. ABC Kids/TV Plus (2.7%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.259 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.245 million
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 883,000
  4. Nine News — 861,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 829,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 748,000
  7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 729,000
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 718,000
  9. Fisk (ABC) — 689,000
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 686,000

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

Losers: Thankfully the World Cup has colour and movement, though not much action last night in Morocco v Croatia.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 815,000
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 799,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 631,000
  4. Nine News — 623,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 562,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 599,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 474,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 278,000
  9. 10 News First — 222,000
  10. The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 170,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 360,000/209,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 248,000/165,000, News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 248,000/158,000
  3. ABC Morning News — 214,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 207,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 152,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 45,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. WBBL: Eliminator, Innings Break (Fox Cricket) — 53,000
  2. WBBL: Eliminator, (Fox Cricket) — 50,000
  3. Credlin (Sky News) — 49,000
  4. WBBL: Eliminator, (Fox Cricket) — 48,000
  5. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 46,000