Socceroos celebrate their World Cup win against Tunisia (Image: AP/Liu Zhankun/ColorChinaPhoto)

The Australia-Tunisia World Cup match drew 1.340 million nationally, and was the most-watched program on Saturday night — the most-watched program over the weekend, in fact, as another 386,000 live-streamed from SBS On Demand, making it SBS’s night. On Sunday, with Japan losing to Costa Rica, 541,000 tuned in, making SBS third in total people and the main channels. 

Insiders on the ABC yesterday morning — 615,000 checking out reactions to the Victorian election result. Media losers not mentioned — all News Corp papers, Sky News, Neil Mitchell on Nine’s 3AW, The Australian Financial Review (which persists in living in the late 1970s).

The AFLW Grand Final, won by Melbourne and Daisy Pearce, attracted 297,000 on Seven, 99,000 on Foxtel.

Seven’s Home and Away ends its 2022 season tonight with a 90-minute ep. Will it get a refresh for 2023 after a weakening performance this year?

Seven and Nine are arguing over who “won” the year’s ratings battle, which is irrelevant — neither mentioned the year’s big winner, Netflix, which has far more subscribers and viewers than Nine or Seven. So far as Seven and Nine’s silly argument is concerned, if it hadn’t been for Seven’s AFL broadcast contract, it would have finished well behind Nine because the AFL easily outrated the NRL on Nine week in, week out.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (28.8%)
  2. Seven (23.4%)
  3. SBS (18,8%)
  4. ABC (15.5%)
  5. Ten (13.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.7%)
  2. Seven (16.6%)
  3. SBS ONE (14.2%)
  4. ABC (11.8%)
  5. Ten (8.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (3.3%)
  2. 10 Bold (2.6%) 
  3. 10 Peach (2.3%)
  4. 7mate, GO (2.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.246 million
  2. Nine News — 957,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 863,00
  4. LEGO Masters Bricksmas Special (Nine) — 804,000
  5. Death In Paradise (ABC) — 666,000
  6. 7News Spotlight — 646,000
  7. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 626,000
  8. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 615,000
  9. World Cup: Japan vs Costa Rica (ABS) — 549,000
  10. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 409,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 437,000; 7pm ABC News, 277,000; Death In Paradise, 241,000; LEGO Masters Bricksmas Special, Nine News, 235,000.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 809,000
  2. Nine News — 723,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 586,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 432,000
  5. 7News Spotlight — 292,000
  6. Nine News Late — 234,000
  7. Ten News First — 208,000
  8. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 202,000
  9. SBS World News — 174,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 615,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 342,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 333,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 247,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC) — 194,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 145,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. AFLW Grand Final (Fox Footy) — 99,000
  2. Golf: Playing Around (Fox Sport 505) — 75,000
  3. Golf: Tiger Woods (Fox Sport 505); Golf: Joburg Open (Fox Sport 505) — 71,000
  4. AFLW Grand Final Post Game (Fox Footy) — 51,000