It happens every time: Post World Cup Let Down Syndrome. You go looking for the schedule of games, and there’s none! Then there’s the rest day hiatus syndrome on the Tour de France — thankfully sanity will be restored by the first of the mountain stages in the Alps tonight. And then you are forced to confront your TV devils — will it be MasterChef, House Rules, Australian Ninja failures, or Have You Been Paying Attention — the latter is at least amusing. Nine won the night in total people and the demos. Ten did well, Seven hung in there.
Network channel share:
- Nine (28.0%)
- Seven (27.5%)
- Ten (20.5%)
- ABC (17.9%)
- SBS (6.2%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (20.0%)
- Seven (18.9%)
- Ten (15.2%)
- ABC (13.6%)
- SBS ONE (4.3%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- GO (3.5%)
- ONE(3.4%)
- 7TWO, 7mate (3.1%)
- Gem (3.0%)
Top metro programs:
- Seven News — 1.100 million
- Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.061 million
- Nine News — 1.004 million
Losers: All that money on Ninja Warriors, and only half the audience from last year has returned.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 1.100 million
- Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.061 million
- Nine News — 1.004 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 975,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 858,000
- Four Corners (ABC) — 802,000
- 7pm ABC News – 765,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 637,000
- Media Watch (ABC) — 593,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 586,000
Morning (NATIONAL) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) – 405,000
- Today (Nine) – 316,000
- News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 257,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 226,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 151,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 81,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) —102,000
- AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy) — 72,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 62,000
- NCIS (TVHITS) —48,000
- NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 47,000
Astonishing that Four Corners didn’t rate higher. It was very good coverage, particularly impressive having been compiled so soon after the event. Congratulations to reporter Mark Willacy.