The Weakest Link was up 485,000 nationally from the previous week but down nearly 700,000 from the final of Australian Ninja Warrior (average 1.17 million). Sure it had a 9.20pm start, but it should have held more. Nevertheless, it did win the timeslot.
Ninja’s winner announcement averaged 1.24 million and the final lead-up averaged 1.98 million, Seven’s Farmer Wants a Wife averaged 1.07 million. MasterChef Australia was again squeezed with 782,000 for Ten. The news, Home and Away and Farmer Wants A Wife gave Seven another big win in regional markets.
Nine won the metros in total people and the main channels from Seven and Ten.
Nine News in Sydney had more than 370,000 between 6 and 7pm — by far the most-watched program anywhere last night. Seven’s news continues to struggle along the east coast. Wimbledon last night: 180,000 from 11.50pm to 2am. Ash Barty and Ajla Tomljanovic played around 1.30am and the game ended after 2am.
Tonight on Gem and Stan Sport Australia v France in the first Rugby Union Test at 8 o’clock from Brisbane. The third rugby league State of Origin will be played in Newcastle on July 14.
Breakfast: Sunrise, 452,000 nationally and 270,000 metro; Today, 322,000 and 209,000; News Breakfast, 87,000 and 187,000.
Regional top five: Seven News, 670,000; Seven News 6.30, 649,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 393,000; Farmer Wants a Wife, 389,000; Home and Away, 384,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (30.9%)
- Seven (22.8%)
- Ten (17.5%)
- ABC (14.0%)
- SBS (9.5%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (22.8%)
- Seven (19.0%)
- Ten (10.6%)
- ABC (10.0%)
- SBS ONE (6.6%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (3.6%)
- 7Mate (3.5%)
- Gem (3.3%)
- 10 Peach (3.2%)
- 10 Bold (3.0%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.825 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.733 million
- Nine News — 1.442 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.361 million
- Australian Ninja Warrior, winner (Nine) — 1.242 million
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.113 million
- Australian Ninja Warrior, final (Nine) — 1.099 million
- 7pm ABC News — 1.089 million
- Farmer Wants a Wife (Seven) — 1.073 million
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.053 million
Top metro programs:
1. Seven News — 1.155 million
2. Nine News — 1.104 million
3. Seven News 6.30 — 1.084 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.042 million
Loser: The Weakest Link
Metro news and current affairs
- Seven News — 1.155 million
- Nine News —1.104 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.084 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.042 million
- ACA (Nine) — 790,000
- 7pm ABC News — 743,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 569,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 445,000
- Ten News First (ABC) — 410,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 294,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 452,000/270,000
- Today (Nine) — 322,000/209,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 294,000
- News Breakfast (ABC) —287,000/187,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 187,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 49,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 65,000
- Credlin (Sky News) — 64,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 63,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 61,000
- AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 58,000
I have often wondered why Crikey bothers with tv ratings. Does anyone outside the tv industry care how 7 news is going? Crikey has often commented on the slow decline of the tv audience, both fta and pay, but still thinks its worth a daily commentary. Wtf?
With the advent of streaming this section seems even more antique. So 180,000 watched Ash last night? I bet at least as many watched Italy/Spain this morning and a hell of a lot more will watch England/Denmark tomorrow but we won’t hear about that from Crikey, where the televisual media date stays stuck somewhere in the 90s.
No you are wrong, it’s the 1970s, but absolutely, first time I have ever clicked through to comments, just to see if anyone is actually interested in tv ratings driven by oldies and baby boomers rusted onto legacy media…… but essential for LNP votes….
I don’t stream live or other shows – have enough to do/read in my day. I find the “reality” shows meaningless and pretty ugly. However this seems to be the way society/culture is going. What an awful future – truly meaningless shows, pretty spiteful and is it to show the viewing public how to behave? Sky ahead in regional areas – what a disaster and what does that say of their viewers?
If these ratings are across the nation it tells me that it is a very small percentage who watch the news on TV. I think the great majority avoid news and watch Netflix and others get it from social media. It is a very small number watching Sky comparative with the whole population