Seven takes its bat and ball and screams home

Cricket, cricket and more cricket. Seven won the first night of the second-last week of 2021 ratings and will go on to win the week with day five of the second Ashes Test. The day’s play averaged more than 1.11 million viewers nationally, with the peak average 1.27 million on Seven for the second session. A further 344,000 (average) watched on Fox Sports, making a total average for the day of well over 1.5 million. Just the thing for the final Sunday before Christmas and exhaustion after the attack on Kmart or Myer?

Regional top five: Seven News, 456,000; cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, S2, 405,000; cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, S3, 385,000; cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, S1, 328,000; cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, tea, 323,000.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (43.3%)
2. Nine (22.4%)
3. Ten (14.0%)
4. ABC (12.6%)
5. SBS (7.7%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (30.6%)
2. Nine (13.8%)
3. ABC (8.6%)
4. Ten (8.2%)
5. SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7mate (6.7%)
2. 7TWO (3.1%)
3. 7flix (2.9%)
4. 10 Bold (2.7%)
5. 10 Peach (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News (7pm) — 1.333 million
2. Cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, S2 (Seven) — 1.277 million
3. Cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, S3 (Seven) — 1.216 million
4. Cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, S1 (Seven) — 1.084million
5. Cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, tea (Seven) — 1.057 million
6. Nine News — 958,000
7. Cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, dinner (Seven) — 899,000
8. 7pm ABC News — 758,000
9. Death In Paradise repeat (ABC) — 505,000
10. Cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, pre-game (Seven) — 497,000

Losers: the second Ashes Test is a day-night game, and Seven wins easily.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 878,000
2. Nine News (7pm) — 714,000
3. 7pm News (ABC) — 490,000
4. 60 Minutes — summer (Nine) — 424,000
5. Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 251,000
6. 10 News First — 186,000
7. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 156,000
8. SBS World News — 130,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 412,000
2. Weekend Today (Nine) — 300,000
3. Landline — summer (ABC) — 284,000

Top five pay TV programs: 

1. Cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, innings (Fox Cricket) — 376,000
2. Cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, innings (Fox Cricket) — 356,000
3. Cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, wrap (Fox Cricket) — 334,000
4. Cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, dinner (Fox Cricket) — 304,000
5. Cricket: second Ashes Test, day four, innings (Fox Cricket) — 301,000