Aussie sporting victories overseas keep viewers tuned in at home

Tour de France, stage 5 was great — an Aussie win (169,000 nationally). Wimbledon was great — an Aussie win (465,000 nationally for the night session from around 9.30pm, 428,000 for the late-night session that followed and 275,000 for the session past midnight as night owls watched Nadal in a four-hour-plus five-setter). Friday night should result in a big audience for Nine with Kyrgios playing Nadal, who may be injured.

Seven’s Big Brother took in 505,000. Australian Ninja Warrior on Nine, 689,000, and MasterChef Australia on Ten with 787,000. Gruen on the ABC at 8pm, 760,000; The Weekly at 8.30pm, 688,000. 7.30, 773,000 — hardly any change from a week ago with Sarah Ferguson in the chair. For the second morning this week ABC News Breakfast had more metro viewers from 7-9 am than Nine’s Today — hmmm. Sunrise still leads and nationally Today is just in front of News Breakfast.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (31.6%)
2. Seven (24.2%)
3. Ten (18.9%)
4. ABC. (16.7%)
5. SBS (8.6%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (23.2%)
2. Seven (17.1%)
3. ABC (12.8%)
4. Ten (12.3%)
5. SBS ONE (5.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (3.6%)
2. 10 Peach (3.5%)
3. GO (2.7%)
4. Gem, 10 Bold (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.508 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.427 million
3. Nine News — 1.141 million
4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.117 million
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 924,000
6. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 895,000
7. 7pm ABC News — 855,000
8. MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 787,000
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 773,000
10. Gruen (ABC) — 760,000

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

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 565,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 505,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 350,000; Nine News, 306,000; Nine News 6.30pm, 302,000.

Losers: BB, again.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 943,000
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 922,000
3. Nine News — 839,000
4. Nine News 6.30pm — 811,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 656,000 
6. 7pm ABC News — 559,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 534,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 404,000
9. Ten News First — 315,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 265,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 372,000/211,000
2. Today (Nine) — 296,000/192,000
3. ABC News Breakfast — 294,000/195,000
4. ABC News Mornings — 265,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 246,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 206,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 47,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 51,000
2. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 45,000
3. Credlin (Sky News), AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 44,000
4. Love It Or List It Australia (LifeStyle) — 42,000