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Glenn Dyer

Seven and Nine vie for victory, while the ABC offers interesting viewing

It was Nine’s night in total people because of the NZ v Pakistan tip-and-run semi-final on Gem, which averaged 313,000 viewers (and 211,000 on Foxtel). Seven won the main channels but there was little of real interest apart from Hard Quiz with 699,000 and Fisk with 602,000 on the ABC.

Tonight it’s England v India in the other tip-and-run semi-final.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (31.4%)
  2. Seven (26.0%)
  3. ABC (19.2%)
  4. Ten (15.0%)
  5. SBS (8.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (18.1%)
  2. Nine (17.8%)
  3. ABC (13.7%)
  4. Ten (8.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. Gem (8.2%)
  2. 7TWO (4.1%)
  3. 10 Peach (3.1%)
  4. ABC News (3.0%)
  5. 10 Bold (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.387 million
  2. Seven News — 1.370 million
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.009 million
  4. Nine News — 961,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 861,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 855,000
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 765,000
  8. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 757,000
  9. Kitchen Nightmares Australia (Seven) — 749,000
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 744,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News 466,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 444,000; Home and Away, 275,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 262,000; 7pm ABC News, 230,000.

Losers: a very weak Wednesday night except for Hard Quiz and Fisk.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 777,000
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 772,000
  3. Nine News — 682,000
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 680,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 512,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 507,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 423,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 274,000
  9. Ten News First — 233,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 174,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 378,000/224,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 282,000/178,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 263,000/160,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 181,000
  5. ABC News Mornings — 177,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) —131,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 40,000

Top 5 pay-TV programs:

  1. T20 World Cup: SF 1: NZ v Pakistan (Fox Cricket) — 237,000
  2. T20 World Cup: Innings Break (Fox Cricket) — 222,000
  3. T20 World Cup: SF 1: Post Game (Fox Cricket) — 221,000
  4. T20 World Cup: SF 1: NZ v Pakistan (Fox Cricket) — 185,000
  5. Credlin (Sky News) — 47,000
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