Summertime slowdown reflected in our screen figures

Seven’s night because of the second (day-night pink ball test) against the Windies from Adelaide with a 671,000 national average — the audience average again didn’t top 700,000 for the third and prime time session. It averaged a further 222,000 on Fox Cricket.

The ratings data continues to show the Australian TV audience slowly tuning out and settling down for summer — COVID is in the rear-view mirror, ScoMo is in a vault somewhere with a silver cross and rosemary on his chest, and all worries economic are on hold until the new year.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (32.5%) 
2. Nine (27.4%)
3. Ten (15.9%)
4. ABC (15.3%)
5. SBS (8.9%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (23.3%)
2. Nine (17.9%)
3. ABC (9.8%)
4. Ten (8.6%)
5. SBS ONE (5.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (4.1%)
2. 7mate (3.8%)
3. Gem (3.6%)
4. 10 Peach (3.5%)
5. 10 Bold (3.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.011 million
2. Seven News — 986,000
3. Nine News — 872,000
4. Nine News 6.30pm — 869,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 725,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 724,000
7. Cricket: Second Test, Aust. v Windies Day 1, Session 3 (Seven) — 671,000
8. Cricket: Second Test, Aust. v Windies Day 1, Session 2 (Seven) — 583,000
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 521,000
10. Cricket: Second Test, Aust. v Windies Day 1, Dinner (Seven) — 487,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News 6.30pm, 376,000; Seven News, 360,000; Nine News, 241,000; Cricket: Second Test, Aust. v Windies Day 1, Session 3, 237,000; ACA, 236,000.

Losers: Seven’s Test coverage in prime time — OK, almost unchanged from a week earlier.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Nine News — 640,000
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 635,000
3. Nine News — 631,000
4. Seven News — 627,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 491,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 488,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 435,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 230,000
9. 10 News First — 221,000
10. The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 166,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 372,000/214,000
2. ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 267,000/161,000
3. Today (Nine) — 261,000/165,000
4. ABC News Mornings — 201,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 188,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 139,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 43,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Cricket: Second Test, Aust. v Windies Day 1, Session 3 (Fox Cricket) — 222,000
2. Cricket: Second Test, Aust. v Windies Day 1, Post Game (Fox Cricket) — 213,000
3. Cricket: Second Test, Aust. v Windies Day 1, Session 2 (Fox Cricket) — 162,000
4. Cricket: Second Test, Aust. v Windies Day 1, Tea Break (Fox Cricket) — 162,000
5. Cricket: Second Test, Aust. v Windies Day 1, Session 1 (Fox Cricket) — 133,000