Tonight the T20 World Cup goes from ho-hum to must-watch as Australia plays Afghanistan and must win by a gazillion runs to have a chance of moving past England or NZ into the semi-finals and a chance to defend its title.
Last night saw a top report on Ukraine from Foreign Correspondent — ABC viewers clearly agreed as it racked up 527,000 nationally. Still, Q+A attracted only 354,000, so Foreign Correspondent viewers didn’t stick around for the weekly lecture and boring talkfest.
Ten has committed ratings hara-kiri — the Oaks Day horse racing got only 151,000. Ten’s news shifted from 5pm to 6pm for a 169,000 audience, less than half what it picked up from its usual 5pm start. At least The Real Love Boat Australia drew 176,000 — ratings king!
Network channel share:
- Seven (29.5%)
- Nine (27.4%)
- ABC (18.9%)
- Ten (15.7%)
- SBS (8.6%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (29.5%)
- Nine (27.4%)
- ABC (13.0%)
- Ten (8.3%)
- SBS ONE (3.9%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (5.0%)
- 10 Bold (3.6%)
- ABC Kids/Plus (3.1%)
- 10 Peach (2.8%)
- 9Life (2.7%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News 6.30pm — 1.376 million
- Seven News — 1.61 million
- Nine News 6.30pm — 933,000
- Nine News — 895,000
- 7pm ABC News — 837,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 807,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 740,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 726,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 668,000
- Home and Away Late (Seven) — 667,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News 6.30pm, 495,000; Seven News, 493,000; Home and Away, 283,000; Home And Away Late, 268,000; ACA, 262,000.
Losers: another weak Thursday night — no spark.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News 6.30pm — 881,000
- Seven News — 868,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 686,000
- Nine News — 650,000
- 7pm ABC News — 583,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 544,000
- ACA (Nine) — 285,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 468,000
- Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 373,000
- Q+A (ABC) — 253,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 370,000/227,000
- Today (Nine) — 288,000/189,000
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 274,000/176,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 217,000
- ABC News Mornings (ABC) — 1872000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 127,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 33,000
Top 5 pay TV programs: unavailable
