Ten’s Australian Survivor averaged 844,000 last night, but the real survivor started around 1.30am and lasted to 4.30am — Australia surviving to keep its one win lead in the Ashes test series against England.
The way the Australians struggled to survive without Steve Smith was great TV and made a mockery of the faux survivalist stuff on Ten. The delayed first session saw 647,000 tune in; 743,000 watched the lunch session. Session two was watched by 354,000 and around 184,000 watched play up to the 2am cut-off for ratings. The test audience, along with a very solid 1.51 million for The Block, gave Nine the night.
In the regions it was the usual line up — Seven’s News with 522,000, Australia’s Got Talent with 428,000, The Block with 391,000, Nine/NBN News with 384,000 and Sunday Night with 294,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (39.2%)
- Seven (27.6%)
- Ten (15.6%)
- ABC (12.0%)
- SBS (5.0%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (22.4%)
- Seven (19.83%)
- Ten (10.8%)
- ABC (8.8%)
- SBS ONE (3.1%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- Gem (11.0%)
- GO (3.8%)
- 7mate (3.3%)
- 10 Bold (3.2%)
- 7TWO (2.7%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.609 million
- The Block (Nine) — 1.511 million
- Nine/NBN News — 1.419 million
- Australia’s Got Talent (Seven) — 1.293 million
- 7pm ABC News — 933,000
- Sunday Night (Seven) — 910,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 889,000
- Australian Survivor (Ten) — 844,000
- Second Ashes Test, Day 5, Lunch (Nine) — 743,000
- Second Ashes Test, Day 5, Session 1 (Nine) — 647,000
Top metro programs:
- The Block (Nine) — 1.120 million
- Seven News — 1.086 million
- Nine News — 1.034 million
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 1.086 million
- Nine News — 1.034 million
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 651,00
- 7pm ABC News — 630,000
- Sunday Night (Seven) — 616,000
- The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 380,000
- 10 News First — 254,000
- The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 237,000
- SBS World News — 129,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 487,000
- Landline (ABC) —433,000
- Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 400,000
- Weekend Today (Nine) —290,000
- Offsiders (ABC, ABC News) — 240,000
- Sports Sunday (Nine) — 189,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- AFL: West Coast v Richmond (Fox Footy) — 274,000
- NRL: Cronulla v St George (Fox League) —231,000
- NRL: Easts v Auckland (Fox League) —175,000
- AFL: Hawthorn v Gold Coast (Fox Footy) — 135,000
- AFL: Sunday Footy on Fox (Fox Footy) — 134,000
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Peter Fray
Editor-in-chief of Crikey
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