Tennis the menace

Thanks mostly to the appearance of women’s top seed, Ash Barty, Nine’s tennis coverage managed 864,000 national viewers while the Big Bash game between Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorchers managed 829,000. But Ten’s Monday night episode of I’m A Celebrity (the series soon to end) managed to grab 1.05 million viewers nationally and ended up as the most watched non-news program for the night.

In the morning another soft start for Karl and Allison on Nine’s Today, managing 287,000 nationally and 183,000 in the metros. Seven’s Sunrise managed 454,000 nationally and 267,000 in the metros. ABC News Breakfast grabbed 251,000 viewers nationally — a reminder to Nine that the real news fans know where to find it.

In regional markets a win again to Seven’s 6pm News with 580,000, with Seven News 6.30 with 505,000, The Chase Australia 5.30pm with 354,000, the 7pm ABC News with 347,000 and Nine News 6.30 with 334,000.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (28.4%)
2. Seven (26.4%)
3. Ten (23.9%)
4. ABC (14.6%)
5. SBS (7.3%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (22.0%)
2. Seven (17.0%)
3. Ten (15.9%)
4. ABC (10.0%)
5. SBS ONE (3.6%)

Top 5 digital channels:

1. 10 Bold (4.8%)
2. 7TWO (4.4%)
3. 7mate (3.3%)
4. 10 Peach (2.9%)
5. GO (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.59 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.23 million *
3. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.21 million
4. Nine News — 1.14 million
5. I’m A Celebrity (Ten) — 1.05 million
6. 7pm ABC News — 1.02 million
7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 903,000
8. Australian Open Tennis Day 1, Night 1 (Nine) — 829,000
9. Big Bash Perth v Sydney (Nine) — 829,000
10. Back Roads (ABC) — 813,000

* Pre-empted in some markets by the Big Bash

1. Top metro programs:
   Seven News — 1.01 million

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News —1.01 million
2. Nine News 6.30 — 880,000
3. Nine News — 837,000
4. Seven News 6.30 — 732,000 *
5. 7pm ABC News — 647,000
6. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 575,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 524,000
8. Ten News First — 442,000
9. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 357,000
10. SBS World News — 135,000

* Pre-empted in some markets by the Big Bash

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise: National: 454,000, Metro: 267,000
2. Today: National: 287,000, Metro: 183000
3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 251,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 223,000
5. Today Extra – Australian Open (Nine) —204,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 72,000

Top five pay TV programs:

1. BBL Sixers v Stars (Fox Cricket) —201,000
2. BBL Scorchers v Thunder (Fox Cricket) —170,000
3. BBL: Between The Innings (Fox Cricket) —101,000
4. BBL: Between The Innings (Fox Cricket) —90,000
5. BBL Sixers v Stars (Fox Cricket) —78,000