At last! Viewers tune in for I’m a Celebrity elimination ahead of Sunday’s finale

Ten’s last elimination on I’m A Celebrity finally clicked with viewers who tuned in to watch — 1.097 million, 544,000 more than watched the lead up – 1.043 million). It wraps up Sunday night and the 2022 version — if it happens — will again be locally based because COVID-19 will still be a problem in a year’s time, one way or another cost-wise in particular (for Ten). 

Those numbers helped Ten past Seven into second on the main channels in total people and to top the demos (it’s a demo play).

The AFLW started last night — Carlton v the Wobbles — 296,000 on Seven channels and 50,000 (and number five) on Foxtel.

Nine showed its contempt for viewers by repeating Crocodile Dundee – 358,000 viewers from 8.30pm. Were they all archeology students?

In streaming news, is this the Bridgerton of Australian marsupials? Netflix has commissioned a doco on kangaroos for its emerging natural world series. Netflix has ordered a 90-minute doc Kangaroos from Ample Nature, a Los Angeles based natural history group

Production will be in Australia and Deadline says it will film for a lengthy period of time, as is usual with all major wildlife projects.

It is Netflix’s latest natural history project, having launched Our Planet, its David Attenborough-narrated series from Silverback Films, in 2019 as well as Night on Earth, the Samira Wiley-narrated series from Plimsoll Productions, and Absurd Planet from Conde Nast Entertainment and Love Productions USA.

In breakfast, Sunrise had 421,000 metro and 245,000 national viewers; ABC News Breakfast had 296,000 metro and 201,000 national viewers; Today had 291,000 metro and 195,000 national viewers.

In regional markets it was Seven News with 509,000; Seven News 6.30, 497,000; I’m A Celebrity elimination, 335,000;  I’m A Celebrity, 318,000; 7pm ABC News, 309,000.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (26.5%)
2. Ten (24.0%)
3. Seven (23.7%)
4. ABC (16.2%)
5. SBS (9.5%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (17.3%)
2. Ten (16.5%)
3. Seven(16.1%)
4. ABC (10.8%)
5. SBS ONE (5.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 10 Bold (3.9%)
2. 7TWO (3.8%)
3. GO (3.1%)
4. 10 Peach, ABC Kids/Comedy/Plus (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.42 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.37 million
3. Nine News 6.30 — 1.19 million
4. Nine News — 1.17 million
5. I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here — elimination (Ten) — 1.10 million
6. I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (Ten) — 1.04 million
7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 968,000
8. 7pm ABC News — 956,000
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 723,000
10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 712,000

Top metro programs: No program had a million or more viewers.

Losers: Another weak Thursday night. Anyone who watched Crocodile Dundee on Nine.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 915,000
2. Nine News 6.30 — 911,000
3. Nine News — 902,000
4. Seven News 6.30 — 874,000
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 674,000
6. 7pm ABC News – 648,00
7. 7.30 summer (ABC) — 485,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 460,000
9. Ten News First — 336,000
10. The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 263,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 421,000/245,000
2. News Breakfast (ABC) — 296,000/201,000
3. Today (Nine) — 291,000/195,000
4. The Morning Show summer (Seven) – 240,000
5. Today Extra summer (Nine) — 144,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 51,000

Top five pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 81,000 
2. Credlin (Sky News), Gold Rush — Parkers Trail (Discovery) — 57,000
3. Chris Smith Tonight (Sky News) — 51,000 
4. AFLW: Carlton v Collingwood (Fox Footy) — 50,000