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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, just before 3pm on Thursday, saw approximately 200,000 to 230,000 extra people tune in for the 6 to 7pm news broadcasts on Nine, Seven and the ABC — plus 7.30, which saw a jump of 160,000 from the previous week. 

ABC News was where people went for continuing updates — its prime-time share last night of 5.9% was its highest for some time and more. Sky News Afternoon Agenda saw a small pick up in viewers by the evening blatherers — Bolt, Credlin et al. — failed to get any real bounce.

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 517,000; Seven News, 492,000; Home and Away, 308,000; Nine News, 298,000; 7pm ABC News, 294,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (28.3%)
  2. Seven (26.8%)
  3. ABC (20.0%)
  4. Ten (16.0%)
  5. SBS (8.9%)


Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.3%)
  2. Seven (18.7%)
  3. ABC (11.5%)
  4. Ten (9.97%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.7%)


Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. ABC News (5.9%)
  2. 7TWO (3.6%)
  3. Gem (3.0%)
  4. 10 Peach (2.7%) 
  5. 10 Bold (2.7%)


Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News 6.30 — 1.482 million
  2. Seven News — 1.391 million
  3. Nine News — 1.168 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.106 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 954,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 842,000
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 840,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 825,000
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 751,000
  10. Home and Away – Late (Seven) — 726,000


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


Metro news and current affair

  1. Seven News — 965,000
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 899,000
  3. Nine News — 870,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 823,000
  5. 7pm ABC News— 661,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 582,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 569,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 344,000
  9. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 330,000
  10. 10 News First — 288,000


Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 403,000/274,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 332,000/2206,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 284,000/190,000
  4. Today Extra (Nine) — 216,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) —177,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 46,000


Top 5 Pay TV programs: N/A

  1. Credlin (Sky News) — 63,000
  2. The Great Australian Bake-Off (LifeStyle) — 62,000
  3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 54,000
  4. The Kenny Report (Sky News) — 46,000
  5. Outback Opal Hunters (Discovery), Afternoon Agenda (Sky News) — 46,000