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The one thing you can say about Wednesday night TV viewing is that it’s not boring if you compare it with Tuesday night. But Seven doesn’t care. A repeat of An Audience With Adele (278,000 nationally) and Friday’s Better Homes and Gardens moved to last night because of the start of the Commonwealth Games: 519,000 nationally.

I have loved the chats this week on 7.30 between host Sarah Ferguson and chief political correspondent Laura Tingle. Very by-the-fireside and homey. The mechanics of last night’s, though, had the hallmarks of being rushed and last-minute — a bit disjointed and too brief. 7.30 had 764,000 viewers nationally.

Ten’s Brain Eisteddfod with Shaun Micallef: 497,000 from 7.30pm to 8.30pm after 599,000 for its debut a week earlier. Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell on the ABC at 8.30pm: 678,000. Nine’s Beauty and the Geek: 649,000 — down from 711,000 a week ago.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (30.7%)
  2. Seven (23.6%)
  3. Ten (18.5%)
  4. ABC (18.1%)
  5. SBS (9.1%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.6%)
  2. Seven (16.5%)
  3. ABC (13.3%)
  4. Ten (10.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 10 Peach (5.0%)
  2. Gem (3.3%)
  3. 7TWO (3.2%)
  4. 10 Bold (2.7%)
  5. 9Life (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.436 million
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.381 million
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.148 million
  4. Nine News — 1.135 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 940,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 879,000
  7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 814,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 754,000
  9. Gruen (ABC) — 723,000
  10. Home and Away (Seven) — 714,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 554000; Seven News 6.30pm, 521,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 326,000; Home and Away, 301,000; Nine News 6.30pm, 298,000.

Losers: viewers.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 882,000
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 860,000
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 847,000
  4. Nine News — 845,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 675,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 606,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 535,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 326,000
  9. Ten News First — 282,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 239,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 351,000/201,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 281,000/182,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast — 252,000/160,000
  4. ABC News Mornings — 216,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 186,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 151,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 59,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 60,000
  2. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 58,000
  3. Credlin (Sky News) — 51,000
  4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy), NRL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 46,000