We expected good TV ratings for the final day’s play in the Fourth Test, but not as big as they turned out to be. There must have been close to 2m people tuning in for the final few overs of the English second innings as they managed to avoid with the final partnership keeping them alive. That 2m number would include metro, regional, STV and the unreported numbers tuning in via Kayo. The Fox Cricket audience watching the last few overs was over 500,000.
In primetime Seven kept its momentum with news and then Big Bash League Cricket.
10 had the biggest non-news primetime audience with 632,000 watching I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
TV ratings: Fourth Ashes Test
Day One Sydney (Wednesday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session Total: 871,000
Seven: 661,000 (Metro 436,000 Regional 225,000) Fox 210,000
Second session Total: 890,000
Seven: 661,000 (Metro 421,000 Regional 240,000) Fox 229,000
Third session Total: 1,070,000
Seven: 827,000 (Metro 559,000 Regional 268,000) Fox 243,000
Day Two Sydney (Thursday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session Total: 858,000
Seven: 646,000 (Metro 451,000 Regional 195,000) Fox 212,000
Second session Total: 1,154,000
Seven: 886,000 (Metro 621,000 Regional 265,000) Fox 268,000
Third session Total: 1,504,000
Seven: 1,171,000 (Metro 789,000 Regional 382,000) Fox 333,000
Day Three Sydney (Friday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session Total: 940,000
Seven: 807,000 (Metro 550,000 Regional 257,000) Fox 133,000
Second session Total: 1,319,000
Seven: 1,030,000 (Metro 714,000 Regional 316,000) Fox 289,000
Third session Total: 1,553,000
Seven: 1,212,000 (Metro 830,000 Regional 382,000) Fox 341,000
Day Four Sydney (Saturday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session Total: 1,036,000
Seven: 799,000 (Metro 528,000 Regional 271,000) Fox 237,000
Second session Total: 1,312,000
Seven: 1,024,000 (Metro 688,000 Regional 336,000) Fox 288,000
Third session Total: 1,647,000
Seven: 1,290,000 (Metro 859,000 Regional 431,000) Fox 357,000
Day Five Sydney (Sunday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session Total: 1,092,000
Seven: 845,000 (Metro 574,000 Regional 271,000) Fox 247,000
Second session Total: 1,429,000
Seven: 1,056,000 (Metro 660,000 Regional 336,000) Fox 373,000
Third session Total: 1,695,000
Seven: 1,347,000 (Metro 901,000 Regional 446,000) Fox 348,000
NB: Times uncorrected to actual third session end time
Sunday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 9.8% (13.8%)
Seven 22.1% (29.6%)
Nine 14.9% (22.4%)
10 16.3% (22.8%)
SBS 7.1% (11.4%)
#1 Multi 7mate 4.0%
Sunday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS SUNDAY | Channel 7 | 1,375,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: FOURTH TEST – THE ASHES D5 S3 | Channel 7 | 901,000 |
| 3 | NINE NEWS SUNDAY | Channel 9 | 787,000 |
| 4 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: FOURTH TEST – THE ASHES D5 TEA | Channel 7 | 777,000 |
| 5 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: FOURTH TEST – THE ASHES D5 S2 | Channel 7 | 660,000 |
| 6 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: FOURTH TEST – THE ASHES D5 LUNCH | Channel 7 | 642,000 |
| 7 | I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! SUNDAY | Channel 10 | 632,000 |
| 8 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: FOURTH TEST – THE ASHES D5 S1 | Channel 7 | 574,000 |
| 9 | ABC NEWS SUNDAY | ABC TV | 528,000 |
| 10 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – SYD SIXERS V PERTH | 7mate, Channel 7 | 432,000 |
| 11 | 60 MINUTES SUMMER | Channel 9 | 425,000 |
| 12 | THE SUNDAY PROJECT 7PM | Channel 10 | 403,000 |
| 13 | BBL MINI: HEA V HUR | FOX CRICKET | 380,000 |
| 14 | BBL MINI: REN V THU | FOX CRICKET | 357,000 |
| 15 | LIVE: STUMPS: THE ASHES WRAP | FOX CRICKET | 331,000 |
| 16 | 10 NEWS FIRST SUNDAY | Channel 10 | 323,000 |
| 17 | KEVIN MCCLOUD’S TOP 10 (R) | ABC TV | 321,000 |
| 18 | LIVE: BBL PRE GAME | FOX CRICKET | 267,000 |
| 19 | WEEKENDER | Channel 7 | 260,000 |
| 20 | WEEKEND SUNRISE SUNDAY | Channel 7 | 256,000 |
Sunday Sports FTA and STV
Cricket
Big Bash League
Sixers v Scorchers
Seven 692,000 (Metro 432,000 Regional 260,000)
Fox Cricket 195,000
Tennis
Nine’s Summer of Tennis D7 Go! (n) 68,000
ATP Cup D9 (n) Gem 46,000