Having the rights to domestic Test Cricket has again paid off big time for both Seven and Fox Cricket after what could be called a TV ratings Super Sunday.
The Sunday night primetime combined cricket audience was over 1.5m for four hours.
The Australian cricket team worked over England pushing them close to defeat. It got pretty ugly late in the evening too with first Joe Root going down to a nasty Starc delivery and then soon after edging a catch to the keeper.
Seven has been delivery pain to its competitors too, although not quite as severely or with the accuracy of the Australian pace attack.
Summary of the cricket appears below.
The best of the rest on Sunday night included:
Seven: News 878,000
Nine: News 714,000, 60 Minutes – Summer 284,000
ABC: News 490,000, Death in Paradise 305,000
10: The Sunday Project 251,000, 10 News First 248,000
The summary of the Second Ashes Test TV crowds is as follows:
2nd Test Australia v England
Day One Adelaide (Thursday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session 878,000 (Metro 426,000 Regional 224,000) Fox 228,000
Second session 1,106,000 (Metro 583,000, Regional 275,000) Fox 248,000
Third session 1,474,000 (Metro 787,000 Regional 359,000) Fox 328,000
Day Two Adelaide (Friday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session 1,037,000 (Metro 548,000 Regional 255,000) Fox 234,000
Second session 1,230,000 (Metro 634,000, Regional 321,000) Fox 275,000
Third session 1,419,000 (Metro 702,000 Regional 333,000) Fox 384,000
Day Three Adelaide (Saturday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session 1,258,000 (Metro 674,000 Regional 305,000) Fox 279,000
Second session 1,376,000 (Metro 765,000, Regional 326,000) Fox 285,000
Third session 1,560,000 (Metro 822,000 Regional 369,000) Fox 369,000
Day Four Adelaide (Sunday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session 1,385,000 (Metro 756,000 Regional 328,000) Fox 301,000
Second session 1,652,000 (Metro 871,000, Regional 405,000) Fox 376,000
Third session 1,572,000 (Metro 830,000 Regional 385,000) Fox 357,000
Sunday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 8.6% (12.6%)
Seven 30.6% (43.3%)
Nine 13.8% (22.4%)
10 8.2% (14.0%)
SBS 4.7% (7.7%)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Saturday December 18, 2021
Sunday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS – SUNDAY | Channel 7 | 878,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: SECOND TEST – THE ASHES D4 S2 | Channel 7 | 871,000 |
| 3 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: SECOND TEST – THE ASHES D4 S3 | Channel 7 | 830,000 |
| 4 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: SECOND TEST – THE ASHES D4 S1 | Channel 7 | 756,000 |
| 5 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: SECOND TEST – THE ASHES D4 TEA | Channel 7 | 733,000 |
| 6 | NINE NEWS SUNDAY | Channel 9 | 714,000 |
| 7 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: SECOND TEST – THE ASHES D4 DINNER | 7mate, Channel 7 | 598,000 |
| 8 | ABC NEWS SUNDAY | ABC TV | 490,000 |
| 9 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: SECOND TEST – THE ASHES D4 PRE GAME | Channel 7 | 336,000 |
| 10 | DEATH IN PARADISE (R) | ABC TV | 305,000 |
| 11 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: SECOND TEST – THE ASHES D4 S2 MULTI | 7mate | 290,000 |
| 12 | 60 MINUTES -SUMMER | Channel 9 | 284,000 |
| 13 | LIVE: STUMPS: THE ASHES WRAP | FOX CRICKET | 272,000 |
| 14 | NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE | Channel 9 | 267,000 |
| 15 | LIVE: THE ASHES: AUS V ENG 2ND TEST D4 | FOX CRICKET | 263,000 |
| 16 | THE SUNDAY PROJECT 7PM | Channel 10 | 251,000 |
| 17 | WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUNDAY | Channel 7 | 250,000 |
| 18 | 10 NEWS FIRST SUNDAY | Channel 10 | 248,000 |
| 19 | THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW | Channel 10 | 228,000 |
| 20 | LIVE: THE ASHES BIG BREAK | FOX CRICKET | 221,000 |