Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Crikey
Crikey
Glenn Dyer

Amazing Race? More like dismaying race as numbers dip below half a million

The Block on Nine — 1.014 million. Farmer Wants A Wife on Seven — 800,000. Seven News, 1.435 million average for the 6-7 pm timeslot; Nine News, 1.092 million for the same. The Amazing Race Australia, 458,000 — still on Google Maps.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (29.5%)
  2. Seven (28.1%)
  3. ABC (17.5%)
  4. Ten (17.1%)
  5. SBS (7.7%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.9%)
  2. Seven (20.8%)
  3. ABC (12.1%)
  4. Ten (11.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.3%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (3.2%)
  2. 7TWO (3.1%)
  3. ABC Kids/Plus, 10 Bold (2.8%)
  4. 10 Peach (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.439 million
  2. Seven News — 1.431 million
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.123 million
  4. Nine News — 1.061 million
  5. The Block (Nine) — 1.014 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 898,000
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 844,000
  8. 7pm ABC News — 823,000
  9. Farmer Wants A Wife (Seven) — 800,000
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 792,000

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

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 529,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 527,000; Home and Away, 331,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 314,000; Farmer Wants A Wife, 303,000.

Losers: just another weak night for all concerned.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News 6.30pm 912,000
  2. Seven News — 903,000
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 828,000
  4. Nine News — 783,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 638,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 588,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 476,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 350,000
  9. Ten News First — 303,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 221,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 380,000/231,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 323,000/214,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast — 290,000/190,000
  4. ABC News Mornings — 232,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 223,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 157,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 44,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 52,000
  2. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 49,000
  3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 47,0000
  4. Credlin (Sky News) — 38,000
  5. House of the Dragon (Fox Showcase) — 30,000
Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.