Breakfast shows — who needs ’em?

Believe it or not, the highlight last night was the sudden appearance of a repeat of Hard Quiz at 8pm on the ABC instead of the lightweight Win the Week. Hard Quiz averaged 655,000, which helped Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell to 702,000 (also aided by having ScoMo and his multiple personalities back in its sights). But not so good news for Shaun’s alter ego on Ten, Shaun Micallef’s Brain Eisteddfod — 317,000.

The Block averaged 1.062 million for Nine, and My Kitchen Rules was 10th again nationally with 736,000.
The weakness in breakfast continues, especially for Sunrise, which must be worrying Seven because it has claimed a win for the year already. It was beaten in the metros by Today — 202,000 to 187,000. ABC News Breakfast’s figures have also weakened (Today’s weakened a while ago).

Regional top 5: Seven News, 515,000; Seven News 6.30, 506,000; The Block, 305,000; Chase Australia 5.30pm, 295,000; 7pm ABC News, Home and Away, 285,000

Network channel share:

1. Nine (30.6%)
2. Seven (27.2%)
3. ABC (18.7%)
4. Ten (14.5%)
5. SBS (9.1%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (22.5%)
2. Seven (19.7%)
3. ABC (13.6%)
4. Ten (8.2%)
5. SBS ONE (4.4%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 10 Peach, 7TWO (3.3%)
2. 7mate (2.7%)
3. GO (2.6%)
4. Gem, ABC News (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.393 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.343 million
3. Nine News 6.30 — 1.127 million
4. Nine News — 1.105 million
5. The Block (Nine) — 1.062 million
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 951,000
7. 7pm ABC News — 909,000
8. The Chase Australia 5.30 (Seven) — 788,000
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 754,000
10. My Kitchen Rules (Seven) — 736,000

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

Losers: MKR, despite another top-10 finish.

Metro news and current affairs

1. Seven News — 878,000
2. Nine News 6.30 — 849,000
3. Seven News 6.30 — 837,000
4. Nine News — 826,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 672,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 623,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 536,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 342,000
9. Ten News First — 286,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 229,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 338,000/187,000
2. Today (Nine) — 303,000/202,000
3. ABC News Breakfast — 267,000/182,000
4. ABC News Mornings — 231,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 178,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 156,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 42,900

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 74,000
2. NRL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 55,000
3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 47,000
4. The Twelve (Fox Showcase) — 39,000
5. Credlin (Sky News) — 38,000