Well, well, My Kitchen Rules — another flopperoo for Seven? 767,000 nationally last night — not enough, is it? It was beaten by the return of The Masked Singer on Ten — 791,000 for the reveal, while the performance part averaged 689,000. Spicks and Specks returned to the ABC at 7.40pm with 672,000. And The Block on Nine returned to… 1.231 million. We have a winner!
MKR has not benefited from its “rest” after it holidayed last year. Paleo Pete Evans may have been flicked as a judge, but that seems to have been the only thought given to the format. Still confected, too competitive. The Masked Singer is entertainment (and The Block is again confected entertainment on Nine). Spicks and Specks is tired.
In fact, all the returning shows last night are examples of Tired TV. Not an original thought involved.
Tonight it’s MKR up against The Masked Singer and The Block (zzzzzzzzzz), and then the Games afterwards — the closing ceremony is 5.15am Tuesday.
Network channel share:
- Seven (38.6%)
- Nine (27.2%)
- Ten (15.0%)
- ABC (12.9%)
- SBS (6.3%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (25.4%)
- Nine (21.3%)
- Ten (10.0%)
- ABC (9.8%)
- SBS ONE (3.4%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate (7.3%)
- 7TWO (4.4%)
- GO, 10 Peach (2.3%)
- 10 Bold (2.0%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.502 million
- The Block (Nine)— 1.231 million
- Nine News — 1.152 million
- Commonwealth Games day 10, night (Seven) — 1.043 million
- 7pm ABC News — 850,000
- The Masked Singer Reveal (Ten) — 791,000
- My Kitchen Rules (Seven) — 767,000
- The Masked Singer (Ten) — 689,000
- Spicks and Specks (ABC) — 672,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 658,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional Top 5: Seven News, 521,000; The Block, 364,000; Nine News, 346,000; Commonwealth Games, night, 319,000; 7pm ABC News, 277,000.
Losers: none — the one-off Comm Games are just about finished.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 982,000
- Nine News — 807,000
- 7pm ABC News — 572,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 445,000
- The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 314,000
- Ten News First — 253,000
- The Sunday Project 6.30 (Ten) — 248,000
- SBS World News — 141,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Insiders (ABC) — 509,000
- Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 460,000
- Landline (ABC) — 317,000
- Weekend Today (Nine) — 231,000
- Offsiders (ABC) — 209,000
- Sports Sunday (Nine) — 175,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- NRL: Wests v Newcastle (Fox League) — 206,000
- NRL: Sunday Ticket (Fox League) — 176,000
- NRL: Canterbury v North Qld (Fox League) — 155,000
- AFL: Brisbane v Carlton (Fox Sports 503), AFL: North Melbourne v Sydney (Fox Footy) — 120,000
