Ah, Manly being beaten in the NRL — there’s nothing sweeter. Well, actually, there is something just as sweet: Collingwood losing to the Swans.
In the NRL, Manly lost to the Melbourne Storm in the first game of the Indigenous round (499,000 nationally, 238,000 on Foxtel, #1 for the night). The AFL’s Indigenous round continues tonight with the Swans playing Richmond — is Dusty Martin playing for a role at the Swans as Buddy’s successor?
It was Seven’s night because of the strength of the 6-7pm news (an average of 1.47 million), then Home and Away (normal and late eps, which averaged 764,000 from 7-8.30pm). The ABC news with 927,000 and ACA with 825,000 did better, and then 7.30 won the 7.30-8pm slot with 764,000. But Home and Away’s performance meant Seven maintained a higher average and good share in the demos.
Ten’s MasterChef Australia showed some life to average 691,000 from 7.30-8.40pm and won the individual program demos.
Network channel share:
- Seven (28.1%)
- Nine (24.5%)
- ABC (19.2%)
- Ten (18.8%)
- SBS (9.3%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (20.1%)
- Nine (16.9%)
- ABC (12.5%)
- Ten (12.1%)
- SBS ONE (4.3%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (4.3%)
- ABC Kids/Plus (3.3%)
- 10 Bold (2.9%)
- 9Life, 10 Peach (2.8%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.511 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.446 million
- Nine News — 1.112 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.026 million
- 7pm ABC News — 927,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 870,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 825,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 807,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 764,000
- Home and Away — late (Seven) — 702,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News, 545,000; Seven News 6.30, 539,000; Home and Away, 334,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 333,000; Nine News, 313,000.
Losers: Nine viewers — and Manly supporters.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 966,000
- Seven News — 907,000
- Nine News — 797,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 744,000
- 7pm ABC News — 629,000
- ACA (Nine) — 569,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 508,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 373,000
- Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 343,000
- Q+A — 334,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 385,000/232,000
- Today (Nine) — 312,000/200,000
- News Breakfast (ABC) — 310,000/195,000
- ABC News Mornings — 274,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 206,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 152,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 48,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- NRL: Melbourne v Manly (Fox League) — 238,000
- NRL: Late Night With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 103,000
- NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 72,000
- Credlin (Sky News) — 58,000
- Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 55,000
