Nine ran the NRL (and what a boring game as ScoMo’s Sharkies beat Ziggy’s Sea Eagles) and managed to win a close night with 449,000 viewers for the battle of the beaches.
Ten ran MasterChef, which benefited from not having The Voice and Lego Masters in its face — and its audience lifted to 582,000 from 466,000 the night before. Ten also had Gogglebox, 643,000, and was very much in a mature, “we’re a bit bored” mode for its core audience. Foreign Correspondent brought in 480,000 with a solid report from Sicily, and Q+A drew 370,000. A friend says it should be Q+E: Questions and Evasions.
Regional top 5: Seven News, 514,000; Seven News 6.30, 479,000; 7pm ABC News, 293,000; Nine News 6.30, 289,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, Home and Away, 281,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (26.9%)
- Seven (25.7%)
- Ten (21.9%)
- ABC (16.4%)
- SBS (9.1%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (18.8%)
- Seven (17.7%)
- Ten (15.6%)
- ABC (10.5%)
- SBS ONE (4.6%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (3.4%)
- 10 Bold (3.3%)
- ABC Kids/Plus (2.9%)
- 7mate (2.8%)
- Gem, 10 Peach (2.5%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.398 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.367 million
- Nine News — 1.057 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.041 million
- 7pm ABC News — 862,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 783,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 761,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 733,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 653,000
- Gogglebox (Ten) — 643,000
Losers: Weak night overall, except for Ten
Metro news and current affair
- Seven News 6.30 — 888,000
- Seven News — 885,000
- Nine News — 778,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 752,000
- 7pm ABC News — 569,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 530,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 436,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 353,000
- Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 324,000
- 10 News First — 317,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 393,000/238,000
- Today (Nine) — 271,000/189,000
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 265,000/169,000
- ABC News Mornings — 218,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 208,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 149,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 38,000
Top 5 pay TV programs: N/A
- NRL: Cronulla vs. Manly (Fox League) — 219,000
- NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 115,000
- NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 62,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 59,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 54,000