With what was on offer last night, streaming or sleeping seemed better options. The AFL was on Seven (551,000) but it was Richmond vs Port Adelaide — tough loss for Sunrise’s David Koch, Power’s president.
The AFL was a winner for Seven, but overall it was a weak night of free-to-air TV — the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia with 852,000 viewers nationally was the most watched non-news program, followed by the 5.30pm part of Millionaire Hot Seat on Nine with 604,000 nationally. That rarely happens, and underlines just how weak the night’s post-7pm offerings were. And Foxtel doesn’t look much better, with the AFL game topping the night with 208,000 viewers.
Nine broadcast a 60 Minutes episode on cosmetic surgery that had been blocked for a couple of weeks by legal action in Sydney, but the action — and an appeal — failed, so the episode aired last night at 7.30pm. Replacing RBT, the 60 Minutes episode averaged 573,000 nationally — a solid 12th on the night with little promotion.
Network channel share:
- Seven (32.2%)
- Nine (25.5%)
- Ten (16.9%)
- ABC (15.6%)
- SBS (9.7%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (20.7%)
- Nine (17.7%)
- Ten (10.7%)
- ABC (9.7%)
- SBS ONE (5.8%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (4.3%)
- 7mate (3.9%)
- ABC Kids/Plus (3.5%)
- 10 Bold (3.0%)
- GO (2.9%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.433 million
- Seven News 6.30pm — 1.377 million
- Nine News — 1.139 million
- Nine News 6.30pm — 1.117 million
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 883,000
- 7pm ABC News — 864,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 852,000
- Millionaire Hot Seat (Nine) — 625,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 604,000
- MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 578,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional Top 5: Seven News, 538000; Seven News 6.30pm, 517,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 339,000; Nine News, 317,000; Nine News 6.30pm, 311,000.
Losers: us, the viewers.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 895,000
- Seven News 6.30pm — 860,000
- Nine News — 821,000
- Nine News 6.30pm — 807,000
- ACA (Nine) — 587,000
- 7pm ABC News — 578,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 375,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 334,000
- 10 News First — 311,000
- Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 277,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 387,000/226,000
- Today (Nine) — 306,000/293,000
- ABC News Breakfast — 262,000/166,000
- ABC News Mornings — 257,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 224,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 167,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 29,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- AFL: Richmond vs Port Adelaide (Fox Footy) — 208,000
- AFL: Thursday Night Footy on Fox (Fox Footy) — 67,000
- Aussie Gold Hunters (Discovery) — 62,000
- Credlin (Sky News) — 58,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 49,000
