The flying kangaroo takes Four Corners to new heights

The Four Corners report on Qantas saw it fly up the rankings last night: 841,000 national viewers and eighth most-watched program nationally. A solid effort. The report focused on management and CEO Alan Joyce and left the board off the hook.

Farmer Wants A Wife on Seven reached 800,000 nationally, down from 902,000 on Sunday. The Amazing Race Australia on Ten got only 493,000 and dragged down Have You Been Paying Attention? which managed 731,000 nationally — off about 200,000 from its peaks with a stronger lead-in.

Network channel share:

Nine (27.7%)
Seven (26.4%)
ABC (19.5%)
Ten (18.0%)
SBS (8.5%)

Network main channels:

Nine (20.8%)
Seven (18.7%)
ABC (14.9%)
Ten (12.6%)
SBS ONE (5.2%)

Top 5 digital channels:

7TWO (3.3%)
7mate (3.1%),
10 Bold (2.5%)
120 peach (2.3%)
ABC Kids/Plus, Gem (2.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

Seven News — 1.484 million
Seven News 6.30pm — 1.483 million
Nine News — 1.159 million
Nine News 6.30pm — 1.146 million
The Block (Nine) — 1.057 million
7pm ABC News — 993,000
A Current Affair (Nine) — 929,000
Four Corners (ABC) — 841,000
Home and Away (Seven) — 829,000
The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 524,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 544,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 526,000; 7pm ABC News, 325,000; Home and Away, 324,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, Nine News 6.30pm, 317,000.

Losers: The Amazing Race Australia is officially lost (oh, there’s a good name for a TV mystery program).

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