It was Nine’s night, thanks to The Block and its 1.106 million. But Ten’s new raunch program The Real Love Boat — think Love Island at sea –– had a shocker of a maiden voyage with 278,000. There was no access to lifeboats from 7.30-9pm! This was one of the worst launches of a new series in recent Australian TV history. Ten will of course hope to get more viewers on BVOD, and it probably will, but even then the numbers will still be rotten.
Seven gave us some filler with the US version of The Amazing Race — just 124,000 viewers from 8.30- 10pm. Talk about alienating viewers. That was after repeats of Highway Patrol from 7.30-8.30pm (469,000) instead of the scheduled ABBA’s Great Cover Versions.
Hard Quiz on the ABC — 785,000. On SBS, the latest ep of The Australian Wars (simulcast with NITV), with 207,000 beat The Amazing Race on Seven and lifted SBS’s overall total people share to a high 9.8%.
Network channel share:
- Nine (31.9%)
- Seven (24.8%)
- ABC (18.2%)
- Ten (15.3%)
- SBS (9.8%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (23.5%)
- Seven (16.9%)
- ABC (13.5%)
- Ten (8.8%)
- SBS ONE (5.3%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (4.0%)
- 10 Peach (3.4%)
- Gem (3.0%)
- 10 Bold (2.6%)
- 7mate (2.5%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.402 million
- Seven News 6.30pm — 1.366 million
- The Block (Nine) — 1.106 million
- Nine News 6.30pm — 1.082 million
- Nine News — 1.069 million
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 939,000
- 7pm ABC News — 845,000
- Hard Quiz (ABC) — 785,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 779,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 769,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News, 515,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 485,000; The Block, 355,000; ACA, 302,000; Nine News 6.30pm, 298,000.
Losers: another weak Wednesday night, with only Hard Quiz to entertain us.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 887,000
- Seven News 6.30pm — 881,000
- Nine News 6.30pm — 785,000
- Nine News — 784,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 635,000
- 7pm ABC News — 565,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 504,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 306,000
- Ten News First — 258,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 196,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 383,000/225,000
- Today (Nine) — 285,000/191,000
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 262,000/179,000
- ABC News Mornings — 217,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 236,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 149,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 34,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- T20: Aus. v. W.I Innings Break (Fox Cricket) — 121,000
- T20: Aus. v. W.I Innings (Fox Cricket) — 115,000
- Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 112,000
- T20: Aus. v. W.I Post Game (Fox Cricket) — 110,000
- T20: Aus. v. W.I Innings (Fox Cricket) — 95,000
