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National
Glenn Dyer

Viewers know what they want, and its the return of Seven’s Farmer Wants a Wife

A Sunday free of the AFL but not the NRL (383,000 nationally, a very low figure) — the final round of the season.

Last night, The Block (1.342 million — the most watched program nationally) again did well, but it is just so predictable. There hasn’t been a superlative spared in describing the various homes and apartments over the years, and the ratings keep on falling.

Farmer Wants A Wife returned to Seven — 902,000, much better than My Kitchen Rules.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (33.2%)
  2. Seven (27.9%)
  3. ABC (15.3%)
  4. Ten (14.4%)
  5. SBS (9.1%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (25.1%)
  2. Seven (21.1%)
  3. ABC (11.7%)
  4. Ten (8.9%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. GO (3.9%)
  2. 7mate (3.0%) 
  3. 7TWO, 10 Bold (2.5%) 
  4. 10 Peach (2.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.342 million
  2. Seven News — 1.280 million
  3. Nine News — 1.266 million
  4. Farmer Wants A Wife (Seven) — 902,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 789,000
  6. Spicks and Specks (ABC) — 691,000
  7. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 639,000
  8. 7News Spotlight — 554,000
  9. Savage River (ABC) — 531,000
  10. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 527,000

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

Regional Top 5: The Block, 420,000; Seven News, 412,000; Nine News, 367,000; Farmer Wants A Wife, 327,000; 7pm ABC News, 257,000.

Losers: The Amazing Race Australia — Google Maps is turned off.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News — 999,000
  2. Seven News — 868,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 532,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 428,000
  5. 7News Spotlight — 357,000
  6. Nine News Late — 248,000
  7. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 336,000
  8. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 223,000
  9. Ten News First — 201,000
  10. SBS World News — 159,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC) — 527,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 384,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 294,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 255,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC) — 209,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 179,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Sunday Ticket (Fox League) — 237,000
  2. NRL: Wests Tigers v Canberra (Fox League) — 234,000
  3. NRL: Newcastle v Cronulla (Fox League) — 193,000
  4. NRL: Sunday Night With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 114,000
  5. F1: Netherlands Race (Fox Sports 506) — 113,000
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