Nine won the metros, Seven was weak (and Ten ended up second in the main channels behind Nine and in front of Seven). But in the regions a sort of different story with Seven winning total people, but losing the main channels to Nine, with Ten way behind as The Bachelor failed to stimulate the same level of interest as in the big smoke.

In fact in the metros it was a snoring night. The top seven programs were all news and current affairs programs from 6 to 8 pm. The Bachelor at 7.30 was the first non-news program at 7th spot in the metros (and beaten by 7.30).

In metro breakfast, another win for Nine’s Today with 335,000 from a lingering Sunrise back on 287,000. Today also won (rare) nationally, 526,000 to 515,000.

Tonight: NRL and AFL: go the mighty Swannies tomorrow — beat them Richmond Tigers and become Minor Premiers and rub it in the faces of those Melbourne AFL experts who reckoned you’d finish out of the 8. Australia is playing the Kiwis in the second Rugby Test from Wellington (will it rain, gale or shake?) and also in netball. The netballers will maintain national pride! More footy on Sunday and on Seven on Sunday Night Chris Bath returns with a top story. Watch it, it will top anything that appeals on the (failed) kidnappers show (AKA 60 Minutes). Vera is back on the ABC on Sunday night. Far more interesting than the really bleak Wallander.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (28.6%)
  2. Seven (25.3%)
  3. Ten (21.7%)
  4. ABC (17.6%)
  5. SBS (6.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.4%)
  2. Ten (15.5%)
  3. Seven (15.4%)
  4. ABC (11.3%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate, ABC 2 (3.6%)
  2. ONE (3.5%)
  3. 7TWO (3.4%)
  4. GO (3.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.589 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.416 million
  3. Nine News — 1.334 million
  4. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.221 million.
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.178 million
  6. ABC News — 1.133 million
  7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.070 million
  8. The Checkout (ABC) — 1.029 million
  9. The Bachelor (Ten) — 1.011 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.002 million
  2. Nine News 6.30 — 1.001 million

Losers: Seven : a weakish night and day.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.002 million
  2. Nine News 6.30 — 1.001 million
  3. Nine News — 993,000
  4. Seven News/Today Tonight — 934,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 807,000
  6. ABC News – 793,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 779,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 663,000
  9. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 463,000
  10. Ten Eyewitness News — 456,000

Morning TV:

  1. Today (Nine) – 335,000
  2. Sunrise (Seven) – 287,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC,  102,000 + 48,000 on News 24) — 150,000
  4. Today Extra (Nine) — 133,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 124,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 85,000

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. Fox Sports 1  (3.1%)
  2. Fox8 (2.7%)
  3. TVHITS  (2.4%)
  4. LifeStyle  (1.9%)
  5. UKTV (1.7%)

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Canterbury v Nth Qld (Fox Sports 1) — 235,000
  2. NRL Thursday (Fox Sports 1) — 119,000
  3. NRL Thursday (Fox Sports 1) — 115,000
  4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 80,000
  5. NRL: 360 (Fox Sports 1) — 66,000

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