Nine won the main channels because The Voice ran for two hours until 9pm whereas House Rules ended at 8.30pm. But House Rules had 1.85 million national viewers (1.11 million in the metros and 736,000 in the regions) whereas The Voice had 1.34 million national viewers (947,000 in the metros and 397,000 in the regions). Seven’s Sunday Night ran from 8.30 to 9.30pm and won with 1.28 million while 60 Minutes started at 9pm and managed 1.07 million. That extra half hour of The Voice was enough to nudge Nine in front in the main channels — as well as a solid hour in the metros for Nine News (Seven News won nationally by a mile).

Ten’s Masterchef was squeezed once again and ended the night with 950,000 national viewers — well behind the top two.

In regional markets House Rules was tops with 736,000, followed by Seven News on 710,000, then Sunday Night with 528,000, Nine News was fourth with 461,000 and The Voice was fifth with 397,000. Seven’s night. In the mornings it was the ABC’s Insiders with 528,000 easily ahead of Seven’s Weekend Sunrise on 499,000 and Weekend Today stuck on 367,000 . Insiders featured another classic from Huw Parkinson — this time it was Theresa May and her gang that was the target. Tonight watch Four Corners and a report on the give and take (mainly take) of aged care.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (31.4%)
  2. Nine (31.2%)
  3. Ten (16.8%)
  4. ABC (13.6%)
  5. SBS (7.0%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (24.0%)
  2. Seven (21.8%)
  3. Ten (11.6%)
  4. ABC (9.5%)
  5. SBS ONE 5.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (3.8%)
  2. 7TWO(3.4%)
  3. One (3.0%)
  4. GO, Gem (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.894 million
  2. House Rules (Seven) — 1.854 million
  3. Nine News — 1.693 million
  4. The Voice — 1.344 million
  5. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.289 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 1.030 million
  7. Masterchef  (Ten) — 950,000
  8. Poldark (ABC) — 658,000
  9. Dr Who (ABC) — 640,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Nine News — 1.288 million
  2. Seven News — 1.184 million
  3. House Rules (Seven) — 1.118 million

Losers: The ABC was boring last night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News — 1.288 million
  2. Seven News — 1.184 million
  3. Sunday Night (Seven) — 780,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 743,000
  5. 7pm ABC News – 708,000
  6. Ten Eyewitness News — 350,000
  7. SBS World News — 233,000

Morning TV:

    1. Insiders (ABC, 374,000, 148,000 on ABC News ) — 528,000
    2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 499,000
    3. Landline (ABC) — 420,000
    4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 367,000
    5. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 239,000
    6. Offsiders (ABC) — 220,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: Geelong v Fremantle (Fox Footy) — 187,000
  2. NRL: Cronulla v Manly (Fox League) — 185,000
  3. AFL: Richmond v Carlton (Fox Sports) — 176,000
  4. NRL:St George v Newcastle (Fox League) — 156,000
  5. AFL: St Kilda v Gold Coast (Fox Footy) — 122,000