It was Nine’s night, and the ABC again bested Ten in the main channels and snuck into third spot. Nine’s True Story With Hamish and Andy has lost half a million viewers nationally markets  since its debut in early June.

Seven axed Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA and ran a second episode of its own kitchen nightmare — Hell’s Kitchen at 9.30pm. HK had 839,000 viewers for the first episode and 769,000 for the second. Host Marco Pierre White looked bored. Ten’s Shark Tank — 639,000 nationally — sank. Would any of the “entrepreneurs” on the panel buy a show whose audience has fallen like ST’s has? ABC’s The House at 8pm stood out, both in content and viewers with 898,000 nationally at 8pm. Tonight, watch Mad As Hell and Utopia — both on the ABC.

In regional markets Seven News was on top again with 638,000, with Seven News/Today Tonight second with 531,000, then The Block with 513,000, Home and Away was fourth with 489,000 and the 5.30pm part of The Chase was fifth with 421,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (30.9%)
  2. Seven (26.5%)
  3. Ten (18.1%)
  4. ABC (17.8%)
  5. SBS (6.7%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (22.0%)
  2. Seven (17.5%)
  3. ABC (12.5%)
  4. Ten (12.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. ONE (3.6%)
  2. 7TWO, Gem (3.5%)
  3. ABC 2 (3.3%)
  4. 7mate (3.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.676 million
  2. The Block (Seven) — 1.606 million
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.496 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30— 1.307 million
  5. Nine/NBN News — 1.295 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.281 million
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.149 million
  8. 7pm ABC News — 1.128 million
  9. True Story With Hamish And Andy (Nine) — 1.127 millio
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.047 million

Top metro programs:

  1. The Block (Seven) — 1.093 million
  2. Seven News — 1.038 million

Losers: Ten – weak, Shark Tank

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.038 million
  2. Nine News — 989,000
  3. Nine News (6.30pm) — 981,000
  4. Seven News/Today Tonight — 965,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) —887,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 784,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 652,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 557,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 452,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 381,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 501,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 419,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, 180,000 + 81,000 on ABC News) — 261,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 227,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 172,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 111,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Cricket: Bangladesh v Australia (Fox Sports More) — 89,000
  2. Game of Thrones (showcase) — 83,000
  3. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 652,000
  4. Back Page (Fox Sports 501) — 64,000
  5. NRL: 360  (Fox League) — 60,000