Winner — Sophie Monk . Loser — The Bachelor, which last night’s return of the Bachette revealed (by way of contrast) was quite a nasty, inward looking series this year. 1.215 million national viewers last night for Soph and her toys — fifth nationally and second in the metros, but down the track in the regionals where these programs might as well be from Jupiter so far as most viewers are concerned. The audience last night was almost as many as the 1.294 million who watched the ‘winner’ announcement on the grand final of The Bach last week.

Doctor Doctor on Nine averaged 1.02 million nationally, The Block averaged 1.41 million — Nine’s night, but thanks to Soph, Ten ran second in the important main channels, pushing Seven to third with what was a holding pattern line up last night. Gruen on the ABC averaged 1.094 million nationally – down from the return figure a week of of 1.27 million. A bit of a thumbs down from viewers. In the metros Gruen’s audience tumbled from 903,000 to 773,000.

In regional areas, Seven did better — Seven News was on top with 467,000 viewers, The Block was next with 458,000, then came Home and Away with 449,000, Seven News/Today Tonight was fourth with 436,000 and Border Security was fifth with 417,000. The Bachelorette had 263,000 viewers in the regions which made it 18th in the rankings in that area, or as the TV networks put it, it was a “Top 20 show”. All in all, very much Soph’s night.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (27.4%)
  2. Seven (25.0%)
  3. Ten (23.4%)
  4. ABC (16.7%)
  5. SBS (7.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.6%)
  2. Ten (18.7%)
  3. Seven (16.4%)
  4. ABC (11.9%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (3.3%)
  2. GO (2.8%)
  3. ABC 2, ONE (2.7%)
  4. 7mate (2.6%))

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.517 million
  2. The Block (Nine) — 1.484 million
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.316 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.221 million
  5. The Bachelorette (Ten) — 1.215 million
  6. Nine News — 1.192 million
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.122 million
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.105 million
  9. Gruen (ABC) — 1.094 million
  10. 7pm ABC News — 1.055 million

Top metro programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.026 million

Losers: Seven

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News —950,000
  2. Nine News (6.30pm) — 910,000
  3. Nine News —898,000
  4. Seven News/Today Tonight — 880,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 786,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 738,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 578,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 557,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 431,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 350,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 513,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 381,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, 151,000 + 93,000 on ABC News) — 244,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 206,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 158,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 106,000

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. TVHITS  (2.8%)
  2. Fox 8  (2.1%)
  3. Sky News/LifeStyle  (1.8%)
  4. UKTV/Nick Jr (1.6%)

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 92,000
  2. Football: FFA Cup Post Game (Fox Sports 505) — 61,000
  3. AFL: 1997 (Fox Footy) — 60,000
  4. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 54,000
  5. American Dad (Fox8) — 50,000