Tuesday night was a night for everyone according to the ratings. Seven topped total people and the main channels (very narrowly) over Nine and Ten. And Seven nudged home in 25 to 54s. House Rules couldn’t crack a million viewers nationally — 990,000. Weak and tired. Nine did well, hanging in there with some odds and sods while Ten though saw another solid night for MasterChef (1.09 million) and narrow wins in 18 to 39s and 18 to 49s. The top five programs were again Seven’s and Nine’s 6pm to 7pm news, plus A Current Affair 7pm. That House Rules and MasterChef couldn’t attract enough viewers to top the most watched list for yet another night nationally (in the metros and regions) tells us how jaded the audience has become about these expensive “reality” programs.

Nine had a Megan Markle special at 9pm — 472,000 nationally — like me, the country is so over it. The ABC’s 7.30 was weak, 705,000 nationally against 801,000 for the 7pm part of The Project (including 471,000 in the metros against 558,000).

In regional markets an easy win for Seven with Seven News on top with 594,000 viewers, Seven News/Today Tonight was next with 484,000. Home and Away was third with 420,000, House Rules was fourth with 391,000 and the 5.30pm part of The Chase was fifth with 387,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (27.7%)
  2. Nine (26.4%)
  3. Ten (21.1%)
  4. ABC (16.4%)
  5. SBS (8.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (17.8%)
  2. Nine (17.7%)
  3. Ten (16.1%)
  4. ABC (11.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.3%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. Gem (4.0%)
  2. 7TWO (3.8%)
  3. 7mate (3.4%)
  4. GO (3.1%)
  5. ONE (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.613 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.4648 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.276 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30  — 1.268 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.148 million
  6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.112million
  7. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.096 million
  8. 7pm ABC News — 1.055 million
  9. House Rules (Seven) — 990,000
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 974,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.100 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.093 million
  3. The X Factor (Seven) — 1.083 million
  4. Nine News — 1.022 million
  5. Nine News 6.30 — 1.037 million

Losers: A tired looking night. MasterChef was the only spark.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.019 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 980,000
  3. Nine News — 975,000
  4. Nine News (6.30pm) — 952,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 824,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 728,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 558,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 471,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 434,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 342,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 423,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 371,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, News 24) — 272,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 228,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 161,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 81,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 96,000
  2. AFL: Open Mike (Fox Footy) — 55,000
  3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 54,000
  4. Jones & Co (Sky News) — 52,000
  5. Family guy (Fox8) — 50,000