Ten’s night, even though Seven won total people and the main channels. But Ten dominated the major demos. Nine was left right out with a weak line up that begs the question — has it run out of money and ideas for new programs (besides so-called reality style, relationship-based cringeworthy offerings like the forthcoming Love Island)? You can ask the same question about its line up in prime time tonight — especially with a repeat of Talkin’ About Your Generation slotted for a 9.50pm start after the stale Britain’s Got Talent. Last night was the second solid night in a row for Ten. Shark Tank (837,000 nationally) also helped but the star was Masterchef Australia (1.19 million nationally) which easily beat Seven’s House Rules (1.05 million). Masterchef was the most watched non-news program last night, Interview with Andrew Denton on Seven got 749,000. 

Seven’s night in the regions with the 6pm News on top again with 609,000 viewers, followed by Seven News/Today Tonight with 509,000. Then Home and Away with 422,000, House Rules with 416,000 and the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia with 389,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (27.9%)
  2. Nine (25.6%)
  3. Ten (22.4%)
  4. ABC (16.7%)
  5. SBS (7.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (18.1%)
  2. Ten (17.4%)
  3. Nine (16.5%)
  4. ABC (11.3%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.5%)
  2. GO (3.8%)
  3. Gem(3.7%)
  4. 7TWO (3.6%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy (3.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.683 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.507 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.300 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30pm — 1.269 million
  5. Masterchef Australia (Ten) —1.191 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.142 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 1.084 million
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.348 million 
  9. House Rules (Seven) — 1.054 million
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.013 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.074 million

Losers: Nine — have they run out of programs?

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.074 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 998,000
  3. Nine News — 979,000 
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 939,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 810,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 730,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 557,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 479,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 466,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 377,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 478,000
  2. Today (Nine) —378,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News 24) — 243,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 238,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 166,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 95000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 87,000
  2. Family Guy (Fox8) — 66,000
  3. NRL:360 (Fox League) — 61,000
  4. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 60,000
  5. Criminal Minds (TVHITS) — 55,000