Seven’s night as Nine again resorted to promoting the performance of its appalling Love Island. In other words, Nine’s early winter ratings slump is still there — especially now that the weak 2018 series of The Voice has ended. But while Seven was the winner, Ten were grinners with the combination of Masterchef Australia (1.12 million nationally) and Have You Been Paying Attention (1.13 million) doing well. 

Seven’s House Rules with 1.44 million had its strongest Monday night so far, but the return of First Dates Australia at 8.45pm saw the viewing audience desert Seven with over 800,000 viewers switching channels. It could only manage 618,000 national viewers and fell to fourth behind Four Corners (820,000) and Media Watch (768,000) on the ABC, Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation on Nine (821,000) and of course ‘Attention on Ten. 

In the regions, Seven’s night again with an easy win — the 6pm News was on top with 625,000 viewers, followed by House Rules with 536,000 (a series high), then Seven News/Today Tonight with 530,000, followed by Home and Away with 435,000 and The 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia in with 406,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (6,92%)
  2. Nine (25.5%)
  3. Ten (21.4%)
  4. ABC (16.8%)
  5. SBS (9.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (8.21%)
  2. Nine, Ten (16.1%)
  3. ABC (13.0%)
  4. SBS ONE (8.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO, GO (3.9%)
  2. ONE (3.6%)
  3. Gem (3.2%)
  4. 7mate (3.0%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.781 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.626 million
  3. House Rules (Seven) — 1.440 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.455 million
  5. Nine/NBN News — 1.455 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.240 million
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.158 million
  8. Have You Been Paying Attention (Ten) — 1.136 million
  9. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.125 million
  10. 7pm ABC News — 1.122 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.156 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.090 million
  3. Nine News — 1.056 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.013 million

Losers: First Dates on Seven. Fail!

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.156 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.090 million
  3. Nine News — 1.056 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.013 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 870,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 746,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) —598,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 591,000
  9. Four Corners (ABC) — 565,000
  10. Media Watch (ABC) — 530,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 422,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 346,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 236,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 219,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 173,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 94,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 90,000
  2. Westworld (showcase) — 75,000
  3. Surgeons: At The Edge Of Life (LifeStyle), NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 56,000
  4. AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy), NRL: Big League Wrap (Fox League) — 53,000