Apart from the AFL (689,000 on Seven and 251,000 on Foxtel) and the NRL (675,000 on Nine and 213,000 on Foxtel), a night to forget. The Thursday night ep of MasterChef usually plus a million or more for Ten. Last night was close, but not the lucky door prize — 996,000. There was a feeling we have seen it all before. It was Seven’s night and that was it. Lot’s of sport tonight and over the weekend. Sleep tight.

In regional markets Seven’s 6pm News was tops with 551,000 people, followed by Seven News/Today Tonight with 487,000, then the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia with 401,000, the 7pm ABC News with 322,000 and Nine/NBN 6pm News with 296,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (33.6%)
  2. Nine (25.8%)
  3. Ten (19.2%)
  4. ABC (13.3%)
  5. SBS (8.0%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (2.61%)
  2. Nine (17.5%)
  3. Ten (13.3%)
  4. ABC (8.9%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (5.0%)
  2. 7mate (4.3%)
  3. GO (3.8%)
  4. ONE (3.4%)
  5. 7flix (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.493 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.331 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.176 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30  — 1.149 million
  5. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.006 million
  6. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 996,000
  7. 7pm ABC News — 979,000 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 957,000
  9. The project 7pm (Ten) —  689,000
  10. Thursday Night AFL (Seven) — 689,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Losers: Anyone who didn’t like AFL and NRL, and there was an awful lot of you last night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 942,000
  2. Nine News —880,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 854,000
  4. Seven News/Today Tonight — 844,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 664,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —657,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 487,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 431,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 416,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 311,000

Morning TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 413,000
  2. Today (Nine) —362,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 253,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 199,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 175,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 109,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: Sydney v Geelong (Fox Footy) — 251,000
  2. NRL: St George v Melbourne (Fox League) — 213,000
  3. NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns Back Page (Fox League) — 109,000
  4. Aussie Gold Hunters (Discovery) — 67,000
  5. NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 60,000