Very weak figures all round last night, particularly for Nine’s AFL Footy Show — 208,000 in the three metro AFL markets: Melbourne (147,000), Adelaide (23,000) and Perth (38,000). Seven’s more modest Front Bar got another clear win 317,000 with 218,000 in Melbourne, 53,000 in Adelaide and 46,000 in Perth. Another clear rejection for the Nine effort which remains stuck in the 1990’s with its bombastic hosts and commentary. 

But that was about all for Seven. Nine wasn’t much better but the NRL game between Brisbane and Cronulla helped Nine dominate last night, managing 741,000 national viewers and a further 250,000 on Foxtel. Without Masterchef, Ten’s weaknesses were exposed, and the ABC ended third in total people and the main channels.

In regional markets it was Seven’s 6pm News on top with 539,000, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 443,000, Home and Away third with 378,000, The Chase Australia at 5.30pm was fourth with 345,000 and the 7pm ABC News was fifth with 336,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (30.2%)
  2. Seven (28.9%)
  3. ABC (16.1%)
  4. Ten (15.3%)
  5. SBS (9.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.6%)
  2. Seven (16.0%)
  3. ABC (11.0%)
  4. Ten (10.8%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (5.3%)
  2. 7TWO, GO (4.6%)
  3. 9Life (3.2%)
  4. ABC Kids/Comedy, 7flix (2.9%)
  5. 7mate (3.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.462 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.316 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.211 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.175 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.028 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 1.016 million
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 988,000
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 884,000
  9. 7.30 (ABC) — 783,000
  10. Grand Designs Australia (ABC) — 763,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Losers: Ten, Seven.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News — 932,000
  2. Seven News —923,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 —904,000
  4. Seven News/Today Tonight — 873,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 734,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 674,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 535,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 501,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 389,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 284,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) —428,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 364,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 256,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 195,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 145,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 72,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Brisbane v Cronulla (Fox League) — 250,000
  2. NRL: Late Night With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 135,000
  3. Aussie Gold Hunters (discovery) — 75,000
  4. AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy) — 72,000
  5. NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 67,000