Seven may have won total people, but Ten easily won the main channels, thanks to the return of Gogglebox Australia (1.12 million nationally) which supported The Bachelor (1.10 million). Ten grabbed the juicy demos as a result and that was the story of the night. Oh, the demise of The AFL Footy Show continues on Nine — 128,000 in Melbourne last night v 239,000 for Seven’s The Front Bar which had 418,000 national viewers. The Footy Show had 473,000, but more than 200,000 of those were in NRL markets in Sydney, much of NSW, Brisbane and Queensland.

In regional markets Seven’s 6pm News was on top with 525,000 viewers, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 439,000, then The Chase Australia with 359,000, with the 7pm ABC News at 335,000 and Home and Away with 327,000

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (28.9%)
  2. Nine (25.5%)
  3. Ten (23.2%)
  4. ABC (16.5%)
  5. SBS (6.1%)

Network main channels:

  1. Ten (18.3%)
  2. Nine (17.7%)
  3. Seven (17.1%)
  4. ABC (11.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (5.1%)
  2. 7mate (3.9%)
  3. GO (3.4%)
  4. ABC Kids/Comedy (2.6%)
  5. Eleven (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1.  Seven News — 1.505 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.376 million
  3.  Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.224 million
  4.  Nine/NBN News — 1.219 million
  5. Gogglebox Australia (Ten) — 1.120 million
  6. The Bachelor (Ten) — 1.104 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 1.009 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 963,000
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 944,000
  10. Home and Away (Seven) — 863,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Losers: Seven and Ten.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1.  Seven News — 980,000
  2.  Seven News/Today Tonight — 937,000
  3. Nine News — 922,000
  4.  Nine News 6.30 — 902,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 680,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —674,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 522,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 501,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 397,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 288,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 483,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 347,000
  3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 228000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 259,000
  5. Mornings (Nine) — 150,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 79,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Souths v Wests (Fox League)—220,000
  2. NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 126,000
  3. NRL: Thursday Night League  (Fox League) — 164,000
  4. AFL: Plays MVP Awards  Page (Fox Footy) — 61,000
  5. The Simpsons (Fox8) – 63,000
  6. Criminal Minds (TVHITS) — 60,000