Daylight savings didn’t impact The Block which had a solid 1.43 million national viewers for Nine, nor did it impact Australian Survivor which had an equally solid 1.03 million national audience. That should make Ten happy this morning. In fact that was an all time high for Australian Survivor. That’s even as Ten dipped to fourth overall and in the main channels behind the ABC’s strong Monday night news and current affairs line up. Still, Ten was competitive in the demos. 

Seven’s Emergency Call needs a visit of its own from the ratings emergency team, as its 795,000 viewership will barely keep it alive. 627,000 for Border Security is fewer than half what it was rating at its peak and tells us Australians aren’t all that fussed these days about the issue of border security.

On Foxtel, the top program was the tea break on day two of the first cricket test between Pakistan and Australia, with 75,000 viewers. Not a promising start for the big new contract with Seven. The actual play peaked at 69,000 viewers, which was still more than The Bolt Report (54,000) and Paul Murray Live on Sky News (56,000).

In regional markets it was Seven’s 6pm News on top with 544,000, followed by Seven News/Today Tonight with 528,000. The Block was third with 402,000, Home and Away was fourth with 384,000 and the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia was fifth with 355,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (28.6%)
  2. Seven (25.2%)
  3. ABC (20.2%)
  4. Ten (19.8%)
  5. SBS (6.1%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.9%)
  2. Seven (17.6%)
  3. ABC (16.2%)
  4. Ten (14.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. GO (3.4%)
  2. 7mate (3.2%)
  3. 7TWO (3.1%)
  4. Gem (2.8%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy (2.3%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.501 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.484 million
  3. The Block (Nine) — 1.437 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.191 million
  5. Nine/NBN News — 1.132 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 1.112 million
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.059 million
  8. Australian Survivor (Ten) — 1.039 million
  9. Australian Survivor (Ten) — 1.032 million
  10. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.001 million

Top metro programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.035 million

Losers: No one really, but Seven had no stand outs.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 958,000
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 957,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 911,000
  4. Nine News— 890,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 787,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 759,000
  7. Australian Story (ABC) — 717,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 657,000
  9. Four Corners (ABC) — 632,000
  10. Media Watch (ABC) — 552,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 407,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 298,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 228,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 208,000
  5. Mornings (Nine) — 134,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 91,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Cricket: Pakistan v Australia, Day 2, Tea Break (Fox Cricket) — 75,000
  2. Cricket: Pakistan v Australia, Day 2, (Fox Cricket) — 71,000
  3. Cricket: Pakistan v Australia, Day 2, (Fox Cricket) — 69000
  4. Cricket: Pakistan v Australia, Day 2, (Fox Cricket) — 69,000
  5. MR INBETWEEN (showcase) — 67,000