TV ratings the good doctor

With The Block resting before its finale on Sunday, viewing was dominated by medical professionals. Seven’s two programs had contrasting fortunes but it was the network’s night as its diminished The Good Doctor held on with 945,000 nationally. Unfortunately, all but 432,000 of that audience disappeared when The Resident (a briefly lauded “hot” US medical drama) started. But a solid efforts from Seven’s 6pm News (1.43 million nationally) and then Seven News with Today Tonight (1.41 million) saw the network win total people, the main channels and a couple of the demos.

Ambulance Australia did well for Ten as the highest rating non-news show of the night with 987,000. But Ten viewers can spot a flop (that’s how they nailed Blind Date the night before), so when the ambulances had been parked for the night and FBI started, 477,000 viewers fled, leaving its audience to slump to 512,000. Nine depended on a mix of two episodes of Young Sheldon (866,000 and 799,000 respectively) and two episodes of The Big Bang Theory (848,000 and 730,000 respectively). 

In the regions it was Seven News/Today Tonight with 493,000, then Seven’s 6pm News with 491,000, followed by Home and Away with 352,000, the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia with 333,000, and The Good Doctor with 332,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (28.3%)
  2. Nine (27.0%)
  3. Ten (18.40%)
  4. ABC (17.0%)
  5. SBS (9.3%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (19.1%)
  2. Nine (18.0%)
  3. Ten (13.5%)
  4. ABC(11.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.6%)
  2. Gem (3.9%)
  3. GO (3.2%)
  4. ONE (3.0%)
  5. 7TWO (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.434 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.416 million
  3. Nine/NBN News, Nine News 6.30  — 1.082 million
  4. A Current Affair (Nine) — 988,000
  5. Ambulance Australia (Ten) — 987,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 978,000
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 964,000
  8. The Good Doctor (Seven) — 945,000
  9. Young Sheldon Ep 1 (Nine) — 866,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers.

Losers: Viewers.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 943,000
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 923,000
  3. Nine News — 843,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 836,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 713,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 680,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 589,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 468,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 366,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 253,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 458,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 321,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 255,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 221,000
  5. Mornings (Nine) — 132,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 68,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News)  — 62,000
  2. Jones & Co (Sky News) — 61,000
  3. The Bolt Report (Sky News), MR INBETWEEN (showcase) — 63,000
  4. The Simpsons (Fox8) – 49,000