Seven and Nine pull out all the stunts

TV stunts won the night for both Seven and Nine last night, but viewers were not that overwhelmed.

Another network bragging stand-off? Nope, it was in fact a night of winners. Seven topped total people and the main channels thanks to another edition of The All New Monty (1.07 million nationally). Nine says Ninja Warriors Australia v The World (1.03 million nationally) helped it to win the major demographic groups. What Nine didn’t mention was the absolute bath its 6pm news hour took. Seven won the news battle with a margin of 470,000 from 6 to 6.30pm, and 419,000 from 6.30 to 7pm. In regional areas it was Seven’s 6pm News with 594,000 from Seven News/Today Tonight with 574,000, The All New Monty with 409,000, Home and Away with 381,000 and The Chase Australia 5.30pm with 373,000.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (30.9%)
2. Nine (28.2%)
3. Ten 18.1%)
4. ABC (15.1%)
5. SBS (7.2%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (23.4%)
2. Nine (20.5%)
3. Ten (12.3%)
4. ABC (10.6%)
5. SBS ONE (4.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: )

1. 10 Bold (3.7%)
2. 7mate (3.4%)
3. GO, ABC Kids/Comedy (2.7%)
4. Gem (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.687 million
2. Seven News/TT —  1.614 million
3. Nine/NBN News   — 1.217 million
4. Nine/NBN News 6.30  — 1.195 million
5. The New All Monty (Seven) — 1.173 million
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.074 million
7. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.053 million
8. Ninja Warrior Australia v The World (Nine) —1.037 million
9. 7pm ABC News — 1.004 million
10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 984,000

Top metro programs:

1. Seven News— 1.093 million
2. Seven News/TT — 1.040 million

Losers: MasterChef Australia.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News– 1.093 million
2. Seven News/TT (Seven) — 1.040 million
3. Nine News  — 927,000
4. Nine News  6.30 — 894,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 757,000
6. 7pm ABC News – 686,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 537,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 494,000
9. 10 News First  — 374,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 274,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 435,000 (Metros: 263,000)
2. Today (Nine) —296,000 (Metros: 187,000)
3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) —248,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 200,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 137,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 76,000

Top five pay TV programs:

1. Wentworth (Fox Showcase) — 110,000
2. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 57,000
3. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy), The Bolt Report (sky News) — 55,000
4. Credlin (Sky News) — 45,000