Survivor survives a ratings slugfest as Seachange shows signs of recovery

A mixed night — Seven won total people, Nine won the main channels, but Ten’s Australian Survivor again did well, averaging 1.02 million national viewers, though couldn’t beat The Block (1.14 million). Seachange had 807,000, up from 796,000 for the previous week, but still under the 1.10 for the debut.

Nine will be happy with the steadier audience figure, but already has a series that does this stuff better — Doctor Doctor. Seven’s best program (apart from the 6pm News with 1.53 million nationally) and Home and Away (1.03 million nationally) was Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly, averaging 774,000 nationally. In regional markets it was Seven News/TT with 531,000, Seven’s 6pm news with 481,000, The Chase Australia 5.30pm with 386,000, Home and Away with 352,000, and 7pm ABC news with 308,000.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (28.4%)
2. Nine (27.8%)
3. Ten (20.7%)
4. ABC (15.1%)
5. SBS (8.0%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (20.4%)
2. Seven (20.1%)
3. Ten (14.8%)
4. ABC (10.5%)
5. SBS ONE (5.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: )

1. 7mate (3.8%)
2. 10 Bold (3.4%)
3. Gem (3.2%)
4. ABC Kids/Comedy (2.6%)
5. 7TWO (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News/TT —  1.541 million
2. Seven News — 1.532 million
3. The Block (Nine), Nine/NBN News 6.30  — 1.142 million
4. Nine/NBN News   — 1.096 million
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.054 million
6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.039 million
7. Australian Survivor (Ten) — 1.029 million
8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 994,000
9. 7pm ABC News — 893,000

Top metro programs:

1. Seven News— 1.051 million
2. Seven News/TT — 1.010 million

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 1.051 million
2. Seven News/TT (Seven) — 1.010 million
3. Nine News 6.30  —839,000
4. Nine News   — 809,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 759,000
6. 7pm ABC News – 585,000
7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 502,000
8. 7.30 (ABC) — 489,000
9. 10 News First  — 405,000
10. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) —404,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 485,000 (Metros: 298,000)
2. Today (Nine) —290,000 (Metros: 190,000)
3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) —256,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 120,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 128,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 88,000

Top five pay TV programs:

1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) —  73,000
2. Jones & Credlin (Sky News) —69,000
3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 60,000
4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News), NRL: 360 (Fox League)  — 57,000