The Bachelorette set to take home the rose

Only one program of any interest last night (at least for one or two demos) and that was the penultimate episode of The Bachelorette. Certainly 1.09 million national viewers loved what they saw and will no doubt tune in tonight to see all the faux drama tonight. The Bachelorette was the most watched non-news program last night. Love Island had 301,000 and ends tonight as well. I know which one will grab the brass ratings ring.

Today’s revival continued — 309,000 national and 207,000 metro — but so did Sunrise’s bounce — much higher with 522,000 national and 311,000 metro. Seven’s 6pm news audience held up — over 100,000 more than a week ago — while there was not much change for Nine News or ABC News. In regional Australia, Seven’s 6pm news was tops with 555,000, then Seven News/TT with 527,000, The Chase Australia 5.30pm with 358,000, Home and Away with 343,000 and Motorbike Cops on Seven with 331,000.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (26.4%)
2. Nine (25.8%)
3. Ten (21.6%)
4. ABC (18.2%)
5. SBS (8.3%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (18.7%)
2. Nine (15.8%)
3. ABC (13.9%)
4. Ten (13.3%)
5. SBS ONE (5.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 10 Bold (5.1%)
2. GO (4.0%)
3. Gem (3.6%)
4. 7TWO (3.0%)
5. ABC Kids/Comedy (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.518 million
2. Seven News/TT — 1.455 million
3. The Bachelorette (Ten) — 1.094 million
4. Nine/NBN News 6.30  — 1.054 million
5. Nine/NBN News  — 1.051 million
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 958,000
7. 7pm ABC News  — 915,000
8. Home And Away (Seven) — 911,000
9. Gruen (ABC) — 910,000
10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 890,000

Losers: The usual suspect: Flop Island. Will it ever end? Yes, tonight

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News —963,000
2. Seven News/TT — 928,000
3. Nine News  — 791,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 789,000
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 681,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 635,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) —541,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 490,000
9. Ten News First — 337,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 259,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise: National: 522,000, Metro: 311,000
2. Today: National: 309,000, Metro: 207,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 258,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 232,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) —141,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 74,000

Top five pay TV programs:

1. Love It Or List It Australia (LifeStyle) — 108,000
2. The Bolt Report (Sky News)  — 60,000
3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 49,000
4. Prodigal Son (Fox ONE), Find Me A Beach House (LifeStyle) — 43,000