Midsomar Murders ratings
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The final of the Women’s Big Bash League on Seven on Sunday afternoon drew in 248,000 across the two sessions and a further 94,000 on Foxtel making it the most watched program on cable TV.

The ABC gave us a fresh Midsomer Murders, attracting 783,000 viewers and making it the most watched non-news program last night. In the morning Insiders said goodbye for the year with 494,000 national viewers and was the 10th most watched program nationally. Next year a new host and new look.

In regional areas it was Seven’s 6pm News with 427,000 then the 7pm ABC News with 292,000, Midsomer Murders with 285,000, Grand Designs with 249,000 and Sunday Night with 236,000.

Network channel share:

Seven (28.3%)
Nine (28.2%)
ABC (18.8%)
Ten (15.8%)
SBS (8.9%)

Network main channels:

Seven (21.2%)
Nine (15.3%)
ABC (14.1%)
TEN (10.8%)
SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels:

GO (6.2%)
Gem (2.6%)
10 Bold (3.4%)
9Life (3.0%)
7mate (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.26 million
  2. Nine/NBN News — 980,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 902,000
  4. Midsomer Murders (ABC) — 783,000
  5. Grand Designs – House Of The Year (ABC) — 718,000
  6. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 672,000
  7. Sunday Night (Seven) — 670,000
  8. Love Actually (Seven) — 547,000
  9. The Graham Norton Show (Ten) — 513,000
  10. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 494,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 842,000
  2. Nine News — 746,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 610,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 490,000
  5. Sunday Night – Summer (Seven) — 434,000
  6. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 344,000
  7. Ten News First — 235,000
  8. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 210,000
  9. SBS World News — 119,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News ) — 494,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise: (Seven) — 448,000
  3. Landline — Summer (ABC) — 255,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 246,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC) — 197,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) —177,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Cricket: WBBL Final (Fox Cricket) —94,000
  2. Cricket: The Blast (Fox Cricket) —66,000
  3. Upright (Fox Showcase) — 59,000
  4. Outsiders (Sky News) — 49,000
  5. Outsiders (Sky News) — 47,000