How weak was Seven last night?
The ABC’s main channel ended up second on the night in prime time behind Nine and in front of Seven.
Seven is now almost at rock bottom as the ABC’s combination of the dull final episode of Shetland with 918,000 national viewers and the madness of killer bees on Midsomer Murders (773,000) easily accounted for anything Seven had to offer after 7pm.
The shares were — Nine, 23.6%, the ABC, 16.5% and Seven, 15.8% with Ten’s main channel on 7.6%.
This is not to mark down the ABC’s offerings last night but the ratings shares were a reflection of just how far Seven has sunk with the weak Plate of Origin (661,000) and a retread/discard called Crime Investigations Australia (530,000) that started on Foxtel in 2005 and then got a run on Nine a few years later when it was weak. Now it’s doing the rounds on a struggling Seven.
Midsomer Murders’ storyline of bees, wax, honey and venom was silly as all get-out, but still more interesting than anything on Seven. If that can out-rate anything on Seven it tells us Seven has nothing left in the vault. It is nudging rock bottom.
Nine won with The Block — 1.36 million for the room reveal and 1.29 million for the rest for a show average of 1.36 million. A shadow of itself from a few years ago, but still better than anything else last night.
Many figures down on a week ago — Father’s Day influence perhaps? But with COVID-19 and Melbourne’s lockdown? Netflix or Stan.
Anyway, Nine was an easily winner from a very distant Seven with the ABC third and Ten a very distant fourth.
Insiders on ABC TV 611,000, down on a week ago but still good enough for tenth nationally for a fifth Sunday in a row.
In regional markets Seven News, 464,000; Nine/NBN News, 387,000; The Block — Room Reveal Winner, 377,000; 7pm ABC News, 376,000; The Block, 364,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (33.1%)
- Seven (23.6%)
- ABC (20.4%)
- Ten (13.1%)
- SBS (9.8%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (23.6%)
- ABC (16.5%)
- Seven (15.8%)
- Ten (7.6%)
- SBS ONE (6.3%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate, GO (3.9%)
- 10 Bold (3.7%)
- Gem (2.6%)
- ABC Kids/Comedy (2.1%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.53 million
- Nine/NBN News — 1.43 million
- The Block — Room Reveal Winner (Nine) — 1.36 million
- The Block (Nine) — 1.29 million
- 7pm ABC News — 1.21 million
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 926,000
- Shetland (ABC) — 918,000
- Midsomer Murders (ABC) — 773,000
- Plate Of Origin (Seven) — 661,000
- Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 611,000
Top metro programs:
- Nine News — 1.04 million
- Seven News — 1.04 million
Losers: Seven and Ten — just weak
Metro news and current affairs:
- Nine News — 1.04 million
- Seven News — 1.04 million
- 7pm ABC News – 829,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 622,000
- The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 424,000
- The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 272,000
- Ten News First — 260,000
- SBS World News — 146,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Insiders (ABC, ABC News ) — 611,000
- Landline (ABC) — 487,000
- Weekend Sunrise (Seven) – 455,000
- Weekend Today (Nine) – 302,000
- Offsiders (ABC), Sports Sunday (Nine) — 221,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- NRL: Warriors v Parramatta (Fox League) — 237,000
- AFL: Geelong v Essendon (Fox Footy) — 222,000
- NRL: North Qld. v St George (Fox League) — 207,000
- AFL: Footscray v West Coast (Fox Footy) — 190,000
- AFL: St Kilda v Hawthorn (Fox Footy) — 168,000
What would you expect! Plate of rubbish even tho I like Manu!
Didn’t watch Midsomer Murders as I suspected it would be a bit on silly side. But what does worry me is the sharp decreases in the UK population as depicted in Shetland (six drawn out episodes in search of a coherent story line), Midsomer Murders and Vera, which ended a week ago and was replaced by Midsomer last night.
Between these three it’s a miracle that there’s anyone left for our former PM to help manage with their trade.
You miss the point, Glen. There’s no such thing as an especially silly episode of Midsomer Murders; every single episode is especially silly. People don’t watch it for gritty realism, any more than they watch Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot for gritty realism. They watch it for fun, and because you don’t have to turn on subtitles to understand what the characters are saying and for the fun of seeing exactly how this weeks extraordinarily ridiculous plot mystery is resolved. Killer bees? Why not?