Plate of Origin ratings
Plate of Origin judges Matt Preston, Manu Feildel and Gary Mehigan (Image: Seven)

Another night, another flop for Plate of Origin. The show’s ratings continue to pancake, with just 582,000 nationally last night.

That failure was made to look better by Ten’s slump: no Masked Singer means no ratings. The network was a weak fourth behind the ABC in third. Seven stayed second because of the solid start with the 6pm news. And The Block had enough (1.13 million) to keep Nine in front and on top of the demos. 

Halifax: Retribution was on 726,000 — neither growing nor losing viewers. But the slow night made the cadences of the first Alps stage in the Tour de France very watchable. Tonight it’s a very serious mountain stage — the first of the two stages that will decide this year’s race.

In breakfast, Today continues to pull its audience away from the danger zone. It’s now a clear second. In the metros it was just 16,000 away from Sunrise. Sunrise led with 459,000 viewers, Today was on 344,000, and ABC News Breakfast had 304,000.

In regional markets: Seven News, 593,000; Seven News 6.30, 576,000; Home and Away, 381,000; The Chase Australia, 353,000; ABC News, 350,000.

Network channel share

  1. Nine (30.2%)
  2. Seven (25.1%)
  3. ABC (17.8%)
  4. Ten (16.1%)
  5. SBS (10.8%)

Network main channels

  1. Nine (20.8%)
  2. Seven (16.0%)
  3. ABC (13.5%)
  4. Ten (9.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (7.4%)

Top five digital channels

  1. 10 Bold (3.8%)
  2. 7mate (3.6%)
  3. 7TWO (3.3%)
  4. 9Life (2.9%)
  5. GO (2.7%)

Top 10 national programs

  1. Seven News — 1.651 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.582 million
  3. Nine/NBN News 6.30  — 1.319 million
  4. Nine/NBN News  — 1.299 million
  5. The Block (Nine) — 1.131 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 1.099 million
  7. A Current Affair (Nine)  —- 1.031 million
  8. Anh’s Brush With Fame (ABC) — 953,000
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 957,000
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 940,000

Top metro programs

  1. Seven News — 1.059 million
  2. Nine News — 1.026 million
  3. Seven News 6.30 — 1.007 million

Metro news and current affairs

  1. Seven News — 1.059 million
  2. Nine News — 1.026 million
  3. Seven News 6.30 — 1.007 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 985,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 748,000
  6. ACA (Nine) — 719,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 602,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 519,000
  9. Ten News First — 340,000
  10. The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 323,000

Morning (national) TV

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 459,000/265,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 344,000/2490,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 304,000/200,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 222,000 
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 164,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 60,000

Top five pay TV programs

  1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 82,000
  2. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 72,000
  3. Credlin (Sky News) — 68,000
  4. Alan Jones (Sky News) —  61,000
  5. Wentworth (Fox Showcase) — 54,000