Is anyone still watching Q+A?

Q+A was useless last night. The sniping and snarking and smirking just didn’t grab viewers, attracting 368,000 nationally. That’s nowhere near enough for a program with such a high profile. 

The Front Bar also struggled, with 426,000 viewers. But, even with no AFL, Seven still won the night. Seven News, Home and Away and The Chase Australia all performed well. Nine dozed off with the NRL (582,000) and Ten snapped up the demos with MasterChef (772,000 for the usual small Thursday night episode) and then Gogglebox Australia straight after (791,000). At least you can say Ten was trying.

Network channel share

1. Seven (27.4%)
2. Nine (25.5%)
3. Ten (24.6%)
4. ABC (15.0%)
5. SBS (7.5%)

Network main channels

1. Seven (18.5%)
2. Nine (18.4%)
3. Ten (17.5%)
4. ABC (10.5%)
5. SBS ONE (4.1%)

Top five digital channels

1. 7TWO (3.8%)
2. 10 Bold (3.6%)
3. 7mate (3.3%)
4. 10 Peach (2.7%)
5. ABC Kids/Comedy/Plus (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs

1. Seven News — 1.489 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.470 million
3. Nine News 6.30 — 1.157 million
4. Nine News  — 1.123 million
5. 7pm ABC News — 949,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 909,000
7. Home and Away (Seven) — 857,000
8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 820,000
9. Gogglebox Australia (Ten) — 791,000
10. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 772,000

Metro news and current affairs

1. Seven News 6.30 —948,000
2. Seven News — 936,000
3. Nine News 6.30 — 873,000
4. Nine News  — 872,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 636,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 631,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 508,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 409,000
9. Ten News First — 324,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 265,000

Morning (national) TV

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 443,000/254,000
2. Today (Nine) — 329,000/229,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 269,000/172,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 214,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 157,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 52,000

Top five pay TV programs

1. NRL: Penrith vs Newcastle (Fox League) — 229,000
2. NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 78,000
3. NRL: Pre-Game (Fox League) — 75,000
4. Outback Opal Hunters (Discovery) — 71,000
5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 63,000