masterchef judges Jock Zonfrillo, Andy Allen and Melissa Leong
(Image: Ten)

One of a punter’s greatest ambitions is the quaddie: four winners in four consecutive races. Well, last night we saw a quaddie of flops.

MasterChef Australia was first on the card with just 692,000 viewers for Ten. Then came Wakefield — it was the second time out for the ABC but got just 296,000, down from 448,000 for the debut a week ago. Even for the unpretentious ABC stable, that is a flop. Spicks and Specks, also from the ABC stable, clocked 674,000, down almost 300,000 viewers from that big showing a week earlier. And on Nine, Lego Masters faded to 996,000, down from a good effort last Monday with 1.11 million.

Dancing With The Stars beat them all last night with an average of 1.24 million viewers in the evening stakes.

The holiday yesterday didn’t help boost viewing, and it will be the same in some states today and tonight. That’s not good news for Seven’s Sad Brother, which starts tonight. In 2021 and after COVID, it is looking even more out of date.

Network channel share

  1. Seven (31.2%)
  2. Nine (29.1%)
  3. Ten (18.6%)
  4. ABC (13.0%)
  5. SBS (8.0%)

Network main channels

  1. Seven (22.7%)
  2. Nine (20.9%)
  3. Ten (11.7%)
  4. ABC (8.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.1%)

Top five digital channels

  1. 7mate (4.9%)
  2. 10 Bold (3.7%)
  3. GO (2.9%)
  4. 10 Peach (2.5%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy/Plus (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs

  1. Seven News — 1.706 million
  2. Dancing With The Stars – All Stars -Winner (Seven) — 1.255 million
  3. Nine News — 1.254 million
  4. Dancing With The Stars: All Stars — Finale (Seven) — 1.239 million
  5. Lego Masters (Nine) — 996,000
  6. Anzac Day AFL (Seven) — 898,000
  7. 7pm ABC News — 837,000
  8. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 692,000
  9. Spicks and Specks (ABC) — 674,000
  10. 60 Minutes (Nine) —638,000

Metro news and current affairs

  1. Seven News — 1.168 million
  2. Nine News —938,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 541,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 432,000
  5. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 328,000
  6. Ten News First — 269,000
  7. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 233,000
  8. SBS World News — 181,000

Morning (national) TV

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC TV) — 522,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 413,000
  3. Weekend Today (Nine) — 347,000
  4. Offsiders (ABC) — 283,000
  5. Landline (ABC) — 220,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) —201,000

Top five pay TV programs

  1. NRL: Melbourne v NZ Warriors (Fox League), AFL: Collingwood v Essendon (Fox Footy) — 250,000
  2. NRL: Easts vs St George (Fox League) — 243,000
  3. NRL Wests vs Manly (Fox League) — 217,000
  4. AFL: Anzac Day Footy On Fox (Fox Footy) — 186,000