Nine News TV Ratings
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Last week’s spike in viewer numbers for Victoria’s lockdown news updates disappeared by the weekend, with audiences for morning and evening news broadcasts down a collective 300,000 or more. Evening news broadcasts on Seven and Nine lost a combined 250,000 from the previous Sunday.

Nine won total people and the main channels from Seven, Ten and the ABC (which finally and painfully said goodbye to Wakefield with a 328,000 viewership).

Nine’s Celebrity Apprentice averaged 911,000 across the program, down from 957,000 a week earlier. MasterChef dipped back under 800,000 for Ten to 787,000 — still a national top 10 finish, though — and Seven’s latest 7News Spotlight dropped to 899,000, down 326,000 from the previous Sunday.

Breakfast: Insiders, 569,000; Weekend Sunrise, 442,000; Landline, 421,000; Weekend Today, 293,000.

Regional top five: Seven News, 558,000; Nine News, 343,000; 7pm ABC News, 337,000; 7News Spotlight, 327,000; Spicks and Specks, 284,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (28.4%)
  2. Seven (27.4%)
  3. Ten (20.0)
  4. ABC (14.4%)
  5. SBS (9.7%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.9%)
  2. Seven (18.2%)
  3. Ten (13.9%)
  4. ABC (10.4%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.3%)

Top 5 digital channels:

  1. 7mate (4.6%)
  2. 7TWO (3.4%)
  3. 10 Bold (2.9%)
  4. 10 Peach (2.7%)
  5. GO (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News— 1.623 million
  2. Nine News — 1.344 million
  3. 7pm ABC News — 980,000
  4. Celebrity Apprentice: Boardroom (Nine) — 972,000
  5. 7News Spotlight — 899,000
  6. Spicks and Specks (ABC) — 860,000
  7. Celebrity Apprentice (Nine) — 850,000
  8. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 820,000
  9. MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 787,000
  10. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 639,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.065 million
  2. Nine News — 1 million

Losers: Wakefield — gone at last; 7News Spotlight — reheated TV

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.065 million
  2. Nine News — 1 million
  3. 7pm ABC News — 644,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 588,000
  5. 7News Spotlight — 571,000
  6. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 473,00
  7. 9News Late — 326,000
  8. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 288,000
  9. Ten News First — 260,000
  10. SBS World News— 227,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC TV) — 569,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 442,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 421,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 293,000
  5. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 213,000
  6. Offsiders (ABC) — 210,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: Carlton vs West Coast (Fox Footy) — 214,000
  2. NRL: Newcastle vs Parramatta (Fox League) — 195,000
  3. AFL: Fremantle vs Footscray (Fox Footy) — 186,000
  4. F1: Azerbaijan Race (Fox Sports 506) — 138,000
  5. AFL: Sunday Ticket (Fox Footy) — 124,000