Ed Kavalee, Tom Gleisner and Sam Pang on Have You Been Paying Attention? (Image: Ten)

Seven took Monday night in total people and the main channel, followed by Nine, Ten and a weak ABC. Strong numbers for Ten’s Have You Been Paying Attention? — 912,000 and a top 10 finish — while MasterChef attracted 792,000. On Seven, Home and Away draw close to a million viewers, Big Brother 886,000. And Nine’s Celebrity Apprentice rated 771,000 — down from 790,000 a week ago.

Seven’s news did well in Melbourne but Nine’s bulletin won big in Sydney and Brisbane; however, the overall numbers boosted by COVID-19 coverage have slumped, with viewers seeming to shrug and return to streamers like Netflix, Stan or Amazon Prime.

Breakfast: Sunrise, 431,000 nationally and 247,000 metro; Today, 324,000 and 209,000; News Breakfast, 247,000 and 155,000

Regional top five: Seven News 6.30, 612,000; Seven News, 610,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 409,000; Home and Away, 397,000; 7pm ABC News, 343,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (28.0%)
  2. Nine (26.6%)
  3. Ten (22.5%)
  4. ABC (15.3%)
  5. SBS (7.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (19.3%)
  2. Nine (18.8%)
  3. Ten (14.7%)
  4. ABC (11.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.8%)

Top 5 digital channels:

  1. 10 Bold (4.9%)
  2. 7mate (3.9%)
  3. 7TWO (3.4%)
  4. GO, 10 Peach (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.729 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.687 million
  3. Nine News — 1.414 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.361 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.119 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 1.028 million
  7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.005 million
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 990,000
  9. Have You Been Paying Attention? (Ten) — 912,000
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 908,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News— 1.119 million
  2. Nine News — 1.106 million
  3. Seven News 6.30 — 1.074 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.049 million

Losers: Celebrity Apprentice — not fired by viewers, but certainly reduced interest.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.119 million
  2. Nine News — 1.106 million
  3. Seven News 6.30 — 1.074 million
  4. Nine News 6.20 — 1.049 million
  5. ACA (Nine) — 807,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 685,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 604,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 551,000
  9. Australian Story (ABC) — 538,000
  10. Ten News First — 442,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 431,000/247,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 324,000/209,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 247,000/155,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 247,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 179,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 50,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 88,000
  2. Credlin (Sky News) — 86,000
  3. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 81,000
  4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 79,000
  5. AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy) — 66,000