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Nothing of note last night. Seven won because of the another solid night for the news, Home and Away and then the AFL — which lingered longer than necessary; 629,000 viewers nationally over nearly four hours makes for a winning night.

MasterChef on Ten had 739,000, but that wasn’t enough to beat the ABC into third spot in the main channels. Nine was second. Its NRL game between Easts and Melbourne averaged 555,000. Hardly the stuff of ratings legends.

Nine’s news again was chosen by viewers to turn to in greater numbers than for Seven. Nine won the metros, Seven won nationally. All in all, well over half a million extra viewers watched the 5 to 8pm news and current affairs programs last night than the previous Thursday when interest in COVID was rising. For yet another night, Nine’s 6 to 7pm news was the most watched program anywhere: 372,000 for the half hour.

Breakfast viewing saw about 30,000 extra watching at best — viewer numbers for Sunrise eased on a week ago, but were again high for the 9am to 10am news on the ABC with close to 380,000 watching. Foreign Correspondent, 569,000, Q&A, 478,000. Another hour of fruitless discussion.

Breakfast: Sunrise, 469,000 nationally and 275,000 metro; Today, 326,000 and 218,000; News Breakfast, 289,000 and 193,000.

Regional top five: Seven News, 655,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 577,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 393,000; 7pm ABC News, 345,000; Nine News, 326,000.

  1. Seven (32.5%)
  2. Nine (27.3%)
  3. Ten (17.1%)
  4. ABC (15.2%)
  5. SBS (7.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (21.1%)
  2. Nine (18.5%)
  3. ABC (10.4%)
  4. Ten (10.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels:

  1. 7TWO (4.8%)
  2. 7mate (4.6%)
  3. Gem, 10 Bold (3.4%)
  4. 10 Bold (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.634 million
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.618 million
  3. Nine News — 1.476 million
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.350 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 1.110 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1014 million
  7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 981,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 877,000
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 861,000
  10. Millionaire Hot Seat (Nine) — 788,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Nine News — 1.141 million
  2. Seven News — 1.132 million
  3. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.041 million
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.030 million

Losers: Q+A, AFL: Richmond v Gold Coast.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News — 1.141 million
  2. Seven News — 1.132 million
  3. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.041 million
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.030 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 765,000
  6. ACA (Nine) — 711,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 601,000
  8. Ten News First — 419,000
  9. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 403,000
  10. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 394,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 469,000/275,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 326,000/218,000
  3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 365,000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC) — 289,000/193,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 241,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 59,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Easts v Melbourne (Fox League) — 216,000
  2. AFL: Gold Coast v Richmond (Fox Footy) — 156,000
  3. AFL: Thursday Night Footy on Fox (Fox Footy) — 119,000
  4. NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 75,000
  5. Credlin (Sky News) — 74,000