(Image: ABC)

Four Corners‘ report on the fall of Kabul (736,000 viewers nationally) was TV journalism at its best. It showed up all the tosh broadcasting from our commercial networks about Afghanistan — and revealed another Morrison government atrocity against an Afghan interpreter who was given a humanitarian visa only to have it taken away when he and his family reached Pakistan. 

Nine’s night with the resuscitation of The Block thanks to the confected cheating claims (who cares?) — 1.18 million watched. Australian Survivor had 951,000; ABBA: New Beginnings on Seven got 775,000. Have You Been Paying Attention? on a crisp 931,000.

Breakfast: Sunrise on 487,000 national and 298,000 metro; Today, 382,000 and 259,000; and News Breakfast, 319,000 and 202,000.

Regional top five: Seven News, 701,000; Seven News 6.30, 663,000; 7pm ABC News, 439,000; Nine News, 397,000; Australian Story, 391,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (29.2%)
  2. Seven (25.2%)
  3. Ten (21.4%)
  4. ABC (16.6%)
  5. SBS (7.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.8%)
  2. Seven (17.6%)
  3. Ten (15.5%)
  4. ABC (12.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO, 10 Bold (3.4%)
  2. 7mate (3.1%)
  3. Gem (2.7%)
  4. GO, 10 Peach (2.0%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.884 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.822 million
  3. Nine News  — 1.517 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.417 million
  5. The Block (Nine) — 1.182 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.161 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 1.147 million
  8. Australian Story (ABC) — 1.011 million
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.006 million
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 967,000

Top metro programs:

1. Seven News  — 1.183 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.159 million
3. Nine News — 1.121 million 
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.032 million

Losers: The cheating story in The Block continues linger on Nine like the smell of a dead trout.

Metro news and current affairs

  1. Seven News  — 1.183 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.159 million
  3. Nine News — 1.121 million 
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.032 million
  5. ACA (Nine) — 809,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —708,000
  7. Australian Story (ABC) — 621,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 593,000
  9. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 543,000
  10. Media Watch (ABC) — 484,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 487,000/298,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 382,000/259,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 319,000/202,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 263,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 231,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) —  55,000

Top five pay TV programs: 

  1. The Bolt Report (Sky News) —74,000
  2. Credlin (Sky News) — 73,000
  3. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 65,000
  4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 62,000
  5. AFL: On the Couch, Newsday (Sky News) — 60,000