Hard Quiz host Tom Gleeson (Image: ABC)

Did Hard Quiz (862,000 on the ABC) host Tom Gleeson meet his match last night in the winner whose specialty was Ace Ventura? Also on the ABC, Gruen returned with 943,000. The loyalists waited and tuned in. But it is a bit same old, same old. The show is like many of the ads it bags: same format, familiar cast, same old tricks.

Nine’s The Block (1.25 million) served up the same old stuff as well. Seven’s reunion of the cast of this series of SAS Australia drew 719,000. Wringing everything out of this weak performer.

Love Island scored 385,000 nationally after 369,000 the night before and 414,000 on Monday night. Nine knows your names.

Regional top 5: Seven News, 583,000; Seven News 6.30, 547,000; Home and Away, 395,000; 7pm ABC News, 380,000; The Block, 352,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (29.5%)
  2. Seven (26.8%)
  3. ABC (17.3%)
  4. Ten (16.1%)
  5. SBS (10.3%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.6%)
  2. Seven (17.8%)
  3. ABC (12.9%)
  4. Ten (9.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (3.9%)
  2. 10 Bold (3.5%)
  3. GO (3.4%)
  4. 10 Peach (2.9%)
  5. Gem (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.609 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.516 million
  3. Nine News  — 1.263 million
  4. The Block (Nine) — 1.251 million
  5. Nine News 6.30 — 1.240 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.042 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 1.023 million
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 973,000
  9. Gruen (ABC) — 943,000
  10. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 940,000

Top metro programs: 
1. Seven News — 1.026 million

Loser: Love Island

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.026 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 970,000
  3. Nine News — 937,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 920,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 737,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 644,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 537,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 406,000
  9. Ten News First — 316,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 261,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 432,000/241,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 322,000/216,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast (Nine) — n/a
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — n/a
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — n/a
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) —  n/a

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 154,000
  2. Love It Or List It Australia (LifeStyle) — 91,000
  3. Credlin (Sky News) — 66,000
  4. Paul Murray (Sky News) — 54,000
  5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 46,000