(Image: Bluey)

Bluey returned to our screens with new episodes this week, and yesterday we saw some stellar figures — yesterday’s ep averaged 471,000 in the morning, 322,000 in the evening (that’s two showings: one in the morning, the second in the early evening). That’s 793,000 all up who watched the blue cattle dog. And even though it was for seven minutes or so, it had more viewers combined than a lot of other programs, including Today, Sunrise, The Bachelorette (406,000 for the second last ep) and a host of others.

The combined figure (and I know you don’t treat ratings by combining programs broadcast twice in a day like that, although sometimes on subscription TV…) would have slotted the wonder dog at number eight nationally, just in front of Hard Quiz with 790,000. Bluey rules OK!

Seven won last night because it ran 90 minutes of Home and Away. With a solid 1.461 million average for the 6-7pm news, the bonus-sized Home and Away averaged 867,000. Another 90 minutes is down for tonight ahead of the Ashes edition of The Front Bar (I wonder how they will handle the Tim Paine story!).

Also tonight, the finale of The Bachelorette on Ten — 406,000 last night but more on the stream, but that is so after the event once a program ends.

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 562,000; Seven News 6.30, 534,000; Home And Away, 363,000; Home And Away – late, 330,000; 7pm ABC News, 308,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (30.1%)
  2. Nine (28.0%)
  3. ABC (17.3%)
  4. Ten (16.0%)
  5. SBS (8.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (19.8%)
  2. Nine (16.4%)
  3. ABC (12.6%)
  4. Ten (9.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. GO (4.4%)
  2. 7TWO (4.1%)
  3. 7mate (3.4%)
  4. Gem (3.2%)
  5. 10 Bold ,10 Peach (3.0%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.479 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.444 million
  3. Nine News — 1.120 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.105 million
  5. Home and Away (Seven) — 911,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 909,000
  7. 7pm ABC News — 894,000
  8. Home and Away — late (Seven) — 822,000
  9. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 790,000
  10. Gruen (ABC) — 78,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Losers: The Bachelorette, going tonight.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News  — 917,000
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 910,000
  3. Nine News  — 813,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 800,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 621,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —  585,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 460,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 380,000
  9. Ten News First — 300,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) —221,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 437,000/247,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 305,000/197,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast  — n/a
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — n/a
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — n/a
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — n/a

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL Draft, Day 1 (Fox Footy) — 87,000
  2. Love It Or List It Australia (LifeStyle) — 68,000
  3. Cricket: WBBL Eliminator (Fox Cricket) — 52,000
  4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 49,000
  5. The Bolt Report, Credlin (Sky News) — 49,000