Australian Akara Anthony wins gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics (Image: AAP/Dan Himbrechts)

The Winter Olympics did it for Seven again — but narrowly — and the win came late as MAFS (1.31 million, the highest this season) again snuffled up the best viewers. 

The night session managed 10th spot nationally with 813,000 (781,000 for the evening) and 723,000 for the late. That was the night — Seven’s but not convincing.

Part one of a Four Corners two-parter on the federal political situation managed 557,000 nationally. Low, and a sign viewers are not engaged or interested in politics; it’s everywhere at the moment.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (33.4%)
  2. Nine (30.2%)
  3. Ten (15.4%)
  4. ABC (14.2%)
  5. SBS (6.8%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (24.8%)
  2. Nine (23.7%)
  3. ABC (11.1%)
  4. Ten (10.4%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (3.8%)
  2. 7TWO (3.4%)
  3. 10 Bold (2.3%)
  4. Gem, 10 Peach (2.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.611 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.581 million
  3. Married at First Sight (Nine) — 1.315 million
  4. Nine News — 1.215 million
  5. Nine News 6.30 — 1.198 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 956,000
  7. 7pm ABC News — 938,000
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 894,000 
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 884,000
  10. Winter Olympic Games, night 3 (Seven) — 814,000

Top metro programs: Seven News 6.30 — 1.088 million; Seven News — 1.070 million.

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 542,000; Seven News 6.30, 493,000; Home and Away, 338,000; MAFS, 332,000; Nine News, 319,000.

Losers: viewers who watched MAFS, and the games.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News 6.30 — 1.088 million
  2. Seven News — 1.070 million
  3. Nine News — 896,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 900,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 684,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 622,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 521,000
  8. Media Watch (ABC) — 400,000
  9. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 398,000
  10. Four Corners (ABC) — 391,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 441,000/271,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 314,000/211,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 273,000/179,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) —216,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 200,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 46,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 59,000
  2. Credlin (Sky News) — 57,000
  3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 43,000
  4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 39,000
  5. The Kenny Report (Sky News) — 30,000