Will scandal-magnet Kyrgios draw viewers back to tennis after an Aussie-free night?

Another boring Tuesday night as MasterChef Australia winds down (punting audience fave Julie Goodwin in the process) — 788,000 nationally for the Ten program. Big Brother on Seven received 506,000, Australian Ninja Warrior on Nine, 667,000 and the tennis (sans Aussies) drew an average of 188,000 — compare that with the 524,000 who watched Nick Kyrgios the night before. He’s back tonight, accompanied by news of a common assault charge in a Canberra court. Will that affect the audience? Coverage starts at 9.20pm.

It was Nine’s night from Seven, Ten and the ABC because Australian Ninja Warrior bored more people, and for longer, than Big Brother did. Nine’s news did a lot better than Ten’s 6-7.30pm efforts.

MasterChef dominated post-7.30 (on the ABC, 7.30’s audience slid for Sarah Ferguson’s second night in the host’s chair, but it always drops from Monday night’s highs), and then The Cheap Seats on Ten had 503,000 national viewers and almost pipped BB (but a few of The Cheap Seats‘ viewers would have been streaming BB at the same time).

Network channel share:

1. Nine (30.7%)
2. Seven (24.8%)
3. Ten (20.2%)
4. ABC (14.2%)
5. SBS (10.1`%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (21.0%)
2. Seven (16.5%)
3. Ten (13.7%)
4. ABC (9.9%)
5. SBS ONE (6.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. Gem (4.7%)
2. 7TWO (3.7%)
3. 10 Peach (3.4%)
4. 7mate (3.3%)
5. 10 Bold (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.497 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.449 million
3. Nine News — 1.271 million
4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.244 million
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.013 million
6. 7pm ABC News — 887,000
7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 873,000
8. MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 788,000
9. Home and Away (Seven) — 778,000
10. 7.30 (ABC) — 693,000

Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers last night.

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 529,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 502,000; Nine News, 333,000; Nine News 6.30pm, The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 317,000.

Losers: Big Brother.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 968,000
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 947,000
3. Nine News — 938,000
4. Nine News 6.30pm — 927,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 719,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 596,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 470,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 363,000
9. Ten News First — 319,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 252,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 356,000/194,000
2. Today (Nine) — 299,000/188,000
3. ABC News Mornings — 295,000
4. ABC News Breakfast — 286,000/189,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 242,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 200,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 41,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Credlin (Sky News) — 55,000
2. The Twelve (Fox Showcase) — 51,000
3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 47,000
4. The Bolt Report (Sky News), AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 41,000