Gogglebox Australia's Delpechitra family (Image: Foxtel)

Another Thursday night where life drifted aimlessly along on TV as we watched. Gogglebox Australia came back for Ten with 607,000 nationally — OK, but still a faded (and fading) version of itself.

The first AFLW game of the season — Carlton playing the Wobbles (who didn’t) — drew 192,000 on Seven and 56,000 on Foxtel. The NRL game — Parramatta whipping the Brisbane Broncos a week after Brisbane was flogged by the Melbourne Storm — averaged 581,000 for Nine and gave it a win on the night over Seven, Ten and the ABC.

Foreign Correspondent was worthy, attracting 398,000 for its story on fishing off west Africa, with the Sea Shepherd organisation among the “white hats”. SS was attacked by the Japanese and the Howard government for campaigning against Japanese whaling in the Antarctic 20 years ago. Howard and his trogs have gone — well, Petey Costello is still hanging around Nine and the Future Fund — but Sea Shepherd is still doing the better work and making a greater contribution.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (31.1%)
  2. Seven (25.7%)
  3. Ten (19.2%)
  4. ABC (15.0%)
  5. SBS (9.0%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.6%)
  2. Seven (18.4%)
  3. Ten (12.8%)
  4. ABC (10.4%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.2%)
  2. 10 Peach (3.3%)
  3. GO (3.2%)
  4. 10 Bold (2.7%)
  5. ABC Kids/Plus, Gem, 9Life (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.338 million
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.259 million
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.050 million
  4. Nine News — 1.020 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 879,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 835,000
  7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 786,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 610,000
  9. Gogglebox Australia (Ten) — 607,000
  10. NRL: Brisbane v Parramatta (Nine) — 581,000

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

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 492,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 472,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 283,000; ACA, 270,000; 7pm ABC News, 268,000.

Losers: again, the viewers — and Broncos fans had another miserable night, with Brisbane flogged once more.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 846,000
  2. Nine News 6.30pm — 804,000
  3. Seven News 6.30pm — 787,000
  4. Nine News — 759,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 608,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 567,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 422,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 331,000
  9. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 281,000
  10. 10 News First — 242,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 354,000/205,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 300,000/206,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast — 299,000/195,000
  4. ABC News Mornings — 236,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 190,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 155,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 46,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Brisbane v Parramatta (Fox League) — 239,000
  2. NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 102,000
  3. NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 78,000
  4. AFLW: Carlton v Collingwood (Fox Footy) — 56,000
  5. Aussie Gold Hunters (Discovery) — 49,000