Australia may have talent but no one’s sticking around to see it

The Block — 1.07 million last night nationally — holds its audience every night to varying degrees and doesn’t shed viewers like Australia’s Got Talent on Seven did for its second ep of this series: 741,000 last night, 24% fewer viewers than the 978,000 for the return ep on Sunday night. Seven has kissed another TV programming frog (like it did with My Kitchen Rules). Farmer Wants a Wife was ratings gold in comparison. Nine’s Today made another weak start to a working week — 266,000 nationally was more than 100,000 behind Sunrise with 369,000.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (29.3%)
2. Seven (26.9%)
3. Ten (19.4%)
4. ABC (13.6%)
5. SBS (6.5%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (21.9%)
2. Seven (19.8%)
3. Ten (13.8%)
4. ABC (13.6%)
5. SBS ONE (3.4%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (3.3%)
2. Gem (2.7%)
3. 10 Peach (2.5%)
4. 7mate, 10 Bold (2.3%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News 6.30 — 1.406 million
2. Seven News — 1.375 million
3. Nine News 6.30 — 1.122 million
4. The Block (Nine) — 1.075 million
5. Nine News — 1.043 million
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.036 million
7. 7pm ABC News — 883,000
8. Home and Away (Seven) — 811,000
9. Have You Been Paying Attention? (Ten) — 749,000
10. Australia’s Got Talent (Seven) — 741,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News 6.30, 515,000; Seven News, 499,000; The Block, 319,000; Home and Away, 308,000; ACA, 306,000.

Losers: viewers, again.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News 6.30 —892,000
2. Seven News — 876,000
3. Nine News 6.30 — 827,000
4. Nine News — 773,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 730,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 600,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 482,000
8. Four Corners (ABC) — 454,000
9. Media Watch (ABC) — 446,000
10. Australian Story (ABC) — 408,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 369,000/221,000
2. Today (Nine) 266,000/174,000
3. ABC News Breakfast — 246,000/163,000
4. ABC News Mornings — 218,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) —212,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 132,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 48,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. House of the Dragon (Fox Showcase) — 75,000
2. House of the Dragon (Fox Showcase) — 56,000
3. House of the Dragon (Fox Showcase) — 53,000
4. Credlin (Sky News) — 46,000 
5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 37,000