Kath & Kim take a tumble down the ratings ladder with their second Seven special

Seven’s night, despite the second batch of Kath & Kim — subtitled 20 Preposterous Years — sliding out of the top 10 with 774,000 national viewers (that’s down a quarter, or 416,000 viewers, from Sunday night’s return). Tonight Seven has The Roast of Paul Hogan — more like a turkey (see, it’s Thanksgiving ahead and the “roast” format is an old American programming idea aimed squarely at celebrity TV). Seven won last night because of its 6-7pm hour of news averaged 1.421 million.

In the World Cup, England-Iran averaged 235,000 on SBS’s main channel from 11.20pm.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (30.7%)
2. Nine (25.9%)
3. ABC (18.9%)
4. Ten (13.5%)
5. SBS (11.0%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (21.6%)
2. Nine (18.6%)
3. ABC (14.4%)
4. Ten (6.7%)
5. SBS ONE (6.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7mate (4.1%)
2. 7TWO (3.8%)
3. Gem, 10 Bold (3.0%)
4. 10 Peach (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.425 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.418 million
3. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.021 million
4. Nine News — 992,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 955,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 933,000
7. Australian Story (ABC) — 829,000
8. 7.30 (ABC) — 820,000
9. Home and Away (Seven) — 787,000
10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 774,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 499,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 486,000; ACA, 300,000; 7pm ABC News, 299,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 295,000

Losers: Ten viewers — closer to the dark.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News 6.30pm — 932,000
2. Seven News — 926,000
3. Nine News 6.30pm — 742,000
4. Nine News — 731,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 657,000
6. ACA (Nine) — 633,000
7. Australian Story (ABC) — 570,000
8. 7.30 (ABC) — 565,000
9. Media Watch (ABC) — 513,000
10. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 284,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 376,000/223,000
2. Today (Nine) — 308,000/197,000
3. ABC News Breakfast — 277,000/177,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 222,000
5. ABC News Mornings — 204,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 147,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 30,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 47,000
2. Credlin (Sky News) — 45,000
3. Long Lost Family (LifeStyle) — 43,000
4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 40,000
5. The Walking Dead (Fox Showcase) — 36,000