Nine’s weaknesses were full exposed last night by Ten’s Masterchef (1.17 million) and the unheralded Have You Been Paying Attention (1.11 million) which powered the network to second in the main channels (and first in the main channels in Melbourne). Seven’s House Rules had another strong outing — a season high 1.58 million (thanks to a surge in regional viewing with a high 635,000 watching last night). Certainly that’s the impression from the weak Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation — 801,000 nationally is barely enough. It was fourth in its time slot and was easily accounted for by 7.30 (879,000 nationally) and Back Roads (936,000).

In regional markets a strong win for Seven with the 6pm News at 636,000, House Rules with 635,000, Seven News/Today Tonight with 531,000, the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia with 452,000 and Home and Away with 451,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (29.8%)
  2. Nine (24.9%)
  3. Ten (21.5%)
  4. ABC (16.9%)
  5. SBS (6.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (19.9%)
  2. Ten (16.6%)
  3. Nine (16.4%)
  4. ABC (12.9%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.3%)
  2. 7mate (3.9%)
  3. GO (3.5%)
  4. ONE (3.2%)
  5. Gem (3.0)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.765 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.592 million
  3. House Rules (Seven) — 1.588 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.418 million
  5. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.404 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.202 million
  7. Masterchef (Ten) — 1.172 million
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.168 million
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.167 million
  10. Have You Been Paying Attention (Ten) — 1.111 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.129 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.061 million
  3. Nine News — 1.060 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.045 million

Losers: Nine — weak, just weak.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.129 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.061 million
  3. Nine News — 1.060 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.045 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) —847,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 717,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 600,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 597,000
  9. Four Corners (ABC) – 523,000
  10. Media Watch (ABC) — 503,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 441,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 359,000
  3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 230,000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 228,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 189,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 93,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) —107,000
  2. AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy) — 70,000
  3. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 69,000
  4. Westworld (showcase), Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 57,000