Seven won total people and the main channels as The Good Doctor (1.11 million nationally) returned to work its magic on Seven’s recent run of weak ratings. But Nine won the major demos, thanks to The Block (1.33 million nationally). The Good Doctor’s return was solid, but well under the more than 1.6 million for its debut 11 months ago. But Seven will get anything it can brag about. Ten’s Australian Survivor again did well on a Tuesday with 966,000 viewers nationally. In fact ten said it was Survivor’s biggest audience of the current series so far.

Looming flops were confirmed last night — Nine’s True Story With Hamish And Andy (780,000 nationally). Its a long way from the million-plus when it started. And Seven’s 800 Words (762,000 nationally) didn’t have enough to encourage Seven to have another chapter in 2019. In regional Australia, Seven’s 6pm News was tops with 537,000, then Today Tonight with 509,000, followed by The Good Doctor with 400,000, then Home and Away with 379,000 and The Block with 377,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (29.4%)
  2. Nine (28.7%)
  3. Ten (19.1%)
  4. ABC (15.8%)
  5. SBS (7.0%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (20.8%)
  2. Nine (20.4%)
  3. Ten (13.9%)
  4. ABC (12.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (7.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.3%)
  2. GO (3.9%)
  3. ONE (3.2%)
  4. 7TWO, Gem (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.491 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.480 million
  3. The Block (Nine) — 1.331 million
  4. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.178 million
  5. Nine/NBN News 6.30  — 1.174 million
  6. Nine/NBN News — 1.151 million
  7. The Good Doctor (Seven) — 1.113 million
  8. Queen of The World (Seven) — 1.024 million
  9. 7pm ABC News — 1.022 million
  10. Home and Away (Seven) — 973,000

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

Losers: No one really — enough choice for everyone.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News/Today Tonight— 971,000
  2. Seven News — 954,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 867,000
  4. Nine News— 865,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 843,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 704,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 537,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 517,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 366,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 293,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 421,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 321,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 260,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 210,000
  5. Mornings (Nine) — 143,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 85,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 61,000
  2. Jones & Co (Sky News) — 55,000
  3. Back Page (Fox Sports) — 54,000
  4. Mr Inbetween (showcase) — 52,000
  5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 49,000