With a steady lead, Nine leans on the repeats

Seven, Ten, the ABC and SBS were all left behind by Nine and MAFS last night, which had 1.33 million nationally (including 1.00 million in the metros). Nine’s night in total people, main channels and the demos, end of story. Seven’s Big Bash game had an average of 657,000 for both sessions. Nine’s New Amsterdam had 697,000 nationally, down from 815,000 on Wednesday — as expected it lost viewers. I’m A Celebrity brought in 899,000 — solid figures for a Thursday night, as were the figures for MAFS.

Nine has repeats of MAFS from 7.30pm tonight to 1.30am tomorrow. Hopefully A Current Affair from 7pm is live! 

In regional markets it was Seven’s 6pm News with 517,000, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 501,000, MAFS with 333,000, the 7pm ABC News with 326,000, and the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia with 317,000.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (32.6%)
2. Seven (26.2%) 
3. Ten (18.6%)
4. ABC (15.7%)
5. SBS (6.8%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (23.8%)
2. Seven (16.6%)
3. Ten (12.2%)
4. ABC (10.9%)
5. SBS ONE (5.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 10 Bold (4.0%)
2. GO (3.6%)
3. 7TWO, Gem (3.4%)
4. ABC Kids/Comedy, 10 Peach (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.452 million
2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.388 million
3. MAFS (Nine) — 1.334 million
4. Nine/NBN News — 1.099 million
5. Nine/NBN News 6.30  — 1.091 million
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 998,000
7. 7pm ABC News — 967,000
8. I’m A Celebrity (Ten) — 899,000
9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 807,000
10. 7.30 (ABC) — 761,000

Top metro programs: MAFS — 1.001 million

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 934,000
2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 887,000
3. Nine News— 833,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 824,000
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 708,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 641,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 510,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 421,000
9. Ten News First — 414,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 197,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 462,000 (Metro: 285,000)
2. Today (Nine) — 306,000 (Metro: 203,000)
3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 264,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 207,000
5. Mornings (Nine) — 127,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 90,000