In the morning breakfast battle, Sunrise cracked the half a million level nationally with 510,000 viewers (and 293,000 in the metros). Today dipped to 299,000. Its regional audience of 90,000 was again beaten by ABC News Breakfast with 107,000. David Koch’s abrasive interview with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Sunrise regarding the banking royal commission’s final report helps explain the wide gap with Today.
In regional markets Seven’s 6pm News and Seven News/Today Tonight won with 547,000 each, over MKR with 414,000, MAFS with 380,000 and The Good Doctor with 349,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (31.8%)
- Seven (29.4%)
- Ten (17.4%)
- ABC (15.4%)
- SBS (6.0%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (25.3%)
- Seven (21.6%)
- Ten (12.3%)
- ABC (10.7%)
- SBS ONE (4.3%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (3.6%)
- 10 Bold (3.5%)
- ABC Kids/Comedy, GO (2.8%)
- 7Mate (2.3%)
Top 10 national programs:
- MAFS (Nine) — 1.547 million
- Seven News — 1.512 million
- Seven News/TT — 1.478 million
- MKR (Seven) — 1.214 million
- Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.155 million
- Nine/NBN News — 1.154 million
- 7pm ABC News — 1.048 million
- ACA (Nine) — 1.020 million
- Travel Guides (Nine) — 964,000
- The Good Doctor (Seven) — 926,000
Top metro programs:
- MAFS — 1.117 million
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News —965,000
- Seven News/TT — 932,000
- Nine News 6.30 —883,000
- Nine News — 882,000
- 7pm ABC News — 719,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 715,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 542,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 414,000
- 10 News First — 379,000
- Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 368,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 510,000 (Metro: 293,000)
- Today (Nine) — 299,000 (Metro: 209,000)
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 259,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 216,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 148,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 73,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 65,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 52,000
- Jones & Co (Sky News) — 49,000
- Criminal Minds (TVHITS) — 48,000
- The Great British Bake Off (LifeStyle Food) — 47,000
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