Nine’s night — Lego Masters (1.390 million nationally) lost another 93,000 viewers but helped do the job as Seven’s House Rules slumped to 868,000 nationally and fell out of the national top 10. It was beaten by Masterchef Australia on Ten with 887,000. In breakfast Sunrise fell to 414,000 nationally which was a very low figure outside of holidays. It still won with Today on 307,000, which was up a bit.
In the metros Sunrise won with 270,000 as opposed to Today’s 214,000 — that margin was a bit thinner as well. In regional markets it was Seven’s 6pm News with 590,000, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 549,000, The Chase Australia 5.30pm was next with 386,000, then Lego Masters with 375,000 and Home and Away with 360,000
Network channel share:
Nine (279.9%)
Seven (26.1%)
Ten (20.0%)
ABC (15.1%)
SBS (8.9%)
Network main channels:
Nine (21.6%)
Seven (18.7%%)
Ten (13.8%)
ABC (10.4%)
SBS ONE (6.5%)
Top 5 digital channels:
10 Bold (4.0%)
Gem (3.6%)
7TWO (2.9%)
7mate (2.8%)
GO (2.7%)
Top 10 national programs:
Seven News — 1.67 million
Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.60 million
Lego Masters (Nine) — 1.39 million
Nine/NBN News — 1.27 million
Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.25 million
A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.16 million
Home and Away (Seven) — 1.10 million
7pm ABC News — 1.09 million
The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 977,000
Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 887,000
Top metro programs:
Seven News — 1.08 million
Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.05 million
Lego Masters (Nine) — 1.02 million
Losers: Seven’s House Rules, Ten’s Bachelor in Paradise
Top Metro News and Current Affairs
Seven News — 1.08 million
Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.05 million
Nine News — 991,000
Nine News 6.30 — 954,000
A Current Affair (Nine) — 855,000
7pm ABC News —735,000
7.30 (ABC) — 562,000
The Project 7pm (Ten) — 481,000
10 News First — 428,000
The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 264,000
Morning (National) TV:
Sunrise (Seven) — 414,000 (Metros: 270,000)
Today (Nine) — 307,000 (Metros: 214,000)
News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 272,000
The Morning Show (Seven) — 172,000
Today Extra (Nine) — 127,000
Studio 10 (Ten) — 68,000
Top five pay TV programs:
Game of Thrones (Fox Showcase) — 83,000
Paul Murray Live (Sky News) —75,000
Jones & Co (Sky News) — 62,000
AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) —61,000
NRL: 360 (Fox League), Family Guy (Fox8) — 57,000
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