Viewers only interested in one type of secret business: who’s behind that mask

Where are Ned Kelly, the Lone Ranger and Zorro when you need a decent trio of masked avengers to clean up the confusion that is The Masked Singer on Ten? A madcap show as we again saw last night when 1.32 million national viewers tuned in for the reveal and 1.13 million for the lead-up (for an average of just over 1.2 million for the entire show). It again easily accounted for The Block (1.11 million).

Nine won the night in total people and the main channels and the demos, while Ten stole viewers from Seven which saw Secret Bridesmaids’ Business lose more viewers to average 513,000. The Real Dirty Dancing slipped to 860,000 (from the first night’s 919,000). In regional areas it was Seven’s 6pm news with 565,000, Seven News/TT with 544,000, Home And Away with 384,000, The Chase Australia 5.30pm with 354,000 and 7pm ABC News with 330,000.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (28.9%)
2. Seven (26.0%)
3. Ten (20.4%)
4. ABC (17.2%)
5. SBS (7.5%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (20.3%)
2. Seven (17.8%)
3. Ten (14.5%)
4. ABC (12.8%)
5. SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 10 Bold (4.1%)
2. Gem (3.4%)
3. 7TWO (3.2%)
4. GO (3.1%)
5. 7mate (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.515 million
2. Seven News/TT —  1.485 million
3. The Masked Singer reveal (Ten) — 1.321 million
4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.162 million
5. The Masked Singer performance (Ten) — 1.137 million
6. The Block (Nine) — 1.114 million
7. Nine/NBN News  — 1.088 million
8. A Current Affair (Nine) —1.051 million
9. Home And Away (Seven) — 1.029 million
10. 7pm ABC News — 985,000

Top metro program:

1. The Masked Singer (Ten) — 1.004 million

Losers:  Seven — Secret Bridesmaid Business, a lot of money for no return.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News— 950,000
2. Seven News/TT (Seven) —940,000
3. Nine News 6.30— 869,000
4. Nine News— 819,000
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 761,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 655,0000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 567,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 510,000
9. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 409,000
10. 10 News First  — 328,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 472,000 (Metros: 274,000)
2. Today (Nine) —286,000 (Metros: 186,000)
3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) —242,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) —236,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) —132,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) —73,000

Pay TV 

1. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 67,000
2. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 53,000
3. Back Page (Fox Sports) — 47,000
4. Jones & Credlin (Sky News) — 44,000
5. Credlin (sky News) — 43,000