Ratings the front bar
The Front Bar (Image: Channel 7)

Another woeful night, only broken by the second and final edition of The Front Bar’s venture into cricket for Seven — 523,000 which was second and then first in the timeslot. Last week the show had 572,000 for the debut ep, so not a bad performance. And that was the night. Nine won from Seven and the ABC, with Ten again a distant 4th.

In regional markets Seven’s 6pm News led with 448,000, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 447,000, The Chase Australia 5.30pm with 294,000, Better Homes and Gardens with 280,000 and A Current Affair with 274,000.

Network channel share:

Nine (31.3%)
Seven (29.0%)
ABC (16.3%)
Ten (14.2%)
SBS (8.4%)

Network main channels:

Nine (20.9%)
Seven (17.0%)
ABC (10.9%)
TEN (7.2%)
SBS ONE (5.6%)

Top 5 digital channels:

GO (4.8%)
7TWO (4.6%)
10 Bold (4.5%)
7mate (4.3%)
Gem (3.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.27 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.24 million
  3. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 987,000
  4. Nine /NBN News — 939,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 878,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 822,000
  7. David Attenborough Seven Worlds One Planet (Nine) — 763,000
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 722,000
  9. 7.30 (ABC) — 708,000
  10. Better Homes and Gardens (Seven) — 691,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 825,000
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight —801,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 726,000
  4. Nine News  — 702,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 605,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 581,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 485,000
  8. Ten News First — 376,000
  9. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 285,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 216,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise: National: 453,000, Metro: 266,000
  2. Today: National: 289,000, Metro: 195,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 267,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 184,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) —139,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 65,000

Top 5 pay TV programs: N/A

  1. The Great Australian Bake-Off (LifeStyle) — 95,000
  2. The AFL Draft (Fox Footy) —69,000
  3. Outback Opal Hunters (Discovery) — 168,0000
  4. Gold Rush (Discovery) —68,000
  5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 49,000