In a quiet night of television, Seven gets its Just Desserts

What an appalling night! The digital channels combined share of viewing (which is approaching summer lows) was 41.7%, the highest so far this summer.

The best example of how desperate the networks were was the doubling up of episodes of Zumbo’s Just Desserts last night by Seven from 7.30 to 9.40pm —  bringing in an average for the two hours plus of 496,000 national viewers. The viewing levels last night were so low that was enough to give Seven second for a couple of hours last night.

In regional markets it was Seven’s 6pm News with 432,000, Seven News 6.30 with 426,000, the 7pm ABC News with 278,000, A Current Affair with 274,000 and Nine News and The Chase Australia 5.30pm with 247,000 each.

Network channel share:

Nine (29.2%)
Seven (26.9%)
ABC (18.7%)
Ten (16.6%)
SBS (8.6%)

Network main channels:

Nine (18.3%)
Seven (15.3%)
ABC (11.9%)
TEN (8.5%)
SBS ONE (4.4%)

Top 5 digital channels:

10 Bold (5.5%)
7TWO (5.0%)
GO (4.5%)
ABC Kids/Comedy (3.8%)
Gem (3.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News 6.30— 1.21 million
2. Seven News — 1.20 million
3. Nine/NBN News 6.30 —1.02 million
4. Nine/NBN News — 982,000
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 932,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 873,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) —763,000
8. Grand Designs Australia (ABC) — 671,000
9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 657,000
10. Better Homes and Gardens (Seven) — 638,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News 6.30 — 790,000
2. Seven News —777,000
3. Nine News 6.30 — 766,000
4. Nine News  — 736,000
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 657,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 595,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 521,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 363,000
9. Ten News First — 335,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 253,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise: National: 503,000, Metro: 307,000
2. Today: National: 278,000, Metro: 194,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 251,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 198,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) —121,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 71,000

Top 5 pay TV programs: 

1. The Great Australian Bake-Off (LifeStyle) — 95,000
2. Outback Opal Hunters (Discovery) — 59,000
3. Gold Rush (Discovery) —54,000
4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 49,000
5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 39,000