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There was a bit of a turn-on for news about the heavy rains and storms on Monday morning and evening. But Seven’s hour of news from 6-7pm still streeted Nine by over 400,000 nationally.

It was Seven’s only claim to fame last night. 

Meanwhile, Nine’s MAFS had 1.54 million, up from the debut the previous Monday. Seven’s MKR, 713,000, was beaten by Ten’s Australian Survivor All Stars on 771,000 and the ABC’s 7.30 on 990,000, Four Corners on 818,000 and Media Watch on 831,000.

Q&A’s surge under new host Hamish Macdonald lasted one episode. It averaged 754,000 last week, while last night saw a 20%-plus drop to 579,000. The Oscars averaged 413,000 on Seven for the first time — in the US the audience fell to 23.6 million, an all time low and down from 2019’s 29.6 million.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (30.9%)
  2. Seven (26.1%)
  3. ABC (18.9%)
  4. Ten (17.9%)
  5. SBS (6.2%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (23.2%)
  2. Seven (17.6%)
  3. ABC (14.9%)
  4. Ten (12.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.4%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 10 Bold (3.6%)
  2. Gem (3.5%)
  3. 7Flix (3.4%)
  4. 7TWO (2.8%)
  5. GO (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News— 1.649 million
  2. Seven News — 1.611 million 
  3. MAFS (Nine) — 1.546 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30  — 1.207 million
  5. Nine/NBNNews  — 1.175 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 1.080 million
  7. ACA (Nine) — 1.077 million
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 997,000
  9. 7.30 (ABC) — 990,000
  10. Back Roads (ABC) — 963,000

Top metro programs: 

  1. MAFS (Nine) — 1.140 million
  2. Seven News   — 1.057 million
  3. Seven News 6.30 —1.032 million

Losers: Seven — it is going to be a miserable 2020

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News   — 1.057 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 —1.032 million
  3. Nine News 6.30  — 893,000
  4. Nine News  —876,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 782,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 737,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 669,000
  8. Media Watch (ABC) 588,000
  9. Four Corners (ABC) — 568,000
  10. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 496,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise: National: 506,000, Metro: 318,000 
  2. Today: National: 332,000, Metro: 216,000 
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) —275,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) —257,000
  5. Today Extra – Australian Open (Nine) —143,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 79,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Australian Cricket Awards (Fox Cricket) —65,000
  2. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 54,000
  3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 52,000
  4. Credlin (Sky News) — 50,000
  5. The Simpsons (Fox8) — 43,000