Doctor Doctor faces a bad case of viewer apathy

Seven’s night with Ten’s Masterchef Australia the standout with 1.25 million viewers making it the most watched non-news program on the night. 

Hard Quiz — ABC, 8pm, with 1.07 million and Home and Away, Seven, 7pm, 1.06 million viewers, were the only competition. 

Charlie Pickering’s The Weekly, ABC, 8.30pm, 908,000 a close contender.

Nine’s Doctor Doctor continues to be off colour — 746,000 national viewers being the best for a program in its advanced condition of viewer apathy.

Seven won because its 6 to 7pm hour of news had a 400,000-plus lead over Nine’s hour average — 1.84 million to 1.42 million. Home and Away helped, Nine had nothing and that was the night.

Ten was there and thereabouts, thanks to Masterchef.

In Breakfast, Sunrise won with 556,000 national and 325,000 in the metros, from ABC News Breakfast with 346,000/224,000 and Today with 331,000/211,000. 

In the regions, Seven News, 669,000, Seven News 6.30, 624,000, Home and Away 412,000, The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 408,000, 7pm ABC News, 369,000.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (25.3%)
2. Nine (25.0%)
3. Ten (23.0%)
4. ABC (18.4%)
5. SBS (8.2%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (18.0%)
2. Nine (17.4%)
3. Ten (15.7%)
4. ABC (14.4%)
5. SBS ONE (4.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 10 Bold (4.8%)
2. 7TWO (3.2%)
3. 7mate (2.6%)
4. 10 Peach (2.5%)
5. 9Life (2.3%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.9 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.77 million
3. Nine/NBN News — 1.45 million
4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.40 million
5. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.25 million
6. 7pm ABC News — 1.2 million
7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.11 million
8. ACA (Nine) — 1.08 million
9. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 1.07 million
10. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.06 million

Top metro programs:

1. Seven News — 1.23 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.15 million
3. Nine News — 1.10 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.06 million

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Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 1.23 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.15 million
3. Nine News — 1.10 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.06 million
5. 7pm ABC News – 830,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) – 753,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 650,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 599,000
9. Ten News First — 434,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 380,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) – 556,000/325,000
2. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 346,000/224,000
3. Today (Nine) – 331,000/211,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 293,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) –161,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 78,000

Top five pay TV programs:

1. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 150,000
2. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 71,000
3. Richo & Jones (Sky News) – 70,000
4. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 69,000
5. Credlin (Sky News) — 61,000