The Voice Australia coaches
(Image: Nine)

The Voice returned for 2020 with 45,000 more viewers for Nine than a year ago. The figures — 1.43 million last night against 1.39 million a year ago (May 19, 2019 actually).

Masterchef Australia, 1.19 million for Ten. House Rules on Seven, 1.05 million. A real clash of the dinosaurs.

Nine’s night from Seven and Ten.

Maralinga Tjarra on the ABC at 7.40pm was worth watching, if only for the background for next Sunday night’s start of Operation Buffalo on ABC TV, or how the Menzies government sold out Australian sovereignty. But it told a story of a miserable act by Australia against its First Peoples.

The ABC’s Insiders 686,000 nationally Sunday morning and again the most watched daytime program.

The second episode of the Saturday night edition of A Current Affair from 7pm, 725,000 viewers down 50,000 on the debut a week earlier.

In the regions, Seven News, 655,000, The Voice, 422,000, 7pm ABC News, 380,000, House Rules, 383,000, Nine/NBN News, 361,000.

Network channel shares

  1. Nine (31.2%)
  2. Seven (25.3%)
  3. Ten (19.7%)
  4. ABC (15.0%)
  5. SBS (8.8%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (23.5%)
  2. Seven (17.6%)
  3. Ten (15.4%)
  4. ABC (11.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (3.2%)
  2. 10 BOLD (3.0%)
  3. 7TWO (2.8%)
  4. Go, Gem (2.7%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.83 million
  2. Nine/NBN News — 1.49 million
  3. The Voice (Nine) — 1.43 million
  4. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.19 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 1.16 million
  6. House Rules (Seven) — 1.05 million
  7. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 981,000
  8. Mystery Road (ABC) — 928,000
  9. Maralinga Tjarra  (ABC) — 725,000
  10. Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 687,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.2 million
  2. Nine News — 1.13 million
  3. The Voice (Nine) — 1.01 million

Losers: Seven, again

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.2 million
  2. Nine News — 1.13 million
  3. 7pm ABC News – 774,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 698,000
  5. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 521,000
  6. Nine Late News — 421,000
  7. Ten News First == 357,000
  8. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 336,000
  9. SBS World News — 216,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) – 686,000
  2. Landline (ABC)  (Nine) – 466,000
  3. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 463,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 295,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC) — 265,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 210,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Outsiders  (Sky News) – 92,000
  2. Outsiders  (Sky News) – 91,000
  3. Belgravia (BBC First) — 55,000
  4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 52,000
  5. Angel Has Fallen (Movie Premiere) — 48,000