Big Brother 2020 (Image: Seven)

Seven’s night as everything is old and bored — meaning Big Brother has been reincarnated on a desperate Seven (it lasted a year on Nine before being flicked).

The whole program averaged 1.22 million nationally, which was OK. The eviction topped with 1.29 million, then the arrivals segment with 1.19 million and the rest of the pap — sorry, program — 1.18 million.

Big Brother tells us everything that is wrong with free-to-air TV in this country. Onto another Netflix, Stan, Disney+ night. Ryan Stokes and Kerry Stokes (thanks, dad) have been given Order of Australia gongs in part for giving Australians this sort of pap?

MasterChef managed 1.13 million national viewers for Ten, but no top 10. The Voice on Nine averaged 1.19 million. In Breakfast, a Monday holiday meant viewing fell sharply for Today (263,000 national and 217,000 metro) fell behind ABC News Breakfast (narrowly) with 265,000/167,000, and Sunrise (346,000/204,000).

In the regions: Seven News, 700,000, Seven News 6.30, 649,000, The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 442,000, 7pm ABC News, 384,000, Home and Away, 383,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (28.6%)
  2. Nine (26.7%)
  3. Ten (21.1%)
  4. ABC (16.0%)
  5. SBS (7.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (20.9%)
  2. Nine (19.5%)
  3. Ten (15.2%)
  4. ABC (12.4%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 10 Bold (3.9%)
  2. 7TWO (3.4%)
  3. 7mate (3.0%)
  4. GO (2.5%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy (2.3%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.900 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.750 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.413 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.373 million
  5. Big Brother – Eviction (Seven) — 1.298 million
  6. The Voice (Nine) — 1.192 million
  7. Big Brother – The Arrival (Seven) — 1.190 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.184 million
  9. Big Brother (Seven)  — 1.181 million
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven)— 1.156 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News— 1.200 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.101 million
  3. Nine News — 1.098 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.041 million

Losers: Anyone who watched Big Brother on Seven

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News— 1.200 million
  2. Seven News 6.30— 1.101 million
  3. Nine News — 1.098 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.041 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 818,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —761,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 620,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 576,000
  9. 10 news First — 461,000
  10. Four Corners (ABC) — 465,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 346,000/204,000
  2. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) —  265,000/167,000
  3. Today (Nine) — 263,000/170,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 224,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 189,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 81,000

Top five pay TV programs: 

  1. NRL: Canterbury v St George (Fox League) — 226,000
  2. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 73,000
  3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 66,000
  4. NRL: Pre-Game (Fox League) — 62,000
  5. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 59,000