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Big Brother host Sonia Kruger (Image: Seven)

Seven had reason to boast: Big Brother had 820,000 viewers on Wednesday night, up from 719,000 a week earlier. Ten’s MasterChef reached 689,000, down from 702,000 a week earlier. Nine’s Doctor Doctor hit 535,000, down from 602,000 for its return a week ago.

Hard Quiz on the ABC — 972,000 from 8 to 8.30pm — was the most watched non-news program last night. SBS’s difficult to watch See What You Made Me Do had 368,000 nationally: 264,000 in the metros and 104,000 in the regions. It should have had a lot more. Perhaps the ABC could buy it from SBS and broadcast in a prime time slot as well, as a public service.

Tonight: The Front Bar is at a civilised time in AFL states, but not in Sydney or Brisbane. NRL — Melbourne v Souths. Q&A on the ABC — groan — on sufferance.

Breakfast: Sunrise, 451,000 nationally and 265,000 metro; Today, 333,000 and 219,000; News Breakfast, 262,000 and 180,000.

Regional top five: Seven News, 566,000; Seven News 6.30, 539,000; Home and Away, 353,000; ABC 7pm News, 309,000; Hard Quiz, 306,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (27.1%)
  2. Seven (26.7%)
  3. Ten (19.8%)
  4. ABC (17.2%)
  5. SBS (9.2%)


Network main channels:

  1. Nine (19.9%)
  2. Seven (18.3%)
  3. ABC (12.6%)
  4. Ten (12.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.6%)


Top 5 digital channels:

  1. 10 Bold (4.1%)
  2. 7TWO, 10 Peach (3.0%)
  3. Gem (2.5%)
  4. 7mate (2.3%)


Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.543 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.514 million
  3. Nine News — 1.245 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.183 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 973,000
  6. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 972,000
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 960,000
  8. 7pm ABC News — 905,000
  9. Travel Guides (Nine) — 899,000
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 834,000


Top metro programs: no million-viewer programs in the metros.
Losers: Big Brother, MasterChef, Doctor Doctor

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News, Nine News — 977,000
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 975,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 919,000
  4. ACA (Nine) — 695,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 601,000
  6. 7.30 (ABC) — 553,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 439,000
  8. Ten News First — 363,000
  9. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 309,000


Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 451,000/265,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 333,000/219,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 262,000/180,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 222,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 150,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 61,000


Top five pay TV programs:

  1. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 65,000
  2. Credlin (Sky News) — 62,000
  3. Paul Murray (Sky News) — 61,000
  4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 59,000
  5. Alan Jones (Sky News) — 53,000