No eyes on Big Brother

Masterchef failed to make a dent last night, and saw no opposition from Big Brother. The cooking show drew in 728,000, but managed to beat the NRL game (Melbourne flogged Brisbane) on Nine with 598,000 (and 244,000 on Foxtel).

Friends Reunion on Foxtel pulled in 66,000 and didn’t make Top 5 Pay TV programs of the night! Streams data is never available, but that’s where the numbers will build — viewing measurement on streams and TV are not comparable in any way. Meanwhile The Front Bar on Seven attracted 471,000 – 226,000 in Melbourne at a normal time.

With the virus back in Victoria there was a noticeable pick up in viewer figures for the ABC and Today in the morning — ABC News Breakfast added more than 50,000 or so viewers across the two hours nationally and Today added around 50,000. Sunrise added less than 10,000.

In the evening Nine News didn’t add viewers, Seven’s 6.30 segment did but the ABC 7pm News and 7.30 all added thousands of extra viewers on a week ago. The 7pm ABC News has had a million or more national viewers since Monday. Ten News also saw a jump in viewers at 5pm to 6pm of 20,000 or more last night.

In breakfast: Sunrise, 448,000/257,000; Today, 323,000/216,000; News Breakfast, 320,000/212,000

In the regions: Seven News, 612,000; Seven News 6.30, 564,000; Home and Away, 364,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 359,000; Home and Away Late, 335,000;

Network channel share:

1. Nine (27.3%
2. Seven (27.2%)
3. Ten (19.6%)
4. ABC (18.0%)
5. SBS (7.9%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (18.9%)
2. Seven (18.4%)
3. Ten (12.4%)
4. ABC (12.0%)
5. SBS ONE (4.2%)

Top 5 digital channels:

1. 7TWO (4.3%)
2. 10 Bold (3.6%)
3. ABC Kids/Comedy/Plus (3.4%)
4. 10 Peach (2.9%)
5. Gem (2.7%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.59 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.52 million
3. Nine News — 1.17 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.13 million
5. 7pm ABC News — 1.01 million
6. Home and Away (Seven) — 899,000
7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 889,000
8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 883,000
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 859,000
10. Home and Away Late (Seven) — 773,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News —986,000
2. Seven News 6.30 — 959,000
3. Nine News — 919,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 873,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 686,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 642,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 579,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 465,000
9. Ten News First — 350,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 278,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 448,000/264,000
2. Today (Nine) — 323,000/216,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 320,000/212,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 262,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 197,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 65,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. NRL: Brisbane vs Melbourne (Fox League) — 244,000
2. Credlin (Sky News) — 73,000
3. NRL: Pre-Game (Fox League) — 71,000
4. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 70,000
5. NRL: Late Night With Matty Johns (Fox League), Aussie Gold Hunters (Discovery) — 68,000