The ABC shows up once again, but farmers remain ascendant (and in need of a wife)

Tuesday night and the standout was the second part of the ABC four-parter Ms Represented with Annabel Crabb. Patient, well-made TV and a stand out for a second week. The program is why the ABC is vital and necessary. It showed up the commercial networks for being weak-kneed enablers.

The program averaged 833,000 after 842,000 the week before. It beat Beauty And The Geek on Nine with 762,000. Australian Survivor on Ten averaged 898,000. Farmer Wants A Wife — 1.24 million ahead of tonight’s finale, which will air just ahead of the Matildas playing Japan in the first Olympics match. Ten starts The Batchelor tonight — no social distancing! The Weakest Link on Nine managed just 372,000. 

Regional top five: Seven News, 675,000; Seven News 6.30, 649,000; Farmer Wants A Wife, 474,000; Home and Away, 437,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 405,000.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (32.2%)
2. Nine (24.0%)
3. Ten (21.2%)
4. ABC (15.5%)
5. SBS (7.2%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (21.6%)
2. Nine (17.4%)
3. Seven (14.7%)
4. ABC (10.7%)
5. SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7mate (4.1%)
2. 7TWO (3.6%)
3. 10 Bold (3.2%)
4. 7flix, 10 Peach (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.913 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.805 million
3. Nine News  — 1.564 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.436 million
5. Farmer Wants A Wife (Seven) — 1.241 million
6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.175 million
7. 7pm ABC News — 1.147 million
8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.075 million
9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.046 million
10. 7.30 (ABC) — 936,000

Top metro programs: 
1. Seven News  — 1.256 million
2. Nine News — 1.204 million
3. Seven News 6.30 — 1.156 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.098 million

Losers: The Weakest Link, again.

Metro news and current affair

1. Seven News — 1.256 million
2. Nine News —1.204 million
3. Seven News 6.30 — 1.156 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.098 million
5. ACA (Nine) — 778,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 768,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 648,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 575,000
9. Ten News First (ABC) — 444,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 308,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 474,000/269,000
2. Today (Nine) — 359,000/246,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 338,000/225,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 316,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 218,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) —  58,000

Top five Pay TV programs: 

1. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 80,000
2. Credlin (Sky News) — 79,000
3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 72,000
4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 65,000
5. Alan Jones (sky News) — 64,000