Hard Quiz host Tom Gleeson (Image: ABC)

Hard Quiz on the ABC was the only program of note last night with 940,000 nationally. The Block on Nine did better with 1.23 million but it is boring, predictable and Scott Cam’s voice continues to grate with insincerity.

Early evening audiences for the news are starting to see the seasonal impact of daylight saving. For the first time in months the Seven and Nine news programs failed to crack the million viewer mark on a Wednesday evening. About 400,000 fewer people tuned in last night compared with a week before. When the lockdowns ease in NSW and Victoria in coming weeks watch audiences dip even further.

Nine’s night, easily, from Seven, the ABC and Ten. Tonight Q+A will not bore for Australia; it will bore full stop. GoggleBox will entertain, and there’s another reminder of summer’s approach with the first international between Australia and India.

Breakfast: Sunrise, 414,000 nationally and 226,000 metro; Today, 334,000 and 225,000; News Breakfast, 308,000 and 194,000.

Regional top five: Seven News, 598,000; Seven News 6.30, 559,000; Home and Away, 387,000; Nine News, 384,000; Nine News 6.30, 366,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (31.8%)
  2. Seven (25.19%)
  3. ABC (17.6%)
  4. Ten (16.4%)
  5. SBS (9.1%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (23.8%)
  2. Seven (16.9%)
  3. ABC (12.8%)
  4. Ten (9.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.5%)
  2. 10 Bold (3.7%)
  3. 10 Peach (3.1%)
  4. Gem (2.7%)
  5. GO, ABC News (2.3%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.549 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.495 million
  3. Nine News  — 1.244 million
  4. The Block (Nine) —1.231 million
  5. Nine News 6.30 — 1.225 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 1.035 million
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.004 million
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 990,000
  9. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 940,000
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 842,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 984,000
  2. Nine News  —948,000
  3. Seven News 6.30 — 934,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 925,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 724,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 663,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 535,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 439,000
  9. Ten News First  — 295,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 280,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 414,000/226,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 334,000/225,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 308,000/194,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 246,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 192,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) —  43,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 166,000
  2. Love It Or List It Australia (LifeStyle) — 99,000
  3. Credlin (Sky News) — 88,000
  4. The Bolt Report, Paul Murray (Sky News) — 80,000