ABC wakes up and gives viewers what they want on this holiday Monday

No sleepy holiday Monday for the ABC last night as there was a week earlier. Australian Story (728,000 nationally), Four Corners (677,000) and Media Watch (597,000). 7.30 kicked off the run with 712,000. They lifted the national broadcaster past Ten and its flop, MasterChef Australia — 526,000, down from the opening 637,000 a week earlier. MasterChef is now basically out of touch with its audience, just as My Kitchen Rules was on Seven when it blew up its ratings.

Seven won thanks to The Voice — 1.16 million — down from 1.26 million a week earlier, and a solid audience for the AFL setpiece on Anzac Day, Essendon v the Wobbles (who won) — 822,000 nationally — which boosted Seven’s News by more than 100,000 viewers from a week earlier. Nine’s NRL Anzac Day setpiece, St George v Easts, could manage only 502,000.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (31.9%)
2. Nine (28.1%)
3. ABC (16.1%)
4. Ten (16.0%)
5. SBS (7.9%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (24.4%)
2. Nine (19.3%)
3. ABC (12.6%)
4. Ten (10.5%)
5. SBS ONE (4.3%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (3.2%)
2. GO (3.0%)
3. 7mate. 10 Peach (2.5%)
4. 10 Bold (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.796 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.643 million
3. Nine News 6.30 — 1.361 million
4. Nine News — 1.287 million
5. The Voice (Seven) — 1.161 million
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 943,000
7. 7pm ABC News — 936,000
8. LEGO Masters — launch (Nine) — 844,000
9. AFL (Seven) — 822,000
10. Home and Away (Seven) — 815,000

Top metro programs: Seven News, 1.182 million; Seven News 6.30, 1.097 million.

Regional top 5: Seven News, 587,000; Seven News 6.30, 546,000, The Voice, 394,000; Nine News, 393,000; Nine News 6.30, 364,000.

Losers: MasterChef and Ten.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 1.182 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.077 million
3. Nine News — 977,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 923,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 646,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 641,000
7. Australian Story (ABC) — 491,000
8. 7.30 (ABC) — 479,000
9. Four Corners (ABC) — 459,000
10. Media Watch (ABC) — 419,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 370,000/219,000
2. Today (Nine) —283,000/191,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 274,000/183,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 271,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 258,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 53,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. AFL: Essendon v Collingwood (Fox Footy) — 301,000
2. NRL: Melbourne v NZ (Fox League) — 279,000
3. AFL: Anzac Day footy (Fox Footy) — 256,000
4. NRL: St George v Easts (Fox League) — 240,000
5. AFL: Hawthorn v Sydney (Fox Footy) — 204,000