With 993,000, The Block did it for Nine. With 739,000, Farmer Wants A Wife couldn’t do it for Seven. Ten left the switchboard on automatic last night after sending the night security guard out to look for The Amazing Race Australia (437,000) after it got lost on the TV screens of Australia — again.
The guard ran into Nine’s night watchman who was looking for The Hundred With Andy Lee, which had dazed and confused a mere 461,000 viewers. Old People’s Home For Teenagers on the ABC kept track of itself with 549,000.
The Cheap Seats on Ten with 368,000 nationally looked good with a lead-in. With nothing to help it, though, the current figures support the idea that it is indeed a cheap knock-off of Have You Been Paying Attention? And Seven’s Extreme Wedding Australia with 328,000? Clearly needed a GPS for viewers to find it. Lost, again.
Network channel share:
- Nine (30.3%)
- Seven (26.9%)
- ABC (18.1%)
- Ten (16.4%)
- SBS (8.4%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (22.7%)
- Seven (19.1%)
- ABC (12.7%)
- Ten (10.2%)
- SBS ONE (4.8%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate (3.4%)
- 7TWO, 10 Peach (3.2%)
- ABC Kids/Plus (2.9%)
- Gem (2.6%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.372 million
- Seven News 6.30pm — 1.357 million
- Nine News — 1.142 million
- Nine News 6.30pm — 1.111 million
- The Block (Nine) — 993,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) —958,000
- 7pm ABC News — 863,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 752,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 742,000
- Farmer Wants A Wife (Seven) — 739,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers last night.
Regional Top 5: Seven News, 488,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 487,000; The Block, 285,000; Farmer Wants A Wife, 284,000; Home and Away, The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 282,000.
Losers: The Amazing Race Australia.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 885,000
- Seven News 6.30pm — 869,000
- Nine News — 861,000
- Nine News 6.30pm — 853,000
- ACA (Nine) — 683,000
- 7pm ABC News — 587,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 443,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 292,000
- Ten News First — 251,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 184,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 352,000/215,000
- Today (Nine) — 296,000/194,000
- ABC News Breakfast — 258,000/151,000
- ABC News Mornings — 200,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 194,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 147,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 44,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- ODI: Australia vs NZ Post Match (Fox Cricket) — 133,000
- ODI: Australia vs NZ (Fox Cricket) — 76,000
- AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 58,000
- ODI: Australia vs NZ Lunch Break (Fox Cricket) — 56,000
- ODI: Australia vs NZ (Fox Cricket) — 54,000
